SACS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 12-21-2023

Weldon Theater Field Trip for all 4-6 Learning Communities

Thursday, December 21st. 9:00 to 12:30 PM. Transportation: Walking

Winter Break
Monday, December 25th - Monday, January 1st.

Last day of Winter Break
Monday, January 1st.

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 3rd. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Central Office. 28 Catherine Street. St. Albans.

Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, January 10th. 6:45 to 7:30 AM. Link to map, meeting points and meet-up times.

Martin Luther King Day. Holiday. No School.
Monday, January 15th.

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 17th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Location: BFA. 71 South Main Street. St. Albans.

Triumph & Voyagers Field Trip to Jay Peak Ski Resort
Monday, January 29th. 8:30 to 4:30 PM. Transportation: Bus

After years of absence, BFA fine arts students came to St. Albans City School to demonstrate their impressive skills and to invite soon-to-be graduating students to join in when they come to BFA. There were chorus, band, dance, and drama students. Quite a few were recent St. Albans City School students. All the performers were all amazing. The audience of older students and those watching the streaming event in their classrooms were impressed.

Link to the first half of the pictures taken (41). More will come in the next announcements.

Link to the Video of the Event Produced by District Staff. 45 minutes long

The lack of direct sunlight on Dec. 21 makes it the shortest day of the year for those in the United States. "All locations north of the equator see daylight shorter than 12 hours and all locations south see daylight longer than 12 hours," according to NASA.

From now to late June, the days will gradually get longer. Yay!

12-20-2023

December is the month of code at St Albans City School. All month long we will celebrate coding, computer science and innovation. Keep an eye on the announcements to learn about all the great opportunities that await. Stay tuned for a brand new school mystery complete with new characters and lots of coding adventure for all age groups, a dance party, AI challenges, and so much more!!

Warning: Spoiler Alert! In this Episode the case is solved! Only watch this Episode when you are ready for the Month of Code Mystery reveal! Month of Code Mystery, Episode 5: The Reveal

And some Episode 5 Bonus Footage brought to you by some amazing third graders:

Season 4 Trailer:

https://www.wevideo.com/view/3254179862

Season 4 Episode 1:

The 2023 Coding Mystery Begins! Watch Episode 1: The Key of Season 4 In this video you will learn about a master key for the school, and how it has gone missing. This first video is going to set the stage for the upcoming mystery.

Season 4 Episode 2:

THE CODING MYSTERY CONTINUES with Episode 2: The Suspects. If you did not see Episode 1, we recommend you watch that first! If you want to use the clue from RankinBot3000x, check out this file and make a copy:

Episode2The Suspects

Can you figure out who took the key? Send your ideas to the Detectives at drankin@maplerun.org ! We would love to hear how you figured out the key suspect!

Season 4 Episode 3:

Suspects have been identified but just when the detectives think they might have solved the case in this years' Month of Code mystery, they find that the suspect did not act alone–they had help from a robot. Can you help the detectives find which robot helped take the master key in Episode 3: Robots? (Note: It is recommended you watch all of the episodes in order!)

All of the robot walks are in this document, if you want to try to make their footprints yourself!

RobotWalksEpisode3_2023

Good Luck!

Season 4 Episode 4:

Detectives from the Super Investigative Detective Agency have almost cracked the case. They have the suspect, they know which robot helped them, now they just need to figure out where in the school the key might be. St Albans City School will need to help. The school is really big—have you seen the key? Check out Episode 4: The Location for details on how you might help!

Note: Decoder rings available to check out from the makerspace!

The final Open Doors Session of 2023 began on Monday, November 27th

It ends on December 21st.

Athletics Calendar maintained by Ms. Trainer: https://sites.google.com/maplerun.org/sacs-athletics/home

7/8 Basketball Schedule/Calendar

Here is the calendar for Ms. Duponts team (Purple, Team 1) and Mr. Davis's team (Blue, Team 2). As changes occur, they will add them to this calendar on a google doc. Link to Calendar

Contact - Wendy Trainer, Athletic Director

802-527-0565 ext 3781

wtrainer@maplerun.org

Link to December Breakfast Menus

Link to December Lunch Menus.

Thursday, December 21st Lunch: General Tso's Chicken. This change on the menu is due to the recent snow day shift of meals.

Click on this link to go directly to a weather website.

Link to the Known Student and Staff Birthdays in December

Please contact Mr. Craib if any corrections or additions need to be made to the birthday site listed above. mcraib@maplerun.org