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November 11 - Veterans' Day (NO SCHOOL)

November 11th - Chorus Sings at Town Office for Veterans Day at 11 am (chorus arrive at 10:30)

November 13 - PTO Meeting at 6pm in the Lothrop Library

November 14 - Family Conferences

November 20 - Thanksgiving Feast

November 20 - Family Conferences

November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL)

December 1 - Lothrop Chorus performs at Sap Bucket Tree Lighting at the Village Farm at 4:30

December 4th - Rock Band Concert in gym at 6pm (snow date December 5th)

December 6th - Vermont Holiday Festival for Chorus at the Killington Grand (TIME TBD)

December 19 - Early Release Day

December 20 - In-Service for Staff (NO SCHOOL)

December 23-January 1 - Winter Break

Lothrop celebrated VTRANS Name A Plow Day on 11/7/24. The winning submission came from Ms. Pearson's 3rd grade class. Please be on the lookout for our plow "Edward" this winter!

• Sixth Graders have been practicing using simple shapes to create artwork about nature. We have been studying the artist Charlie Harper for inspiration.
• Fifth graders have been studying past Presidents and worked on creating a caricature of the president that they are studying. They focused on exaggerating features on presidents.
• Fourth graders have been painting large paintings that follow the analogous color theory, which is to use three colors that are touching on the color wheel. They have created some wonderful paintings this way.
• Third graders have been having a fun time creating their own cities. We have been using the How to Draw books by Ed Emberley for inspiration. They have come up with some really fun and inventive cities!
• Second and First graders have been learning about the Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. They decorated skulls with markers, being thoughtful about choosing a theme and limited color palette for their pieces.
• Kindergarteners have been practicing folding paper to make paper worms and they had a great time creating ghosts made out of tissues and pipe cleaners.

Hola a todos! Over the last several weeks, students in our level 1 Spanish class have been focusing on high frequency words. This is done through short comprehensible stories. Opportunities abound as 'los alumnos' (scholars) put the language into action by reading and speaking with one another. Students are engaged and eager to continue their language acquisition journey!

The Otter Valley Unified Union School Board is looking for interested parties to be appointed to the Whiting representative seat on the board. The appointed school board member for the Whiting seat must be a resident of Whiting. The appointed school board member would serve through to the next election in March 2025, at which time they would be required to run and be elected to complete the remaining years of the term. Letters of Interest should be addressed to the OVUU Board and emailed to Melinda Piper at mpiper@rnesu.org. For more information, please contact Melinda Piper at mpiper@rnesu.org or (802) 247-5757 x 2722.

It is the time of year where we begin to think about field trips. If you are planning on chaperoning a field trip or volunteering at Lothrop throughout the year, you are required to complete a background check, fingerprinting, and ID scanning through Raptor, our Supervisory Union security system. Due to the amount of time it takes to complete the full process, we are asking parents/guardians to begin the process now. Appointments for fingerprinting fill up fast and we want to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to attend field trips and take part in volunteering for school events with their students. If you are interested in chaperoning or want to check and see if the background check you completed in the past is still valid, please reach out to Sara Eddy at seddy@rnesu.org or call the office at 802-483-2242.

The Vermont Agency of Education announced in a recent press release the next phase of the 2024 Listen and Learn Tour and invites the public to participate in community conversations to inform how the Agency delivers services and supports to Vermont’s education system.

These public engagement sessions will help the Agency develop its strategic plan and ensure that its work is supporting the educational priorities of communities across Vermont. Following a series of data reports and regional planning sessions with more than 250 education leaders, the Agency is eager to expand these conversations to include educators, parents, students, and community members across the state. The Agency encourages broad participation and welcomes input from all Vermonters, including students, families, and community partners - students are integral to these conversations and are encouraged to attend.

Each public engagement session will take place from 6:00 pm. to 8:00 pm at the below locations. Every session will begin with introductory information and data to support more in-depth conversations, followed by breakout sessions on topics related to student achievement and support, career and college readiness, and school budgets, among other emerging priorities. Detailed agendas will be provided on the Agency webpage closer to the events.

DATE LOCATION

November 4 Virtual Meeting (ASL interpreter available)

November 6 Virtual Meeting (ASL interpreter available

Please check the Listen and Learn webpage to see the most up to date public engagement schedules, links for virtual sessions and information on language accessibility. While not required, pre-registration is encouraged using the online registration form, Listen and Learn Registration (cognitoforms.com). Please email aoe.publicinformation@vermont.gov with questions.

Pittsford Christmas for Kids is a community program that provides gifts for children in families that may need some help financing the holidays. These can be families that may have no celebration without help, may need some help or could just use a little extra for their children.

After referrals are received we send a letter to the families to see if they would like help. If they respond, tags are created with the child's wants and needs and community members choose tags to sponsor. The list and the children's names are confidential.

The Otter Youth Winter Cheer Sessions start on 11/18/24. Sign up on the Brandon Rec website.

https://brandonvt.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=29863

Email: sfarrington@rnesu.org

Website: https://lothrop.rnesu.org/

Location: US Route 7, Pittsford, VT, 05763
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