SACS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 12-20-2023

Burton's Snowboarding Chill Program Application Due (students 11 and older) Limited spots available. Wednesday, December 20th. Turn in to Ms. Berry (Team Discovery) by end of school day. More information lower down in the announcements.

BFA Fine Arts Performance at SACS for Grades 7 and 8.
Wednesday, December 20th. 10:15 to 11:30 AM. Location: Large Gym

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, December 20th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: St. Albans Town Education Center. 169 South Main Street. St. Albans.

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

Good morning!

Students from BFA will be visiting our school today and putting on a performance from 10:45-11:30 in the large gym for our 7th and 8th grade students. This includes the jazz band, chamber singers, and the drama and dance departments, all of which include City School Alum!

Unlike previous years where this has only been available to the older students who are starting to plan their classes at BFA, we wanted to open the performance up to all City School students. Because there isn't enough room in the gym for all the students and performers, Dino Patsouris and Mike Mandeville have kindly provided a live streaming link for all staff and students at the time of the performance.

Please enjoy the free concert if you can fit it into your schedule.

Ms. Montgomery's students made snowmen from a birds-eye view. Happy winter.

Link to 7 Pictures.

12-18-2023 and 12-19-2023

HELLO SACS!

Limited number opportunity.

Have you wanted to learn snowboarding? Are you 11 years old or older? Unsure where or how to begin? Here is your opportunity!!! Burton’s Chill program is coming to SACS where we will have the opportunity to spend a couple of hours at Hard’ack having fun and learning how to snowboard. Coaches and equipment are provided at no cost, we only ask that you come dressed in proper winter attire, some days will be colder than others. If you would like to apply, please pick up an application in the School Enrichment office (AC3). They will be due Wednesday, December 20th, to Ms. Berry. Decision will be made 12/22. The dates and times for this program are Thursdays 1/25, 2/1, 2/15, 2/22, and 3/7 3:00pm-5:30pm (pizza will be provided). Transportation to Hard'ack will be provided, parents will need to pick their student up at Hard’ack, promptly at 5:30pm. (If you are chosen and do not have the proper winter attire, please reach out to Margaux Vaillancourt @ 527-0565 x3839, thank you)

Link to PDF File Application. Turn in to Ms. Berry by Wednesday 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!!

Today our coding spotlight is on Flocabulary. This fun and interactive tool provides music to match up with coding concepts and themes. Our school has a subscription to Flocabulary, which also provides lesson plans to support coding activities. We like this robot lesson! You can choose to watch the music video to learn more about robots here:

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/robots/

Or for a longer lesson plan and activity where you think about and design your own robot, check this out:

https://www.flocabulary.com/lesson/Robots/

Did you love this song, and want more?

Here are a few other songs about computer science and coding you can check out:

Coding

Coding for Loops

Algorithms and Pseudocode

All About Conditionals

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!

Season 4 Episode 5:

The reveal will be posted to the Announcements on Thursday!

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.

Wednesday, December 20th Lunch: Hearty Chicken & Biscuits, Steamed Green Peas, Garlic Roasted Butternut Squash, Cranberry Sauce, Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar, Milk Variety. Festive Dessert.

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