SACS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 3-25-2024

Please join us for a Community Forum on Tuesday, March 26th. Maple Run Unified School District Design Committee has been working on a Theory of Action for each of the 5 District Goals. The Design Committee will present to the community Action Steps, Resources Needed, and Evidence to Measure Success for these Goals.

Reach out with any questions and let us know if you're able to join us.
802-370-3937 erocheleau@maplerun.org

MRUSD Community Forum

Tuesday, March 26th. 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Location: St. Albans City School Library Presentation Space.

Multiple Learning Communities Field Trip to BFA

Wednesday, March 27th. 9:15 AM to 12:00 PM. Transportation: Walking

4th Grade Track with Open Doors - Turn in application form by today.

Wednesday, March 27th. Attention Margaux Vaillancourt. mvaillancourt@maplerun.org

Incredibles Math Night. Families that are coming will need to stay the whole time. Link to Flyer.

Thursday, March 28th. 6:00 to 7:15 PM. Location: Incredibles classrooms and intervention office.

CLiF's 2024 Two-Sentence Writing Contest. Entries must be either received by email or postmarked by Friday, March 29, 2024. Link to more information about the contest.

VFW National Anthem singing contest for ages K-12. Submit a video. Full details can be found at Get Excited for the Red, White, and Blue Details and Entry Form. All entries must include a completed Entry Form. Deadline Sunday, March 31st.

STEAM FESTIVAL - STEAM/ECHO/Community Partners. Link to Flyer about the Event.
Tuesday, April 2nd. 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Locations: Big Gym, Little Gym, Cafeteria, Library.

Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, April 3rd. 6:45 to 7:30 AM. Link to map, meeting points and meet-up times.

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

Historically, a Solar Eclipse has been shown to create major traffic issues. To ensure the safety of all Maple Run students and staff, Monday, April 8, 2024 will be a no-school day. We will make it up at the end of the school year, similar to a snow day.

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 17th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: Fairfield Center School. 57th Park St., Fairfield.

Parent Conferences. No School for Students.
Friday, April 19th.

April Break
Monday April 22nd - Friday, April 26th.

Maple Festival Youth Talent Show. Link to Flyer with Details.

Friday, April 26th.

You may recall that students who were interested in learning how to snowboard could apply to join the Burton Chill Snowboarding instruction program. A number of our students did just that, and on Wednesday, March 20th they traveled with Ms. Berry and other chaperones to the Bolton Valley Ski Resort. Ms. Nadeau and Ms. Berry shared 34 pictures and video clips of their snowboarding day. They clearly had good snow conditions and a fun experience.

Check them out at this link.

Ms. Maher accompanied a group of students to CVU High School in Hinesburg on Friday, March 22nd. Here they are gathered in the school lobby just before their departure.

As promised, the climate change committee put the winning posters up in the library. Link to 6 Pictures. The other wonderful posters were posted up around the school building in hallways and public rooms.

Five pairs of glasses have been found and turned over to Ms. Sue Smith at the school lobby front desk. The hope is that by posting their picture here, the owners will come forward and collect them.

The STEAM and Makerspace Team in collaboration with teachers, and the ECHO Science Center, Montshire Science Museum, and many volunteers are excited to bring you a family evening event– our very own second annual St Albans City School STEAM Festival! Save the date and prepare for an evening of creativity and fun as we design,make and build together! Watch the school announcements for information about all the great experiences planned for this event.

What? A STEAM Festival

When? Tuesday April 2nd from 5:30 - 7:30pm

Who? Students accompanied by family members in our St Albans City School community

Details: Stations will be set up throughout the school with amazing opportunities to build and create. A giant windwall, an airplane launcher, a giant planetarium, cardboard construction, circuits, laser cutting, spin art, photo booth, robotics, and so much more! Attendees will have opportunities to create things to take home and enter raffles to win great STEAM activities to continue the fun together beyond the event.

All are welcome, and no sign up is needed, but if you have questions please contact Darcie Rankin, STEAM Educator at drankin@maplerun.org.

We hope you will join us at the STEAM Festival on April 2nd from 5:30 - 7:30pm. Our educational partners STARBASE Vermont will be visiting. STARBASE is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program for 5th graders, we have locations in South Burlington and Rutland. While participating in STARBASE, students are exposed to a wide variety of STEM topics and opportunities. We will be bringing our Spike Lego Robots to the STEAM Festival. If you are interested in coding and learning how to program a robot come see us! Send your robot on a journey through a mini obstacle course or create your own coding adventure.

We hope you will join us at the STEAM Festival on April 2nd from 5:30 - 7:30pm. Our educational partner Montshire Science Museum will be bringing a portable planetarium. Come to the STEAM festival and star gaze in this giant indoor planetarium!

Open doors is offering a track & field sport experience for 4th graders. Download the information and application form at this link. Return form by March 27th, 2024

Here is how to participate: Go on 10 bike rides, note when and where. Drop your completed form at the Saint Albans library by Sept 1st, 2024 and prize winners will be drawn!

You could do 10 rides to school.

Link to PDF file of the Challenge Form to Bring to the City library. Paper challenge forms can be found in the SACS front lobby.

Online Student Registration is open!

Register a New Student

As seen in the below video, robots at City school are suffering from winter boredom. They had so much fun during the month of code in December but now are tucked away in their boxes awaiting adventure. What does this have to do with you? Your class can help give the robots a vacation. Simply let the STEAM team know which robot you want and when! We will deliver the robots to you-- ready to go!

https://www.wevideo.com/view/3328938796

AND as an incentive....the class that gives the robot the best vacation will win a robot for their classroom! (contest goes through the end of March)

Not sure which robot to choose? Our makerspace website lists all the robots we have (as well as the quantity) and has a video showing how they work with each one, as well as details on ease of use OR just reach out and we can help match your class with an appropriate robot. Here is the link to the robot website:

https://sites.google.com/maplerun.org/sacsmakerspace/makerspace/robotics?authuser=0

Just a few City School robot examples are shown below.

Calling young writers in Vermont and New Hampshire! CLiF’s 2024 Two-Sentence Writing Contest is officially open to submissions! Link to more information about the contest.

Entries must be either received by email or postmarked by Friday, March 29, 2024.

We are looking for children between the ages of 5 and 12 that want to play baseball or softball. Please visit www.ChamplainLittleLeague.org to find registration information for the 2024 season beginning on February 1st and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on all of our league news in the weeks and months ahead. Scholarships are available and no child will be turned away due to finances.

See you on the field this Spring!

Champlain Little League Board of Directors

Illustrating America - A patriotic art contest for Grades 1-8; Entry Form. Deadline - March 31.

Get Excited for the Red, White, and Blue - A National Anthem singing contest for ages K-12. Entry Form. Deadline - March 31.

More information at this link.

Open doors is offering a track & field sport experience for 4th graders. Download the information and application form at this link.

Link to Grades 7 and 8 Volleyball Schedule

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

7/8 Baseball Coach needed. Please reach out to Wendy Trainer if interested.

Contact - Wendy Trainer, Athletic Director

802-527-0565 ext 3781

wtrainer@maplerun.org

Link to March Breakfast Menus

Link to March Lunch Menus

Monday, March 25th: Oven Baked Chicken Nuggets, Roasted Red Potatoes, Steamed Broccoli, Homemade Dinner Roll, Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar, Milk Variety

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

3-25-2024

Link to List of Known Birthdays in March

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

The inspiring story of Dr. Patricia Bath, a groundbreaking ophthalmologist who pioneered laser surgery—and gave her patients the gift of sight.

Born in the 1940s, Patricia Bath dreamed of being an ophthalmologist at a time when becoming a doctor wasn’t a career option for most women—especially African-American women. This empowering biography follows Dr. Bath in her quest to save and restore sight to the blind, and her decision to “choose miracles” when everyone else had given up hope. Along the way, she cofounded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, invented a specialized laser for removing cataracts, and became the first African-American woman doctor to receive a medical patent.

Starred reviews hail Streetcar to Justice as "a book that belongs in any civil rights library collection" (Publishers Weekly) and "completely fascinating and unique” (Kirkus). An ALA Notable Book and winner of a Septima Clark Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies.

One hundred years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Elizabeth Jennings’s refusal to leave a segregated streetcar in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan set into motion a major court case in New York City.

On her way to church one day in July 1854, Elizabeth Jennings was refused a seat on a streetcar. When she took her seat anyway, she was bodily removed by the conductor and a nearby police officer and returned home bruised and injured. With the support of her family, the African American abolitionist community of New York, and Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Jennings took her case to court. Represented by a young lawyer named Chester A. Arthur (a future president of the United States) she was victorious, marking a major victory in the fight to desegregate New York City’s public transportation.

Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed.

Award-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni's evocative text combines with Bryan Collier's striking cut-paper images to retell the story of this historic event from a wholly unique and original perspective.