Week of April 30 - May 4

Please note: 

- Friday, May 4, no school for students

- SBAC testing for 5th grade begins on Monday, May 14.

It's time for spring conferences!  

The Pick-a-Time notices were handed out two weeks ago, and information is available on the SATEC web site if you would like to schedule a conference.  There are still a few slots open each day.  We are near 60% of families coming in for conferences ~ thank you for taking the time to do that!


Here is an update on the Jamestown model: some students worked with Mr. Galle in the Collaboratory to learn basics of the Tinkercad program.  After, they used the program to design a cannon with geometric shapes and shared the design for 3D printing.

Week of April 16

Please note that informational papers for scheduling spring conferences went home Thursday or will go home on Monday with students.  Here is a copy of the paper:

Mr. Murphy may be at a conference on May 4. If that happens, he will have alternative hours for conferences as well as feedback left with Mr. Gleim.

Below are a few recent photos of students'  reconstruction of the first successful Virginia colony at Jamestown.  They have been doing an excellent job, and more photos will be shared as the work progresses! 

- showing what a palisade is (the fort walls) with popsicle sticks

- attempting to create origami models of canons (and showing great patience)

- creating miniature tents for the settlers

Palisades are almost done, and green, origami cannons are outside the walls

Week of April 9

This Friday, April 13, is an in-service day.  Students will not be at school. 

School conferences are coming up in early May; scheduling information is in the works.

Thursday afternoon this week, students will watch a performance of this year's drama play: Olivia!  Congratulations to our performers and stage crew who have been working to make this a success!

These are photos from our "Cocoa with Your SRO!" celebration event last Thursday.  

 

Students enjoyed about twenty minutes chatting with Officer Langevin about their prepared questions and impromptu questions over a cup of hot chocolate.

Thank you to Officer Langevin for his time!

Week of April 2

We are pleased to share that one of our community's students is a part of "Team Balsa" This is part of the Odyssey of the Mind competition, and a SATEC team that hopes to travel on to the national competition's World Finals in May in Iowa!

If you would like more information or the chance to support the team, here are two options:

1) https://www.gofundme.com/teambalsavt   This explains more about the team's success so far and can accept financial donations!

2) there is a bottle/can drive happening at school for the next few weeks; Bottle drive April 21st, bottles can be dropped off from April 15-21 at Beverage Mart and mention they are for Odyssey of the Mind, contact us to pick up at your home or bring returnables into one of the many boxes that will be located around the school starting April 3




Upcoming important dates:

Odyssey of the Mind Bottle Drive: On-going!!
Thursday, April 12: we will see the school's production of Olivia during the school day
Friday, April 13: in-service (no school for students)
April 23 - April 27: spring break

Week of March 19

This is a busy week for the students with our field trips and other fun.

Tuesday (3/20) is our final, scheduled Jay Peak trip -- where there will be LOTS of snow!  Please make sure your student is comfortable with layers of clothing!  This is the trip when we will take a big, group photo of the students.

Thursday morning we will be off to the Flynn Theater (from roughly 9a - 12noon).  We are bringing lunches that day, whether from home or from the Abbey.

Other fun is planned for the school on Friday afternoon.

Week of March 14

Despite the weather -- or in spite of the weather -- we are back at it today!

On a positive side, we should have plenty of snow for the 3rd Jay Peak trip next week!  Thank you for returning the completed Jay Peak papers as soon as possible.

Also, this is a little late, but thank you for returning the permission slips for our trip to the Flynn Theater next week in Burlington to see the Vermont Symphony Orchestra in a concert with the Vermont Youth Orchestra.  Below is a link with additional information about this event:

https://www.flynncenter.org/education/student-matinees/details.html?perf_no=12208&prefix=SMM16V
 

Week of March 7

Welcome back to school!


















Upcoming important dates include:
March 15: Language Arts practice SBAC test
March 20: Jay Peak trip (the last scheduled trip; papers have not gone home yet)
March 20: also, Explorer project is due
March 22: Flynn Theater trip (papers have not gone home yet)
March 30: in-service day