• Monday - Start decorating your classroom door or hall with Raider Pride. Contest ends Friday.
• Tuesday - Guessing how many cheer poms are in container (Set up in hall by student enrichment office). One guess per student.
• Wednesday - Lunch Room Fun.
• Thursday - Rock, paper scissors bead challenge.
• Friday - Blue and White day. Show your pride. PEP rally with most spirited team award.

CLIMATE CHANGE POSTER CONTEST SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Friday, February 23rd. Bring to Ms. Bashaw (Voyagers) or Mr. Marrin (Discovery)

Second Winter Break
Monday, February 26th - Tuesday, March 5th.

Maple Festival Youth Talent Show (scheduled for April 26th)

Friday, March 1st is the deadline for Application Submission. Link to Flyer with Details.

End of Second Winter Break
Tuesday, March 5th.

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

Walking Wednesday
Wednesday, March 13th. 6:45 to 7:30 AM. Link to map, meeting points and meet-up times.

Chorus Concert

Thursday, March 14th. 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Location: Large Gym

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, March 20th. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: St. Albans City School. 29 Bellows Street. St. Albans.

Staff Inservice - No School for Students

Friday, March 22nd.

Music Field Trip to CVU High School, Hinesburg VT. Students from Multiple Learning Communities with Ms. Maher. Friday, March 22nd. 8:00 AM to 7:30 PM. Transportation: Car

Incredibles Math Night

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

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.

On Thursday, mostly at the end of the school day, learning communities conducted a series of rock, paper, scissors battles to win the most bead necklaces possible. Everyone started with a necklace and with successive contests in classrooms around the school, necklaces moved on to a final winner in each community. That winner will go on to a battle between learning communities on Friday to determine an overall school winner.

The contests on Thursday, were loud and enthusiastic. Here are photos from two learning communities.

Voyagers 12 Pictures

USA 1 video clip and 4 Pictures.

Avid young readers at St. Albans City School received parental approval to join a one-time book club and read or listen to Jason Reynolds' book, "All American Boys". They gathered in the early afternoon on Wednesday, February 21st to eat snacks and get to know each other. They started by discussing the book and how and why a variety of books are being banned from schools around the country. When this social and book review component of the meeting was completed at 3:00pm, the group joined a stimulating virtual meeting with Jason Reynolds and hundreds of other book club groups around the country to discuss access to books in schools. The banned book club event wrapped up at 4:00 pm.

Link to 3 Pictures.

This was a three phase project orchestrated by Ms. Springfield and Ms. Teenyanoff. Students started with lessons about angles taught by their math teacher, Ms. Springfield. They next researched golf courses, because golf is a game requiring the use of angles, before finishing the project by building models of golf course with robot components while guided by STEAM teacher, Ms. Teenyanoff.

Link to 12 pictures.

Two groups of students assembled ingredients for banana muffins. The rest of the students worked through a self-paced online lesson in nutrition label reading, a critical skill for maintaining health when selecting foods.

Link to 11 Pictures.

Explorers are learning about the planets in our solar system. They got to color the planets and create these solar system crowns! Ms. Forsyth

Link to 15 Pictures.

Perhaps Mr. Spear is having a rough year, or he could be helping his team celebrate Renaissance spirit week. What are your thoughts?

2-22-2024

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.

Parents and guardians of children who would like to attend kindergarten at St. Albans City School this coming school year, please fill out the enrollment interest form. Link to form.

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

Link to Application and Information.

Illustrating America - A patriotic art contest for Grades 1-8; Two dimensional art on paper or canvas; Any media; Size must be between 8" x 10" to 18" x 24"; Coloring sheets, photos, and digital art not accepted. Illustrating America 2023 Complete Details and Entry Form Explore previous winning entries for ideas. All entries must include a completed Entry Form. Deadline - March 31.

Get Excited for the Red, White, and Blue - A National Anthem singing contest for ages K-12. Submit a video of a solo vocal performance of "The Star Spangled Banner." 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 - March 31.

Entries for both contests can be submitted directly to our local VFW Aux Post 758, PO Box 802, St Albans City, VT 05478 or they can be submitted to Team USA, St. Albans City School, 29 Bellows Street, St. Albans, VT. If giving to Team USA, please submit by 3/30. All entries must also include a completed entry form.

Questions and entries can be directed to jcioffi@maplerun.org.

Please watch this 47-second-long video to learn about the contest.

Submit a poster you made to bring awareness to climate change.

• Work on your own or in a group.
• Bring your poster to Mr. Marrin (Room AC9, Team Discovery) or Ms. Bashaw (Room A207, Team Voyagers).
• UPDATED DEADLINE Due Date: Friday, February 23rd.

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

5/6 Only Volleyball Schedule

Link to Calendar

Contact - Wendy Trainer, Athletic Director

802-527-0565 ext 3781

wtrainer@maplerun.org

Link to February Breakfast Menus

Link to February Lunch Menus

Friday, February 23rd: Chicken & Waffles, VT Maple Syrup, Sweet Potato Fries, Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar, Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit, Milk Variety

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

2-23-2024.

Link to list of known birthdays for February 2024

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

Black History Month is a celebration of Black American history and achievement that takes place each February in the United States. It is also called African American History Month. During Black History Month, many people learn about the accomplishments of individual Black Americans as well as the contributions of Black people to American history. This February, we are excited to celebrate Black voices with books that center around Black lives, Black joy, and Black stories that are sure to resonate far beyond a single month of the year. Join us as we #ShareBlackStories and checkout books from our City School library collection.

Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people.

Black leaders, writers, civil rights activists, scientists, and more have influenced, inspired, and changed the societies we live in. This history book’s pages are filled with the stories of these historical giants and their contributions to the world.

Young Nya takes little sister Akeer along on the two-hour walk to fetch water for the family. But Akeer becomes too ill to walk, and Nya faces the impossible: her sister and the full water vessel together are too heavy to carry. As she struggles, she discovers that if she manages to take one step, then another, she can reach home and Mama’s care.

Bold, impressionistic paintings by Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brian Pinkney evoke the dry, barren landscape and the tenderness between the two sisters.

This powerful, rhythmic lullaby reassures readers that their matter and their worth is never diminished, no matter the circumstance: through the joy and wonder of their first steps and first laughs, through the hardship of adolescent struggles, and the pain and heartbreak of current events, they always have, and always will, matter.

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math…really good. They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But they worked hard. They persisted. And they used their genius minds to change the world.

In this beautifully illustrated picture book edition, we explore the story of four female African American mathematicians at NASA, known as "colored computers," and how they overcame gender and racial barriers to succeed in a highly challenging STEM-based career.