SACS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 2-21-2024

• 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.

Teen Book Club Author Talk

Wednesday, Feburary 21st. 3:00 to 4:00 PM. Location: Library

MRUSD Board Meeting
Wednesday, February 21st. 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Location: NCTC. 71 South Main Street. St. Albans.

• The Maple Run Unified School District Board invites you to attend an upcoming community engagement budget forum to talk and ask questions about the FY25 budget. This will take place before the scheduled Board meeting on February 21st at 6:00.

Questions? Reach out to the Board: 802-370- 3931 https://www.maplerun.org/page/board-of-directors Learn more about the budget by visiting: https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/page/fy-25

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.

This is the lowest snow year in more than a decade and it has minimized students' opportunities to use the School's snow tubes. During this school year only five days have had deep enough snow to make tubing safe and possible.

Here are photos of some students on Team Incredibles during their mid-morning recess. They loved the fast conditions and the lack of wind. Link to 24 Pictures. 2-20-2024

Groups of students from each classroom dropped by to place their best pom pom number guess in a collection box. When the results are known, they will be shared in the announcements.

Link to Pictures.

Fourth graders have been working on written descriptions and visual models of concept inventions that could help our national park system in a variety of ways. Some students envisioned better ways of collecting and managing park trash. Others developed designs for safe habitats or migration pathways for park wild life. Their visual models were drawn using Tinker Cad software. If designs are created correctly, it is possible for them to be 3-D printed. Brief slide show presentations of their work were given to the fourth grade group and to their supervising adults.

Link to 10 Pictures.

Health teacher, Ms. Robinson, created four cooking stations for her Renaissance students to choose from on Monday morning, 2-19-2024. One person created a roasted cauliflower dish, another a large ham, cheese and fried egg sandwich, and three other students made tater tots from scratch. It was clear that the students enjoyed the challenge of following cooking instructions and preparing food. Several of the students claimed that this was their first real cooking experience. The cooks got a chance to taste the products of their work at lunchtime on Monday.

Link to 43 Pictures.

Mr. Ellis facilitated the making of rice crispy treats with some students on Friday afternoon. They were to celebrate a student's birthday (Sunday) so he chose to use his favorite color, red, to dye them.

2-19-2024. Super Hero Theme.

Both Teams Renaissance and USA are having themed days this week prior to the February winter break.

Two pictures shared by Ms. Ross. 2-20-2024

The Maple Run Unified School District Board invites you to attend an upcoming community engagement budget forum to talk and ask questions about the FY25 budget. This will take place before the scheduled Board meeting on February 21st at 6:00.

Questions? Reach out to the Board: 802-370- 3931 https://www.maplerun.org/page/board-of-directors

Learn more about the budget by visiting: https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/page/fy-25

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

February 21st. 3:00 to 4:00 PM.

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.

Both Ms. Draper and Ms. Bashaw located funds to purchase climate change books for their learning communities to soak in. They also found a way to purchase a duplicate set of books to place the school library for school-wide student access. There are eight altogether.

Link to 8 pictures of the book covers.

Link to 9 pictures of climate change committee students reading climate books in Ms. Bashaw's classroom.

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

Wednesday, February 21st: Homemade Shepherd's Pie, Caesar Salad, Dinner Roll, Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar, Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit, Milk Variety

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

2-21-2024.

The tubes will be out until the snow melts enough to expose soil and rocks on the sledding hill. We want to avoid damaging the tube bottoms.

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.

Meet Michelle Obama, the iconic first lady, advocate, lawyer, and author.

Young Michelle grew up on the South Side of Chicago in a close-knit family. She loved school, achieving A’s, and worked hard to blaze trails at the universities of Princeton and Harvard. Then, at the beginning of her legal career, she met Barack Obama. As first lady, she used her platform to advocate for women and girls and continues to inspire many with her powerful voice, and best-selling books.

Meet Amanda Gorman, America’s astounding young poet and activist.

From an early age, Little Amanda read everything she could get her hands on, from books to cereal boxes. Growing up with an auditory processing disorder and a speech impediment, Amanda had to work hard, but ultimately she took great strength from her experiences. After hearing her teacher read aloud to the class, she knew that she wanted to become a poet, and nothing would stand in her way. At the age of 19, she became America’s first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate. And, after performing her inspiring poem ‘The Hill We Climb’ at the Presidential Inauguration in January 2021, she became an icon across the world.