Principal's Corner Newsletter

Dear Students and Families,

On Saturday, the football team competed for the Division III State Championship, ending their great season and the fall sports season for all our teams. Congratulations, fall athletes, for your many accomplishments!

This week, CRAFT students used local produce in final projects, worked with Sustainable Woodstock to help residents prepare their homes for winter, planted in the school garden, and visited a sustainable practice logging operation at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park.

Thank you for participating in the first day of family-teacher conferences. We look forward to meeting with families again on Thursday.

Warm regards,

Garon Smail

CRAFT classes have been busy! MS students in Gardens and Greenhouses chose a local fruit or veggie to learn about for their final project and then they made a dish with that ingredient to share with the class. Nolan Alberty proudly displays his name on his homemade apple pie

Students in Stewardship Action Project recently worked with Sustainable Woodstock to make window inserts for homeowners. Our SAP students were essential in stretching the plastic over the wooden frame to create the insulating layer that will help the community stay warm this winter and reduce their heating costs.

Students in Foundations of Agriculture are finishing up our fall garden preparation by planting garlic. They have been learning about the value of seeds as an investment in our future. We purchased $100.00 worth of garlic and if each clove turns into 10 cloves, we now have $1000.00 worth of garlic to eat, share and replant!

Students in Food and Forest Systems went to Marsh Billings Rockefeller NHP to learn about the more sustainable tradition of horse logging and the forest management practices employed by the natural resources team at the park. Students got to watch at a safe distance while an ash tree was felled as a precaution to the emerald ash borer which has begun to show its presence in our forests. This foreign pest will have a devastating effect on our ash trees in the coming years and the park wants to be proactive by removing the ones that could pose a danger along the hiking trails.

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Click here to read The Buzz, Woodstock Union High School's student run newspaper produced by WUHS journalism students.

Middle School Journalism students wrapped up their work on The Hive this week, adding podcasts and videos to their robust collection of news and features from Quarter 1. Over the last two months, students have brought this school newspaper alive with profiles, opinions, news stories, features, and cartoons. Next month, our mentor from The Valley News will help us honor the best examples of our work in each of those categories with a homemade Pulitzer Prize. If you'd like to nominate a piece for our [modified] Pulitzer, please email the title of the piece you like best to erin.hanrahan@mtnviews.org.

Students from QSA attended the GSA Conference at Vermont State University's Randolph Center location. Students attended an exciting lineup of workshops and met students from all over Vermont.

Join Mr. Tancreti for our "First Friday Parent/Guardian Information Meetings" held on the first Friday of each month from 8 to 8:45 AM in room 18 of the high school. These gatherings are an opportunity to discuss a range of topics, including school-wide data, school culture, sense of belonging, school initiatives, and other essential information that we believe parents and guardians will find valuable. Plus, we offer snacks and coffee for a friendly and informative start to your day!

Upcoming dates are: 12/1, 1/5/24, 2/2, 3/1, 4/5, 5/3

Please sign in/out at the Main Office Office upon arrival and departure.

Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 7:45 AM - 12:15 PM in Room 18. If you haven't ordered your pictures yet you can still order on

mylifetouch.com with your Picture Day ID: EVTBCVPK6

For those of you who have already had your picture taken, pictures and ID cards have been distributed to your English teacher to pass out.

If a family has purchased a package, but would like to take a retake photo instead, then we ask that the student bring in the images that were ordered. They will hand the package to the photographer to enter the same package under the retake image. The photographer will then take the package that was ordered under the original event.

In this week's From the Library newsletter, treat yourself to a s'more bookmark, check out a book for National Native American Heritage Month, get the Sora app for free ebooks and audiobooks and get reminders about our next book club meetings on November 30 for Faculty/Staff to discuss Trust: A Novel by Hernan Diaz and December 5 for the Young Adult Diverse Books Book Club to discuss As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh. Please click here for more information and photos.

Please remember to return your overdue books, renew your books that you need more time to finish and check out some more!

The Earth Beat Club at Woodstock Union Middle High School is supporting a vehicle idling reduction effort at our school. All persons operating vehicles at the school should adhere to the following guidelines:

• When waiting for students to be picked up, all engines should be shut off.
  
  

• All drivers should turn off engines when they arrive at school and when they expect to be parked for more than 30 seconds.
  
  

• When in a line of vehicles back from the school entrance at dismissal, we encourage drivers to stay in their positions with engines shut off and have the student come to them. If drivers must slowly move toward the school entrance, please turn off engines and restart. Note that restarting an engine uses only 10 seconds worth of fuel. Also note that, according to the U.S. DOE, starters are overbuilt and can be started up to 10 times a day with no additional wear: https://anl.app.box.com/s/sfwulyouom8cllqwzqhg07ecc99y5m7z

• If idling is necessary for temperature control, for any defrosting issues or more than 75 degrees with frail elderly, infant or pet passengers in the vehicle, please restrict it to no more than a few minutes.

We are implementing this policy to reduce the students’ exposure to air toxics emitted in the exhaust of idling vehicles. Idling vehicles contribute to air pollution and emit air toxins

which are pollutants known or suspected to cause respiratory illnesses, cancer, or other serious health effects over time. Additionally, idling wastes energy and contributes to climate change.

We encourage you to eliminate unnecessary idling not only at our school but anywhere you are waiting for more than 30 seconds. This simple change will improve the air we breathe, as well reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and fossil fuel use that contribute to climate change.

Thank you for your support!

FSA ID and FAFSA Help from Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

• VSAC is offering 30-minute appointments through January 2024 with virtual and in-person options available. Visit our Calendly page to sign up for an individual meeting.
• FAFSA filing appointments will be offered after the FAFSA becomes available later this year. For more information, visit the VSAC calendar of events in December.

Sofia Bertocci and Sarah Smith are available to work with families throughout the college application process. Here is a link to our New Counseling Website and college information can be found under the "High School" tab. In addition, please click on the link for a slide show regarding the application process : College Application Process

Thank you,

Sofia Bertocci and Sarah Smith

Monday, November 13, 2023 – In-Service Day – No Classes
November 22 - 24, 2023 – Thanksgiving Recess (School Closed)

Seniors - Do you have spare time during the school day? Woodstock Elementary School is looking for student mentors to work with their students, one hour per week. If needed, transportation can be provided. Please contact Annie Luke, room 163, or email annie.luke@mtnviews.org if you have any questions and/or interested in learning more.

Before your student can participate in a school fieldtrip, their annual forms need to be complete. Annual registration forms must be done for each student enrolled in the district. To make it quicker, forms can be completed online in Alma.

To start the process, log in to Alma at wuhsms.getalma.com and click on Alma Start forms and tasks under your student's name. If you have never logged into Alma, check your email -including spam- for an activation email with the subject:

Welcome to Woodstock Union High School's school and classroom management system, Alma!

Questions can be directed to Sarah Cook.

If you need paper version of the annual forms, please contact the main office at 802-457-1317.

Follow WUHS Athletics on Instagram @wuhsstudentsection

Interested in staying up to date on upcoming athletic events, as well as their outcomes? If you are an Instagram user, you can follow WUHS’s StudentSection account. This account was set up by Kendall Taylor (Class of 2022) 2 years ago, was maintained by Zach Martsolf-Tan in the 22-23 school year, and is currently being maintained by Lilly Macri as an independent study in social media through the Center of Community Connections (C3). Know when the games and matches are happening--and come out and cheer on our student-athletes!

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