CVSD Update

Just a few reminders before the newsletter below. First, next Saturday, CVSD will host its 3rd annual district-wide Pride Rally. There will have booths, speakers, and community building. Please come and join us if you have the time. The event will occur at the Hinesburg Community School campus from 10-1. Second, CVSD will continue its outreach to our community during the Shelburne and Isham Farmer’s Markets this summer and fall. We will have a booth at each location at least once a month. Once those dates are solidified, we will put them on the website.

CVSD extends its heartfelt appreciation to all the parents, caregivers, and community members who have supported our students' educational journey throughout the year. Your dedication and involvement have made a significant impact on their growth and success.

Thank you for being an integral part of our educational community. Wishing you a wonderful weekend ahead!

Rene

Identity is developing a sense of one’s self with respect for the uniqueness of others.

Connection exists when all individuals see themselves in others and in their environment. It is the feeling that our individual and collective story is known. We learn and appreciate new perspectives. Connection is committing to the time and effort to build shared experiences and understandings.

All learners find direction by discovering purpose and exploring passions or interests. We honor where learners are and support their growth, helping them navigate pathways and empowering them to reach their fullest potential.

Proficiency: All students and staff members demonstrate progress and develop capacity toward CVSD student and educator learning targets.

8th grade graduations: June 15

CVU graduation: June 16

Last day of school for K-7 students: June 16

• May 29: Memorial Day, no school
• June 3: 3rd Annual CVSD Pride Rally
• June 10: Family Fun Day

10:00-1:00 June 3, at Hinesburg Community School

Our school-based GSAs would like to announce and extend an open invitation to CVSD’s 3rd Annual Pride Rally! The event is happening, rain or shine! The Pride Rally is an opportunity for our larger community to come together and celebrate our diversity, as well as support our LGBTQ+ community members in feeling seen, celebrated, and protected. Come ready to eat, jam out, hear from queer legislators, students, and educators, and engage in other fun and supportive activities. Students, staff, families, and community members are welcome to come and celebrate alongside us.

We hope to see you there!

CVUHS students, with support from the CVU Business Program, will be hosting its annual Make-a-Wish Family Fun Day on Saturday, June 10th from 4-7 pm at CVU High School. This is an afternoon for our community to come together, eat food, play games, make new friends, and have fun! All proceeds from the event will go directly to the Vermont Make-A-Wish Foundation. Link to pre-purchase tickets.

The 2023-2024 school year calendars are now available on the district's website.

Two things can be true about summer break for youth:

1. Unstructured and unsupervised time can present opportunities to practice decision-making, time management, self-regulation, responsibility and independence in different ways outside of a school setting.

2. Unstructured and unsupervised time can also present high-risk environments for youth to start using substances like vaping.

To get ahead of #2, CVSD x Connecting Youth’s offer families and caregivers our vaping prevention toolkit. Let this be your go-to resource for vaping education, conversation starters, community partners and contacts for help.

We know discussing vaping and substance use with youth is challenging. Even uncomfortable at times. Knowledge is power and this toolkit will give you the confidence to break down the challenges, fostering trust and understanding, ultimately making strides towards community prevention.

We are now within the window of administering the VTCAP and all students grades 3 through 9 at CVSD have some experience with the new Vermont Common Assessment Program (replacing the SBAC). As a reminder, all 3rd through 9th graders will be completing both English Language Arts and Math and 5th, 8th, and 11th graders will be completing the Science portion. Our students and their teachers have been flexible and engaged as we all learn this new assessment process together.

You may be accustomed to receiving a letter and your student's individual results in the mail over the summer. We have been informed by the AOE that results will not be available until August at the earliest, and we wanted to assure that as soon as we are able to send results home with an explanation of how to read those results, we plan to do so.

CVSD benefits from a number of federal grants to support our system. A key factor for some of these grants is the desire and need to engage students, families, and community members in decisions about how to best use these funds to support our students. We invite you to send your feedback to Sarah Crum, Director of Learning & Innovation, at scrum@cvsdvt.org or submit feedback through the Academics Let's Talk button on our website.

You can find information about all of our grants on our website, cvsdvt.org, under Curriculum: Grants. We are specifically seeking input regarding our investments for the Title IV federal grant which is intended to improve students' academic achievement by increasing the capacity to 1) Provide all students with access to a well-rounded education; 2) Improve school conditions for student learning; and 3) Improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.

We strive to make it easy for any parent/caregiver, community member, staff, or student to contact the district or our schools. Anyone can use Let's Talk to ask questions, request information, and share feedback or compliments.

Here are two new features that we've recently added to Let's Talk.

1. Translate: We have just added the ability to submit a Let's Talk form in 12 languages. When you go to our Let's Talk page, you'll see an option to Select a Language. It also works on the pop-out tab.
2. Send us a text from a mobile device! Now, contacting us is even easier from a mobile device. The district has a unique number just for Let's Talk texts and each school has one as well. Send us a text with a question, suggestion, or compliment and you'll get a reply that way too!

Use these numbers to reach out via text: (Note: these numbers do not accept phone calls)

• District inquiries: 802-278-9468
• Allen Brook School: 802-278-0526
• CVU: 802 -278-9510
• Charlotte Central School: 802-278-6935
• Hinesburg Community School: 802-278-0453
• Shelburne Community School: 802-278-9659
• Williston Central School: 802-278-6671

We hope that you feel comfortable using Let's Talk to reach out on any number of topics. You will get a response within 3 business days, though most often, it's sooner. Look for the Let's Talk tab or page on our district's website from your computer or mobile device.

→ → Don't forget to opt-in to receive any text messages that are sent from the district or our schools via our messaging platform, School Messenger. We don't overuse this feature, but it does provide a quick and timely way to get messages to you. Follow the steps on this flyer to opt-in.

CVSD Families and Caregivers: Here's a great opportunity!

If your child participates in the free or reduced-price meals program at school, then your family is eligible for the new Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)! It's another reason to fill out the Free and Reduced Price School Meals form. https://bit.ly/cvsdFRmeals

Learn more about qualifying for affordable internet service through the ACP at https://getmyinternet.org/

• First Call - 488-7777: phone support, crisis intervention, assessment and referrals
• In Crisis: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) (National Hopeline Network: USA)
• National Suicide Prevention Life line- 1-800-273-TALK (8255), call or chat online
• Crisis Text Line - text HOME to 741741 (24 hours a day, seven days a week)
• Outright Vermont - support for LGBTQ+ community
• UVM Breathe In Breath Out - How to deal with stress due to COVID-19
• Vermont 211 -Vermont database of resources and services
• Vermont Support Line (833) 888-2557) - peer support warmline open 247 - 365 for call or text
• COVID Counselors @ VT-211
• Teen Crisis Text Line - Crisis Text Line provides free emotional support and information to teens in any type of crisis, including feeling suicidal. You can text with a trained specialist 24 hours a day. Text “HOME” to 741741.
• Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide - Website where you can find information to help yourself or a friend who may be having thoughts of suicide.
• Trevor Lifeline - 1-866- 488-7386 - provides suicide prevention and crisis intervention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people. It offers free, 24/7, confidential counseling. TrevorText—text START to 678-678; TrevorChat—instant messaging at TheTrevorProject.org/help. It also runs TrevorSpace, an affirming social networking site for LGBTQ youth at TrevorSpace.

Reach out using any of the methods below or visit our Let's Talk page. Please use Let's Talk rather than email.

Let's Talk or send a text to 802-278-9468

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