MORETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
April 2, 2010
School Website: www.moretownschool.org
Dear Parents and Friends,
Have you noticed our new website? If not, please go to http://www.moretownschool.org/. Thank you to Mr. Isham for his work in design and getting this new website up and running. You’ll see it looks very different and has some new features. Check out the staff pictures – all drawn by students here at school! Over the new few months, there will be changes, updates, and additional links. We hope this will enhance communication and provide you with easy access to school and teacher newsletters, our calendar, the school lunch menu, and more. We plan to add a Kid’s Resource page and links to Moretown community sites. Please feel free to let me know if you have ideas for features that you would find helpful.
We are looking for a few parents to help us develop our new School Action Plan. Each year, schools are required to develop or review this plan. Reading, math and school climate goals are required. It will be developed collaboratively with teachers and staff, parents, School Board, and myself. Data analysis and school/community input will help us to define areas that we believe we should focus on for the next three to five years. Would you like to be involved? Give me a call!
Enjoy this beautiful weekend. Spring fever is upon us!
Respectfully,
Debbie Lesure, Principal
Tax Season Means Good News for Your Family
Did your family apply for and receive the Earned income Tax Credit (EITC) on your most recent income tax return? If so, your household is automatically eligible for the 3 Squares VT program, which helps to provide monthly benefits to make food more affordable. If your family both receives EITC and applies for 3 Squares VT, your children can receive free school meals – which helps provide your local school with funding and resources. Free school meals are good for your school, your family, and can mean saving hundreds of dollars per month on your grocery bill. For more information on the 3 Squares VT program, visit http://www.vermontfoodhelp.com/ . For a school meals application, visit http://www.vtnohunger.org/schoolmealapplication.pdf .
MES SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS
School Board Meetings are held the first Monday of each month at 6:00 in the Moretown School Library. Parents and community members are welcome to attend and these meetings are open to the public. You can find meeting minutes on the Moretown School website, moretownschool.org, under School Board. This will help you stay informed on the work of the School Board.
Slim Goodbody presents:
Lighten up
The Great American Nutrition Musical
The Moretown School is pleased to welcome Slim Goodbody for a school wide assembly on Monday April 5th 2010. The show will run from 1:30-2:30. Parents are welcome to attend. This program is made possible by a generous grant from the Vermont Caring Foundation. Please contact Jill Brown with any questions you may have.
Vermont Families Needed to Host Educators from Moldova
Waitsfield, VT – March, 2010 – PH International (formerly Project Harmony) will be hosting ten educators from the Republic of Moldova who are participating in a Community Connections program sponsored by USAID and administered by World Learning. These visitors will be studying secondary school administration and management by spending time at a number of schools, and receiving training from a diverse array of education representatives in the State of Vermont.
PH is currently seeking families in Washington and Chittenden Counties to host one or more of these participants for all or part of the 18 days during which the group is in Vermont, from April 22 – May 10, 2010. While the delegation is mainly comprised of school principals (former teachers), they are also here to learn about how parents and the community enhance the educational learning environment. The hope is that teachers, principals and parents of school children will volunteer to host our guests so that learning can happen in the host families as well as in the more formal, program-planned activities. Host families are asked to provide a comfortable and clean place to sleep, breakfast and dinner, minimal transportation to centralized pick-up and drop-off locations, and some weekend activities.
Importantly, the program will offer Moldovans an experience of life in the United States and afford Vermonters an opportunity to establish new relationships while learning about the culture and history of this unique country through the homestay experience.
For more information about becoming a host family, please contact Renee Berrian at (802) 496-4545 (x106) or email at renee.berrian@ph-int.org.
PH is an international nonprofit organization based in Waitsfield, Vermont. Additional information about PH and the Community Connections Program is available at http://www.ph-int.org/
After school survey
Please go to the school website at http://www.moretownschool.org/ and complete the after school needs survey, there will be a link on the homepage of our website.
Alligator Summer Camps at Moretown School
We are happy to be able to once again offer summer Theater and Science Camps at Moretown School. Theater Camp will run from July 19 to July 23, 9 am to 1 pm. Science camps will be July 26 to July 30 and August 2 to August 6, 9 am to 1 pm. Science camps will be structured so that each week is different, so children may attend one or both camps. Camp fees are $150 per week for Theater Camp and $160 per week for Science Camps (Science Camp fee includes cost of materials). Discounts available for multiple Camps are open to ages 7 to 14. Camp instructors include Thom McAllister (Mr. Alligator) and Deb Fadden (Ms D.) For additional information and registration forms contact Thom McAllister (thommca@gmavt.net or 434-4977). Registration open until all slots are filled.
Habitat Partners vs. Harlem Ambassadors
Tickets will be available at the Door $5 Students/Seniors, $10 Adults
Kids under 5 FREE!
April 14, 2010 - 6 pm - Barre Auditorium
Advance Tickets ($4 and $8) are available
4/2, 4/8 6:30 - 8:30 or 9pm Barre Auditorium during the last 3 home games of the Frost Heaves 3/21-22
Waterbury Home & Garden Show- Crossett Brook Middle School
Northfield: Norwich Univ. Dining hall front desk
Waitsfield: Lincoln Peak Properties, Chittenden Bank, Lee-Parrish Gallery
Waterbury: Zach's
Randolph : Cover to Cover, Main St.
Barre: Nelson's Ace, Main St
Thygesen's Sports, 51 Smith St
Number 9 Boutique Main Street
Montpelier: Onion River Sports, Langdon St
Number 9 Boutique Main Street
