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SCHOOL INFO:
Journey East Celebration:
Leland and Gray Community Celebrates Journey East Director Tom Connor
On Friday, April 29th at 7 PM, Journey East 2016 students perform “Dare to Dream,” a musical theater production in the Leland and Gray Main Gym. This public intercultural performance will be immediately followed in Dutton Gym by a celebration of Journey East co-founder and program director Tom Connor.
All families, students, and educators who have participated in a Journey East event, from back in 1999 hosting Inner Mongolian guests to today welcoming their children home from abroad, are invited to this joyous honor of their extraordinary contributions to our community. Please bring a potluck dessert and your stories of collaborating with Tom, our Chinese guests, and travels with Journey East.
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All families, students, and educators who have participated in a Journey East event, from back in 1999 hosting Inner Mongolian guests to today welcoming their children home from abroad, are invited to this joyous honor of their extraordinary contributions to our community. Please bring a potluck dessert and your stories of collaborating with Tom, our Chinese guests, and travels with Journey East.
For more information, contact L&G staff-member Carol Young at 365-7355 or cyoung@lelandandgray.org. No RSVP necessary.
Students on the School Board:
8th Grade Parents:
8th grade homework assignments build on what has happened that day in class. The lesson is taught and assignments are typically begun in class. They need to be completed before the next class. Without completed homework, students will not be as successful in the next day. This design is intended to help 8th graders become more independent learners, a skill needed for high school. Please check Power School daily to see what the day's homework assignment is, and ask to see your child's homework when it is completed.
Juniors & Seniors & Their Parents/Guardians:
Every week Sarah sends out an E-newsletter containing all things college and career. Many of you are on the list to receive it, but many are not! There is so much information pertaining to life after high school, this is the most effective way to communicate it to you. If you do NOT get this e-letter, please email Sarah and request to be added to the list. sgrasso@lelandandgray.org
High School Prom:
This years prom will take place on Saturday, May 21st.
Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball at Stratton Mountain Club
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Grand March 7:30 pm
Tickets are on sale during high school lunch and high school break
Cost is $35 per person/$60 per couple until 5/6
After 5/6 prices will increase to $40 per person/$65 per couple
Questions, contact Mrs. Liskowsky-Doak, Ms. Dixon, or a junior class member
Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball at Stratton Mountain Club
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Grand March 7:30 pm
Tickets are on sale during high school lunch and high school break
Cost is $35 per person/$60 per couple until 5/6
After 5/6 prices will increase to $40 per person/$65 per couple
Questions, contact Mrs. Liskowsky-Doak, Ms. Dixon, or a junior class member
From the Music Department:
Congratulations to Emma Urbaska, Susie Francy, and Gabrel Vanni-Phillips on their acceptance and participation in the All- State Music Festival in Swanton on May 5-7.
The Spring Concert will be on Thursday May 19th. Come see the school bands and choruses showing their work from second semester. It will be excellent and fun.
Yearbooks:
To order yearbooks online, go to: www.treering.com/1014126117141122
Residents of Jamaica Public Meeting on Act 46:
Residents of Jamaica Public Meeting on Act 46:
AFTER SCHOOL INFO:
LEAF Program:
L.E.A.F. (L&G Environmental Action Force and Outdoor Club)
What we do as a club:
HEY! Help runs the following times:
Mon-Fri Mornings 7:15-7:45 in the Library
Mon–Thu Afternoons 2:45-4:15, Mon in A-11, Tue-Thu in the Library
After School Programs:
-Jr. Iron Chef on Tuesdays
-Dungeons & Dragons on Tuesdays
-L&G TV and Story Telling on Thursdays
-Mural Club on Thursdays
-Computer Coding and Games Creation on Thursdays
-Weight Training on Thursdays
-Create in Three Dimensions on Tuesdays and Thursdays
-NEW>>> Ceramics on Wednesdays see Ms. Wilson for details
-NEW>>> SAT prep
All after school programs at L&G are offered free of charge.
See Dale Stevens in room C5 (in the activity room) or dstevens@lelandandgray.org for more information
What we do as a club:
- hike and learn wilderness skills
- L&G School Community Garden
- make and teach upcycled crafts
- attend Youth Environmental Summits
- educate ourselves and others on the outdoors, environmental issues and model sustainable practices
- support and promote our composting and recycling initiatives
Late Bus:
The late bus will resume running on April 25th.
Please make alternative transportation arrangements for the dates the bus is not available.
Please make alternative transportation arrangements for the dates the bus is not available.
The late bus runs Monday - Thursday. The late bus does not run on half days.
You can access the full late bus schedule here.
After School Programs:
HEY! Help runs the following times: Mon-Fri Mornings 7:15-7:45 in the Library
Mon–Thu Afternoons 2:45-4:15, Mon in A-11, Tue-Thu in the Library
After School Programs:
-Jr. Iron Chef on Tuesdays
-Dungeons & Dragons on Tuesdays
-L&G TV and Story Telling on Thursdays
-Mural Club on Thursdays
-Computer Coding and Games Creation on Thursdays
-Weight Training on Thursdays
-Create in Three Dimensions on Tuesdays and Thursdays
-NEW>>> Ceramics on Wednesdays see Ms. Wilson for details
-NEW>>> SAT prep
All after school programs at L&G are offered free of charge.
See Dale Stevens in room C5 (in the activity room) or dstevens@lelandandgray.org for more information
COMMUNITY:
If you have any community events or information you would like to be listed in Friday Notes, please e-mail fridaynotes@lelandandgray.org
Spring into Health 5K:
The 7th annual Grace Cottage “Spring into Health” 5K is fast approaching! The event is held on Saturday May 7, 2016 and the race begins at 8:30am at our usual starting point in front of the Townshend Elementary School at 8:30 AM. Registration is now open!
The course will take us from the Townshend Common out onto Route 35 North running past Grace Cottage Hospital and Messenger Valley Pharmacy. Our turn around spot is about 1.5 miles from the start and then we return to the Townshend Common on Route 35 going south. While all are welcome to walk if they prefer, the race will be officially timed by 3CRace.com, so you will know quickly you traversed the route right when you finish. Even though it is early in the season, it will be a great opportunity for you to set a new personal record in the 5K.
The cost of the race is again $20; only $15 if you register by May 4; and FREE if you are 12 or under!! If you are one of the first 100 to register, not only will you save $5, you will get a performance T-shirt designed by Leland and Gray High School student, Joel Emmons. Joel won our logo design contest (and a $50 check) and we are very excited by his design.
After the race, cool off with some water provided by Cota and Cota, as well as some nutritious snacks. We will have our annual kids’ Fun Run around the Common at around 9:15AM and then hand out awards to our fastest female and male finishers. And, back by popular demand, is our annual Drew’s All-Natural salsa giveaway, which is a raffle at the end of our event.
To register or for more information, visit our website or call 802-365-9109.
Film Series:
Vermont Green Up Day:
Vermont Green Up Day is around the corner! This year, the Community Hope & Action group of Townshend invites you to come down to the Townshend Common on May 7th to help us clean up the streets. Following cleanup will be a celebration, including a free BBQ and a performance by local band, The Bondville Boys. Green Up bags must be used for cleanup and will be available at the town hall or Townshend Elementary prior to the event as well as the day of. Full bags can be brought to the common and thrown in the town truck, which will be parked there all day. Cleanup is 11am-1pm, food and music is 1pm-3pm. There will be games and activities for children as well! Come help us celebrate a greener community! The vision of the Community Hope & Action group is to create "a community where people work together to experience and celebrate life to the fullest." The group This month’s event is sponsored in part by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Town of Townshend. For more info contact wrvthrives@gmail.com or call 365-4700 and ask for Kate.
NewBrook Fundraiser:
1st Annual Lip Sync Battle!Welcome to our first annual LIP SYNC BATTLE! The NewBrook Elementary School PTO is very excited to host this fun event and we can't wait to see all the great performances! All proceeds benefit Enrichment Programs at NewBrook Elementary School.
The link to sign up is at the bottom of this message.
BEFORE YOU SIGN UP:
1) We have 20 available time slots, with ONE performance per slot. Each time slot reflects a SIX (6) minute increment, which accounts for performance time as well as transition time between acts. So when choosing a song to perform, please pay attention to song length -- songs cannot be longer than 4 1/2 to 5 minutes (less is fine, of course).
2) Sign up is first come, first served. Deadline for signup is FRIDAY, MAY 6th.
3) Performance order will be determined by contest organizers. Each performer/group will receive an informational sheet, including approximate performance time, prior toFriday's event. Please expect younger children to be scheduled earlier in the evening and older children/adults in the later half.
4) Performances can be a "solo act" or as a group.
5) When you sign up for a time slot, you will be asked to provide your song choice. This is REQUIRED in order to receive your time slot. About song choices:
-Songs MUST BE available through itunes.
-Only songs with clean lyrics and appropriate content/messaging are allowed.
-Organizers have the right to deny a song choice if they deem it inappropriate. If your song choice is not accepted, you will have the opportunity to choose a different song.
6) When you sign up, you should see an option to click a box in order to include a different name. If sign-ups are coming through a parent's email address, please make sure to click this box to include the child's name that is performing. We will follow up asking for any additional information we will need regarding the group.
7) If you have any questions, please contact Brandy Levesque (brandylevesque@gmail.com) or Ariel Redden (ariel.redden@gmail.com).
8) See you on May 13th!
1ST ANNUAL LIP SYNC BATTLE SIGN UPS
Rock River Players:
Having launched with sell-out performances of Our Town last August, the Rock River Players now present George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's You Can't Take It with You May 5 - 8 at the Williamsville Hall on Dover Road in Williamsville.In its review of the 2014 Broadway revival of You Can't Take It with You , the New York Times wrote, " A lot of shows can make you laugh. What's rare is a play that makes you beam from curtain to curtain. Such is the effect ... of Kaufman and Hart's 1936 comedy about one improbably happy family during the Great Depression. ...Its reputation trails adjectives that trigger gag reflexes: madcap, warm, life-affirming and "crazy," spoken with that special fondness reserved for tales of wholesome eccentricity. ...[N]aïveté is this show's oxygen and its strongest selling point, and Hart and Kaufman conjured it with master craftsmen's shrewdness. A portrait of tax-dodging, rule-defying, work-evading, good-hearted folk … "You Can't Take It With You" is one of the most persuasive works of pure escapism in Broadway history." With a "carpe diem" mantra, we see three generations living under one roof on the Upper West Side of Manhattan pursuing passions ranging from classical ballet to the manufacture of fireworks...." Everybody seems to exist in a sort of trance of ecstatic silliness, a state of punch-drunk, freewheeling looseness," the Times concludes.
The Rock River Players company features Stewart McDermet as Martin "Grandpa" Vanderhof, Debbi Reed-Savory as his daughter, Penelope Sycamore; Walter Corcoran as her explosive spouse, Paul. Sycamore daughters, Alice and Essie, are played by Kayla Williams and Cris-Parker Jennings whose puerile husband, Ed Carmichael, is played by Jeff Connor. Alice is sweet on Tony Kirby, played by Arik Clark, though the friction created when the Sycamores meet Tony's parents, the upper crust Anthony and Miriam Kirby—Charlie Tower and Ayers Hemphill--sparks inevitable laugh-aches. Miles Keefe plays the flamboyant Russian ballet master, Boris Kolenkov; Sara Vitale is the zaftig German maid qua critic, Rheba; Bill Lincoln is Sycamore's partner in fireworks manufacturing, Mr. DePinna; Susan O'Hara is both Henderson and the Grand Duchess Olga Katrina; Somara Zwick-Madalinski, Richard Foye and Tino Benson are the G-men; Abby Wicker is the delightfully elsewhere Gay Wellington and spunky young Lyra Maiello, is the nudgy little girl-next-door.
George Reed Savory is prompter and Bonnie Haug-Cramp heads the backstage crew on props, set, sound and lights with Rick King, Laurie Miner, and Pat Halloran. Annie Landenberger directs.
Performances are Thursday, May 5 at 7:00, Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7 at 7:30 and Sunday May 8 at 2. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. The venue is Williamsville Hall on Dover Road in Williamsville. For more information and to reserve in advance write verbatim@svcable.net.
ATHLETICS:
Softball Green Up:
The softball program held a Softball Green Up Day on Sunday, April 24th. A huge THANK YOU to the players, their parents and our loyal fans who came out to lend a hand at beautifying our field!
Summer Athletics Camps:
There are a variety of summer athletics camps offered at Leland & Gray.
Mr. Russell and Marty Testo will be offering a Summer Baseball Camp on June 20th-24th for grades 1-11. More information and a registration form for camp be found here: 9th Annual L&G Summer Baseball Camp.
Mr. Russell will also be running the 20th Annual Leland & Gray Basketball Camp on June 27-July 1st.
Boys and Girls Grades 4-6 9:00-12:00
Boys and Girls Grades 7-11 12:30-3:30
Contact: Tom Russell
Mr. Barton will also be offering a Summer Soccer Camp on July 18th -22nd for boys and girls grades k-12. More information and a registration from can be found here: 20th Annuals L&G Soccer Camp.
Mr. Barton will also be offering a Summer Soccer Camp on July 18th -22nd for boys and girls grades k-12. More information and a registration from can be found here: 20th Annuals L&G Soccer Camp.
New Co-Curricular Calendar:
Tired of Digital Sports/League Minder? We were too! So we've transferred all of the co-curricular events to a Google Calendar which can be found on the left hand menu bar of the L&G homepage or here: http://lelandandgray.org/index.php/co-curricular-calendar Many thanks to the IT department for their assistance with this process! The information will still be kept up to date on Digital Sports.
