Leland and Gray Friday Notes: March 2022

Friday, March 25, 2022

Friday Notes 3/25/22

SCHOOL INFO

Upcoming Dates:

Wednesday, March 30 - PBL day for HS (9:15 arrival)
Wednesday, April 6 - PBL day for HS (9:15 arrival)
Wednesday, April 13 - Early Release
April 18-22 - Spring Break

Reminder:

Just a reminder to all families and students to please cross the road in front of all school buses and not behind them. The bus drivers can't see behind them and want to be sure everyone stays safe!

Nurse Update:

March 21, 2022

Spring is in the air along with mud and sugar season. For me, there is nothing better to do in the spring than visit my sister’s family sugar house and smell the sap as it evaporates into sweet golden deliciousness. I am guilty of sipping on warm liquid gold as my nephew fills jugs for future use. Along with seasonal changes we are experiencing, there are changes with COVID-19 guidelines I would like to share with you (the state has provided, and we have decided to adopt this sample School Illness policy). The links below are the new guidelines, as of today.

Sample School Illness Policy for Possible COVID-19 Illness

PreK-12 Schools

covid19-testing-program-consent-form-print-version

The School Nurses have Rapid Antigen Test Kits and a few LAMP tests to share with anyone who would like them. Either send your student to the nurse’s office, or email the nurse working in your child’s school to request kits. The nurses are also able to perform rapid antigen testing on your student if they become ill during school. A consent form or verbal permission must be received before the nurses can perform the test. If you have already signed a consent form this year, you do not need to sign another one.

I hope you all have a wonderful spring.

Jorda Daigneault

LGUMHS School Nurse

WCSU COVID-19 Coordinator

L&G Co-Curricular Calendar:

http://lelandandgray.org/index.php/co-curricular-calendar

School Calendar:

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

2022 VYCC Opportunities:

2022 Member Opportunities

We sure hope these highlights have you asking how you can help get young people involved in these exciting and important projects!

Here is a summary of 2022 opportunities with VYCC.

Please share this with those you know! We’re so excited to meet and work with folx who want to make a difference.

Camp Counselors Needed:

Summer Camp Counselor

Sponsored by the WSWSU Wings Community Programs, Town of Whitingham and the Town of Wilmington

General Statement of Duties:

Perform duties as assigned by the Program Director. Supervise and facilitate outdoor activities, arts and crafts activities, supervises breakfast and lunch times. Assist program leaders as needed. Complete assigned duties including adhering to and promoting all safety & health protocols. Shall be present for all program hours.

Supervision Received:

Receives supervision directly from the site director while exercising individual initiative and independent action

Supervision Responsibilities:

May exercises direct supervision for children enrolled in the program. Counselors will be trained and expected to participate in Emergency drills and follow all safety & health protocols.

Illustrative Examples of Work:

Helps support activities for a multiple-week program from 8 a.m. until @4:00 p.m. on weekdays beginning July 11. The Monday through Friday work week is approximately 40 hours per week or as assigned by the Directors.

Counselors are expected to participate in and develop diverse activities of interest to youngsters from preschool to grade 8.

You may be asked to help keep a daily sheet of participants by name and a list of daily activities with notes about the interest in the daily program. Masks will be required if recommended by CDC or DOH.

Qualifications:

Desire to work with children, dependability, self-motivation, creativity, and enthusiasm. . Counselors are expected to engage campers and actively participate in summer activities as role models. Counselors are not watchers they are leaders! Experience in recreation and team building activities a plus.

We are looking for students with leadership skills who will make a commitment to be drug and alcohol free.

Wings Community Programs

1 School ST

Wilmington, VT 05363

Questions?

Call or email Katie- 802-275-8303 KatieBoyd.wings@gmail.com or

Maria Stewart-mariastewart.wings@gmail.com

Link to Application: Application

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community Service Opportunity:

If you need community service hours, and like working with kids, please consider one of these upcoming community meetings - childcare is needed!

Newbrook Elementary School: Monday, March 28th @ 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Dutton Gym/Townshend: Wednesday March 30th @ 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Jamaica Elementary School: Saturday, April 2nd @ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

If you are interested, please see Terry in Room A13 ASAP!

COMMUNITY

Prom Outfits:

Long Range Planning Community Visioning:

We are inviting all community members, especially those who will be voting on the school budget, to come contribute to the future vision for our schools in our school district. The school board has been engaged in a planning process for several years at this point (please review the WRED website for more background information: https://sites.google.com/windhamcentral.org/west-river-education-district/home) and we are holding public sessions to participate in the same visioning process that the school board participated in during their last long range planning meeting. This protocol is called 'Back to the Future' and it is an opportunity to envision the best version of our schools for our children.

We invite you to join one (or all) of these in-person sessions in order to contribute your vision for the future of schools. Masking is optional at all of these sessions, in alignment with current guidelines at all of these schools. These sessions are designed to last 1 hour, and will be led by community volunteers to help gather more input from our community, which will be shared with the school board to inform their planning.

Newbrook Elementary School: Monday, March 28th @ 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Dutton Gym/Townshend: Wednesday March 30th @ 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Jamaica Elementary School: Saturday, April 2nd @ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Please join us!

You may have also seen boards up at the Newfane Store, West River Provisions, The Harmonyville Store, and River Bend Market - please put your ideas on the boards!

The more voices and ideas that are gathered at this point the better. We want to create the best educational future for our children, and we need to hear as many voices as possible in order to do so. Thank you!

We also have a way to contribute digitally - GOOGLE FORM LINK

Want to see what others have said so far? Check out this Miro Board. This contains all the responses so far and will be populated with all future responses. So check back in!

Any questions about the events or visioning protocol please contact Luella Strattner luella.strattner@gmail.com

Virtual Leadership Speaker Series:

The Stratton Foundation Presents

A Virtual Leadership Speaker Series

Teens, teachers, and parents are invited.

Dear Schools,

Please join us for the 2nd speaker event in a series being presented by the Stratton Foundation. Next event is April 13th.

Please give your students in-school space to watch the video live.

Wednesday, March 9 8:00AM

Click to Join via ZOOM

Meeting ID: 246 270 4234 Passcode: GHG

The event will be recorded for access to later viewing but we encourage a live audience and student led questions/conversation with our speakers.

We would like to hear about your plans to attend, what clubs or groups are watching the video and how we can continue to create community opportunities for our local youth.

We ask all who participate in the event to complete the online SURVEY.

The Stratton Foundation's goal is to extend unique and meaningful professional support in helping local youth understand the values and habits of being a good, effective leader and what is required to be “successful.”

Teens can expect to:

Be inspired
Learn about perseverance
Develop interpersonal skills and core competencies of leadership
Build character and identify ways of stepping out of the comfort zone
Hear personal stories of struggle and transformation into success
Gain words of wisdom and advice
Understand and define success

Thank you to Burr & Burton Academy and the Success Program for hosting the zoom!

Next Speaker Events

Wednesday, April 13

Wednesday, May 11

*Events will be recorded for later viewing and hosted on the Stratton Foundation's Youtube Channel.

Summer STEM Camp @ West Point:

Link to West Point STEM Camp:

https://www.westpoint.edu/centers-and-research/center-for-leadership-and-diversity-in-stem/middle-and-high-school-stem-workshop

Student Opportunities:

Student Business/Entrepreneurship 2022 Competitions – for all VT secondary students. Open now through May 2, 2022 (submission’s deadline) – Cash prizes

1) Business Model Canvas (BMC) Plans

2) Business Video Pitch Plans

Students prepare a Business Model Canvas (BMC) plan and Executive Summary or Business Video Pitch up to 5 min. (MP4 or YouTube) and Executive Summary of a product(s) and/or service(s). Explanations/Rubrics/Guidelines https://www.vtsbdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/14th-Annual-Student-Bus-Entrepreneurship-Competitions.pdf

Entrepreneurship Institute “Creativity & Innovation”- GIV (Governor’s Institutes of VT) Students ready to spark your entrepreneurial spirit? June 26 – July 1 - residential @ Vermont Tech College - Randolph Campus - Rising 10^th – 12^th grade students bring their passion and curiosity to this program where they’ll spend a week diving deep into the creativity and innovation that goes into developing new products and services. With the guidance of proven entrepreneurs and experts, plus a network of peers, students leverage their own unique business ideas to propel them to future success. They’ll learn to develop an “entrepreneurial mindset” and what it takes to create a business or be more successful in any career pathway, college and the workforce. Option for 3 college credits. https://giv.org/institutes/entrepreneurship/

Laurel

Laurel Butler

Start up Business Advisor & Student/Educator Entrepreneur Specialist

Vermont Small Business Development Center (www.vtsbdc.org)

https://www.vtsbdc.org/specialty-services/youth-entrepreneurship/

lbutler@vtsbdc.org - 802-922-3692

Prepare Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Workforce

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Friday, March 4, 2022

Friday Notes 3/4/22

SCHOOL INFO

Upcoming Dates:

Week of March 7th - Spirit Week!

Tuesday, March 8th - Concert in celebration of Music In Our Schools Month
Wednesday, March 16 - HS students have a late arrival (9:15am) as we start up our PBL days for the spring. Remember that buses still run at the normal time.
Thursday, March 17 - Parent Conferences (see below)
Wednesday, March 23 - All school early release day (teacher in-service)
Wednesday, March 30 - PBL day for HS (9:15 arrival)

Parent Conferences:

Very soon, if not already, teachers will be emailing the link to sign up for parent conferences. These will happen on Thursday, March 17th either in person or via zoom. For grades 9-12, there will be an early release on that day at 11:30am. Buses will run at that time. For grades 6-8, there will be no school on that day, so that teachers and parents have the full day to collaborate. We really want to get more engagement overall - in the fall just over 50% of students had a conference! We’d really love to see that number increase!

Music Concert:

This March 8th at 7:00 Leland and Gray in collaboration with our district elementary schools are hosting a concert in celebration of Music In Our Schools Month! Please join us in this celebration either in person or through our live stream (link available the morning of the concert) Come watch former and current students, neighbors and friends making high quality music together for the first time in over two years! Staff and faculty from all schools are also invited to perform with the band and chorus (it’s easy music, I promise!). Email Elyse Wadsworth at ewadsworth@windhamcentral.org (Leland and Gray chorus director) if you have any questions or would like to participate.

Spring Sports Sign-ups:

Attention All Students:

If you wish to play a spring sport, now is the time to get registered on FormRELeaf.

This spring we offer: HS and MS Baseball, Softball, and Track & Field as well as HS Ultimate Disc.

Here is the registration link:

www.formREleaf.com

Please register ASAP so we can plan for the season. High School Baseball pitchers and catchers start Monday, March 14th. All other High School Sports begin on Monday, March 21st.

Middle School practices will begin on April 4th.

Any questions please see Tammy Claussen.

Vision and Hearing Screening:

L&G Co-Curricular Calendar:

http://lelandandgray.org/index.php/co-curricular-calendar

School Calendar:

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

2022 VYCC Opportunities:

2022 Member Opportunities

We sure hope these highlights have you asking how you can help get young people involved in these exciting and important projects!

Here is a summary of 2022 opportunities with VYCC.

Please share this with those you know! We’re so excited to meet and work with folx who want to make a difference.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

#Shred4Nate Volunteers:

**** Needed ****

Volunteers On & Off Snow

March 6, 2022 at Stratton

Help make the #Shred4Nate Race a huge success

to support youth mental health for children across southern Vermont.

Experience watching a parallel dual slalom - cowbells, flags, scoring

Racer Check-In

Sell Raffle Tickets

Manage Donations

Setup & Breakdown

And more!

Note: If you volunteer for on-snow tasks on race day, please dress appropriately and bring your Stratton/IKON pass. If you don't have a lift pass, we will provide you with access. It's a great way to volunteer and take some runs!

Thank you for all you do to make our community a better place!

Sincerely,

10th Annual 24 Hours of Stratton: