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. Sign Up to Volunteer 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:

COMMUNITY

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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