Friday Notes 4/1/22

 

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! 

WRED Future Planning:

L&G Co-Curricular Calendar:

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

School Calendar:

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Career Fair:

View this email in your browser   SIGN UP TODAY Let's fill some jobs.  The Associated General Contractors of Vermont is hosting “The Super Bowl of Career Fairs”, a multi-sector career/job fair with the potential to host 150 recruiters and 1500 job-seekers from Vermont on April 26th from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This multi-sector Career Fair will be like no other, in that we have rented the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction for the event. We will have both the Blue Ribbon Room and the Miller Auditorium with 150 booths for employers to recruit prospective employees. We believe this will be the largest multi-sector career/job fair ever held in Vermont. This will include both the traditional recruiter booths, virtual hiring islands and static outdoor displays.   We are inviting high schools, technical centers and colleges from all of Vermont to take part in this event. We’re also inviting employers from all employment sectors to take part in this event. This career fair is sure to kickstart employment across the entire state.   We need your help! Please register to participate and include it in your social media outreach (post it, share it, tweet it). This is the “Super Bowl of Job/Career Fairs!” The ultimate goal is to bring together employers and job seekers under one roof. The first half of the day will be geared toward students, while the second half of the day we are advertising to and recruiting job seekers from all over the state to attend. Additionally, we will be applying various innovative ways for attendees to get the most out of the career fair.   Participating and attending in this career fair will be investing in Vermont and its move back to work.   We encourage you and your organization to embrace this event, and we look forward to seeing you at the “Superbowl of Job/Career Fairs” on April 26th in Essex Junction. Here is a link to the registration page.   If we can be of any assistance or if you have specific questions, please let us know. We can be reached at 802-223-2374 or by emailing shawn@agcvt.org  We look forward to working with you and seeing you at “The Super Bowl of Career Fairs”   Thank you. Shawn Rouleau Workforce Development Director Associated General Contractors of Vermont (802)223-2374 shawn@agcvt.org Vermont Construction Jobs

Brattleboro Parks and Rec:

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

Green Up Day Mentor Program:

The Green Up Vermont Mentor Program, open to Vermont Students grades 9-12, is designed to help develop leadership skills while actively engaging students in civic volunteerism and taking care of our environment with a focus on Green Up Day.

The Green Up Vermont Executive Director pairs interested students (mentees) with Green Up Day Volunteer Town Coordinators in their common towns that have voiced an interest in being mentors. 

Green Up Vermont Mentor Program objectives are to: 

• Create connected relationships between coordinators and youth in their towns

• Build awareness and stewardship for clean, healthy environments 

• Promote civic engagement and volunteerism that helps their hometown

• Extend knowledge and the traditions of Green Up Day

• Build pride and commitment in taking care of Vermont

• Add youth perspective and ideas to keep Green Up Day vibrant for generations to come

• Have Mentees assist our Volunteer Town Coordinator Mentors in ways that are helpful 

   and rewarding.

For more information: Click here.

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!

Jamaica Elementary School: Saturday, April 2nd @ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

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

COMMUNITY

Free Screening:

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.

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!  

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!

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

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