7th grade field trip to Jamaica State Park on October 18!
October 21, 2022
Dear L&G Families:
It was a great week at L&G! We kicked off our Monday Assembly with our new National Honor Society members being inducted in front of the entire student body (and families!) Congratulations again to all those hard working students! Yesterday we hosted the BDCC Reality Fair for all Windham County high schools, and our juniors and seniors took full advantage of learning how to “adult” - read the great story on the Reformer website!
If you haven’t yet completed the parent survey, please scan the QR code below or go to THIS LINK and enter the L&G code of 1150123760.
I want to announce that we have found a replacement for the duration of the school year for our high school art classes - Ms. Stephanie Nyzio, who retired last year, will return to help us for the year. Our MS art exploratory classes will for the time being become a seminar on servant leadership, taught by our new librarian, Ms. Jenna Greenbaum.
Per federal requirements, I am supposed to tell you that School-Wide Plan (SWP) schools are Title I schools so they are required by law to share with parents their right to request information about their child’s teachers or paraprofessional qualifications. Section 1112 (e) of the ESEA is the “Parent’s right to know” section. It details the specifics that need to be shared with parents about their right to know information about their child’s teachers and paras. So, if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Bob Thibault
Principal
Coming Events:
Monday, October 24 - PICTURE DAY!
Sunday, November 6 - End of Daylight Savings Time (FALL BACK!)
Friday, November 11 - No School - Veterans’ Day
Monday, November 21-25 - No School - Thanksgiving Recess
L&G Co-Curricular Calendar:
School Calendar:
October Lunch Menu:
October Library Menu:
Middle School Movie Night & School-wide Boo-Grams:
Movie Night THIS Friday, 10/21 @ 5:15pm!
The Junior class is hosting a middle school-only movie night on Friday, 10/21 from 5:15-7:00 PM. Students can watch the Girls’ Varsity game that afternoon, then come watch Hocus Pocus with us afterwards in B9! The cost is $5 for popcorn and movie, and extra snacks, baked goods, and drinks will be available by donation. Please contact Ms. Matson or Ms. Brown for further details.
Additionally, all students and staff are invited to buy a “Boo-Gram” for $5. Boo-Gram Baggies will come with an assortment of goodies to be delivered on Halloween day. You can purchase one for yourself, a friend, a teacher, or anyone you’d like! Delivery can be made anonymous if you’d like to surprise someone special. Juniors will be pre-selling bags during middle and high school lunches starting Tuesday, 10/11.
See Ms. Matson in B4 or Brown in B9 if you have questions about either fundraiser!
Picture Day:
Music Department Field Trip:
Leland and Gray Music Department is Sponsoring a Field Trip!
Moira Smiley - Sunday, October 23
Singing Workshop (2 pm) and Concert (4 pm)
**This field trip is open to any students who would like to attend, not just music department students**
Please contact Elyse Norton at ewadsworth@windhamcentral.org for more information or to request a permission slip.
Timeline:
12:00 Depart from L&G
2:00 Begin workshop
4:00 Attend concert
6:30 Dinner in Plainfield
8:30 Return to L&G
Cost:
L&G Music Department is sponsoring the cost of tickets. Students should bring $10-15 for dinner. Scholarships are available!
Deadline:
Permission slips due no later than Thursday, October 13th
About the workshop:
“Your Own Wild Voice with Moira Smiley
The human voice has astonishing range and color, and - as with our lungs & brains - we may not use it to its full glory! This fast-paced, fun workshop playfully explodes your assumptions about your own voice. We will explore fresh, physical ways into singing. Eastern European and Appalachian songs will root you, while call & response, vocal improvising and movement will keep you discovering ever more inventive parts of you. Moira playfully draws out techniques, timbres and styles you always knew were in you as a singer or writer, but maybe hadn't felt you could bring out! Singers of all experience levels are welcome.”
About the artist:
“Moira is a performer, composer and teacher who grew up in Vermont, attended Village Harmony camps and later taught Village Harmony sessions. Moira’s academic specialty is Early Music, and she has developed parallel experience with various folk traditions – especially early American, Irish, and Balkan vocal styles. By exploring the particularities of traditions, styles, and periods, she’s found something uniquely her own. She’s performed with the likes of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Tune-Yards, Tim O’Brien, Eric Whitacre, Los Angeles Master Chorale, New World Symphony, Solas, and The Lyric String Quartet.”
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Harmonyville Store:
Harmonyville Store is looking for students interested in part-time employment. Shifts are available after school, as well as on the weekends. If interested, please apply in person or call #365-9417 for more information.
L'After Needs You!:
The L'After afterschool programs at New Brook Elementary and Jamaica Elementary are looking for student volunteers! The programs start on Monday, 10/3 and run Monday - Friday from 3-5:30pm - days and times can be flexible. If you enjoy working with younger kids, this is a super fun way to earn your community service hours! For more information, please email Mariah Lique at New Brook (
mlique@windhamcentral.org) or Penelope Momaney at Jamaica (
pmomaney@windhamcentral.org).
There may be an option at Wardsboro as well - please Terry in Room A8.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Brattleboro Rotary Club is looking for student Rotarians! Rotary is Rotary International is a humanitarian service organization which brings together business and professional leaders in order to provide community service, promote integrity, and advance goodwill, peace, and understanding in the world. It is a non-political and non-religious organization.
Meetings are the first Thursday of the month in Brattleboro. Transportation is provided.
Being a student Rotarian looks great on college and job applications!
If you're interested, please see Terry in Room B8.
Community Hope & Action Harvest Concert:
On Saturday, October 22nd from 6:30-8:00 pm at the Townshend Town Hall, Community Hope & Action will be hosting a free, ALL AGEs Harvest Music and Dessert event to celebrate the Fall. The mission of Community Hope & Actions is to instill hope by creating opportunities to support and connect everyone within our community. Bard Owl, who will be performing, is made up of Breeze Verdant on guitar, vocals and stomp box and Annie Landenberger on vocals and percussion. Bard Owl has been making music since 2016 honing sweet harmonies, driving rhythms and several Verdant originals. Desserts and beverages will be served! If you can, please bring a dessert to share. This event is substance free and is open to people of all ages, from all towns. Sponsored by: Community Hope & Action. For more info call 802-365-4700 or email wrvthrives@gmail.com.
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