The EHS AP environmental students conducted water quality testing on Indian Brook as a culmination of their watershed unit. 🌱💧 #EWSD #YouBelong
EMS and ADL French students participated in a two-week-long music tournament sponsored by Roxxem and Manie Musicale featuring eight French pop songs. They earned points by playing games both in class and on their own, and they all worked very hard! https://bit.ly/47ExV7v 🎶🏆
During school read-ins at FMS, all students and faculty join together in the hallways for independent, silent reading time! 🙂📖 #EWSD #YouBelong
As part of their recent reading unit, the Hiawatha first graders are learning about how other children around the world access books. They are also working to get three little free libraries built and installed throughout the school district! Local resident, Gary Gawor, has built their first little library and students plan to decorate them before they are installed. https://bit.ly/3MP3LGE 📚💯
Essex Parks and Rec partnered with CTE's Professional Foods program to prepare and deliver 100 meals to seniors in the Essex community! https://bit.ly/46oyAsI 🦃🥧🍎🌽
The EWSD Child Nutrition Program presented its annual District-wide Vermont Harvest Menu to celebrate the collaboration with local producers. A huge thank you to the EWSD local vendors and partners for helping make this happen! https://bit.ly/3MHOCqU 🍎🍝🧀🥖
The Childhood Education and Human Services program created memorial shirts for staff, students, and preschoolers to wear in honor of their former Childhood Education program instructor, Lissa Bogner, who passed away after a long battle with breast cancer. To honor her life and legacy they are “Learning for Lissa” every day! 💕💕
The EWSD understands that our decision to open or close schools in bad weather has a big effect on families. As always, the safety of our students is our top priority. Learn about how the District makes a decision, who makes the decision, and more: https://bit.ly/3MLizGi ❄️❄️#EWSD
There will be no school from November 20-24. Have a great Fall Break! 🍂🥧🧡🍎😊🧣
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CTE student leadership hosted the annual t-shirt assembly. All students, from 17 sending schools as well as adult students, came together to celebrate being a CTE community! Student representatives from all 14 CTE programs, as well as the 5 Pre-Tech programs, gave a brief description of what they learn in their respective programs. The assembly ended with raffle prizes that each program provided. It's a fun and informative way for students to come together as a community and learn about other programs besides their own. It's become a CTE tradition that students look forward to, and they all get a CTE t-shirt! 👏👏
The Heavenly Food Pantry, located at the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Essex Junction, will be open to families residing in Essex, Essex Junction, and Westford on Monday, November 13, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Families will be given a number when they arrive and asked to wait in the sanctuary. When their number is called, they will be registered beginning at 5:30. A volunteer will greet and escort them around the pantry, allowing them to make selections of their choosing. After food is gathered, it will be weighed (information for pantry use only) and another volunteer will bring the food to the family’s vehicle. Shopping carts will be made available for those within walking distance of the pantry. The pantry asks for proof of residence for each household in the form of a current utility bill with a physical address listed. In lieu of this, families may provide current correspondence from a government agency or other official mail. Identification for each household member may consist of a driver’s license, hospital card, insurance card, school-issued ID, social security ID, or birth certificate.
As usual, there are no income requirements to visit the food pantry and a variety of food is available to everyone; however, eligible families who fall below federally mandated guidelines may access additional food provided by the USDA once each month. Families not able to attend the pantry may call the Church office at 878-5745 between 9:00 a.m. and noon today and Monday to leave contact information (name, address, phone number, number of people in the household) so arrangements for delivery can be made. A follow-up call to complete registration will take place on Monday morning. Families are currently able to visit the pantry each time it is open the 2nd Monday of the month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and the 4th Thursday of the month from 2:00-6:00 p.m. (except for November and December when it is the 3rd Thursday).
The next food pantry distribution will occur on Thursday, November 16, from 2:00-6:00 p.m. Please note that the Thursday distribution has been adjusted due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Hey FMS! 👋😸
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Fall Foliage 🤝 EMS 🍂🦅
The #EWSD Board will next meet on Tue., November 14 starting at 6:30 p.m. in the EHS Library. The full meeting will be available to watch on Facebook Live thanks to the Media Factory.
Agenda items for the meeting include:
* Literacy Data with an Equity Lens
* Approve Professional Appointments
* FY24 1st Quarter Financial and Personnel Reporting
To learn more about the EWSD Board, please visit: www.ewsd.org/schoolboard
EWSD Board members Robert Carpenter, Scott Cooledge, and Diane Clemens recently attended the VSBA School Board Member Annual Conference. This year, the conference focused on why good governance matters to successful student outcomes and identifying areas of improvement.
Snow is here ❄️ Get snow day notifications on your phone by downloading the new EWSD mobile app! The EWSD app is available to download for free on the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store📱📱😊
Founders Memorial School recently won the Gold Excellence in Worksite Wellness Award. The FMS Wellness Committee, RoseMarie McMahon, Kristen Ryan, and Sandy Emery were presented the award at the 2023 Vermont Worksite Wellness Conference by Janet Fray, the chair of the Vermont Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Soaring above FMS 👀
