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Several students from ADL's math club represented their school at the MathCounts chapter competition at the University of Vermont. These mathletes worked together and independently to solve a series of challenging math problems. 8th grade students Sebastian Bush, Jammie Bush, Roland Ekstrom, and Sujan Tamang also qualified as a team for the State MathCounts competition at UVM at the end of March!
The EWSD Director of Learning & Instructional Impact invites you to attend an upcoming film viewing called The Right to Read on Monday, April 1 at 5:45 p.m. in the EHS Auditorium.
This film shares the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read. Literacy resources will be provided to those who attend. Please RSVP to this event: https://bit.ly/3TpTcN5
Good morning,
This is a message from Essex Westford School District Superintendent Beth Cobb, informing you that all schools in the EWSD are closed today, Monday, March 11, due to weather and hazardous road conditions.
This includes the following schools: Hiawatha, Summit Street, Essex Elementary, Thomas Fleming, Founders Memorial, The ARC Center, Albert D. Lawton, Essex Middle School, Westford Elementary, Essex High School, and the Center for Technology, Essex.
⏰ Daylight Saving Time starts tomorrow! ⏰Don't forget to set your clocks ahead by one hour before going to bed tonight!
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, March 11, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Families arriving will be given a number when they enter through the front doors of the church and directed to the sanctuary where they will wait until their number is called for registration. They will then be sent into the Fellowship Hall for food.
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.
As usual, there are no income requirements to visit the food pantry and a variety of food is available to everyone; however, additional food is provided by the USDA once a month to eligible families who fall below federally mandated guidelines. Families not able to attend the pantry may call the Church office at 878-5745 Ext. 102 between
9:00 and noon today and Monday to leave contact information (name, address, phone number, and number of people in household) so delivery arrangements can be made. Calls to complete registration will be made 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 3-6 p.m. (except for November and December when it is the 3rd Thursday). The next food pantry distribution will occur on Thursday, March 28 from 3-5:30 p.m. The pantry will be closing early on this day only to accommodate Church services being held later that evening.
The #EWSD Board will next meet on Tue., March 12 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 (www.facebook.com/BTVMediaFactory).
Agenda items for the meeting include:
● Center for Technology, Essex FY25 Budget Presentation
● 2nd Quarter Financial & Personnel Reporting Q and A
● 2.5. Emergency Superintendent Succession
To learn more about the EWSD Board, please visit: www.ewsd.org/page/schoolboard
You can also stay up to date with information on the FY25 budget by visiting: www.ewsd.org/budget
Join the EHS Athletic Leadership Council's Hope Happen Here Chapter for a viewing of the film Our Turn to Talk by Beth Murphy and Patrice Howard on Wednesday, March 13 at 6 p.m. in the EHS library. This event is for students, guardians of teens, and anyone who works with teens. After the movie, there will be a panel discussion.
The 2024 EWSD annual meeting will take place on Monday, April 8 at 7 p.m. in the EHS auditorium. The following day, polls will be open from 7 a.m. through 7 p.m.
View the annual meeting warning online (https://bit.ly/ewsd2024annualmeeting) and visit www.ewsd.org/budget for detailed information on the budget!
The Child Nutrition Team will be putting a spotlight on school breakfast by encouraging all students to participate in the EWSD Breakfast Participation Challenge for the entire month of March. The rules of the challenge are simple - start each day by accessing FREE school breakfast! The school that increases their breakfast participation the most, by the end of the month, will win an all school recognition prize. Only one breakfast per student will be counted, so make sure to encourage your students who don’t typically eat breakfast to access it! 🍌🍊🥯🥞
We hope you had a restful winter break! See you tomorrow, EWSD! 😊😊
We know it's winter break, but there are only 20 more days until Spring!
Have you heard the expression 'Common Level of Appraisal' and wondered what that was? Find out in this short video! https://bit.ly/ewsdcla
Learn more about the proposed #EWSD budget by visiting: www.ewsd.org/budget
Essex Has Talent was a lot of fun this year! 🎶🎤
ADL hosted its 2nd Annual Unified Sports Basketball Tournament! They welcomed teams from Essex Middle School, The Bellcate School, Edmunds Middle School, and Shelburne Community School - congratulations to all the teams! 🏆🏆
Did you know that the EWSD budget site has a Q&A? Answers to some of the most commonly asked questions can be found in this section on www.ewsd.org/budget
There will be no school on Monday, February 26 through Tuesday, March 5 for Winter Break. ❄️❄️ School will resume on Wednesday, March 6.
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 Thursday, February 22, from 3-6 p.m.
Families arriving will be given a number when they enter the building. When their number is called, they will be registered and introduced to a volunteer, who will guide them around the pantry while they select their food. 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. As usual, there are no income requirements to visit the food pantry and a variety of food is available to everyone; however, additional food is provided once a month by the USDA to eligible families who fall below federally mandated guidelines.
The next food pantry distribution will occur on Monday, March 11, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
The #EWSD Board will next meet on Tue., February 20 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 (www.facebook.com/BTVMediaFactory).
Before the official meeting, there will be an opportunity for community engagement with the board beginning at 6 p.m.
Agenda items for the meeting include:
● FY25 Budget Presentation and Deliberation
● Board’s Adoption of the FY25 Budget
● Approval of the FY24 Annual Meeting Warning
To learn more about the EWSD Board, please visit: www.ewsd.org/page/schoolboard
You can also stay up to date with information on the FY25 budget by visiting: www.ewsd.org/budget
👉 The EWSD Board invites you to attend an upcoming community engagement opportunity to talk and ask questions about the FY’25 budget! This will take place before the scheduled Board meeting on February 20, from 6-6:30 p.m.
👉Questions? Reach out to EWSD Board Chair Robert Carpenter (rcarpenter@board.ewsd). Learn more about the budget by visiting: www.ewsd.org/budget