November 8, 2013

Book Fair

Nov. 11th-15th We Need Volunteers! The Scholastic Book Fair is an important fundraiser for the Williston School District. The fair raises almost $4,000 dollars for the schools. This year's fair will run November 11th -15th. Please consider covering a shift at the fair. The sign-up is here.

Mr. Hunt and Ms. Laberge's core will visit the book fair on Tuesday.  Ms. Donnelly and Ms. Skapof will attend as a class on Thursday.  Send in money with your child if they wish to purchase a book.

This Week in Social Studies

Students recently completed a unit on geography, learning about latitude and longitude and creating maps of their own neighborhoods.  7th and 8th graders have now begun learning about the Cold War while 5th and 6th have started following the journey of Lewis and Clark.

Colby, Bennett and Andrew with their neighborhood maps

Adam and his map

States of Matter

Swift students used the iPads to create multimedia presentations to review the states of matter and the transitions between them.  7th and 8th will exam these transitions through phase change diagrams while 5th and 6th look at out states of matter relates to the water cycle and the weather.

                          States of Matter video by Annabelle, Francis and Bryant

States of Matter Powtoon by Matthew and Dom

Red Ribbon Week- Letter From Sarah Klionsky

Dear Families,

We had a fun Red Ribbon Week at WCS! We had amazing participation in our five theme days, each promoting the message of being substance free. A rainbow of ribbon bracelets were handed out, and the week ended with ice cream sandwiches for all.

“What can I do to help keep the conversation going?” 
Be absolutely clear with your child/ren that you don’t want them using drugs or drinking alcohol. Don’t leave room for interpretation. And talk to them often about the dangers of drug and alcohol use - more than once or twice a year. (For more tips in parenting kids to be substance free, go to the SAP page on the WCS website – or go to www.drugfree.org)

Contract for Life 
Here is one way to start the conversation at home. Please read and sign the “Contract for Life” together with your child and have them bring it in by Monday, 18th, with their name and house clearly marked, to be entered into a raffle. All contracts will be returned to you after Prizes in the raffle are donations from local business. Thanks so much and good luck on the raffle!

Sarah Klionsky, WCS SAP Counselor
Vermont Kids Against Tobacco (VKAT) Advisor