End of the Year Dates
Please take note of the dates recently posted:- May 14 and 15: 8th Grade Science NECAP Testing
- May 17: Williston Runs for Education
- June 3rd-6th: NYC Trip
- June 10th: 8th Grade Challenge Presentations, 10:00-12:30
- June 10th: Swift Open House, 6:30 pm
- June 11: Swift Picnic at Sandbar State Park, 10:00-2:00
- June 12: 8th Grade Graduation, 6:30 pm
- June 13: Last Day of School (1/2 day)
Swiftville
Perhaps you have heard discussions about "Swiftville" lately. You may be wondering what this means. Every two years Swift House transforms into its own micro-economy called Swiftville. Students are given the options of starting their own business, working for an established business, working for the Swiftville Federated Bank, or running for Town Council.The mini-unit begins with lessons about resume writing, business planning and balancing a check book. Students who create their own business write a business plan detailing their projected expenses (including import and property taxes and payroll) and income. Prospective business owners submit these plans to the Swiftville Town Council for approval. At the same time potential employers create a resume and candidates plan their campaigns.
Once positions have been established and the town mapped out, the Federated Bank starts printing Swiftles (our currency) which it loans to businesses as they start up. Infused with cash and rich with products to sell, Swiftville itself "runs" for two days. During this time Swifties run their own businesses and visit each other's businesses during their time off. Lessons about management, communication, banking, money, and supply and demand are everywhere during this seven day simulation. We will be sure to take and post photos! See photos below from 2012.
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| Swiftles exchanged |
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| Face-painting business |
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| Business owners with a fancy pink register |
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| Pete selling his hand-made crafts |
8th Grade Science NECAP Testing
8th Grade Science NECAP testing will take place on May 14th and 15th. Students are allowed to use calculators for part of the test, but they may not use graphing calculators. Please send your child in with a four function or scientific calculator to use during the test if possible. If your child is in 5th-7th grade, we are always short on calculators, so please consider sending one in for us to borrow. Make sure that it is clearly labeled with their name! Ms. Laberge is happy to store the calculators in her room until the dates of the test if you are worried about them getting lost once they arrive at school. Thank you for helping us out with this.Want to Play Ultimate Frisbee?
For the first time ever Vermont has an Ultimate Frisbee Day Camp - one week for high school and one week for middle school! We've already got some fabulous coaches lined up to help attendees grow as players. We'll be addressing athleticism, skills, and strategy over the course of the week. Every attendee gets a shirt and a disc.Please share with the young Ultimate players in your life, or if you are a young Ultimate player, check your schedule and sign up!
When: July 14-18 for high schoolers (they can have just graduated), July 21-25 for middle schoolers (can be entering 9th grade). 9am-3pm.
Where: Montpelier High School
Why: Interscholastic camaraderie, big hucks, Callahans, high fives, and because there is always more to learn.
How much: $138 for the week
Here's where to sign up: http://www.vyul.ultimatecentral.com/e/day-camp
Williston Runs for Education
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8th Grade Challenge Community Panelists Needed
Swift House will be holding our annual 8th Grade Challenge presentations on Tuesday, June 10. We are looking for 16-20 adult volunteers to serve as panelists. Parents of 8th graders or younger students, mentors, grandparents, former teachers- all make for a great audience. These community volunteers will listen to approximately 5 presentations, 20 minutes each. During this time the volunteers will ask questions and provide feedback to the students. After the presentations each volunteer may join the 8th graders for a celebratory lunch. Please arrive in the Swift Kiva between 9:30-9:45 AM, presentations will start at 10:00 AM and continue to 12:00 noon, after which lunch will be served. Please contact Lisa Barland if you are able to attend.CVU Musical Information for Fall 2014
To All CVU incoming freshmen who are interested in getting involved with the CVU theatre program, and next school year’s FALL MUSICAL - you are invited to attend a theatre meeting at CVU on Friday May 16th - from 3:15-4:00 in the CVU theatre.Candy Padula, CVU’s Co-curricular Theatre Program Director, will be announcing the title of next year’s musical, and she will be discussing the audition process for the show. CVU strives to involve incoming freshmen in the musical, and this would be a great opportunity for you to meet Candy and get all of the information you need - first hand.
Auditions for the CVU musical take place in mid August, and rehearsals begin during the week before school starts, so it’s essential that incoming freshmen get the Audition information ahead of time.
Incoming freshmen (and parents) are invited to attend this meeting. Understandably you may not be able to make it precisely by 3:15, due to travel time from school. Candy Padula is happy to go over any information you may have missed after the meeting.
For students who may be away in mid August (at the time of the auditions) there will be an “EARLY AUDITION DATE” in June that you can attend. For those who can not attend the meeting on May 16th - there will be audition information posted on the CVU Theatre website at the end of May regarding the audition process.
To contact Candy Padula directly: email - yourtheatrenews@gmail.com
CVU Summer Camp
All incoming 9th graders are encouraged to attend the CVU Summer Camp. Enjoy the summer days while meeting the Class of 2018 at the new and improving CVU campus. It is not too late to sign up and scholarships are available. Click here to find out more.WSD Parent Survey
Dear K-8 Parents and Guardians,The Williston schools are pleased to announce that this year's parent survey is now available to complete on-line. This is an opportunity for you to let us know how well we are doing, and particularly how well we are meeting the needs of your child[REN]. The more parents who respond to the survey then the more reliable and valuable the information will be, and the more able we will be to use the data to improve our schools. We strongly encourage you to participate. We will be reviewing this data in the days right before and after school gets out.
To have your input included, please complete this survey by Friday, May 16th. It can be accessed on-line by copying the following link into your web browser:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W7X7WBS
If you need any help, would like to use one of the computers at school to complete the survey, or would prefer a paper version of the survey, please contact Cid Gause at 871-6104 or cgause@cssu.org.
Thank you,
The Williston Administrative Team
FAPAC April Meeting Highlights Information
To: Swift Parents
From: Liz Neeld, Sarah Forbes, Katherine Evans , FAPAC Representatives
The FAP Advisory Council held its monthly meeting on April 17th. As we've stated before, we meet each month, our meetings our open to all, and you will receive an email like this every month with highlights of the meeting and a link to the FAP website for the full minutes. Check the full minutes in a PDF format by clicking HERE. Below are a few meeting highlights:
Administration Report — Walter Nardelli, District Principal, led a discussion about what schools should look like in the future. There was a lot of great feedback on this topic. Please check out the full minutes to see more information on this.
Annual Fund — The
Annual Fund is now up to $30,851. We just received a $7,000 donation
from the St. George School Board. Money from shopping on Amazon
continues to go into the fund along with money from the Ake’s Tavern
monthly fundraiser. Here is the Amazon link in case you need it: AMAZON LINK
Staff Appreciation Week — Week of May 12th. FAP is sponsoring a breakfast on Tuesday, May 13th; if anyone is available to help with this at either school, please e-mail Karen Maklad at karenmaklad@gmail.com. The other important school-wide event that week is Dessert Day on Friday, May 16th.
For this, we need the help of many families with the donation of a
dessert. Every staff person at each school goes home with a dessert
that day. If you are able to help with this, click on the following
link to sign up: HERE.
Big Basket Raffle Thank You —
We want to thank all of you for supporting the Big Basket Raffle
fundraiser held on April 12th. It was the most successful one yet,
raising over $9,700 in support of the students and staff of Williston
schools!
Your Feedback on FAP — The FAP Advisory Council
would like to hear from you about
programs you would like to see
offered, how you would like our
resources spent, how to best communicate with you and more. Please click here to complete a short survey. We are committed to
promoting children’s health, well-being, and educational success through strong and active parent,
family, and community involvement. Your feedback
is essential to this process. Thank you for taking the
time to complete this survey.
Burlington Free Press Link —
Check out this link to read an interview with Jennifer Oakes, Williston
Central School Athletic Director, about Middle School sports: LINK
Upcoming Events
- Beauty and the Beast, a production of the Williston Central School Drama Club — Show on Friday, May 9th and two shows on Saturday, May 10th
- Staff Appreciation Week — Monday, May 12th through Friday, May 16th
- Williston Runs for Education, a 5K Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run — Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 10 am at Community Park near Williston Central School.
8th Grade Graduation
Dear parents and guardians of 8th grade students,
Can
you believe that your child is graduating soon from 8th grade? The end
of the year is quickly approaching and it's time to start plans for our
8th grade graduation.
First Planning Meeting:
Interested parents are invited to attend a graduation planning meeting
on Wednesday, April 30th at 6:30 PM in the WCS Dining Room. At this
meeting, parents will select a theme and sign-up for committees to
organize the decoration and food for the reception and dance.
Graduation Date: The graduation date will be Thursday, June 12th at 6:30 PM. Students should report to Equinox House at 6:00 PM. The evening concludes at 9:45 PM following the 8th grade dance in the old gymnasium.
Graduation Reception:
Immediately following the ceremony, there will be a reception in our
courtyard. We need 6th and 7th grade parents to set-up, serve, and
clean-up after this event, so all 8th grade parents can enjoy this
special evening with their family. Please help us find volunteers and
have them contact Jackie Parks at jparks@cssu.org. We also will be requesting their help via the School Bell.
Reception Cost:
We ask that each 8th grade family contribute $10 to help pay for some
of the cost related to this event. Please send your $10 donation to
your house teacher assistant by May 23rd.
Tickets: Please go to the following link for information about graduation tickets. Seating in the gym is very limited. https://docs.google.com/
Photograph Permission:
If you do not want your child photographed for use in any of the
graduation program events, please let Cid Gause know at 871-6104 or cgause@cssu.org.
Student Dress:
Students are asked to dress appropriately for the occasion: a dress or
skirt for the girls and a tie and slacks for the boys. Jeans, shorts
and baseball caps are not appropriate.
Volunteers Needed: If you are interested in helping, but can't attend the planning meeting on Wednesday, 4/30, please let Jackie Parks know at jparks@cssu.org.
Graduation Speeches:
All 8th grade students will soon be notified that they can be
considered as one of our two graduation speakers by attending an
upcoming on-demand writing session. A school committee will be
reviewing the speeches and selecting two students to further polish and
deliver the speeches.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions about graduation. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jacqueline Parks
Principal
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