November 14, 2014

Coat Drive for Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program

From Evs Rocheleau, CVU student and former Swiftie:

This year CVU's sophomore class partnered with Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program in helping those in need of winter coats stay warm this winter. We are hoping that the community of Williston will aid us in our mission by bringing in your gently used winter wear and leaving it in the box in the WCS lobby. Our drive will be ending the day before Thanksgiving Break, with possible extension. Thank you for all your help in support!

Parent Potluck Follow-Up: 

Service-Based Field Trips

We had great discussions at the Parent Potluck and are following up on topics one at a time.  Our first follow-up is based on a suggestion from parents to find more ways to involve students in community service.

We would like to set aside a day for a service-based field trip.  We imagine that we could find opportunities for students to help others in the Williston Community while working in small groups.  Students could rake, cook, stack wood, weed gardens, prepare food, etc.  We would love to have a committee of parents to help organize this by finding service opportunities appropriate for middle schoolers. A day in late April or early May (around Green-Up day) would work well for the team.  Any interested parents? Please contact askapof@cssu.org to start forming a committee.

Special Tours Survey

We want to let you know that we only have 36 responses to the Special Tours Survey, which is just over half of the students participating. If your child wants to go on one of these special tours (especially the White House, Pentagon, or Capitol Building), the survey MUST be completed by the end of the day today (Sunday). Otherwise, they will not have these options during our trip in June.   Please sign-up here interested.

Bottle Drive

As part of our Washington, DC Fundraisers, we will be having a bottle drive on Saturday, December 6th from 9am-12 noon. Our bottle drives are most successful (and much faster than three hours) when we have about 20 drivers and at least two students per car. It can also be fun for two parents to take one car together, drink coffee and mingle while the kids do the heavy lifting! Larger vehicles or those with lots of space in the trunk/back work best.  Please sign-up here.

Let it Grow

Thanks to all of your generous support, we immediately surpassed our second goal of $500! We can't thank you all enough for your contributions and support. We are now hoping to raise $750 towards this cause. It's not too late to join the team and/or donate.

If you'd like to join on, you can do so here. Again, thank you so much! You all are amazing people.

~Kevin and Matt
# Let it Grow

Matt and Kevin with donor, Mr. Smith

Phosphorous and Lake Champlain

Fifth and sixth graders have been learning about how storm water run-off entering Lake Champlain affects the water quality.  A major chemical of concern is phosphorous which over-fertilizes the lake, causing algae blooms.  Students created Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to teach others how they can protect the lake.  See examples below.