October 13, 2017

Long Term Sub: Emily Brewer

Hello Swift Families!

My name is Emily Brewer. I am so excited to begin working with Swift as the substitute for Mrs. Donnelly! I have worked as the WCS Part 2 After School director for the past two years and have gotten to know WCS and many of its amazing students in the process. I graduated from UVM with a degree in Middle School ELA and Science. After UVM, I spent a year in Santiago, Chile teaching English and working on farms learning about Permaculture. I am a huge believer of hands-on learning and will do my best to get to know your kids, to help make their learning experience as personalized as possible.

In my free time I enjoy traveling, exploring Vermont, skiing, and cooking. I am looking forward to getting to work with all of you. Please do not hesitate to introduce yourselves or to ask any questions that you may have!

Best,
Emily

Costumes Needed for Theater Unit

Please see the document linked here for a list of items that we are hoping your child can bring from home for his/her role in the upcoming theater unit by Tuesday, October 17th. If you don't see your child's name, it is because he or she is in a technical role that does not require a costume. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Patrick Clow blocking the opening scene of the Tempest

Support with Theater Unit: Painting and Building

We are all working hard on the Swift theater unit, and we always look forward to the help that parents provide with painting our flats (backdrops) and building large set pieces. We are hoping to get some of this year's projects done during the school day next week (10/16-10/19), with a full morning on Friday (school is not in session that day) to finish up. Please use this link to sign up if you are able to help. We will have a list of projects to be completed by the end of the day this Friday. Thank you so much for considering, and we look forward to working with you!

Support with Fundraising

Hello Swift Families,

 Hope you are all doing well and enjoying our Vermont summer! First and foremost, please consider supporting our FAP Annual Fund – the FAP funds go to help support all students in the school and some were used to pay for our Swift Campout. A big thank you to folks who came out to our meet and greet and help brainstorm ideas for fundraising. For those of you new to Swift, each year the students have the option of going on an “end of year” trip that is also connected with a research project and school curriculum. Past locations have been Washington, DC and NYC. NYC is the anticipated location for the June’s trip. (FYI – students do not have to go on the trip and instead get to be part of the “Home Team” doing a lot of great activities during that time.)

 Currently, our plan is to sponsor:

• 2 Fun Nights – one coming up October 27th and one in the spring (hoping for Big Basket Raffle night) 
• A New Year’s bottle drive (we made the most money with this one last year) – Saturday, January 7th
• Marko the Magician – hoping to do January 19th 
• Selling food concessions during the play in the Spring 

 We would also like to have a few “Dining for a Cause” nights at local restaurants. Some other ideas included: Silent Auctions Raffling off an item at the November 4th WCS Craft Fair – I have an idea of an item that I’m researching but would welcome other ideas. Calcutta or Group Bunco event for the community Spaghetti Dinner for the community Car Wash Pie/Bake sale I’ve put together a list of the events we know we need to do and I am looking for a person to take charge of coordinating each one. If you are interested, please put your name next to the item you would like to help coordinate and I will be in touch with forms, etc to make it all happen.  Please click here for sign-up form.

AND, if you have an idea or something you would like to take charge of – add it to the list!! Together we can make it a great “fun” year! Thank you all so very much! Please let me know if you have any questions

~ All the best, Shelly

Advertise in the Swift Theater Program

Would you like to advertise your business among Swift House families while helping support the team?  Advertise in the Theater Program for a win-win.  The funds would all go directly to Swift House programing and your business will be featured in the program handed out on the evening of the show.

If you're interested, please contact Lisa Barland.  We ask for:

• A minimum $20 donation to advertise
• Image/text that we can copy in black and white
• Payment and submissions by Friday, October 27th

Thank you for considering! 

8th Grade Challenge Kickoff

Eighth graders are in the initial stages of planning their year-long 8th grade challenge projects.  They are submitting their "Kick Off Form" by October 27th which includes details about the topic, subfocus questions, a mentor and the community connection.

For more details and due dates see the Swift website here.

Change Round Up

$2300
All Breed Rescue and Florida grade school