October 27, 2017

Mr. Hunt

Thank you to all who donated towards a gift for Mr. Hunt in celebration of his wedding and new house!  Alec (seated left) presented the combined gift with your names in kiva on Friday.  Congratulations to Mr. Hunt!

Swift House Theater Festival- This Thursday

Our schedule for Thursday afternoon/evening:

• 4:30 pm - Tempest Call- actors get into make-up and costumes
• 5:00 pm - RH Call- actors get into make-up and costumes
• 6:00 pm - The Tempest Performance
• 7:15 pm - Intermission  (the following times are all approximate)
• 7:25 pm - Robin Hood Performance
• 8:30 pm - Strike- Adult supervisors and student helpers needed.   Please click here to sign up.

Strike Details

We are trying a different strategy for our "strike" this year.  Strike refers to the process of cleaning-up the costumes, sets, stage, lights, sound, make-up and areas we have used.  We need to have everything picked up so we can resume our regular school schedule on Friday.

This year we are looking for adult and student volunteers who can stay after the show to really do a thorough job.  We recognize that some folks have young children who need to get home.  Please click here to sign up if you can stay after the show to pitch in!  The work goes quickly when everyone's on board.

Before going to strike assignments, students should change out of their costumes, bag up what they need to bring home and place it in the lobby. When one job is done, students could go to another area to help if they are able to stay.

Tickets Not Required

We thank you in advance for coming to support both shows!  No tickets required; simply show up earlier for closer seats.  If would like to donate towards the Swift theater program, look for the donation jar on your way into the auditorium.

Leslie working on caps for Robins Merry Band

Jasmine working on King Richard's tunic

Polar Express Volunteers

Sign up by Monday, October 30th so we can get your shirt order in and let the Vermont Children's Foundation know how many Swift elves to expect.

Click on the image below to sign up and/or read more information:

Homework Club

• Mondays (3:00-4:30) and Tuesdays (2:00-3:30)
• Late bus available to bring students home both days
• Please only send your son or daughter if they have homework to do
• Schedule may change or sessions may be cancelled based on supervisors' schedules

Fun Night Success!

A huge thank you to all of our parents and students who worked Fun Night on Friday night.  We entertained over 150 kids for 2.5 hours, raising at least $2000.  Wow!  Thank you for the time, food donations, prize donations and your hard work.

8th Celebration Trip to Ridin Hy Ranch 

WCS is continuing with a 2-day trip to the Ridin Hy Ranch in New York on May 24-25th. Last year, over 80% of our 8th grade students participated and had a wonderful time. The resort-ranch features tons of activities including: swimming (indoors and lake), fishing, pontoon boat rides, shuffle board, archery, organized games, and of course, horseback trail riding.

Key Information:

• Dates: May 24th-25th 
• Cost: $60 
• Behavior Expectations: Patterns of unsafe behavior can put a student's participation in jeopardy 
• Lodging: A variety of cabins Food: 
• Family style-very good! 

 Forms were sent home to 8th Grade families via Connect 5 this week.  Paper copies were also handed to Swift 8th graders with their Greensheets.

7th Grade Math

Swift 7th graders are looking for generalizations around adding and subtracting negative and positive integers.  They played 123 Switch, a game of strategy, to test their conjectures and look for patterns.