Thursday, May 24, 2018

Friday, May 25th

Student Presentations

Please check that you have marked your calendar for the Swift Open House at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, June 12th.  All students will be presenting their NYC, Independent or 8th Grade Challenge Projects.  We will begin the evening in the theater with 8th graders providing an overview of their year-long projects.

We are also still looking for Community Panel members for the extended 8th Grade Challenge Presentations that same day, starting at 10:00 am.  Please e-mail Lisa Barland if you are available or have any great leads we should pursue!

Next Week

When the NYC trip heads out Tuesday morning the Home Team will be in action.  Home team students will embark on a hands-out electricity unit, studying how it is generated, transferred to homes, and how different sources affect the environment in different ways.  We will head to two electricity sources on Thursday, the McNeil Generating Plant and the Essex Hydro Plant, and have a guest speaker from Green Mountain Power, Ken Couture.  Students will create windmill blades in an engineering competition to see who can generate the most power as well.  At the same time, home team students will also continue work on their Independent Projects.  Stay tuned for further updates and photos. 

Coin Drop- Last Day

Our 3/4 teams have raised $239.78 for the Hands of Love Educational Center in Kenya, Africa, so that their students can purchase shoe! Their goal by Friday, May 25th is to raise $800. Please help us out and bring in your loose change next week. Students will be in the front lobby each morning collecting it.

Swiftville

Swiftville took flight last Thursday and Friday, marked by constant action, interactions, transactions and wonderful reactions from our guests.  We had seven classes visit over the course of two days; the Town Council handed each visitor $10,000 Swiftles on the way in to spend as they saw fit.   Students provided constant insights into the "real world" lessons at large, with comments such as:

"I had to leave my previous job because of a hostile work environment."
"Being the owner of the business is stressful!  These other guys just have to work."
"I was so nervous before my job interview."

And many, many more.  Please enjoy some photos and video below and see our Shutterfly site for more (password: flyforever).

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Presentation from CVU Students

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Swift Student Represented at Young Playwrights Festival


Coder Camp for Girls 

Day camp – July 16th – 20th Williston Campus – for girls ages entering 7th – 10th (fall 2018) grades - an experiential hands-on coding camp where girls have a chance to translate their creativity into a computer program of their own design using SCRATCH and other software programs plus visit innovative software development companies and more. The camp will include free lunches each day, a field trip and many activities! Click here for more information.

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Sunday, May 6, 2018

May 4, 2018

Intern Farewell

Friday was the official last day for Ms. Poleman, Ms. Leister and Ms. Bishop.   They have done so much to support and enrich the learning of Swift House students this year.  They will be truly missed, although we will continue seeing them this spring for special events and subbing.  
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Thank You and Remaining Events

Thank you so much to all who chaperoned and donated concessions towards Friday's dance.  All went smoothly.  We will save any leftover concessions for our Sandbar State Park picnic on June 14th. 

And thank you so much for the many delicious healthy snack donations for our SBAC testing week.  It's a special treat to share crackers, cheese, oranges, banana break, etc as a class.  Students did an excellent job of focusing their energy on the tests all week.  We will schedule individual make-up sessions for students as needed. 

In the meantime, we have one last shout-out for volunteers.  If you, a family member, or other community members are interested and available to be part of the 8th Grade Challenge Community Presentation panel, please e-mail Lisa Barland.  Thank you.

Swiftville Begins Monday 

See the slideshow for an overview of the process,

CVU THEATRE ANNOUNCEMENT

To All current 8th grade students who might be interested in participating in the 2018 FALL MUSICAL at CVU: You are invited to attend a theatre meeting at CVU on Friday May 18th - from 3:15-4:15 in the CVU theatre to find out the title of the 2018 Fall musical. (The title is kept secret until the unveiling at this meeting.)

Auditions for the CVU musical will take place in June. The show will be cast in June and rehearsals begin the week before school starts in August, so it’s essential that interested incoming freshmen get the Audition information in time to participate in the June auditions.

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, the Co-Curricular Theatre Program Director is happy to go over any information you may have missed after the meeting.

For those who can not attend the meeting in person on May 18th - there will be audition information posted on the CVU Theatre website following the meeting regarding the audition process.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact CVU’s Theatre Program Director - Candy Padula at yourtheatrenews@gmail.com

Some Important Dates to mark on your calendar are:
May 18th - CVU Musical Title announcement meeting 3:15-4:14 in the CVU Theatre
June 14th - Musical Audition Workshops - 1:00-3:30 at CVU
June 16th - Musical Auditions - between 9:00 & 3:00 at CVU
Aug. 20th - Aug. 28th - Theatre Camp at CVU - from approx. 9:30 -2:00 each day - for all those cast in the musical.


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Student Work 

See samples below of investigation write-ups for our human body research.


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