September 7, 2018

The Swift Flyer

The Swift Flyer highlights team curriculum, choices, celebrations, events and opportunities.  We try to minimize miscellaneous e-mail announcements by consolidating information here.  With that in mind, we appreciate you perusing this blog as it arrives so no one misses out on potential opportunities or important dates.  

If you ever know of a community event of interest to Swift students and families, please feel free to send details to Amy Skapof for posting.

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Grand Isle Campout 

Many fabulous memories were made and new connections formed at Grand Isle this week.  Thank you, parents!  We couldn't do this without you.  Whether you chaperoned full time, part time, came for dinner, shopped for food, helped your child pack, or some or all of the above, you helped make this happen.

See our Instagram Posts for a snapshot of activities (and follow us at swift_flyforever for all Instagram updates).

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More highlights from Grand Isle!

A post shared by Swift House (@swift_flyforever) on Sep 8, 2018 at 6:17am PDT

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What a great team-building campout for Swift! #flyforever

A post shared by Swift House (@swift_flyforever) on Sep 7, 2018 at 3:20pm PDT

Sustainability Action Project: Community Panel 

We launched our Sustainability Action Project last week with an overview of the United Nation's Global Goals.  Click here to review our kiva slideshow.  Our next step happens this Thursday with the Sustainability Community Panel.  We have asked representatives from a variety of organizations to share about our community's assets and needs.  The panel will include folks from:

*Chittenden Solid Waste
*Williston Restorative Justice
*Lake Champlain Basin Program
*Williston Town Forest
*Habitat for Humanity Restore
*UVM 4H Extension
*Energy Efficiency Vermont
*Sustainable Williston
*Transition Town Williston
*Vermont Adaptive Sports
*Essex Senior Center
*Williston Rotary
*Seventh Generation
*CVU Sustainability Program

We will ask students to begin brainstorming community needs which they can address through group action projects, with the inspiration of these organizations. 

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Learning about the UN Global Goals as part of our sustainability unit! #swifthouse #sustainablity #cvsdvt

A post shared by Swift House (@swift_flyforever) on Sep 5, 2018 at 11:06am PDT

Curriculum

Students focused on growth mindset strategies while solving group and individual challenges in math last week.  Literature groups started Wednesday based the results of this survey.   Chorus and band started this past Tuesday and 5th grade world language, science and social studies begin Monday.  This coming week will mark the first full week with our full load of classes; our children will certainly be tired by Friday!

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Had some fun practicing how to convince a skeptic in math today using a lesson from @joboaler1 . Students were tasked to use 6-7 feet of yarn to make a shape. Every member of the group had to be touching the yarn and they needed to use the whole piece. Then they had to convince a skeptic how they knew the shape they made was correct. #swifthouse #cvsdvt #growthmindset

A post shared by Swift House (@swift_flyforever) on Aug 30, 2018 at 1:34pm PDT

Opportunities

Please see this week's School Bell for Continental Math and Intergenerational Reading information and registration.  Both of these fantastic opportunities are open to all 5th through 8th graders at WCS.