Volunteers Still Needed...
We still have many spots to fill for our Big Basket Raffle Fun Night. This is a major DC fundraiser; all hands-on-board needed!
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Also, please mark your April calendar for "Dining with a Cause" at Grazers on April 18th.
SBAC Schedule and Snack Sign Up
Swift students will take SBAC tests the week of April 29-May 3. We would love to have parents sign up to donate healthy snacks for each day. For most students, SBAC testing will take place in their math classrooms. The class sizes are approximately 22 students per class. If you'd like to sign up, or to see a more detailed view of the weeks' schedule please click here.
Thank you!
The FAP Big Basket Raffle
Collections for the 19th Annual Big Basket Raffle and Silent Auction are underway! This is one of FAP’s biggest fundraisers of the year, with proceeds funding FAP programs that support all WCS and ABS students, families and staff. Items donated by our families will be made into beautiful themed baskets that will be raffled off at the BIG BASKET RAFFLE on Saturday, April 13th, 2019.We ask each family to purchase and donate one (or more) item(s) that relate to your class theme:
Please send donations into your child’s class between now and Friday, April 5th.
Family contributions are voluntary, and every item, large or small, is greatly appreciated. Price is not a factor, and all donations are anonymous. If you have more than one child in a house, it is perfectly acceptable to donate one item per family. Students may also join together to donate a larger item.
The Basket Raffle Committee members are also out contacting local businesses for gift basket items, gift certificates, and silent auction prizes. If you have a connection with a local business you think would be interested in supporting this school fundraiser, please contact FAP (willistonfap@cvsdvt.org).
Guest Speaker
On Friday, March 29th, Swift students in the Refugee and I Am Malala literature groups were treated to a meeting with Saja Almogalli, an Iraqi refugee who is currently a junior at Burlington High School. Saja spoke confidently and eloquently about her experiences of escaping from Iraq with her mother and several siblings approximately a year after her father was killed in a car accident. She talked to us about how her mother was a high school teacher and had been empowered by her own father to shed social expectations in Iraq around gender roles, and to continue to study and get an education. Saja's mother and sisters did not want for the girls in her family to be forced into arranged marriages at a young age and limited to staying home to raise children, cook, and clean. They were able to escape to Turkey, where they lived for approximately three years before being able to come to Vermont. During that time, Saja taught herself English and she is now a fluent English speaker. She spoke about how the most important thing that we can do to support new Americans is to be welcoming, and not to make assumptions or judge people based on things like appearance, cultural norms, and religious beliefs. Saja hopes that after high school, she will go to college and then on to medical school to become a surgeon. The Swift students and teachers were moved by her powerful story.
Girls Science Discovery Day
The University of Vermont College of Medicine’s Chapter of the American Women’s Medical Association will be hosting their annual Girls’ Science Discovery Day on Saturday, May 5th, 2018 from 9:00am to 3:00pm at the UVM College of Medicine in Burlington, VT. WCS has been invited to bring three girls to the event.The day consists of a keynote address, interactive workshops run by faculty and medical students, and an ice cream social. Workshops from previous years have included learning about the immune system, medical imaging, and anatomy. Activities have included viewing human organs, casting an arm and drawing blood from a dummy. For further information about the event, visit http://tinyurl.com/y29z3dlf
Any girls interested in attending should complete the Google Survey found here before Thursday, April 4th. Further questions can be directed to Amy Skapof at askapof@cvsdvt.org. If we have more than three interested and enthusiastic candidates we will draw names on Friday, April 5th. Those chosen to attend will be contacted by April 8th with more details.
2019-2020 DCF List
Voting for the 2018-2019 winnter is OPEN! Students can vote electronically for their favorite Dorothy Canfield Fisher book of 2018-19 on the Google voting Form sent to all 4-8 grade students. New this year is a DCF Jr award for students who read 10 or more titles from the list. (By student suggestion) Thanks for supporting reading & youth book awards!
CVU Baseball Coupon Books for Sale
Please consider supporting the CVU baseball team in their annual fundraiser. The Coupon Booklet includes discounts at several local establishments, including Grazers, Bagels Plus, Ramunto's, and more! Several former Swift students are on the baseball team, including Storm Rushford, Baker Angstman, Matt Yandow, and Eric Pockette. If you would like to purchase a coupon booklet, please contact Julieta Rushford at julietarushford@comcast.net or Amy Yandow at amyyandow@myfairpoint.com. The deadline for purchasing is April 2, 2019.
VT Tech Summer Programs
2019 Student Business Plan & Pitch Competitions – For High School/Career Tech
students – SUBMISSIONS DUE MAY 15 – to VtSBDC (Vermont Small Business Development Center) - awards/cash prizes
to top entries – No cost to enter. https://www.vtsbdc.org/
GIV Entrepreneurship Institute - socially responsible - creating solutions
For students entering 10th - 12th grades - Governor’s Institutes of Vermont (GIV) - residential - hosted by Vermont Tech College - Randolph Center Campus - July 6 -12. REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN - A fun “hands-on” entrepreneurial program. Sliding scale tuition. Option to earn 3 college credits- dual enrollment vouchers. http://www.giv.org/
Rosie’s Girls STEM Leadership Camp – residential camp -for girls entering 9th -10th grades
- July 7-12 – Vermont Tech College - Randolph Center Campus - REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN A fun “hands-on”
exploration into STEM - plus some arts, career opportunities. Affordable – many partial scholarships. https://www.vtc.edu/academics/
Coder Camp for Girls - July 15 -19 - Vermont Tech College - Williston Campus - day camp for girls entering
7th - 11th grades - - REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN An experiential coder camp where girls can translate their creativity
into computer software programs. https://www.vtc.edu/academics/
Contact: Steven Airoldi – steven.airoldi@vtc.vsc.edu
Advanced Coder Camp – July 22-26 – Vermont Tech College - Williston Campus – day camp for girls and boys
entering 7th – 11th grades –- REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN Campers with some programming background dive deeper into programming.https://www.vtc.edu/academics/
Contact: Steven Airoldi – steven.airoldi@vtc.vsc.edu
Brand new Computer Day Camp- July 29-Aug 2 – by Vermont Tech College –faculty – held at CCV Upper Valley
Campus - White River, Jct – for rising 7th – 10th graders REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN - https://www.vtc.edu/computer- camp – Contact: Steven Airoldi – steven.airoldi@vtc.vsc.edu
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