Trivia Tuesday: Did You Know?
During last night's Slate Valley Unified Union school board meeting, FHGS K/1 looping teachers gave an impressive presentation about their "Shift in Literacy Instruction". Please click the link and take a look, the presentation starts at 1:37. Thank you to Jared Danyow, Courtney Grenier and Teann McCrea for your enthusiasm and for sharing this important information. Just another example of the great things happening at Slate Valley!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-GwdnvVCWfTpMtNJUH-tFKB2PeHiv_aA/view?usp=sharing
Meet Slate Valley Faculty and Staff Monday: Featuring Sara Mason
Tonight - November 27, 2023
You’re invited to the Slate Valley Unified Union School District Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Fair Haven Grade School Library. This meeting will be in person. You can virtually connect by going to: https://meet.google.com/rko-mzcv-nuz
Or dial: (US) +1 262-563-3726 PIN: 225 334 817#
This week's FHUHS Senior Spotlight - Jasmyne Robinson
Reminder: School will be closed for Thanksgiving break November 22, 23 and 24. We will resume Monday, November 27th!
Today our Slate Valley Coaches and MTSS Coordinator presented UFLI training to all district Special Educators. Good job coaches, on orchestrating important professional development the day before a break, and kudos to our educators for being so engaged,
SVU teachers, who are also alumni of Castleton University, came together to share their experiences in the field with two Vermont State University-Castleton classes. The classes were comprised of future educators who are either currently doing their student teaching or will be in the spring.
The panel of Slate Valley teachers responded to the following prompts:
What surprised you about teaching during your first few years?
What successes have you experienced in teaching, and what allowed for your success?
What do you wish you knew before you had your own classroom?
What advice do you have for those who are soon to enter teaching?
It was another great collaboration between Slate Valley and Castleton University.
Celebrating the Class of 2024 with our first Senior Spotlight - Timothy Kendall! Stay tuned for more features in the coming weeks! We hope to highlight each of our seniors!
This morning at CES: Bridges Math Work Stations in Mr. Hackett's Kindergarten with special guest Superintendent, Ms. Olsen-Farrell.
Slate Valley Future Leaders Roundtable Session 2 took place today. Future leaders heard first hand about the role and responsibilities of board members in Slate Valley. We are so grateful to have aspiring educational leaders!!
Another wonderful lunch with the superintendent! Today Ms. Olsen-Farrell and Mr. O'Meara enjoyed dynamic conversation with some FHU Middle School students.
Yesterday two of our faculty were celebrated at the University of Vermont's Outstanding Educator Day. Congratulations to Shannan Mead and Nate Morris for their acknowledgement of being UVM Teachers of the Year!
Tonight - November 13, 2023: You’re invited to the Slate Valley Unified Union School District Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Fair Haven Union Middle and High School Library. This meeting will be in person. You can virtually connect by going to:https://meet.google.com/vpe-iafw-stg Or dial: (US) +1 904-580-6324 PIN: 670 027 336#
Reminder: The Finance Committee Meeting before the District Board Meeting will begin at 5:00 PM in the Central Office Conference Room.
THE UPSTANDERS
THE UPSTANDERS WILL SCREEN LIVE ON
Thursday, November 16, 2023
AT FHUMHS in the gym
Pizza/childcare beginning at 5:30pm
Film starting at 6:00 p.m.
Questions & Answer Session 7:00-7:30 pm
The Upstanders Toolkit Access Link: https://cct.impactful.co/upstanders/watch.html?id=slatevalleyunified
All Slate Valley Schools will be closed today due to the weather. Typically this would have been a delayed start, but because it is a scheduled half day we need to just cancel. Parent teacher conferences will be rescheduled.
The next Slate Valley Community Advisory Council meeting will be Monday, November 6th, from 5:45 - 6:45 PM in the Central Office Conference Room at FHUMHS. If you are interested in helping bridge the gap between the community and school, please join Brooke Olsen-Farrell, our district's superintendent, along with other administrative staff for an hour of conversation. All are welcome! Information and Agenda can be found at https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/slate-valley-community-advisory-council.
Student lunches with the Superintendent started up again yesterday. Ms. Olsen-Farrell and Mr. O'Meara (Director of Curriculum) had engaging conversation with FHU officers and representatives from the Freshman and Sophomore classes. It was nice to hear the students voice both their concerns and compliments on how the school year was going.
THE UPSTANDERS
THE UPSTANDERS WILL SCREEN LIVE ON
Thursday, November 16, 2023
AT FHUMHS in the gym
Pizza/childcare beginning at 5:30pm
Film starting at 6:00 p.m.
Questions & Answer Session 7:00-7:30 pm
The Upstanders Toolkit Access Link: https://cct.impactful.co/upstanders/watch.html?id=slatevalleyunified
Please be advised that for today’s field hockey and soccer games at FHUHS all parking will be on the soccer practice field. We are asking spectators to please enter via Pine Street. Regular student dismissal occurs at 3:15 pm, because of this, we’re suggesting arriving a bit early to reduce traffic flow and avoid traveling through the student and staff parking lots. Those attending the field hockey and soccer games will need to exit after the soccer game. We need the stands and area cleared to get ready for the football game. Gates will reopen at 5:30. Thank you and GO SLATERS!
