You’re invited!
Slate Valley School Board Members are hosting a week of Virtual Listening Tours beginning on November 30th.
Currently the board is exploring a plan for district reorganization that would include the consolidation of all district middle school students to the high school beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. This would result in the closure or educational repurposing of Castleton Village School. Sixth grade students in Castleton would then attend Castleton Elementary School.
To address low enrollment of middle school students in Benson Village School, the board is considering in-district school choice (with transportation) for 7th and 8th grade students for the 2021-2022 school year.
Listening tours are an opportunity to have a conversation with your board members. Please join board members at 6 p.m. to discuss district reorganization on the following dates:
Nov. 30th with Tanya, Angela (West Haven) https://meet.google.com/bsc-wcrm-zbw or join by phone (US) +1 929-287-3647 (PIN: 876141866)
Nov. 30th with Josh, Christine (Hubbardton) https://meet.google.com/piw-sqjk-crt or join by phone (US) +1 470-208-3216 (PIN: 271699166)
Dec. 1st with Tim, Julie, Toni (Castleton) https://meet.google.com/byi-qppv-qgq or join by phone (US) +1 515-518-4964 (PIN: 853077567)
Dec. 2nd with Peter, Glen, John (Orwell) https://meet.google.com/viq-uxim-get?hs=122&authuser=0 or join by phone (US)
+1 218-296-8729 (PIN: 318 417 490#)
Dec. 2nd with Mike, Rick Tara (Fair Haven) https://meet.google.com/cjv-qqvq-fhe or join by phone (US) +1 601-909-0134 (PIN: 703665728)
What are you planning for the holidays this year? It’s hard to imagine breaking with tradition and celebrating at home, but that is what a lot of Vermont families are deciding to do in 2020.
Travel increases your chance of getting and spreading COVID-19, and the way you celebrate this year will have an impact on your family, community, and Vermont.
Our ability to keep schools open relies on everyone doing their part. It’s easy to let our guard down among friends and family -- people we trust. But the fact is, we don’t know if they’ve been exposed to the virus, and it’s those times that the virus can spread very easily. Please keep this in mind as you consider holiday plans.
Resources
https://accd.vermont.gov/covid-19/restart/cross-state-travel
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html
5th graders building make believe horse jumps with branches from our woods. So cool!
Good morning,
Due to the rising COVID case counts in the Northeast effective today, November 10, 2020, the State of Vermont has suspended its leisure travel map and implemented a mandatory quarantine for anyone returning or traveling to Vermont.
https://accd.vermont.gov/covid-19/restart/cross-state-travel
Slate Valley Middle School Winter Sports Registration -- Is Now Open
Registration will be open from November 10 through December 15.
Please go to http://www.formreleaf.com
-Slate Valley Middle School
-Choose your school, sport and grade level
-Fill out the WHOLE form or resubmit if already in.
-REMINDER of yearly physical (upload or send to nurse)
-SAVE the information
-Check to make sure that your information is saved, you should receive verification.
Information will be coming of start dates for practices, games, etc. We will also be notifying you of ALL guidelines, restrictions, etc.
Thank you for your continued flexibility and support!
Reminder! Tonight (November 9, 2020)
You’re invited to the Slate Valley Unified Union School District Board meeting.
Fair Haven Union High School, 6:30 p.m.
Participation will be in person or virtually connect by going to http://meet.google.com/iso-hvnh-hhv or by calling (US) +1 405-656-0082 PIN: 628 068 926#
Tonight’s Agenda: https://5il.co/mvql
Previous Meeting Minutes: https://5il.co/mj5k
Upcoming Meetings:
November 23, 2020 - SV Board meeting, 6:30 p.m. (FHUHS)
November 23, 2020 - SV Buildings & Grounds Meeting, 5:30 p.m. (FHUHS)
November 23, 2020 - SV Policy Meeting, 5:30 p.m. (FHUHS)
Substitute Teachers
2020-2021 Vacancies
Slate Valley Unified Union School District is seeking Substitute Teachers for the 2020-2021 school year for an hourly rate of $15.00.
All applicants must apply on https://www.schoolspring.com/. Position will remain open until filled. EOE
Reminder of Parent Tech Night at CES:
Grades K-2: Wednesday, November 4, 6:00 - 6:45 PM http://www.meet.google.com/fqr-kfrn-dax
Grades 3-5: Wednesday, November 4, 6:45 - 7:30 PM http://www.meet.google.com/hsn-fnep-uys
Good afternoon,
The State of Vermont has updated the Cross State Travel Map: https://accd.vermont.gov/covid-19/restart/cross-state-travel.
As you will note, travel outside of the state of Vermont (including Washington County, NY) for non-essential reasons requires a 14 day quarantine.
Schoolwide Book Character Parade: https://youtu.be/OfxRf25jkL8
Good evening, here is a link to our COVID-19 guide: https://5il.co/ml9y. We hope you find this resource helpful. Note: This guide has been updated from the one (briefly) posted this afternoon to include a missing page.
Good afternoon,
Here is the weekly update of the cross state travel map: https://accd.vermont.gov/covid-19/restart/cross-state-travel
The only Vermont border county that travel is allowed is Washington, NY. All other border counties now require a quarantine.
Dear Slate Valley Families,
As the pandemic wears on, I know that the coming months may be especially difficult for everyone in our Slate Valley Community. I so appreciate all of your efforts and diligence as I know it has been challenging to say the least. For many of us, we miss our family and friends and long for a return to normal. I am hopeful that 2021 will bring with it a return to "normal" albeit a slow return. As we enter winter and the holiday season I would be remiss if I did not remind everyone of the holiday travel guidance from the CDC and the Vermont travel map which is now a sea of red and yellow. I know that as a result many of us will need to adjust our holiday/vacation plans and for that I am sorry. I am certainly hopeful for better days ahead.
Our primary goal is to remain in person for as long as possible with everyone healthy so as such I need to remind you that if students travel out of state during the holiday breaks they may need to quarantine before they return to school. We greatly appreciate your attention to this matter as it will take all of us to do our part. I have included some recent articles on Pandemic Fatigue and the rise of cases. As always please reach out with any questions.
Best,
Brooke Farrell
Superintendent
VT Digger: Pandemic Fatigue
https://vtdigger.org/2020/10/20/as-cases-rise-vermont-balances-economic-health-with-concerns-of-pandemic-fatigue/
NY Times: Pandemic Fatigue
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/17/us/coronavirus-pandemic-fatigue.html
CDC Coping with the Holidays
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html#thanksgiving
Cross State Travel
https://accd.vermont.gov/covid-19/restart/cross-state-travel
Kindergarten recess!
Chief Mantello came to CES to teach and review with Miss Burke's second-grade class about how to be prepared for ALICE. Everyone earned a sticker for their hard work!
We are very excited that Slate Valley is offering parent tutorials for our remote learning platforms. A huge thank you to Lisa Cacciatore and Rodney Batschelet Slate Valley's Technology Integrationists!
CES:
11/4 6 to 6:45pm for grades K-2 https://meet.google.com/fqr-kfrn-dax
11/4 6:45 to 7:30pm for grades 3-5 https://meet.google.com/hsn-fnep-uys
Good afternoon, here is the updated travel map for this week: https://accd.vermont.gov/covid-19/restart/cross-state-travel
Please note Washington County, NY is green again. However, many more counties adjacent to Vermont are now yellow and red.
Reminder, the FHUHS REAL Class's Care Package Donation Drive runs through Friday, October 23rd. For more information: https://www.smore.com/qumzr
Ms. Robertson's 4th grade, read "How to Read a Book" by author/illustrator Melissa Sweet. This book was one of our CLIF Momentum Grant gifts this year. The students created posters that were inspired by the illustration of the girl with the butterflies on page 6.
