Fair Haven Grade School

Early morning PE set-up! The dedication is impressive as always! Go Mrs. A!

Day 1 in the books! Onto Day 2. Please check your students belongings, they should have brought home a blue card-stock form that will allow you to answer the screening questions and fill out answers prior to arrival. Fill out the card before coming to school or getting on the bus, bring the card, show it to screeners. Screeners will do a temp check and record it on the sheet and return the sheet to the student/caregiver for the next day. We hope this process speeds up arrival! Practice will make us better at this!

We successfully completed day one of school. Thank you for your patience and kindness! We recognize that arrival and dismissal are the trickiest times and we anticipated that. Please bear with us through this week as we have heard from many that may be changing their drop off and pick up plans. We want to see where things land before we make any changes on our end. In the morning walkers may not arrive before 7:50 All busses need to arrive and clear out before we can accept walkers safely. We ask that all students and adults follow the physical distancing expectations of 6 feet when waiting in line to get into the school. At dismissal, parent pick up is out back of our building beginning at 2:15, after the safe departure of our buses. Please be sure to check your child’s backpack for important paperwork that needs to be filled out and returned to school. Again, thank you for your support and patience and have a good evening!

Our selfie game may not be our strongest game but we wanted to let you know that all these faces were so excited to see student faces today!

Good afternoon! We won’t share too many photos until we’ve waited a bit and given families a chance to opt out of photos, but here is one that we have student and parent permission for! So far so good. Thank you to all our students, families and staff for the teamwork and patience this morning. Just a gentle reminder to show up at your time for dismissal as early arrivals could clog things up and slow down the process.

For day 1, we will have health check forms for screenings at school building doors and on busses with bus monitors. On day 1, your student should come home with a blue piece of card-stock that allows you to complete health checks prior to arrival and just show us the card at school. This piece of card-stock has enough room for health checks for a full month. So we will look at it and return it to caregiver/student for the next day. No need to panic if lost or forgotten, we will always have extras. If arriving by car out back, we will come to the car and do the screening before the student gets out of the vehicle. Having the students on the school side of the car will make this easiest and safest. Please let your children know the adults doing screenings will have masks and face shields and gloves, precautions to keep all as safe as possible! Lastly, a gentle reminder to all adults to wear masks also at these times and maintain distancing while waiting. Continued appreciation of all your support!!

Here is a reminder of the arrival and departure schedule. Departure may be one of the trickiest parts of the day. We ask that you arrive as close to the time assigned as you can. Showing up early, especially at departure for pick ups could jam up busses out back. We hope this will run smoothly! If there are hiccups, it’s okay. We will get better as we practice!

Happy Labor Day weekend to all! We are so excited to see students tomorrow! We continue to ask you for your patience as we get through the first week. We’ve reimagined our systems to meet health and safety guidelines. Once we see these systems in action, we may need to make slight changes to ensure that all runs as smooth as possible. We will communicate updates! There is no problem we can’t solve together as a community. Thank you!

Personal Protective Equipment training for all of our health check screeners! Thank you FHGS nurses. We will be ready for Tuesday!

Congratulations to all of our exceptional Slate Valley Staff! District Awards Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vsLm7iXGI7Qqws3GukYbnNNLLFosJZJ4/view?usp=sharing Award Recipients: SVUUSD Executive Awards Fair Haven: Library/Tech Integration Team - Maggie McGarry, Lisa Cacciatore & Rodney Batschelet FHUHS: FHUHS Counseling Department UVM Outstanding Teacher Award Castleton Village: Annie Crumb FHUHS: M. Susan Cornell SVUUSD Outstanding Teacher Award Benson: Jessica Thurston Castleton Elementary: Jenna Ray Castleton Village: Annie Crumb Fair Haven: Katie Hart FHUHS: M. Susan Cornell Orwell: Francine Broughton Instructional Assistant Award Benson: Greta Doran Castleton Elementary: Amy Cotton Castleton Village: Jill McClure Fair Haven: Lisa Brough FHUHS: Robin Sheldrick Orwell: Amy Messer SVUUSD Special Service Award Letter Slate Valley Technology Team

Good Morning FHGS Families, There is a mailing going out today that will include a welcome back letter, arrival and dismissal schedule, bus schedule, lunch order form and menu. In addition, Middle School will also be getting a Middle School letter and their schedules. Attached below are the letters and the arrival/dismissal schedule while you wait for the mailing to arrive! We thank you for your patience while we navigate the logistics of the start of the school year. We are excited to be back together in our building!

Reminder: Food Box Distribution Day Thursday, August 27th 10am - 11am

Nursing Substitutes 2020-2021 Vacancies Slate Valley Unified Union School District is seeking Nursing Substitutes for the 2020-2021 school year for an hourly rate of $30.00. All applicants must apply on https://www.schoolspring.com/. Position will remain open until filled. EOE

Looking for temporary, part-time work? Slate Valley Unified School District is seeking temporary part-time Custodians, up to 25 hours per week, during the COVID pandemic to maintain the cleanliness of the school facilities. Custodial experience preferred. For additional information contact Chris Cole, Director of Operations at 265-4905 or email ccole@svuvt.org. This position will remain open until filled. E O E

Thank you to the participants, the families that supported their participation and the adult staff that made this in-person experience possible!

Here are a few more GAP moments!

More GAP moments!

GAP 2020 participants looked a little different than usual with the masks and had to follow some new rules but still got the incredible outdoor experience!

FHGS Teachers doing their outdoor Meet & Greets to prepare for the Fall!

Food Box Distribution Day Thursday August 27th 10am - 11am