Summer Meal Pick Up
The last day for meal pick up or delivery in Orwell, Benson and Castleton will be Friday, June 26th. On Friday the meals distributed will be for Friday through Tuesday, June 30th.
Starting on Tuesday, July 7th meals will be available for pickup only at Fair Haven Grade School between the hours of 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
Any child from any town who is 18 years of age or younger can receive meals. When children are not present at the time of meal pick up, a parent or guardian can only receive meals for their child or children. Adults cannot pick up meals for other children when the children are not present with the adult.
Bags of meals will continue to be available for pick up at 10:00AM on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the summer at Fair Haven Grade School. The last day for meal pick up will be Tuesday, August 11th and will include meals through Friday.
Parents/Guardians of Slate Valley students:
This letter (https://5il.co/h6gs) was sent to households on June 12. We invite you to read it.
In an effort to include your voices as parents/guardians of Slate Valley students, we welcome your perspectives as we reflect, learn, and plan for the fall of 2020. Here (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FDTZNTC) is the link to a survey we have created in order to collect your input.
Today is the day! Congratulations to the Class of 2020!
We will be posting the pre-recorded portion of the FHUHS Graduation Ceremony at 4 p.m. on the (Fair Haven Union High School - Official Site) Facebook page. This can be viewed at any time.
The FHUHS Mobile Reception will be streamed live on the (Fair Haven Union High School - Official Site) Facebook page at 4 p.m. and can also be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UloPBLxCFo4. The FM Transmission of the Mobile Reception will be available on 103.1 for those in attendance of the reception - Please Note - the FM transmission will only be available for listening within the immediate area that the mobile reception is taking place.
This week, Slate Valley is celebrating a different retiree each day with a special retirement spotlight here on social media.
Today, we are celebrating Doreen Anderson’s 22 years of service in our district. Congratulations on your retirement Doreen!
It is impossible to sum up everything that Doreen has done, and everything that she has meant to our school and community. Doreen has worked in our district for 22 years, starting in the Special Education department. As the Guidance Office Administrative Assistant for the past 14 years, Doreen has been the one to greet students, parents and staff when they enter the guidance office. No matter the situation, Doreen treated everyone with care and kindness. Whether a student was having a bad day, needed a schedule change, or the answer to a question, Doreen was always ready with a smile, or a tissue if need be. Doreen was also immensely supportive to the counselors and clinicians that she worked with. No matter what kind of stress they were under, Doreen always knew what to say to make things better.
In addition to the myriad of responsibilities in the guidance office, from transcripts to the award ceremony, Doreen was also the focal point of the graduation committee. Doreen’s wealth of knowledge and level-headed thinking always ensured that graduation was a smooth and memorable experience for our students. From double-checking the program and ordering the honor cords, to helping students learn to step in sync to “Pomp and Circumstance”, Doreen was truly an asset to our school and the lives of our students.
Doreen is a treasure to everyone who knows her or had the pleasure of working with her. While we will deeply miss working with Doreen, we are so happy that she is on to new adventures in retirement.
Congratulations from your FHU family!
By Kate Leathe
You're invited! Come share your thoughts with school board members from your community in a casual setting on June 18th at 6 p.m.
The FHUHS Mobile Reception can be viewed live on Friday June 12th at 3:45 p.m. by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UloPBLxCFo4
Hello All! The FHUHS Chorus proudly presents a Virtual Concert (view here: https://shorturl.at/jN268) similar to our Coffee House! You are all incredible individuals, and the Slater Nation and the music department are incredibly proud of you; the growth as musicians and inner strength does not go unnoticed! "Make your own kind of music, sing your own song!" Happy viewing and listening! ~ Dr. Eddie
Good morning, the Budget Re-Vote results are as follows:
Yes: 550
No: 812
You may view the virtual 2020 Award Ceremony here: https://shorturl.at/eFRV3
VSAC Tribute to the Class of 2020! https://youtu.be/mu7jv8uTTEA
Parents & Guardians: Kindergarten Registration
If you have a child that will be age 5 prior to September 1st and will be entering kindergarten in the fall or if you are new to our community and have school aged children who will be attending school in the fall, please register your child(ren).
Please note that if you are moving into Vermont from out-of-state, you will have to follow the 14 day quarantine requirement prior to being allowed to attend Slate Valley schools.
You may access a registration packet at our Slate Valley Unified School District Website under the Parent section or through this link: https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/o/svusd/browse/68589.
Completed registrations can be sent to Deb Robbins, Slate Valley Unified School District, 33 Mechanic Street, Fair Haven, VT 05743.
We look forward to having your child(ren) join us and want to begin planning for the transition.
Thank you!
Reminder:
Tonight (June 8) - There will be an Informational Meeting at 6:30 p.m.(Please connect virtually by going to meet.google.com/iig-prfw-ngu or by calling (US) +1 856-485-0395 PIN: 415 992 197#).
Tomorrow (June 9) - Budget Re-Vote. Please Note: The proposed budget includes ONLY the expenses necessary to address the operational needs of Slate Valley’s schools in their current configuration for the next school year.
Warning: https://5il.co/gct2 Budget: https://5il.co/gepr
For more information visit: http://www.slatevalleyunified.org/o/svusd/page/budget--108
A video for the Class of 2020! https://shorturl.at/dlps6
A video for the Class of 2020! shorturl.at/dlps6
Reminder:
The Budget Re-vote for the district will be on June 9.
The Informational Meeting will take place on June 8 at 6:30 p.m. (Please connect virtually by going to meet.google.com/iig-prfw-ngu or by calling (US) +1 856-485-0395 PIN: 415 992 197#).
Please Note: The proposed budget includes ONLY the expenses necessary to address the operational needs of Slate Valley’s schools in their current configuration for the next school year.
Warning: https://5il.co/gct2
Budget: https://5il.co/gepr
For more information visit: http://www.slatevalleyunified.org/o/svusd/page/budget--108
Farmers to Families Food Box Distribution
The Vermont National Guard will be at Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport on Monday, 6/1, from 10AM-2PM distributing non-perishable food boxes, along with produce, chicken, and dairy products provided by the Abbey Group while supplies last.
Anyone is welcome to go pick up food.
They will be distributing Farmers To Families meal kits containing meat, produce, and dairy products.
They will also be distributing non-perishable food from FEMA.
All food will be distributed while supplies last.
Visit: https://www.vtfoodbank.org/event/farmers-to-families-food-box-distribution-rutland for more information.
Fair Haven Union High School is searching for coaches in the following fall sports:
JV & V Field Hockey
JV Girls Soccer
JV Boys Soccer
Club Cheer
Cross Country
Bass Fishing
Golf
If you are interested in applying for any of these open coaching positions, please contact amorgan@svuvt.org
The Budget Re-vote for the district will be on June 9.
The Informational Meeting will take place on June 8 at 6:30 p.m. (Please connect virtually by going to meet.google.com/iig-prfw-ngu or by calling (US) +1 856-485-0395 PIN: 415 992 197#).
Please Note: The proposed budget includes ONLY the expenses necessary to address the operational needs of Slate Valley’s schools in their current configuration for the next school year.
Warning: https://5il.co/gct2
Budget: https://5il.co/gepr
For more information visit: http://www.slatevalleyunified.org/o/svusd/page/budget--108
A Memorial Day Message from Mr. Rasco, FHUHS Principal:
“I believe from the bottom of my heart that our memorial halls and statues and tablets, the tattered flags of our regiments gathered in the Statehouses, are worth more to our young men & women by way of chastening and inspiration than the monuments of another hundred years of peaceful life could be.
But even if I am wrong, even if those who come after us are to forget all that we hold dear, and the future is to teach and kindle its children in ways as yet unrevealed, it is enough for us that this day is dear and sacred.”
This was an address delivered for Memorial Day, May 30, 1884, at Keene, NH, by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Every year for our Memorial Day assembly observances we invited a number of people to speak. Community members, parents, staff members, and former students spoke on behalf of their experiences and fallen comrades.
Not this year.
Our FHUHS band would play during our assembly, and then march and play in each of the parades in each of our towns over the weekend.
Not this year.
Traditional weekend plans of camping and barbequing with family and friends will no doubt have a different feel and look this year. However, Memorial Day is no less significant. It is a day to honor all Americans who died, and in doing so “made immortal their patriotism and their virtue” while serving in the military for our country and for our freedoms.
On the very first Memorial Day - then Decoration Day - exercises occurred at Arlington National Cemetery. On May 30, 1868, James A. Garfield (1831–81), then an Ohio congressman who had also served as a major general in the Civil War, delivered the address.
I am oppressed with a sense of the impropriety of uttering words on this occasion. If silence is ever golden, it must be here beside the graves of fifteen thousand, whose lives were more significant than speech, and whose death was a poem, the music of which can never be sung. With words we make promises, plight faith, praise virtue. Promises may not be kept; plighted faith may be broken; and vaunted virtue be only the cunning mask of vice. We do not know one promise they made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of all citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.
I love to believe that no heroic sacrifice is ever lost; that the characters of men (and women) are molded and inspired by what their fathers (and mothers) have done.
While different we have much to be grateful for. And to the men and women who died for our country and our freedoms we are forever grateful.
USA Day at FHU!
