Fair Haven Union Middle and High School

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

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.

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There will not be any general admission tickets sold tonight for the football regional playoff game vs. Middlebury @ 6 pm. As always, fans are welcome to wait until 6 Pm to see if there are any unclaimed tickets available. Any unclaimed tickets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. Athletes will be allowed (2) spectators each and senior athletes will be allowed (4) spectator tickets for this game.

The Cross Country Meet today (10/27) in Bellows Falls has been cancelled! Cross country will now practice today at 4:30 pm

October is Substance Use Prevention Month “Early intervention helps prevent substance abuse and reduce the negative consequences of addiction before they occur. Through community-based efforts involving youth, parents, educators, and government officers, we can strengthen the support systems that deter our nation’s young people from drug consumption and positively impact both academic performance and workforce readiness.” https://youth.gov/youth-topics/substance-abuse Please take a minute and check out the link provided below. It offers some quick, informative and helpful tips regarding supporting your teens. Please reach out if you have any questions, thoughts or concerns. We’re all in this together. https://parentupvt.org/what-do-i-look-for? It is our responsibility to be as informed as we can be to support our kids in being as successful as they can be.

Save the date! Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday, November 19th, 3:30 - 6:00pm

Pairings are out! Boys soccer will be on the road to Harwood for playdowns on Wednesday, (10/28) @ 3 PM. Bus departure is 12 PM, with an early dismissal of 11:45 AM. Girls soccer has a bye in the first round since they are ranked #1 in DII. They will host the winner of Missisquoi vs. Hartford on Saturday, (10/31). A kick off time is still TBD. Football hosts Middlebury tomorrow, Tuesday (10/27) in the first round of the regional football playoffs @ 6 PM.

Cheer practice today (10/26) has been cancelled!

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There will not be general admission tickets sold tonight for the football game vs. Poultney. We expect to reach our spectator capacity, but as always, if fans want to wait until 6 PM to see if any tickets become available they are welcome to do so. Any unclaimed tickets will be sold on a first come. first serve basis. As usual, each athlete (home/away) will be allowed (2) spectator tickets. With tonight being senior night for football, each FHUHS senior will be allowed (6) tickets. We will begin senior night celebrations at 5:45 PM and ask that senior families arrive at 5:30 PM in preparation.

The JV Football game vs. BBA on Monday, October 26th @ 6 PM has been cancelled.

Good evening, I write to inform you that we have canceled the varsity boys soccer game that was originally scheduled for 6 pm tonight vs. Burr and Burton Academy after learning of a positive COVID-19 test at Burr and Burton today. The senior night festivities for the varsity boys soccer team will be rescheduled. We will reach out with that information soon. As always, please feel free to call the school or respond to this email with any questions. Thank you, Phil Hall Principal, FHU

There will not be general admissions tickets sold tonight for the boys soccer game vs. BBA. We expect to reach our spectator capacity, but as always, if fans want to wait until 6 PM to see if any tickets become available they are welcome to do so. Any unclaimed tickets will be sold on a first come. first serve basis. As usual, each athlete (home/away) will be allowed (2) spectator tickets. With tonight being senior night for boys soccer, each FHUHS senior will be allowed (8) tickets.

JV Boys Soccer Practice tonight (10/22) has been CANCELLED! V Boys Soccer faces BBA tonight @ 6 PM for senior night. Senior night celebrations will take place at 5:45 PM. The JV & V Boys Soccer teams will practice tomorrow (10/23) @ 2:15 PM.

Field Hockey Quarterfinal Friday (10/23) at Stowe Stowe Visitor Policy (https://5il.co/mbkh) Main takeaways - (there will be signage - but this should help) 1) game is closed to the general public 2) spectators will only be allowed across from team benches (visiting side is directly across from visiting bench) 3) bleachers are closed 4) masks 5) social distancing 6) only 2 family members per athlete/coach Please register here: http://www.shorturl.at/qNQT3 Live updates on Twitter @StoweAthletics.

The Varsity Football game today @ Otter Valley @ 4 pm will be live-streamed via Otter Valley’s Facebook page.

As a reminder, we are only allowed 150 spectators at events which is set by the state. Immediately following the Varsity Boys Soccer game tonight (10/21) all spectators will have to leave the facilities to allow the Varsity Girls Soccer spectators to come in for their game at 6 PM. If there are spectators from the boys game that would like to stay and also watch the girls game, they must get back in line at the main gate to be recounted.

The JV Boys Soccer game tomorrow (10/22) vs. BBA has been CANCELLED. The Varsity Boys Soccer vs. BBA game is still on tomorrow (10/22) @ 6 PM. This will now be Boys Soccer Senior Night @ 5:45 PM. There will be no general admissions tickets available at the V Football game tonight (10/21) @ Otter Valley @ 4 PM. If you have not received a ticket at this point for the game, you will not be able to attend. A reminder, tonight is Cross Country Senior Night. We will be honoring, Nate Quesnel, at halftime of the girls soccer game.

The V Boys Soccer game vs. Hartford tonight (10/20) has been POSTPONED until tomorrow (10/21) at 4 PM. The V Girls Soccer team will face Hartford at 6 pm following the boys game tomorrow. Senior night make up is TBD for Boys Soccer. Field Hockey will be on the road Friday (10/23) for their quarter final game vs. Stowe at 3:30 PM. Bus departure will be 12:15 PM with an early dismissal of 12 PM.