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!
One of our own was the School Superstar Spotlight yesterday morning on MyNBC5! Congratulations to Mrs. Mead!
https://www.mynbc5.com/article/school-superstar-spotlight-shannan-mead/45622887
Good Afternoon, Slater Nation!
With the fall high school sports’ regular seasons at an end, we wanted to share how to continue watching our student athletes during the postseason. While we regularly stream sporting events on our YouTube channel for regular season home games on LaPlaca Field, all Slater athletic’s home playoff games are required to stream exclusively to the NFHS Network (NFHS) in order to comply with a Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA) directive. The VPA has an agreement in place with NFHS that postseason games are live streamed exclusively via the NFHS platform. As a result, to find any home postseason games that we live stream go to our dedicated NFHS page found at the link below. Please note, there is a subscription fee to access the NFHS service.
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/fair-haven-union-high-school-fair-haven-vt
Last night the Slate Valley mascots showed up at the homecoming game to help celebrate the seniors from Football, Cheer, Soccer, Marching Band and Cross Country! They also spread some Slater cheer as the football team romped to an undefeated season! It was rainy, but that didn't dampen any spirit! Sadly the halftime Mascot Madness event had to be cancelled due to running out of time, but they'll be back! Congratulations to all of our Senior Fall Sports players!
Yesterday we held our last of this fall's Coffee & Conversations at Buxton's Store in Orwell. It was a nice turnout with about 10 community members stopping in to chat with district administrators and school board members. We will be sharing dates soon for our Listening Tours that, as in years past, will be held at the district schools during evening hours.
Due to the current weather conditions that are forecasted to continue throughout the entirety of the day both of today's soccer games have been canceled. This means that both the 10 a.m. Girls Varsity Soccer and 1 p.m. Boys Varsity Soccer for today have been canceled. Be sure to join us next week to cheer on the Slaters as the fall sports playoffs get underway!
This week throughout Slate Valley, all of our schools took part in some experiential learning. Benson Village School’s fourth graders went to Castleton University and learned about the Hidden History Archaeology Project. Orwell Village School’s grades 4, 5, 6 traveled north to Isle La Motte and visited Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve. Castleton Elementary School’s 3rd graders walked along the main street of Castleton, visiting local sites connected to the traditionally read story, “The Blue Cat of Castle Town”. Fair Haven Grade School enjoyed performances by singer / songwriter Jared Campbell, who through humor and engaging music, shared messages about being a good friend, finding your passion, and making a positive impact in the world. Fair Haven Union Middle & High School’s Theatre Group invited all district elementary students to the high school to see performances of various short skits themed around fairy tales. The younger students had a wonderful time. Just a few of the great things happening in Slate Valley!
Throwback Thursday: Going back 50 years to construction of an addition for Fair Haven Union High School.
