Grade 1 writing and sharing!
Flannel Day at BVS!
***Updated with the location.***
This Sunday at Ice House Bar and Grill.
All proceeds benefit the CVS 8th-Grade trip to Boston. Thanks to Ice House Bar and Grill for hosting this event and donating the food!
Ethan Atwood, Director of Operations with Rocksport Climbing Center, visited yesterday to present to 3rd-6th graders!!!! All sort of critical problem solving skills were introduced and practiced!!
We celebrated National School Counselors Day with BVS counselor extraordinaire, Laura Budde
Dear Slate Valley Families,
Please read the following update on COVID-19 masking requirements from Superintendent Olsen-Farrell here: https://5il.co/15pyi.
Also, please note: COVID Test kits are available to all families/staff prior to February break. Please let your school nurse know if you are interested in a testing kit.
Parenting Workshop Series
Join us virtually as we explore parenting, build connections with other parents and explore the 5 protective factors of parenting. See the flyer for details.
Happy National School Resource Officer Day to our wonderful SROs!
Virtual Listening Tours with SVUUSD Board Members
You’re invited to join Slate Valley board members on February 15th and 16th at 6 p.m. virtually for an informal discussion about district reorganization and the FY23 budget.
Tuesday, February 15th, 6 p.m. - Join Benson, Fair Haven, and West Haven board members with Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/agk-rrsj-zye or by phone (US)+1 415-604-0589 PIN: 253 194 976#
Wednesday, February 16th, 6 p.m. - Join Castleton, Hubbardton and Orwell board members with Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/gyn-ybfw-vva or by phone (US) +1 318-745-9141 PIN: 849743902
Please note that you are welcome to attend any of the meetings regardless of what town you reside in.
2022 SLATERS BASKETBALL - PLAYDOWN AND SEMI-FINAL ADMISSION PRICES:
-Adults $6.00
-Sr. Citizens $5.00
-Students $5.00
SEASON PASSES TO NOT APPLY FOR THESE GAMES
Dates of Games will be posted soon! Come support your Fair Haven Slaters! Go Slaters!
Tonight - February 14, 2022
You’re invited to the Slate Valley Unified Union School District Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Fair Haven Union High School Library. This meeting will be in person or virtually connect by going to https://meet.google.com/gqr-vjrz-kib or join by phone (US) +1 415-534-8087 PIN: 961 775 807#.
Tonight’s Agenda: https://5il.co/15gkn
Previous Meeting Minutes: https://5il.co/14rys
Next Board Meeting: March 14, 2022 - 6:30 p.m. at FHUHS
Universal Preschool Screening is coming up next month! Please see the flyer for details.
The Agency of Education Special Education Team will be hosting two Parent Information Sessions on Special Education Rule Changes. Please see the flyer for more information.
Since we have so many kids who like to eat snow outside, we collected snow samples from the school’s property and made predictions as to the locations of the cleanest and dirtiest snow! It was such a great day to do some outside science!
In anticipation of the SVUUSD Annual Meeting (February 28) and Town Meeting Day (March 1), we have created a web page with all of the FY23 Budget information in one place. For your convenience, please visit: https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/budget
BVS Spirit in Benson Families!
St. Valentine’s Day
Benson Village School redefined St. Valentine’s Day in 2019 to make it more appropriate for school-age children and align it to our district nut-aware policy. Teachers will use St. Valentine’s Day to create a day of appreciation. The focus for the school day will be showing gratitude and appreciation rather than the love/favorite implication of St. Valentine’s Day. With that simple re-adjusting of the day’s mission, teachers will encourage kids to use St. Valentine’s Day to communicate, verbally, what they really appreciate about each of their classmates. These genuine expressions of kindness from peers really make children feel special and valued.
Students will not be having parties or participating in card exchanges but teachers will leave the end of the day open for student choice to create meaningful messages for family members and share authentic declarations with peers. Simple, reciprocal gestures help kids learn one of life’s greatest lessons: that true kindness can make a difference in the world.
Thank you to all of our School Counselors, School Based Clinicians, and School Psychologists!
National School Counseling Week 2022 is Feb. 7-11, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.
We are fortunate in Slate Valley to have a talented and committed group of school counselors, school based clinicians, and school psychologists to support our students and our school community. Please join us in extending sincere gratitude to all of these folks!
Kinder sight words with play dough
Students used strips of construction paper to figure a way to share 3 fruit strips between 4 girls. They split each fruit strip into 4 equal pieces and shared them into 4 piles to discover that each girl would have 3/4 of a fruit strip.
