
Instruments created with Mrs. Parrot in Art class to use in Science. How can we use sound to communicate?




Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
Did you know? The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB Program) is a temporary federal program to help eligible households pay for internet service during the pandemic.
To see if you qualify for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, please visit https://getemergencybroadband.org/do-i-qualify/.
If you have questions about the EBB Program, your eligibility to participate, or to find information about participating providers near you, please visit https://getemergencybroadband.org, call 833-511-0311, or email EBBHelp@usac.org.
To apply, you can fill out an application either online, by mail, or through a participating service provider https://getemergencybroadband.org/companies-near-me/.


The BVS Ghostly Gathering (school door and trunk-or-treat) will be Friday, October 29th, 6:30 - 7:30 PM! Please call 537-2491 or email parel@svuvt.org if you would like to participate as we do have limited spaces. Flyers are all around town!


Tonight! October 18th
You’re invited to the Slate Valley Unified Union School District Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Fair Haven Union High School. This meeting will be in person or you may virtually connect by going to https://meet.google.com/ehd-nyzc-hhm or join by phone (US) +1 617-675-4444 PIN: 634 020 265 3536#
Tonight’s Agenda: https://5il.co/10hiu
Previous Meeting Minutes: https://5il.co/zp13
Next Board Meeting: October 25, 2021, 6:30 p.m. at FHGS


Congratulations to BVS!!!! Recognized for maintaining and sustaining the PBIS framework during the 2020 - 2021 school year!!!!! Way to go 🐻s


A Reminder about Free Meals - All students 18 and under are able to eat free breakfast and lunch with the Abbey Group every day.
Families do not need to fill out any paperwork to access free meals for students. Breakfast and lunch will be available free for the 2021-2022 school year!


Mrs. Whitman helped the 🐻s look for action, dialogue, thinking, feeling, and description in writing samples, and in their own writing today! They also set goals as writers to improve!





The 5/6 can write multiplication equations involving fractions from word problems and solve them using models and their standard algorithm. The 4/5/6 also enjoyed some time practicing multiplication of numbers up to 15 through The Product Game Work Place.





Dear Slate Valley Families,
On Wednesday, October 6th 2021 we learned about 2 individuals in our learning community with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) at Benson Village School and Orwell Village School.
Please read the letter from Superintendent Olsen-Farrell: https://5il.co/103vl

Dear Slate Valley Families,
On Monday, October 4, 2021 we learned about a person in our learning community with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) at Benson Village School.
Please read the complete letter from Superintendent Olsen-Farrell here: https://5il.co/zzcm

We’re hiring!
To see our current employment opportunities, visit https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/employment-opportunities


As scientists, we made observations about the consistency of thick and thin lava to determine that shield volcanos are formed when thin lava is released from the ground forming basalt when it hardens. We also discovered that cone volcanoes contain thick lava and when gases accumulate in the thick lava over time, eventually they need to release and form the eruption!





Dear Slate Valley Families,
On Thursday, September 30, 2021 we learned about a person in our learning community with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) at Benson Village School.
Please read the complete letter from Superintendent Olsen-Farrell here: https://5il.co/zst8

We’re hiring!
To see our current employment opportunities, visit https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/employment-opportunities


Bridges Work Place games in Mrs. Sturtevant's 3rd grade. Math in action!





Tonight (September 27th):
You’re invited to the Slate Valley Unified Union School District Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Castleton Elementary School. This meeting will be in person or you may virtually connect by going to https://meet.google.com/tig-yqqa-txw or join by phone (US) +1 617-675-4444 PIN: 155 149 799 9941#
Tonight’s Agenda: https://5il.co/zija
Previous Meeting Minutes: https://5il.co/z3su
Next Board Meeting: October 18, 6:30 p.m. at FHUHS


We’re hiring!
To see our current employment opportunities, visit https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/employment-opportunities


We’re hiring!
To see our current employment opportunities, visit https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/employment-opportunities


3rd Grade learning about predictions in Reading!





We think Miss Ackert loves recess as much as the kiddos!
