A message from Come Alive Outside -
Dear parents/guardians, Spring is coming and the Come Alive Outside kids’ passport is coming to an end on April 1st. If you fill out this survey - https://bit.ly/pass22S your child (fill it out for each of your children) will be entered in the drawings for the grand prizes! Please complete it before April 8th. We will hold the drawing on the 9th. The school with the highest percentage of completed parent surveys will win a special trophy this year. Help your school win a trophy and fill out the survey!
~ Myra (Come Alive Outside Program Director)
***Update*** Thursday, March 17th
As a reminder, there will be a Softball Meeting for grades 7-12 at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 17th in the FHUHS Cafeteria. If you plan to play softball this Spring, please attend this meeting with a parent/guardian.
Tonight - March 14, 2022
You’re invited to the Slate Valley Unified 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/mgk-ptbz-drh or join by phone (US) +1 605-681-6441 PIN: 247 273 963#
Tonight’s Agenda: https://5il.co/1742d
Previous Meeting Minutes: https://5il.co/15u75
Next Board Meeting: March 28, 2022 - 6:30 p.m. at Castleton Elementary School
FHGS Lifetime Activities is well under way for Grades 6-8. Students and staff are spending Friday afternoons engaged in video game making, working with epoxy, crafts, cooking, bowling, winter hiking, and going to Fair Haven Fitness. Since March 18 is an in-service, March 25 will be the final session of this round of LTA.
The High Notes Basket Raffle scheduled for this Saturday, March 12th, has been postponed. We will post the new date when we can. The good news is, there is now more time to donate a basket if you wish to do so.
The results of the budget recount are as follows:
Yes: 853
No: 861
A few weeks ago before the snow storms Ms. Nadler read The Little Mermaid by Jerry Pinkey in library class, Pinkey's version of this fairy tale focuses on the power of friendship and the importance of using your voice. With the help of Lisa Cacciatore, a member of our wonderful tech team, 4th grade used 3D pens to make themselves into mermaids and mermen!
Good afternoon,
Due to the close outcome of the SVUUSD budget vote (Yes: 852/No: 861), a recount has been requested to ensure the accuracy of the results. The recount will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8th at Fellowship Bible Church. We will provide an update with the results of the recount when they become available.
The Slate Valley Universal Preschool Program will be conducting developmental screenings for children 0-5 years of age on Tuesday March 8th and Wednesday March 9th at Fair Haven Grade School.
Screening involves activities that are both fun for young children and help us learn about a child's motor, cognitive, and language skills. Vision and hearing will also be screened. We encourage any child aged 0-5 years that resides in Benson, Castleton, Fair Haven, Hubbardton, Orwell and West Haven who has not previously been screened to be screened.
If the Fair Haven Grade School dates are not convenient, we will also be screening at Benson Village School on 3/31. Please choose the date or site that works best with your schedule and give that site a call for an appointment.
Local Food Resources Available
www.hungerfreevt.org/coronavirus/#food-access
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f4ARoKX2P8UozUtwZt3DpBWNONAbYStXC-ojp34_zN8/edit#gid=1679050088
https://www.fns.usda.gov/meals4kids
Castleton Field Hockey has partnered with Longstreth Field Hockey to offer a great opportunity to local kiddos!
They will have 50 sticks ranging in sizes for all the attendees to be able to use. The only gear each participant will need to bring is shin guards (can be soccer ones), cleats or sneakers and a water. All attendees will receive instruction by current athletes and the Castleton coaching staff along with a Castleton Field Hockey Tee. This will be a great day of fun drills and activities to teach young girls an amazing sport that can set them up for opportunities later in their future. Register below!
Parenting Workshop Series - Change of Dates
Please note that the dates have changed for this series. It will now run from March 21st through May 23rd. See the flyer for details.
Sign-up forms (https://5il.co/16hdx) are currently being accepted!
Town Meeting Day Results:
Benson School Director
Rebeckah St. Peter: 1279
Castleton School Director
Timothy Smith: 1331
Fair Haven School Director
Curtis Hier: 595
Christopher Stanton: 866
Orwell School Director
Glen Cousineau: 1250
Hubbardton School Director
Christina Ryan: 1130
Treasurer
Dawn Custer: 1097
Article 4: Shall the voters approve the following compensation to be paid to Slate Valley Unified Union School District Officers?
A. School Directors - $1,200 per person per year
B. School Board Chair - $1,500 per year
C. Treasurer - $1,200 per year
Yes: 1157
No: 534
Article 5: Shall the voters authorize the Slate Valley Unified Union School District to borrow money pending receipt of payments from the State Education Fund or Town Tax Funds by the issuance of its notes or orders payable not later than one year from date provided, however, that the Slate Valley Unified Union School District is authorized by Vermont Statutes to borrow sufficient funds to meet pending obligations?
Yes: 1114
No: 563
Article 6: Shall the voters of the School District authorize a transfer from the general fund surplus balance in the amount of $820,000 to the capital improvements and repairs reserve fund?
Yes: 1094
No: 604
Article 7: Shall the voters of the school district approve the school board to expend Twenty-Six Million Two Hundred Seventy Thousand Forty-Seven Dollars $26,270,047.00 which is the amount the school board has determined to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year? It is estimated that this proposed budget, if approved, will result in education spending of $16,983.43 per equalized pupil. This projected spending per equalized pupil is 2.94% greater than spending for the current year.
Yes: 852
No: 861
Good Morning,
Today is Town Meeting Day in Vermont. Please remember to vote!
For SVUUSD budget information, please visit the budget page of our website: https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/budget
The Slate Valley Universal Preschool Program will be conducting developmental screenings for children 0-5 years of age on Friday March 4th and Monday March 7th at Castleton Elementary School.
Screening involves activities that are both fun for young children and help us learn about a child's motor, cognitive, and language skills. Vision and hearing will also be screened.
We encourage any child aged 0-5 years that resides in Benson, Castleton, Fair Haven, Hubbardton, Orwell and West haven who has not previously been screened to be screened.
If the Castleton Elementary School dates are not convenient, we will also be screening at Fair Haven Grade School on 3/8 and 3/9 as well as at Benson Village School on 3/31.
Please choose the date or site that works best with your schedule and give that site a call for an appointment.
Each month, the Middle School Team focuses on a topic or theme. The month of February's focus was friendship: choosing kindness, being genuine, encouraging peers and demonstrating selflessness. The Middle School team is working toward providing awards to those students that most consistently model and demonstrate the topic of focus for each month. The recipients of February's award are:
8th- Cody, Savannah, Kyralexis (absent from photo)
7th- Alexa, Eli, Adyn
6th- Aylivia, Marshall, Austin
These students model the positive interactions we hope to see among all of our students.
Reminder! The Slate Valley Unified Union School District Annual Meeting is tonight at 5:30 p.m.
Please join us in the Fair Haven Union High School Band Room or virtually connect by going to https://meet.google.com/ixc-bfdi-ptv or by calling (US) +1 617-675-4444 PIN: 815 518 313 0854#
For budget information, please visit the budget page of our website: https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/budget
FHGS Middle School Chorus and Band Students are hosting a basket raffle on March 12th to earn money to participate in an end of the year trip to the High Note Music Festival!
Please contact cynthia.hutchins@svuvt.org with questions or to donate.
