On Tuesday, May 24th, we will be holding our final middle school informational evening in the form of an FHUMS Ice Cream Social. The event will begin by serving ice cream snacks at 5:00 pm, and then move into an informational session, at 5:30 pm, to discuss topics such as band and chorus, construction progress, as well as a time to answer any questions you may have about the middle school. This evening event will be a follow-up to the student fieldtrip earlier in the afternoon. We are excited to have all of our grade schools visiting FHU during the school day on May 24th. We are planning opportunities for students to meet their teachers, spend time with their advisory class ("homeroom"), meet new friends, participate in fun team-building activities, and enjoy a BBQ lunch together. Overall, we feel the 24th will be a great opportunity for students and families alike!
Please feel free to contact Ben Worthing if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you next Tuesday!
Congratulations to Luke Williams, senior at Fair Haven Union High School, who was honored on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Castleton University by the National Football Foundation. Luke was Fair Haven Union High School's Athlete Honoree!
https://footballfoundation.org/news/2022/5/6/2022_Vermont_Chapter_Event.aspx
The 41st Annual Vermont Congressional Art Competition is a statewide art competition accepting work from high school students across Vermont. Every spring, participating Members of Congress sponsor high school arts competition in their districts. For more about the competition as well as links to view the entries and watch the awards ceremony visit: https://welch.house.gov/services/art-competition.
The following FHUHS students entered work this year in the show:
Azure Wood - Rest
Jay Morgan - Man in the Moon
Lillian Lynch - Brushing out the Tangles
Max Smith - A Huge Misunderstanding
Mercedes Tredwell - Dead Space
Serana Nakamura - Shattered Spirits
Congratulations to Azure Wood, who was recognized with a Judge's Choice Award for her work!
Tonight - May 9, 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/wdf-rbzv-grn or by calling: (US) +1 715-544-8886 PIN: 163 155 016#
Tonight’s Agenda: https://5il.co/19xjx
Previous Meeting Minutes: https://5il.co/19ip5
Next Board Meeting: May 23, 2022 - 6:30 p.m. at Orwell Village School
Over the next couple of weeks, FHU students will be practicing a full evacuation drill. This drill is intended to simulate what students would do in the event of an emergency that required them to safely leave school grounds. Please feel free to contact th school with any questions or concerns.
Students in Mrs. Clement's Ethnic and Advanced Foods Class spent time last week making sushi. This course creates wonderful opportunities for students to explore (and taste) world cultures!
Please join us for our 2nd Slater Strong Potluck on May 18th at 5:30 pm in the high school cafeteria. We will be continuing our community discussion on how we can support our students by helping to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive school culture. We hope to see you there!
On Thursday, May 5 Richard Baptie and John Tester from the Crippen Fellows American Legion Post 50 presented Fair Haven Union High School's athletic program with a new American Flag for the Baseball/Softball Fields.
The flag was presented to: Varsity Baseball players Connor Fisher and Kyle James and Varsity Softball players Veronica Redondo and Maddy Egan.
FHUHS would like to Thank the American Legion for their generosity and for supporting Athletics at FHUHS.
The FHU Theater Team performed their student-written plays in front of a live, interactive audience at Wednesday's Celebration of Learning. They are preparing to take the plays to Benson, Orwell, Castleton, and Fair Haven's grade schools on June 2nd. Based on the expressions of the FHU audience, we believe the grade school students are going to absolutely love the shows!
The FHU Band and Chorus students put on excellent "mini-concerts" for all of our students at Wednesday's Celebration of Learning! They all sounded great (and had fantastic audience participation with their Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline" song)!
FHUHS JV softball players doing what they do best. Go Slaters!
We would like to thank all of the participants in yesterday’s 1st Annual Career Fair!
Over 25 Vermont companies and organizations as well as several branches of the military participated. The FHUHS gym was filled with tables and displays from local employers as well as several from throughout the state.
The State of Vermont Agency of Transportation, Department of Labor, and Department of Agriculture presented information to students about careers, on the job training opportunities and the future of hemp in Vermont. Casella Construction challenged students to test their skills of loading and unloading remote controlled bucket loaders with dirt in an indoor display at their booth.
Other employers present included: Bayada Home Health Care, BreadLoaf Corporation, Brown's Auto Salvage, Casella Waste Systems, Castleton University, Community Health, GE Aviation, JaniTech, Job Corp, Killington/Pico Ski Resort, Lake Bomoseen Lodge and Tap House, Mountain View Center/Genesis, OMYA, Inc, Rutland Regional Medical Center, The Binding Site, VELCO, Vermont Rail System, and Woodstock Inn. Military recruiters included: US Air Force, VT Air National Guard, US Army, VT Army National Guard, and US Marine Corps.
"Slate Valley students are sending a sweet message to children in Ukraine. Recently, students across the district have been making care packages containing maple candy to send children living in the war-torn eastern European country."
https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/local/slate-valley-students-send-sweet-notes-to-ukraine/article_f84bb2c2-2845-57f3-b310-7c0325940e94.html
On Friday, April 29th, senior members of Castleton University’s Psi Chi Honor Society visited Mr. Bruce’s Psychology Honors class to discuss the college experience, various career paths in the field of psychology, opportunities at Castleton University, and what Psi Chi can offer students (scholarships, professional connections, publishing of student research, etc).
Students in Mrs. Ehler-Hansen's REAL class are bringing their customized clothing entrepreneurial idea to fruition! They have been using the Cricut vinyl cutting maching to make Slater Nation clothing. Their work takes them from the design process all the way through the marketing process.
We are looking forward to the 1st Annual Career Fair on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
Don't miss out on this opportunity!
Dear Slate Valley Staff and Families,
Unfortunately Covid-19 is making a resurgence in our area. If anyone is experiencing symptoms, even if you think it is just allergies or other illness, it is still recommended that you test to be sure. You can request tests from the school if you need them. If you are unable to test, you should stay home if you have symptoms until you feel better.
You can also choose to wear a mask, wash your hands frequently, keep your hands away from your nose and mouth, clean surfaces frequently and distance yourself where you feel it is necessary.
Please see the Department of Health website for more in depth information. Hopefully by following these strategies, we can keep this resurgence to a minimum.
https://www.healthvermont.gov/covid-19
Please reach out to your school nurse if you have any questions.
Best,
Brooke Olsen-Farrell
Superintendent
We hope to see you at our Celebration of Learning on May 4th beginning at 9:30 am!
FHUHS Track and Field team at The Penn Relay:
Isabella Carrara, Ella Kuehn, Ayame Merkel and Maddy Perry w/ Coach Oakman
Mr. Merolle's Horticulture students had a blast teaching the Orwell and Fair Haven Grade School 4th-graders about sugaring, grafting apple trees, beekeeping, and sunflower propagation! The 4th-graders came to visit as a part of their service project shipping maple sugar candies to children in Ukraine. It may have been a chilly fieldtrip, but you would not have known it from the excitement and fun all the students had!
