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O.K. Class of 2024, how about completing your Senior Spotlight on this day away from school? This is your last chance to submit a Spotlight and be featured in the Lakes Region and Rutland Sun Newspaper. Only 11 submissions have been turned in, we can't ask for the space to be reserved in the paper if we don't have anything to fill it. Therefore, Monday, April 8th will be the last day to submit a form, this has been open for submissions since last October. Just go to https://bit.ly/fhuspotlight24 , complete the form and submit it with an uploaded photo. We are proud of our Slater Seniors and would love to share your thoughts, plans and accomplishments. Thank you to those who have participated, and thank you to Ms. LeBrun for creating the great bulletin board in the main lobby.
Happy Instructional Assistant's Day! Today, and everyday, the Slate Valley community is grateful for your contributions to our district! The connections you create while helping our students learn is invalualbe. Your patience promotes progress, you enable confidence and coordinate the chaos around our students to facilitate success. You are most definitely our behind the scene superheros! Thank you!
NOTICE:
Good Morning,
I know this is a difficult situation for all involved. Please be assured we are working as quickly and carefully to address the situation at Fair Haven Union Middle & High School (FHUMHS). School at FHUMHS will be closed again on Wednesday, April 3rd. Right now it is day to day as we need to ensure air quality has returned to the appropriate level throughout the building. Safety is our number one priority.
Remote days are not an option; those went away after the pandemic. Additionally, we still do not have access to the building to get student or staff materials. A lot of the legal flexibility that was available to schools during COVID no longer exists.
I am requesting a waiver for the missed days from the Agency of Education. The state requires students in attendance for 175 days. In Slate Valley, we have students in attendance for 180 days per our policies and contractual agreements. Therefore, we do have some wiggle room if we are granted the waiver.
Again, I will keep you updated as I have more information. Thank you for your patience, understanding and flexibility in this matter.
As with the previous days, the Stafford Bus will run as scheduled.
Sincerely,
Brooke Olsen-Farrell
UPDATE & IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Due to the continued situation at the Fair Haven Union Middle and High School, the building will remain closed for tomorrow, Tuesday, April 2nd. Therefore there will be no school tomorrow for the Middle and High School.
PLEASE NOTE: STAFFORD BUSSES WILL RUN AS SCHEDULED
We have experts on the scene, and will provide updates as we receive them. Again, the building will remain closed to everyone at this time.
ATTENTION: PLEASE READ
Good Morning,
I wanted to update you on the situation at Fair Haven Union Middle/High School that caused the closure of the building today. There was a break in the fuel oil line that supplies fuel to the boilers and upwards of 500 gallons of fuel oil leaked into the utility tunnels under the building and the boiler room. The fuel oil also drained into a sump pump in the boiler room and made its way into the sewer system. We have contracted with a hazardous waste company and reached out to the appropriate state officials. This is an ongoing situation and I will update you as more information is available. The building is closed to all at this time.
Sincerely,
Brooke Olsen-Farrell
Good Morning,
Today, April 1st the Fair Haven Middle/High School is closed due to a boiler issue. The Stafford bus will still run.
Sincerely,
Brooke Olsen-Farrell
Available to every student, every morning!
Reminder! It's time to sign up for Slater Round-Up! Available for all rising 7th graders, (current 6th graders) See what Middle School is all about! Fill out the form at: https://bit.ly/SlaterRoundup
Recently, middle school students in Project Build with Mr. Chris Stanton designed and constructed a work table for CES 5th grade teacher, Ms. Perry. Today, they delivered the table and assembled it in her classroom for students to readily use. Another great example of Slate Valley students and schools working as a community for their community.
On Friday, March 22nd, the Outdoor Pursuits Class took another trip to Glenn Lake. Students used their map reading skills and found a great site to set up camp. They were tasked with making fire using only hand drills, boil water for tea and find an area that would work well to set up a zip line. We also set up a slack line and took a short hike to a nice look out over Glenn lake. It’s was a great day.
On 3-21-2024 Fair Haven Union SRO Ed Hunter spent time teaching Middle and High School students how to use speed measuring equipment. Students learned how Radar/Lidar functions and then were able to go out and get a hands on demonstration, followed by getting to use the equipment. Cpl. Hunter was assisted by Fair Haven Chief William Humphries, Addison County Sheriffs Deputy Mark Gutel and Pawlet Constable Thomas Covino. Thanks to all for taking your time to help out.
The 2024 New England Music Festival Association concert was a huge success! This year's 3 day music festival culminated in a wonderful performance by the orchestra, concert band, and chorus in the renowned Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. Please congratulate the three students who represented us in this prestigious event, Ayame Merkel, Clara Young, and Elaina Allard!
Reminder: Tomorrow night, March 26th, is the second of the two parent information nights. Hope to see you there! You can join by going to: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvcuqrpjIpGtAY4HTzgYaN9dzPc4H1C33J
This evening, our FHUMS PTO is sponsoring a middle school dance. This dance is for FHU students in grades 7 & 8 only. We are opening the doors promptly at 7 and wrapping up right at 9. Admission is $3 or donation of a canned good. Some guidelines for this evening:
Students will enter and leave through the lobby doors only.
Students will be in the gym or the lobby, no other locations in the building.
Cell phones are allowed.
Once students arrive, they will not be allowed to leave early unless they call a parent and a staff member gets permission from the parent for the student to leave early.
Parents can also come into the lobby at any time to pick up their child in person.
If a student leaves early, they do not reenter the dance.
We are aware there is the potential for snow. However, current predictions indicate it will be starting later on, around 8:00 pm. We should be good; but will continue to monitor. With that weather prediction, we do ask that parents are here to pick up by 9:00 so that chaperones can get out and make their trek home before the roads get too bad. Have to love Vermont spring weather! Thank you for your support in making this a fun and safe event for students!
Congratulations to Phil Bean for being named the Rutland Herald Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the 2023-2024 season!
FHUMHS students did an amazing job at today's Option-Based drill. They practiced a hypothetical situation that allowed them to exercise essential critical-thinking skills for any safety situation. We are proud of everyone's hard work to make FHU a safe environment for all of our students!
Last night, the FHUMHS Theatre Group put on a wonderful performance of the play “The Importance of Being Earnest”. Congratulations on a great show!
Congratulations to J.W. Adams-Silva who earned the Rutland Herald Bowler of the Year Award for the 2023-2024 season!
