Fair Haven Union Middle and High School

Congratulations to Anthony, Royal, and Nikolai's successful robotics team competition! Below is a quick synopsis from a team mentor: April 14-16 the team competed at the New England District Championship FIRST Robotics Competition. The team competed against the top 80 teams in New England, ultimately ranking 15th out of 182 registered teams in New England. The team earned the Engineering Inspiration Award which qualified them to compete at the FIRST World Championship in Houston, TX. Due to the short turnaround time between the New England Championship and the World Championship, and lack of funding, the team will not be traveling to compete. The team continues to stay active year round, attending off-season competitions, performing demonstrations at various local events, and participating in community service activities.

Our Junior Class will be presenting their Personalized Learning Plan (PLP) Core Values projects on May 4th starting at 9:30 am (the picture shows one of our students assembeling a Marine pull-up bar for a project demonstration). This event is open to our larger Slater community. Please join us in supporting our Juniors!

Tonight - April 25, 2022 You’re invited to the Slate Valley Unified Union School District Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Fair Haven Grade School Library. This meeting will be in person or virtually connect by going to https://meet.google.com/wck-ifsf-xve or dial: (US) +1 865-401-0275 PIN: 911 262 892# Tonight’s Agenda: https://5il.co/19bi7 Previous Meeting Minutes: https://5il.co/18rlk Next Board Meeting: May 9, 2022 - 6:30 p.m. at Fair Haven Union High School

Our next Middle School Family Forum is IN-PERSON this Thursday, April 28th at 5:30 p.m. in the FHU Cafeteria! Join us to hear about athletics and extracurricular activities, as well as other topics. We look forward to seeing you there!

We're hiring! Slate Valley Unified Union School District has a year round full time position opening for an ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SPECIALIST. Responsibilities including processing accounts payable for the district. Bookkeeping experience is required, as well as strong technology and organizational skills. For more information, please contact Cheryl Scarzello, Director of Finance at (802) 265-2561 or email at cscarzello@svuvt.org Please visit https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/employment-opportunities for a complete listing of employment opportunities with SVUUSD.

Thank you to all of our wonderful judges that visited to check out the door decorations for the Be You Club's "Positive Door" contest! All of the Inquiry classroom doors were creatively designed to send an overarching message of kindness and positivity. It was truly a great way to wrap up the week before the Spring vacation!

We are very excited to be holding our first in-person musical concert in over 2 years on April 28th at 6:00 pm! Please come support the Slater music program at their Spring POPS Concert. Earlier that evening we will also be hosting our 2nd middle school informational meeting (5:30 pm) to discuss extracurricular activities, and much more. We hope this will be a great opportunity for our incoming middle school families to join us at the concert, as well.

Nick Carrabino, a Senior at FHUHS has committed to Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire for the Fall of 2022. We will continue to see him on the Soccer field for this college team. FHUHS/Slater nation is very proud of you Nick. We wish you the best of luck.

FHUHS Athletes have really shined this Winter Season. We have several athletes that have earned the title of "Athletes of the Year" Basketball -- Sawyer Ramey Wrestling -- Trey Lee Indoor Track -- Luke Williams Indoor Track -- Aly Williams Wrestling -- Paityn DeLong FHUHS is very proud of their athletes and their accomplishments on and off the court. Go Slaters!

The FHUHS Drama Club has been working hard to prepare their "Childrens' Theater" event. Members of the club have written several plays that they will be performing for our district elementary school students. The club will also perform "snippets" of their plays to community members and high school students at our May 4th Celebration of Learning event.

Ms. Ehler-Hansen's R.E.A.L. class (Relevant, Authentic, Experiential Learning) is seen here putting the final touches on school planner notebooks they designed, printed, and assembled for all of our incoming middle schoolers next year. What a great way to welcome our newest Slaters!

Congratulations to our Rutland Herald athletes of the year! https://www.rutlandherald.com/sports/boys-athletes-of-the-year-put-the-work-in/article_28de3da2-6ff0-5f38-b462-82f111d8b6b8.html

Congratulations to our 2022 Vermont Skills USA Competition medalists! Gold - Automated Manufacturing - Luke Williams (Engineering) Gold - Entrepreneurship - Kaylee Burns (Human Services) Silver - Crime Scene Investigation - Cheyanne Ricard (Public Safety) Silver - Firefighting - Jeremy Coan (Public Safety) Silver - First Aid/CPR - Gracie Dillon (Health Careers) Bronze - Job Skill Demo A - Gracie Dillon (Health Careers)

Good evening, The budget passed with the following results: Yes: 882 No: 541 We want to thank the community for voting!

Please remember to vote today! Town of Benson: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Benson Community Hall Town of Castleton: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Castleton Fire Station Town of Fair Haven: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Fair Haven Grade School Town of Hubbardton: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Hubbardton Town Hall Town of Orwell: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Orwell Town Clerk's Office Town of West Haven: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, West Haven Town Hall For more information, we invite you to visit the budget page on our website: https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/budget

Save the Date! Our next Middle School Family Forum is IN-PERSON on April 28th at 5:30 p.m. at FHU! Join us to hear about athletics and extracurricular activities, as well as other topics. We look forward to seeing you there! *Please note the date change from our previous post.

Join us tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the FHUHS Band Room for an informational hearing to discuss the proposed FY23 budget (Article 2), which will be voted on tomorrow by Australian ballot. Virtually connect by going to https://meet.google.com/kwb-acpu-kjm or by calling +1 352-503-8958 PIN: 358 031 844#. For more information, we invite you to visit our budget web page: https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/budget.

Mrs. Clement's Fashion Design class has completed their pajama sewing project! Students had a great opportunity to develop life-long skills and explore the clothing industry through a great hands-on experience.

Congratulations to the Rutland Area Robotics team's success at the New England qualifiers! Three of our Slater students were team members that won the district event, and were awarded the District Engineering Inspiration award! They will be heading to District Championships on Wednesday - please wish them good luck!

As we approach our April 12th Informational Meeting and April 13th Budget Revote, we are highlighting Frequently Asked Questions (https://5il.co/1898z) related to the FY23 Budget. Question: How does Slate Valley’s FY23 Education Spending per Equalized Pupil compare to surrounding districts? Answer: Rutland City: $18,624 Mill River: $18, 376 Estimated State Average: $18,023 Otter Valley: $17,048 Slate Valley: $16,947 Quarry Valley: $16,870 For more information, we invite you to visit our budget web page: https://www.slatevalleyunified.org/page/budget.