June 1

Dear Parents, 

As the year winds down, the energy level increases.  The spring sports season ends next week.  It is also the last week of homework club.  Grades close Friday. 

In preparation for next year, student council speeches will take place Wednesday morning at 8:00 AM.  After speeches, the student body elects the officers and representatives for next year’s council. 

Also scheduled for next week are the eighth grade class trip, a seventh grade outing, a fourth grade trip to the Calvin Coolidge Homestead,  and the eighth grade grad dance.

Katrina Hill, our school librarian, will take Maria Dolan, Lyndzie Nichols, Morgan White, and Bailey Wright to the  Dorothy Canfield Fisher awards ceremony to see which author won this year’s award.

We held our Memorial Day assembly this morning.  As always, the American Legion members were our honored guests.  Students in grades K – 2 sang On Memorial Day We Remember.  Grade 4 students recited a poem by Calvin Coolidge.  Students in grades 5 and 6 sang a choral rendition of the Preamble to the Constitution. The 6 – 8 chorus sang the Vermont State Song.  Mr Louis Maxfield and Mr. John Bartholomew gave speeches.  Asher Haney honored his father as a member of the American Legion.  And finally, three students sang solos. They were Samantha Gibbs who sang the National Anthem, Haley Symonds who sang Imagine, and Camilla Pentland, who sang Hallelujah.  All three girls did an incredible job.  I have to say that Camilla brought tears to our eyes. Can you imagine how proud I feel when our students honor our community veterans in this way?

Mr. Cox and I will have coffee ready for you on Monday morning.  I hope you can take a few minutes to enjoy a cup of morning brew with us. 

Have a great weekend.  I am off to Maine to celebrate the marriage of a certain member of our secretarial staff.  I hope we will all stay dry.  As always, give your child a hug for me.

Judy Callens