COMING SOON TO A SCHOOL NEAR YOU...
Vernon School’s
ANNUAL ARTS NIGHT
April 15th at 6:30 p.m.
Featuring artwork from your favorite
local artists and music by a
chorus of hundreds
March Reading Challenge
The March Reading Challenge is well underway. Students, teachers and parents are encouraged to participate in this Windham County Reads program which encourages reading everyday. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways at home - shared reading, quiet family time, or reading the same book as your child and then having a discussion about it later. Reading just 15 minutes each day allows this activity to become a daily part of your childʼs schedule creating life long readers..... and it is so much fun.
As I say to the students regularly, if you have a good book you are never alone. There is always something to do when you have a good book, or a place to visit or learn about something new!
Please consider participating in this program this year. Who knows, if you and your child successfully complete the pledge sheet someone may win one of the awesome prizes donated by one of the local businesses in the area. Good luck and happy reading. Remember all completed contracts must be returned by Monday, April 5, 2010.
Kindergarten is Celebrating
We are celebrating the amazing growth that happens this
time of year. When we look back at the pictures from pre-school
screening last April, it is hard to believe those little wide eyed
children are the same children sitting in our class. Not only do
they look more mature, but they act more mature in so many
way.s They are willing to take risks and make mistakes. They
have become more resilient with the rigors of school. They have
made friendships, learned to work as a team member, accepted
that some things are hard for some and easy for others, and
learned the hardest lesson of all in kindergarten - taking turns
and waiting!
We are also celebrating that February was a month of
kindness from learning about Martin Luther King Jr., to Valentines
Day, 100ʼs day, and Presidentʼs Day too. We learned about the
influence one person can make in this world.
For 100ʼs day we had a classroom can drive. We collected
canned food items from each student and their families. We
counted them, sorted them, and played with them in our school
store. I am pleased to let you know during February vacation I
was able to donate those 130 cans of food to the Brattleboro
Food Bank thanks to the generosity of our class!
It is hard to believe in just a few short weeks Peggy Stetzel
and I will be meeting next years wide eyed kindergarten class as
they start their journey into The Vernon School Community.
Students of the Week
Jack Lyford
Morgan Derosia
Hanna Buedinger
Jemez Jobin
Brenda Brewer
Natalie DeVincentis
Lilly Giroux
Ryan Fletcher
Cody Corbeil
Theresa Underwood
Dylan Kraemer
Loryn Thomas
Annalise Truncale
Athena Fowler-Shaw
Courteney Clark
Meghan Lilley
Super Sneaker - Natalie Hendricks, Meagan Pratt, Tommy Carroll
Golden Sneaker: 3M
Class of Note: K, 4C
Big Reign Stick: 6W
Little Reign Stick: 2P
Platinum Disk: 6C
Notes from Student Council
We are ready at last to get the Peer Tutoring Program going
and we will start next Monday afternoon. Some kids will be
doing it on Monday and Wednesday and some on Tuesday and
Friday. The students helpers are really looking foward to it.
At our Student Council meeting this week we talked a lot about
how our School Spirit Week will go and we have chosen the five
themes for each day. They are:
Monday, 3/29...Pajama Day
Tuesday, 3/30...Red & Black Day
Wednesday, 3/31...Crazy Hats
Thursday, 4/1...Crazy Hair Day
Friday, April 2...Sports Day
Keep you eyes open for the posters that will be going up in the halls.
Early Release
Thursday, March 18th
12:30 p.m.
No School for students
Friday, March 19th
CONFERENCES
March 18th
and
March 19th
MARCH READING CHALLENGE
is underway
YEARBOOKS
are now on sale!
$15.00
Order your book by
March 26th and be
eligible for a WalMart
Gift Card.
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