Daily Announcements, Monday December 3, 2018

Breakfast:  Choice of: Assorted Cereal, Hard boiled egg w/toast, Yogurt Cup w/Granola or Bagel w/Cream Cheese, Fresh Fruit, Milk Lunch: Grilled Chicken Sandwich Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges Dinner Roll Fresh Fruit & Veggie Bar Daily Soup Milk

After School Activities 3:30-4:30 K-2 Math Club with Mrs. Hoben 3/4 2Inspire Dance 3:45-5:00 Drama 3:30-5:00 5/6 Girls Basketball Practice 5:00-6:30 5/6 Boys Basketball  Practice 6:30-7:45 7 Boys Basketball Practice 5-8 Cheer leading will begin tomorrow (12/4)  from 6:00-7:30 p.m.  Members will meet in the cafeteria. Open Doors Winter  Workshops SATEC Open Doors' has exciting after school workshop offered for students in grades K-8 during the weeks of December 4th and 11th. Workshops will start on Tuesday, December 4th. All confirmations will be sent by email. If you didn't not receive an email but handed in a form please contact After School Coordinator, Rose Bedard at mrbedard@maplerun.org

School Sing News and Announcements Thanks to all of you who so generously have donated many items for the Humane Society at School Sing over the past few months.  On December 7th, through January 25th, we will be collecting for our local homeless shelter, Tim's House. We are asking for the following items: Personal Care Items - toothbrushes, dental floss, toothpaste, liquid soap, shampoo, small-sized deodorant, hand lotion, lip balm, Q-tips, razors, shaving cream, and hand sanitizer. Other items - Liquid laundry detergent, paper towels, toilet paper, Kleenex - both large boxes and individual packets.   Thank you very much!  We hope to see you for a visit to our weekly School Sing, which takes place on Friday mornings from about 8:45-9:10.  Students and staff in grades K-3 attend each week, and the students enjoy having their parents in the audience! Lea Menkens - School Sing Chairperson

Dear SATEC Families,     The CHAMP Community is excited to announce that we are sponsoring The Dee PT Great Diaper Drive (see backside for their informational flyer). We are asking SATEC families to donate diapers of any size and brand (even wipes and Pull-Ups). The diapers will go to COTS. We are collecting from now until Dec. 17th. We are hoping to exceed last year's amazing donation of just over 12,000 diapers! To date, the SATEC community has donated just over 20,000 diapers since joining this cause in 2015! Collecting until December 17th We are grateful for any donations that are made Diapers can be left with your child’s homeroom teacher or dropped off to a CHAMP Community classroom. Donations  will be collected daily by CHAMP Community volunteers Questions contact Laurie Ely @ lelymaplerun.org

Wow! The fourth grade is off to a fantastic lead in our canned food competition for Operation Happiness! There is still a week to participate. If you are able to donate any non-perishable food for Operation Happiness, please send it in with your child before Wednesday, December 5th. Operation Happiness Canned Food Drive K - 8th Grade Competition November 12th-December 6th Operation Happiness is a community initiative run by dedicated volunteers that relies heavily on the generosity and support of our community. With over 300 volunteers joining together each year, Operation Happiness is able to provide baskets of food during the holidays to over 1,100 families throughout Franklin and Grand Isle Counties. (fgiunitedway.org)    Every holiday season, SATEC families give back to the community in various ways. This year, we will once again be hosting a friendly school-wide competition to support Operation Happiness. If you can spare any non-perishable food items, please send them in with your child. Thank you for your contribution to our canned food drive!   Which grade will donate the most food? Keep an eye on the bar graph in the main hallway to find out!

 Still throwing your food waste in the landfill? Want to compost but don't want to do it at home? The Northwest Solid Waste District offers home compost pick-up in much of St. Albans for $10/month. First month FREE! All food waste collected gets composted at Hudak Farm in Swanton and is used on local fields and gardens! Go to http://closetheloopvt.org to sign up or to get more info!