Friday, November 20th-This is a Green Day
Menu for Week of November 16th-20th
No School Thanksgiving Break November 25th-27th
SATEC Picture Retakes will be on Tuesday, 11/17 12:00 for our Monday/Tuesday Students and Friday, 11/20 9:00, for our Thursday/Friday students. If you want your child/children's photos re-done please remember to send back the original packet, These days will also be for students who missed getting pictures taken.
Meal Pick up for week of November 23rd-There will be no pick up on Friday, November 27th. All Friday picks ups will be available on Tuesday, November 24th.
For November 24th, pick up at SATEC will be from 11:30-12:30 or 4:00-5:00. All pick ups will be in the back parking lot during these times. Families will receive a food box for their children(ages 0-18). Families will need to sign up to receive this by calling Tammy Deso 752-2700 or email tdeso@maplerun.org.
The box will have:
Loaf of Bread
Peanut Butter
Beef & Cheese Pasta Bake
Cereal Bowls
Apples
Clementines
Juice Boxes
Carrots
1/2 Gallon 2% unflavored milk
1 pint of Chocolate milk
Odyssey of the Mind
Is your family looking for something more to do while home during this pandemic. What about considering Odyssey of the Mind! Due to Covid 19, this season's competition looks different in many ways. The biggest difference is it is a virtual competition this year! Also, there is an option to have a team made up of different ages so a whole family can participate in the problem. Odyssey of the Mind builds teamwork and problem solving skills in a fun and creative environment.
Take a look at this example for what a virtual solution might look like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNKsBuotG1g&feature=youtu.be
Think you want more information? Visit http://vt.odysseyofthemind.org or https://www.odysseyofthemind.com or https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDlVfW_UimovK5bEPdI9MfhoJiQ2eFYzn
If interested in being involved, contact Lynn Tetreault ltetreault5@icloud.com or text 802-373-7630 Registration fees will be covered by the school so there is no cost to participate.
Operation Happiness Food Drive Competition
November 16th-December 11th
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 food drive to support Operation Happiness. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, our collection efforts will look a little different this year.
In the past, we hosted friendly competitions between grade levels. This year, we’re coming together as a school, with a goal of 1000 total food items!
In 2017, we donated a total of 950 items.
In 2018, we donated a total of 1300 items.
In 2019, we donated a total of 650 items.
Can we reach 1000 in 2020? Let’s do it!
If you can spare any non-perishable food items, please send them in with your child. There will be a designated area in each grade’s community to leave items. Thank you for your contribution to our food drive!
**A graph in the main hallway will track our progress. Pictures will be posted via Facebook and our school announcements for parents to follow. **
SRO Study Committee Participants
NOTICE: The Maple Run Unified School Board seeks 3 parents, 3 students, 3 community members and 3 staff to participate on the School Resource Officer (SRO) Study Committee. This committee is charged with developing a well-supported, fact-based recommendation regarding the SRO position in the Maple Run Unified School District. The committee is expected to examine the SRO role in ways that may accommodate, as much as possible, the concerns of all parties with a goal of a consensus recommendation being the objective. The following questions will be answered by the Study Committee:
• What do we want the roles/responsibilities or our SROs to be?
• What roles/responsibilities are they performing now?
• Are these roles/responsibilities being met as we would like them to be?
• Who else could fulfill these and/or how else could these roles/responsibilities be met?
• What is the recommendation as to how the role/responsibilities deemed necessary are fulfilled?
Interested parties should download and complete the application found here: https://5il.co/msp3 and return it to Brenda Comstock bcomstock@maplerun.org no later than December 10, 2020.
Flu Clinic Information
SATEC will be partnering with NOTCH to hold a flu clinic for students and families. If you would like registration forms sent home please contact the SATEC Health Office at 752-2685 or use this link (click here for the form).
Registration Information for Operation Happiness
Operation Happiness provides food and toys for nearly 1,000 families and their children (16 and under) in Franklin and Grand Isle counties during the holiday season.
Families requesting to receive food and/or gifts must register by the deadline for each town
St. Albans - call 393-4443, from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm, Nov 16th – 20th, and Nov 23rd - 24th.
Specific dates and pickup locations will be announced during registration.
SATEC Meal Pick Up
During the 2020-2021 School Year Free Meal Pick Up at SATEC is available on Tuesday and Fridays (receive 3 breakfast and 3 lunches) for children up to age 18. Pick up is between the hours of 11:30-12:30 or we can send home with your child at the end of the day.
Meal Pick Up is available at the front window of the school. We do ask that you order ahead of time so that we can have an appropriate meal count. Orders need to be placed by 9:00 am the day of pick up. Please call or email tdeso@maplerun.org or 752-2700.
SATEC is now offering free weekend meals (2 breakfast and 2 lunches) starting Friday, October 23rd for children up to age 18. We do ask that you order ahead of time so that we can have an appropriate meal count. Orders need to be placed by 9:00 am the day of pick up. Please call or email tdeso@maplerun.org or 752-2700.
Middle School Basketball Information
Online sign ups for 5-8 Basketball are now live.
Before signing your child up, please be sure to read the guidelines that were released on 11/5/2020
https://www.familyid.com/st-albans-town-educational-center/satec-2020-2021-basketball-sign-up-for-grades-5-8
School-based winter sports programs may initiate coach-led practice sessions (e.g., skills and drills work) and intrasquad scrimmages (within a school program) no earlier than November 30, 2020.
Students traveling out-of-state over the Thanksgiving holiday, or at any other point in time, must follow ACCD and Department of Health guidance around quarantine before returning to school; the same quarantine requirements also apply to participating in any school-based activity, including sports. Out-of-state travel to participate in any recreational sports activity currently requires a mandatory quarantine upon return.
If the sport permits, school-sponsored winter sports programs may initiate interscholastic games, meets and competitions among Vermont schools no earlier than January 11, 2021, as long as the school is operating under Step III of the Agency of Education’s Strong and Healthy Start guidance. Again, students traveling out-of-state during the holidays must follow ACCD and Health Department guidance around quarantine before returning to school or participating in school-based or recreational sports. Games and meets may only occur between or involve Vermont-based teams and interstate teams where the school fully adheres to the AOE Strong and Healthy Start guidance. Teams may hold team practice sessions, inter-squad scrimmages and interscholastic competitions. Facial coverings are required to be worn by all players, coaches, officials, staff and spectators at all times, including during active play. Teams must implement measures to ensure six feet of physical distance is maintained between players not actively involved in game play. Indoor sports teams engaged in interscholastic competition in sports that involve close proximity or moderate contact are limited to no more than two games in any seven-day period and allow a minimum of at least three days between competitions.
Indoor Spectator Events = No Spectators
Consistent with the Agency of Education’s Strong and Healthy Start guidance, and to limit unnecessary exposure, only “key personnel” – players, coaches, officials, time and scorekeepers.
We will be sending out more information regarding the practice schedule and tentative game schedule soon. Be sure to sign up your child to get all the up to date information.
