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Photos:
CPS: 5-8th Grade Dance
TCS: Music Concert (recorded link below)
Tunbridge Fair will be here before you know it. Please save the date of 9/14 for Education day! We need chaperones and we would love you have parent/guardians/friends of family commit early. We need you to fill out the 2023-2024 Vermont Criminal Information Form and share a copy of your license with our main office.
First Branch News!
Hello First Branch,
We had an exciting week! We had trips all over the Central Vermont area! Our 8th graders celebrated their year by going on the Spirit of Ethan Allen cruise on Lake Champlain, 5-6th grade students hiked Spruce Mountain, and each school hosted a concert. We rounded out the week with a 5th-8th Enchanted Forest dance. This weekend the The Ranger gravel ride is on, and we have so many families helping out at the water stations and expo stand. Finally, if you have yet to see them, the new Friends of First Branch T-Shirts are in, and they are awesome! Payment is due asap!
As our school days wind down, it is important to stop and thank our teachers, support staff, the SU, and families for making this year a success as a newly unified district! There are so many moments to celebrate and many notes we have taken to help support next year.
Finally, on Monday we begin our Associate Principal interviews. We have 3 candidates and an interview panel consisting of First Branch administration, an administrative assistant, a board member, parent(s), students, and teachers spanning K-8.
Reminders/Follow Up Info From This Week:
One Planet Finished 6/9: Many thanks to our One Planet team at both campuses for all their hard work and dedication this year. Please remember to update the main office and your child’s homeroom teacher with your student’s change of afternoon plans for pick up.
Tunbridge Concert:
Tunbridge music performance link
Chelsea Concert:
(Link still to come from IT).
Free Books
At the front of the 1912 CPS building there is a book shelf of free books. These books can be taken by anyone for any purpose. Many of these books have sat in storage for years. Teaches have taken what they need for classrooms. Books will move on by 6/22. The farmer's market is a great time to check them out!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Janet Cash
Principal, First Branch Unified District
Follow Up In Real Time!
Facebook: First Branch Unified District
Instagram: @first_branch
Reminders:
Upcoming Dates:
Upcoming Universal Social and Emotional Events (PBIS)
June 12- Tunbridge Fair Permission Slips go home for rising 1st-8th graders.
(Rising K student paperwork will be mailed.)
1). Cover Letter: Save the Date
2) Vermont Criminal Information Center (Chaperone Paperwork)
3) K-4 Permission Slip
4) 5-8 Permission Slip
5) FBUD: Field Trip Emergency Information and Medical Form
June 12 and 13: TCS Yoga
June 15- Spring sports potluck at 5:30, Parade of Athletes at 6:30pm
June 14- TCS grade move up afternoon activity block
June 16- Town Hall Gatherings at both Chelsea and Tunbridge
Fun Run for TCS (Permission Slip: here)
We still need more parent volunteers! Please let Jessica Anderson know if you are interested!
June 19- 8th Grade Graduation
June 20- Field Day at both campuses
June 21- Last Day of Access to TCS until EEI upgrades are complete and Certificate of Occupancy is issued. Please note TCS fields and playground, basketball court, and outdoor classrooms will be off-limits as construction occurs. Our admin assistants and principals will work out of CPS for the summer.
July 5-Aug 4- One Planet
Aug 7-11- First Branch Unified District Community Camp...more to come this week thanks to our School+Community Grant program
Sports:
On Thursday, June 15th we will be hosting a Parade of Athletes in the Chelsea gym to celebrate our many athletic accomplishments this year in First Branch. The event will start at 6:00pm and will spotlight all of our athletes from each First Branch sports team this year:
5/6 Girls Soccer, 5/6 Boys Soccer, 7/8 Girls Soccer, 5-8 Cross Country, 5/6 Girls Basketball, 5/6 Boys Basketball, 7/8 Girls Basketball, 7/8 Boys Basketball, Middle School Softball, Middle School Baseball
Upcoming Games:
Please see the schedule below!
REMINDERS:
2022-2023 WRVSU Calendar (Last day of school is 6/20)
2023-2024 WRVSU Calendar
Graduation:
Our 8th Grade Graduation will be held on Monday, June 19th at 6:30pm on the South Common in Chelsea. We look forward to celebrating our 8th graders. Please consider joining us!
Classroom Teacher Assignments for 2023-2024
PreSchool: Hannah Nadeau, Lisa Ellis
Kindergarten: Elizabeth Dutton, Tracy Crocker
First Grade: Kaitlyn Morse, Susan Connolly
Second Grade: Caitlyn MacGlaflin, Renee Perrault
Third Grade: Hope Brown, Danielle Whitney
Fourth Grade: Tamara Breckenridge, Jill Interlandi
Counselors: Heather Bertrand (TCS) Mindy Farnham (CPS)
Physical Education: Abbie Lesure (TCS), Amy Parker (CPS)
Art: Dee Rouelle (TCS & CPS)
Music: Magellan Helm (TCS), TBD (CPS)
Library: Jessica Anderson (TCS). TBD (CPS)
Pathways: Eliza Minnucci (TCS), TBD (CPS)
5-6 Team: Karen Colby, Michael Gray, Emily Marshia
7-8 Team: Erik Anderson, Tess Holbrook, Chris Franske
*Para educators not noted on this list yet.
*Special Education Teachers are to be determined in placement.
*Contracted Service Providers are not noted on this list yet.
Community:
Chelsea Farmers' Market:
Did you know that the Chelsea Farmers' Market now accepts SNAP/3SquaresVT? The market is also participating in the Crop Cash, an exciting, matching incentive program sponsored by NOFA-VT that helps your SNAP funds go further when you shop at participating farmers' markets! Exchange $20 in SNAP and receive $40 in Crop Cash to use on fruits, veggies, eggs, bread, and meat at the farmers' market! Visit the market manager's tent to learn more!
Summer One Planet 2023 Info:
Please click on this link for the paperwork.
On the Horizon:
Compost:UV Super Compost Project (WRVSU)
We are so excited to announce that our school is a participant in the Upper Valley Super Compost Project!
The Upper Valley Super Compost Project is institutionalizing living compost systems into 24 participating school outdoor classrooms.
The goal is to increase real-world problem-solving opportunities, enhance the health of schoolyards, school and community gardens, and save schools money!
On-site compost systems have the potential to shift current organics hauling fees paid by most schools into an investment school staff, students, community engagement and regeneration.
In addition to saving money, compost systems serve as a classroom extension enhancing STEM curriculum and providing a mechanism for a student-run business.
This replicable model will lay a foundation for regions to collaborate in systemic change-making.
The UV Super Compost Project Team is working hard to raise the one-time costs of implementing the project. In addition to federal and state grants, private donors and foundation requests, the UVSCP team has created a crowdfunding campaign to demonstrate the expansive community support to provide schools and students with innovative resources and tools they need to implement solutions to real-world problems like climate change.
LEARN MORE & SUPPORT THE SUPER COMPOST PROJECT!
Photo Captions:
Summer Camp Info below and Chelsea Farmers Market Info
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