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• Feb 06 Winter Sports Day. Don’t forget your gear.
  School Board Meeting, 6:00 pm
• Feb 08 Instrumental Concert, 6:30 pm in Outback
• Feb 13 Winter Sports Day. Be Safe, Have Fun.
• Feb 20-24 WINTER RECESS, No School
• Feb 27 Winter Sports Day. Last Day.
• Mar 06 Town Meeting Day, NO SCHOOL

Wednesday Evening in the Outback 6:30 pm A showcase of our youngest Primary strings players all the way up to the 4^th-8^th graders in Band. Violinists will perform the following pieces at the instrumental music concert: The Duck Song, OinkOink, Marching to the Practice Room, Grounded, The Kid With The Beautiful Bowhold, No School, D Scale March, Low A Waltz, Marie’s Wedding and Spring. Practice, practice, practice. Of course each student will be expected to perform only those pieces they have already learned. There will be a rehearsal Wednesday morning, so it’s very important that all students bring their instruments to school Wednesday morning.

Report cards for Jen, Judy, and Erica’s classes go home this week.  Classroom and specials teachers describe the activities of the first semester.  Progress updates for each student are included in classroom teachers’ reports.  Please give feedback to your child’s teacher.  They put a lot of time into writing these reports and they want to know if you find them informative.

 Julianne Mills opened the meeting by welcoming everyone.  Tami Purcell, Dori Collins, Jess Weitz, Kate Morgan, and Francie Marbury were in attendance.

The budget was reviewed.  The Wreath Sale was very successful.  Many thanks to Sara Coffey for leading this fundraiser.

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There will be an open meeting at Kate’s house, 400 Cowpath 40, Tuesday Feb. 7 @ 6 pm. to discuss openly and creatively social climate issues and concerns. We mean to generate energy for:  a Forum and exchange of ideas to help build supportive structures for our kids and their school.
Please send in to Kate’s email one or two sentences/thoughts, so we may create an agenda before hand. Bring snacks, and/or beverage.  There will be no children attending.
PLEASE RSVP for space reasons. Contact <katetarlowmorgan@gmail.com>  or 257 0855

Bring your family and friends to: Ski =  Skate  =  Sled  =  Snow-Shoe   =  Make Snow Sculptures. Children must  be  accompanied  by  adults. Please bring your own equipment and Snacks to share with your neighbors! Hot cider provided courtesy of the Marlboro Alliance Questions? contact: michelle holzapfel 254-2908

 This event coincides with the Wendell – Judd Cup ski race for novice and veteran cross-country skiers of all ages. Check in at the Campus Center 1:00 – 1:45 before heading out on the 5.5 mile course from the college to South Pond and back. Trails are suitable for all levels. Snowshoers are also encouraged to participate.

For more information, contact Randy Knaggs at 258-9253  rlknaggs@marlboro.edu

I know we have two weeks left of this session, but I am already working hard on creating some great new programming for the next session! Just to give you a taste of what the kids might be enjoying over the next two sessions, imagine choosing from a menu something like this:

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Last spring I wrote a health tip regarding screen time for Friday Notes. After seeing Pam’s Tech Note this week it seemed like the perfect time to re-publish that note. If you have made strides since last year in reducing your children’s screen time, congratulations! If you are struggling to make lasting family changes in the amount of screen time spent by your children, think of this as another opportunity to begin the process. Good luck!

Do you know that:

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February Healthy Snack

We headed west from Sunset Lake through a hardwood forest of beech, maple, birch and ash, cross-hatched by chains of tracks in the snow: deer, fox, weasel and more. Earlier and indoors, we looked at the Newfane USGS topo map and looked at our destination and discussed contours, elevation, scale, longitude and orienting the map to the landscape using a compass.

read on for pictures and more!

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A great list of ideas at Common Sense Media.org

Recipes and information about the Farm to School program can be found at: windhamcountyfarmtoschool.org

School is occasionally called off for a day during the winter months because the roads are unsafe.

An automated telephone message will be sent out to all our school family’s main home phone number by 6:35 am. Also announcements are placed on the radio – WTSA, 96.7 FM and WKVT, 92.7 FM, and WYRY, 104.9 – normally before 7:00a.m. Please note that WTSA  96.7 has been doing a better job at reporting accurately than the others. This will also be posted on the school website, marlboroschool.net.

If it is determined that the roads may be safe later in the morning, a two hour delay will be called and a second automated phone message will go out as well as being posted on the radio and the website.

In the event of a two hour delay school will begin exactly two hours later at 9:45 am. Buses will run two hours later than usual. For example, if a student is normally picked up at 7:30 am the delayed time will be 9:30 am. Check the radio and/or the web at 8:45 am to see if the two hour delay has been upgraded to a full cancellation.

Helpful tips from Common Sense Media

$10.00 each
Thank you to Alan Dater for filming tonight’s performance.
Please fill out this form and drop it off in the theater lobby tonight with your payment in advance. Or mail your order and check to: Marlboro School, PO Box D, Marlboro, VT 05363
Orders must be received by January 6th.

Name: __________________________

Telephone:_______________________

# of DVD’s ____ X $10.00 = $_______
Please include payment.
Checks payable to Marlboro School.

When the DVD’s are ready we will send them home with your student or call you to pick up at the school.

 Do you have autumn chores you need to get done before winter? Do you need a baby sitter for your kids? The Junior High rent a kid program is back, and would love to help you with all these things plus more! All proceeds go to the Junior High class trip to Costa Rica. For more information contact the JH class. (802) 254-2668

to support the JH trip to Costa Rica!

Stop in and purchase some Equal Exchange coffee from the Junior High class. We are selling organic love buzz (dark and smooth), organic decaf (smooth and balanced), and the organic breakfast blend (smooth and balanced). Ten dollars a bag for ground or whole bean. Pay in the office or the JH class. All proceeds go towards the JH class trip to Costa Rica.

There are a couple of learning sites that I thought parents might like to know about. One is Powerspeak Languages. This is a fee-based site that all students have free access to as part of our subscription to the Vermont Online Library. They have easy-to-use foreign language lessons, including Spanish. To access the site, you need to use the link from our library webpage, but you’ll need to ask Pam for the password. (you can email pburke@marlboroschool.net).

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