Monday, June 1, 2020

Parent Survey

Hello everyone,
About half of the 8th grade parents have responded to the parent survey Ms. Stebbins sent out. Please respond if you haven't yet. Thank you!

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The LAST Distance Learning Calendar!

Distance Learning Calendar
We hope you're doing well and still hanging in there with the stress of distance learning. We are happy to announce that this will be our last distance learning calendar! Traditionally, at the end of 8th grade, we go on field trips and enjoy a host of other group activities.  Since we cannot do those things, we thought giving you some time at the end of the year to catch up would be helpful.

Please keep checking PowerSchool, and submit any late or missing assignments!

Monday, May 25, 2020

The *LAST* Distance Learning Calendar for 8th graders & other end of year information

Distance Learning Calendar
We hope you're doing well and still hanging in there with the stress of distance learning. We are happy to announce that this will be our last distance learning calendar! Traditionally, at the end of 8th grade, we go on field trips and enjoy a host of other group activities.  Since we cannot do those things, we thought giving you some time at the end of the year to catch up would be helpful.

Please keep checking PowerSchool, and submit any late or missing assignments!

Belongings left at school & school property return
The janitorial staff has completely cleaned our learning community. Student belongings that were left in cubbies are now bagged. There will be a pick-up planned for the week of June 10th. (More information to follow.) At that time, please be prepared to hand in Chromebooks, Science text books, and literature circle novels.

Report Cards
Report cards will be mailed home sometime after June 18th.


Friday, May 22, 2020

MRUSD Parentt Event - Please attend!


MRUSD Parent Event:
An Evening with Joelle Van Lent
COVID 19 has had a huge impact on each of us, and our entire community. As educators, we have reached out to Joelle van Lent to help us make sense of our role at this time and to help us feel confident in supporting the children and families we serve. 

We would like to provide a Zoom session with Joelle for our interested families on Thursday, May 28th at 6:30pm.  This session is designed to explore how we are impacted by the stress we are each experiencing, and what we can do as individuals and caregivers to best support our children.

Zoom Event - Thursday May 28th, 6:30-7:30pm

To receive an invitation, please use this link.

Joelle van Lent is a licensed psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with children, families, and child serving agencies. Dr. van Lent has expertise as a therapist, clinician, evaluator, consultant, and trainer. Her work focuses on child and adolescent mental health, family therapy, trauma, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. van Lent’s approach is geared toward fostering resilience and creating communities that support healthy development. She is currently in private practice based in the northwestern part of Vermont and works across the state with schools and agencies.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Graduation Speeches

Traditionally, we invite 8th graders to give speeches at graduation. We are looking for any 8th graders who are interested in giving a speech to add to our graduation video. If you are interested, please submit your speech to Ms. Lanfear by Tuesday, May 26th. Once your speech is approved, you will have the chance to come to school to record your speech. Please email Ms. Lanfear if you have any questions.

Get your school work done early over the next few days, because we're going to have some beautiful weather this week! 

Ms. Lanfear