School News:
- Hour of Code was a big hit this week!
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PTO
Join us at the Moretown Artisan Fair Saturday December 8th! The PTO will have decorated wreaths ($25) and flatbread pizza for sale (while supplies last!). Additionally, our favorite Lularoe fashion consultant will be on hand with wonderful fashions, sales of which will also benefit the PTO. Come support incredible programs AND get Christmas shopping done!!!
Other ways you can support the work of the Moretown PTO this season include:
- Choosing the PTO as your charity of choice on Amazon smile. Use this link when making your amazon holiday purchase and 5% of each purchase will come back to the Moretown PTO. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/
82-5308952 - Provide gently used winter sports clothing and helmets in the bin located in the lobby of the school (huge shout out to the family that thought of helmets and put them in the bin!).
- Cut those box tops! We have a box top collection box right in the lobby at the school.
The Moretown PTO is a volunteer-run organization that sponsors programs and events to provide additional opportunities outside of the classroom for students, teachers, and families to learn, socialize, communicate, and grow. Programs include: the Moretown Elementary School winter sports program, a community Halloween Party; hosting Troy Wonderlee's Big Top circus, a week-long circus workshop, a day at The Waterbury Ice Rink, a pig roast…and much more!
The next PTO and Advisory Committee meetings will be held on Tuesday December 18th (Advisory Committee at 5:30 and PTO meeting at 6:00 p.m.). We are currently looking into remote meeting participation, if that’s something that is of interest to you please email us moretownpto@gmail.com
As always, if you have any thoughts but cannot make the meetings please feel free to reach out to any of the PTO Leadership- bios and contact can be found on the PTO Board or moretownpto@gmail.com. We are happy to discuss any and all ideas!
Community News
Greetings. Here is the latest information on the next offering for Fencing Instruction to be held in Moretown. This opportunity is open to all community and students grade 5 and up. I would love to see if we could get this out to High and Middle School Students and families. Below is information about this class, attached is the Registration Form as well as here is a link to the website: https://sites.google.com/site/
What: Fencing instruction.
Who: Adults and Students grade 5 and up. Students have priority and reduced cost. All non-students and adults are welcomed as well! Beginners and experienced Fencers. No experience is necessary.
When: 6:30-8:00 PM with open Fencing and individual instruction 8:00-9:00 PM. Mondays and Wednesdays Dec 10 - Jan 21, 6:30 PM-8:00 PM (no class Dec 24, 26, 31)
Where: Moretown Elementary School Gym
Why: Learn basic Fencing or refine your current skills.
Cost: $50 for Students grades 5-12. $125 for all others.
School Board
Dear members of our six town community,
Below please find the votes and key agenda items from the HUUSD board meeting on November 28.
1. Approved the following items as part of the consent agenda for November 28, 2018: Approve past meeting Minutes; Accept Board warrants totaling $438,229.33; Accept Board Leadership Report; Accept Director of Finance report; Adopted Policy E1 Fiscal Management; Approve HUHS Field Trip; Approve Annual Financial Management Questionnaire; Approve First Amendment to Solar Services Energy Agreement for net metering credits allocated to Thatcher Brook Primary School.
2. After discussion, approved an amended work plan that includes the formation of committees to do project-specific work related to the board’s goals, with first committee meetings to commence on December 12.
3. Agreed to add a future agenda item (date TBD) for the board to discuss what role, if any, the board has with respect to the school profile and transcript; and to allocate some meeting time on Dec 12 to discuss agenda development and procedure.
A considerable amount of time in the meeting was spent reviewing and discussing the first draft of the district budget as presented by the Director of Finance. The first draft was a “level service” scenario. Key metrics included: 3.59% increase in total expenditures, 2% decrease in number of equalized pupils, 5% increase in spending per equalized pupil. There were multiple questions and comments around what was going to happen at the state level, and around the fact that we will not get the specific numbers that we need from the state to calculate tax rates until January.
Our next HUUSD board meeting is scheduled for 6:00 pm on Wednesday, December 12 at the HUHS library. Please note this meeting will be the first to follow a new agenda format, with the first hour spent with committees meeting individually. The full board will come back together at 7:00 pm.
For more information, please visit wwsu.org for board agendas and minutes and to find the link to watch board meetings. The direct link to watch this and past meetings is: https://mrvtv.com/category/
Thank you for your continued support and engagement.
Respectfully,
The HUUSD Board
Christine Sullivan (Waitsfield) *Chair
Caitlin Hollister (Waterbury) *Vice Chair
Alycia Biondo (Warren)
Jill Ellis (Fayston)
Gabe Gilman (Moretown)
Linda Hazard (Moretown)
Garett MacCurtain (Duxbury)
Maureen McCracken (Waterbury)
Theresa Membrino (Fayston)
Melissa Phillips (Waterbury)
Torrey Smith (Duxbury)
Alexandra Thomsen (Waterbury)
Rosemarie White (Warren)
Rob Williams (Waitsfield)
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