Moretown Messenger, Blood Drive, Study Circle Opportunity and more January 28

Hello Moretown School Families, 






Here is the link to our most recent Moretown Messenger.  Be sure to take minute to explore their site. There are many links on their site that provide some great information and entertainment!

https://sites.google.com/a/wwsu.org/moretown-messenger/home

BLOOD DRIVE - REMINDER FOR NEXT WEEK

A reminder that we'll be hosting a "Pint Size Hero" Blood Drive here at MES on Thursday, Februray 4th in the gym.  You can sign up to donate online at www.redcrossblood.org.  In the red "Find a Blood Drive" tab enter "MoretownElem" then click on Moretown Elementary in the left hand tab on the following page to sign up.  Walk-in donors are also welcome. Please encourage friends, family and other eligible donors to join us to help make the drive a success! This Thursday, Bill Scannell, who is a Red Cross blood drive coordinator and educator will be joining me in my health classes to teach the students about blood and the importance of donating blood.  He does a wonderful job so this should be a great experience for our students. Thanks for your support with this worthy cause!  Thanks Nurse Kelly!!!  

WWSU hosts 

A STUDY CIRLCE PROCESS

MARCH 2016

Regarding Conversations about the future of Education

Your Voice Is Important!!  The Washington West Supervisory Union Community Coalition invites you to participate in a discussion about the future of learning in WWSU through a series of Community Conversations taking place in March 2016.

Community Conversations, also known as the Study Circle process, is a forum for community discussion, debate and feedback regarding teaching and learning in the schools of WWSU.  Come prepared to talk about ways for students to be prepared for the future, find ways the community can engage to support our learners, and have a voice in the future of educating all of our children.

Each “circle” will consist of a group of 10 individuals from various segments of our community (students, teachers, parents, business owners, community members, etc.) and be facilitated by adult and youth partners from our school and community.  

These circles will work as a team over the course of four (4) meetings:

March 7, March 14, March 21 and March 28 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Harwood Union High School. Please sign up in advance so we can have an adequate number of student and adult facilitators.

It is critical that all participants commit to attending all four sessions, as each discussion builds upon the previous one.  Thus, by committing to participate in this process you are agreeing to come to all four meetings. The ultimate purpose of this initiative is to develop and make recommendations to the WWSU Leadership Team to be utilized in the WWSU action plan.  This process is modeled after successful community dialogue programs in other organizations and schools across the country.

Please fill out the enclosed form to indicate whether you are available to be a part of the study circle process.  We hope that you will lend your voice to this exciting process!

Community Conversations/Study Circles Sign Up Form

Please register online here: http://bit.ly/WWSUConversations

Ski Program Update

After many years of discussion and debate a very dedicated group of parents and school staff came forward to turn this idea of a Moretown School Ski Program into a reality for the first time. Our first mountain experience received a thumbs up from ski participants and our mountain hosts. Given we are trying to get this program off the ground, the decision to cancel a school ski day is not a popular or fun one to make. Cancellation decisions are based on safety and access issues that occur primarily due to weather conditions that exist on the mountain. We are hopeful that the current trend of poor conditions will subside and allow for us to ski next Tuesday, February 2, 2016. In the event of any future cancellations we will do out best to send out messages to families the evening prior to the ski day or at 9:30 am the day of the program. We hope for a successful February! Thanks for your understanding.