Moretown School Update, Feb 24, 2017

Kindergarten Students
Learn about Forces during
their STEM class 

MORETOWN APPARELL AVAILABLE

Moretown T-Shirts and Sweatshirts are now available to purchase on line.
We want to thank Deerfield Designs for their help in creating our link that is now open 24/7 with delivery options.   Proceeds will support the 6th grade class trip fund.




Moretown Store Link:  https://cart.deerfielddesigns.com/moretown_elementary_school

 First and Second grade students building with partners...  amazing interactions and designs

LUNCH MENU FOR MARCH
The Moretown School's lunch menu for March is now available.  Please click on the link here to view the menu.  The menu can be found on the website or in the link cloud at the top of the blog.  
https://sites.google.com/a/wwsu.org/moretown-school/lunch-menu

SEED SALE ANNOUNCED

We’re thrilled to be working with FarmRaiser this winter, selling healthy, local products to raise money for our PTN.   To reach our goal of $1200.00, we’d like every student to help with this great fundraiser. This sale only lasts through February 24, so we hope you’ll get started right away.

Please instruct your child to register using the instructions listed here instructions, or register for them. This will create a custom market for your child that they can share with friends and family, and will also allow them to sell from the app.

To support this FarmRaiser, go to: (farmraiser.com). From there, customers can purchase through a student’s individual market or from the general market (if they do not wish for a specific student credited with their purchase). Please share this link via social media, in emails to friends, family, and colleagues, etc. Products will be sent home with students on (a date to be determined), so please help with transportation on that day if needed. If you are interested in volunteering on distribution day, let me know.

This fundraiser is all about supporting our local economy! We’re so excited to engage our students in conversations around nutrition and health and know they will be great community advocates for a healthy lifestyle as they sell their products.

Thank you for your help in making this our most successful fundraiser yet!

Sincerely,

Eliza Cain, Moretown PTN

MECA POSITION ANNOUNCED (be a part of great team!)

MECA Childcare Assistant Director

We are the Moretown Education Center for All (MECA) program, located at the Moretown Elementary School. We provide childcare, after school and summer camp programming for children ages 3-12 years. We are currently looking for a full-time Assistant Director (40hrs/week).

Employee must:

• Be at least 20 years of age.
• Have at least twelve months experience working with children from grade three or younger.
• Have at least a Vermont Early Childhood Career Ladder Level Four A or B Certificate; or at least a bachelor degree with a major or concentration in Early Childhood, Child or Human Development, Elementary Education, Special Education with a birth to eight years of age focus, or Child and Family Services; or at least a bachelor degree with successful completion of thirty college credits with an early childhood or school age focus; or hold a current Vermont Agency of Education teaching license with an endorsement in Early Childhood, Early Childhood Special Education, or Elementary Education.

Job Description:

• Lead teacher in classroom with 3-5 year olds
• Three teaching days and one office day
• Lead teach and/or manage staff in any of our after school groups between ages 3-12 years.
• Help create programming and enrichment opportunities for children – Curriculum planning
• Positively collaborate with and help to supervise our fun-loving, wonderful group of staff members!
• Positively collaborate with parents on a daily basis
• $17/hr start pay
• Sick, vacation, and personal time
• Annual raises

Please contact Director Moie Moulton LaRock to inquire: 802-496-3742 ex. 116 or email mmoulton@wwsu.org

March 2	Local School Board Meeting
March 6	HUUSD Annual Meeting At Harwood Union (6pm) Board Agenda can be found at wwsu.org
March 6	Pre-Town Meeting for both Town and School at the Moretown School 6pm
March 7	Town Meeting 10am at the Town Hall
March 8	HUUSD Board Meeting
March 16	6th Grade Parent night Agenda: End of Year schedule 6th grade trip, fundraising, graduation..   6:30 in the Moretown Cafeteria
February 27- March 8	School Break School resumes March 8
March 20 - 24	School Conferences No School March 24
March 27	School Inservice No School March 27
March 28	SBAC testing for grades 3 - 6 begins

Community Announcements

Please note that the opportunities/events listed below are not specifically endorsed or screened by school staff; as always, families should use their own standards and review processes to determine appropriate activities.

No School Camp!  You are invited to join the Central Vermont Gymnastics AcademyMonday February 27 through Friday March 3rd, 9am-5pm.  The cost is $260 for the week or $60/day  per child. Register online at cvtga.com or email info@cvtga.com.  Bring your snow gear for a week long winter adventure with ice skating, sledding, snow play, and warming up inside with good movies.

Parenting Class-"Guiding Good Choices", focusing on children ages 9-14, 5 week workshop series, March 15 - April 12, 6:00-8:00pm, at Waitsfield School.  This parenting class is free and will cover topics such as: understanding the adolescent brain, risk factors; setting clear guidelines and following through with positive and negative consequences; preparing kids to respond to peer influence, refusal skills; conflict management, controlling and expressing anger constructively; and strengthening family bonds and increasing children's participation. Space is limited, pre-registration is required.  Childcare will be provided with reservations by February 20th.  For more information and to reserve a spot, call Ann Gilbert at 802-223-4949 or email info@cvndc.org.

High Fives Foundation FAT Ski-A-Thon, Sunday, March 5th, Sugarbush Lincoln Peak, 8am-3pm, open to all ages.  Pledge forms may be picked up here at school if your child is interested. For more information, call Suzie Lowe or Jessie Murphy at VT North Ski Shop(583-2511).

Mad River Valley Youth Lacrosse is now open for registration for the spring 2017 season.  Girls and Boys in grades 3 - 6 are eligible to play.  Practice is typically 2 days a week with games on weekends.  Cost is $75 for grades 3/4 and $100 for 5/6 plus a mandatory $25 US Lacrosse fee.  Scholarships and loaner equipment are available, so don't let that keep you from trying out the fastest game on two feet!  You can register at  http://madriverlax.org/  or email Steve Andrews at sandrewsmrv@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Mad River Valley Little League – Youth baseball for Boys and Girls 5-12 years old. Since 1960, the Mad River Valley Little League has been teaching the game of baseball to Mad River Valley kids. The league has 4 different levels of play:
T-Ball for 5-6 year olds, Farm League (coach pitch) for 7-8 year olds, American League (minors) for 9-10 year olds, and National League (majors) for 11-12 year olds. The T-ball and Farm leagues use a T-ball, which is softer to prevent injury.
There is some flexibility, depending on skill level, to ‘play up’ to older leagues.  The season runs from April 29^th (practice starts earlier) until mid-June.  All Star teams (optional) run later into the summer for the American and National Leagues.
-Registration is open now @ www.madriverbaseball.com
-In person registration night: Thursday, March 9^th 6:30PM @ WaitsfieldElementary School.
-Skills assessment (for team placement on American & National leagues) Saturday April 8^th at the SHARC.
For more info, contact: Logan Cooke at logancooke@me.com or Mike Fiaschettimikef@madriver.com

Sugarbush Mini Camp, February 27 - Mar 3, Ages 4 -6, reservations required, call802-583-6717.

Sugarbush Ski and Ride School, February 27-Mar 3 and Mar 6-7, ages 3-12, reservations required, call 888-651-4827.

Spring Offerings by Eddie Merma        Sculpture School is now enrolling for spring 2017. We offer hands-on, building-based education programs for kids ages 5-14 in the MRV. Spring programs include: Soapbox Derby, Parent learning programs, Sculpture in Spanish for 5-7 year olds, and Play House Design/Build. For more information visit: www.sculptureschoolvt.com or contact Eddie Merma at eddie@sculptureschoolvt.com or 630-269-0143

Lace up your sneakers!  U-32’s seventh grade Jarvis-T.A. is hosting a Color Run  on Saturday, May 6^th at U-32 Middle/High School in Montpelier and we wish to extend an invitation to all students, their families, and faculty!  Everyone is welcome!   Come join the fun!  Color Run “hosts” will splash racers with food-grade color as they run, walk, or jog through the course - all ages and abilities welcome.  Distance options are 1, 2, or 3 miles – you choose!  Registration starts at 9:00, race at 10:30 - registration fee is $25.  Advance registration by 4/27 includes a white t-shirt and an individual color packet.  (Late registrations accepted but no t-shirt or color packet will be available.) There will be food, beverages, a raffle, and more!  Find us on Facebook!  To register log onto: www.u32mscr@eventbrite.com.

Mad River Watershed Photo Contest Raffle  Friends of the Mad River announce a Photo Contest with a spin: contest meets raffle! Rather than judging entries, we'll draw for prizes from photo entries. One photo equals one entry.  Whether it's your favorite swimhole on a summer day or the view from your favorite vista on an icy February morning, we want to see and showcase your favorite moments on the river and across the watershed. Submit photos at "Friends of the Mad River" on Facebook.

Mad River Park – We need your support at the Informational Town Meeting! (March 6, 7 pm) and your vote on Town Meeting Day (March 7, 7am to 7 pm)We need you to support youth sports by voting in favor of Moretown’s $31,250 contribution to help in the purchase of the Mad River Park (MRP) recreation fields.    Waitsfield, Fayston and Warren are also being asked to contribute $31,250 each.

If parents do not vote, we will lose the use of MRP.  
Mad River Park allows parents and children to meet others from nearby towns before they move to the much larger Harwood community.   Losing this resource would be a blow to our community cohesiveness.  This park purchase is also important for ensuring the towns have amenities for young families- we need these families to keep our schools vibrant and affordable.
Parents are busy with the demands of work and family, but please make this vote a priority.  Please support the Moretown contribution of $31,250 to the MRP purchase at the Informational Meeting at the Moretown School on Monday, March 6 beginning at 7 pm.  Secondly, please also vote your support by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 7 between the hours of 7 am and 7 pm at the Moretown School. For more information go to mrvrd.org or look for Mad River Valley Recreation  District (MRVRD) on Facebook. Thanks for your support!
Mad River Valley Recreation District Board

Moretown School Update Feb 17, 2017

KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS LEAD THE SCHOOL IN MEDITATIVE PRACTICES

AT OUR FRIDAY ASSEMBLY 

SEED SALE ANNOUNCED

We’re thrilled to be working with FarmRaiser this winter, selling healthy, local products to raise money for our PTN.   To reach our goal of $1200.00, we’d like every student to help with this great fundraiser. This sale only lasts through February 24, so we hope you’ll get started right away.

Please instruct your child to register using the instructions listed here instructions, or register for them. This will create a custom market for your child that they can share with friends and family, and will also allow them to sell from the app.

To support this FarmRaiser, go to: (farmraiser.com). From there, customers can purchase through a student’s individual market or from the general market (if they do not wish for a specific student credited with their purchase). Please share this link via social media, in emails to friends, family, and colleagues, etc. Products will be sent home with students on (a date to be determined), so please help with transportation on that day if needed. If you are interested in volunteering on distribution day, let me know.

This fundraiser is all about supporting our local economy! We’re so excited to engage our students in conversations around nutrition and health and know they will be great community advocates for a healthy lifestyle as they sell their products.

Thank you for your help in making this our most successful fundraiser yet!

Sincerely,

Eliza Cain, Moretown PTN

MECA POSITION ANNOUNCED









MECA Childcare Assistant Director

We are the Moretown Education Center for All (MECA) program, located at the Moretown Elementary School. We provide childcare, after school and summer camp programming for children ages 3-12 years. We are currently looking for a full-time Assistant Director (40hrs/week).

Employee must:

• Be at least 20 years of age.
• Have at least twelve months experience working with children from grade three or younger.
• Have at least a Vermont Early Childhood Career Ladder Level Four A or B Certificate; or at least a bachelor degree with a major or concentration in Early Childhood, Child or Human Development, Elementary Education, Special Education with a birth to eight years of age focus, or Child and Family Services; or at least a bachelor degree with successful completion of thirty college credits with an early childhood or school age focus; or hold a current Vermont Agency of Education teaching license with an endorsement in Early Childhood, Early Childhood Special Education, or Elementary Education.

Job Description:

• Lead teacher in classroom with 3-5 year olds
• Three teaching days and one office day
• Lead teach and/or manage staff in any of our after school groups between ages 3-12 years.
• Help create programming and enrichment opportunities for children – Curriculum planning
• Positively collaborate with and help to supervise our fun-loving, wonderful group of staff members!
• Positively collaborate with parents on a daily basis
• $17/hr start pay
• Sick, vacation, and personal time
• Annual raises

Please contact Director Moie Moulton LaRock to inquire: 802-496-3742 ex. 116 or email mmoulton@wwsu.org

February 21	Grade 1 and 2 Life Cycles Musical
February 22	HUUSD Board Meeting Harwood Union Library 6pm
March 2	Local School Board Meeting
February 27- March 8	School Break
March 20 - 24	School Conferences
March 27	School Inservice

Community Announcements

Please note that the opportunities/events listed below are not specifically endorsed or screened by school staff; as always, families should use their own standards and review processes to determine appropriate activities.

No School Camp!  You are invited to join the Central Vermont Gymnastics Academy Monday February 27 through Friday March 3rd, 9am-5pm.  The cost is $260 for the week or $60/day  per child. Register online at cvtga.com or email info@cvtga.com.  Bring your snow gear for a week long winter adventure with ice skating, sledding, snow play, and warming up inside with good movies.

Parenting Class-"Guiding Good Choices", focusing on children ages 9-14, 5 week workshop series, March 15 - April 12, 6:00-8:00pm, at Waitsfield School.  This parenting class is free and will cover topics such as: understanding the adolescent brain, risk factors; setting clear guidelines and following through with positive and negative consequences; preparing kids to respond to peer influence, refusal skills; conflict management, controlling and expressing anger constructively; and strengthening family bonds and increasing children's participation. Space is limited, pre-registration is required.  Childcare will be provided with reservations by February 20th.  For more information and to reserve a spot, call Ann Gilbert at 802-223-4949 or email info@cvndc.org.

High Fives Foundation FAT Ski-A-Thon, Sunday, March 5th, Sugarbush Lincoln Peak, 8am-3pm, open to all ages.  Pledge forms may be picked up here at school if your child is interested. For more information, call Suzie Lowe or Jessie Murphy at VT North Ski Shop(583-2511).

Kombucha and Kefir: Making Fermented Beverages, Sunday, February 19, 4pm, Moretown School
Unfortunately, not everyone loves sauerkraut, kimchi and their fermented cousins, but we are all learning about the importance of live cultures in our diets. Kombucha and kefir are delicious, as well as fun and easy to make without special equipment. In this class, we'll explore the stages and ingredients in these live cultured and fermented beverages and have an opportunity to sample the finished products. This workshop is free with suggested donation, however you must register to attend by emailing moretownlibrary@gmail.com or calling 496-9728.

Mad River Valley Youth Lacrosse is now open for registration for the spring 2017 season.  Girls and Boys in grades 3 - 6 are eligible to play.  Practice is typically 2 days a week with games on weekends.  Cost is $75 for grades 3/4 and $100 for 5/6 plus a mandatory $25 US Lacrosse fee.  Scholarships and loaner equipment are available, so don't let that keep you from trying out the fastest game on two feet!  You can register at  http://madriverlax.org/  or email Steve Andrews at sandrewsmrv@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Mad River Valley Little League – Youth baseball for Boys and Girls 5-12 years old. Since 1960, the Mad River Valley Little League has been teaching the game of baseball to Mad River Valley kids. The league has 4 different levels of play:
T-Ball for 5-6 year olds, Farm League (coach pitch) for 7-8 year olds, American League (minors) for 9-10 year olds, and National League (majors) for 11-12 year olds. The T-ball and Farm leagues use a T-ball, which is softer to prevent injury.
There is some flexibility, depending on skill level, to ‘play up’ to older leagues.  The season runs from April 29^th (practice starts earlier) until mid-June.  All Star teams (optional) run later into the summer for the American and National Leagues.
-Registration is open now @ www.madriverbaseball.com
-In person registration night: Thursday, March 9^th 6:30PM @ Waitsfield Elementary School.
-Skills assessment (for team placement on American & National leagues) Saturday April 8^th at the SHARC.
For more info, contact: Logan Cooke at logancooke@me.com or Mike Fiaschetti mikef@madriver.com

Spring Offerings by Eddie Merma        Sculpture School is now enrolling for spring 2017. We offer hands-on, building-based education programs for kids ages 5-14 in the MRV. Spring programs include: Soapbox Derby, Parent learning programs, Sculpture in Spanish for 5-7 year olds, and Play House Design/Build. For more information visit: www.sculptureschoolvt.com or contact Eddie Merma at eddie@sculptureschoolvt.com or 630-269-0143

Moretown School Update February 10

2nd grade writers in action..  

Check out our updated

 Library Web Blog 

for students to access information at home

http://moretownschoollibrary.blogspot.com/2016/11/library-resources.html

 

Message from the Health Office...  

A Cold or Flu?  Please take care

The Vermont Department of Health is reporting widespread influenza (flu) activity in all areas of the state.  Flu can be a serious illness, especially for the very young and very old. If you have not been vaccinated, it is not too late!  Ask your healthcare provider for a flu vaccine, or get vaccinated at the local pharmacy.  Vaccine is also available, by appointment, at no charge for children up through age 18 at the Health Department office in Barre.

 

How to tell if it is a COLD or the FLU:

·       If you have a stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat and a hacking cough; you probably have a COLD

·       If you have a high fever, severe headache, muscle and body aches, extreme tiredness, and a dry cough; you probably have the FLU

Follow these simple precautions to help keep illness from spreading:

·       Wash your hands often, especially after you cough or sneeze.

·       Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.

·       Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or inner arm when coughing or sneezing.

·       Don’t share drinks or water bottles.

·       Stay home from school or work if you are sick.

If your child has a temperature of 100F or greater, please keep them home.  Children need to be fever free for 24 hours without the use of medication in order to return to school.  If your child has vomited in the previous 24 hours, please keep them at home as well. Even if your child meets the above criteria to return, please keep them home if they are not well enough to participate comfortably in school related activities. Thank you for helping us ALL keep healthy.

Please refer to these resources for additional information:

Vermont Department of Health

What to do about the flu?
















Parking Lot/Driveway Concerns

We have heard your concerns about our driveway, parking lot area and sidewalks with regards to potholes, water/ice issues and overall safety issues.    This past Wednesday, the town's road crew spent some time working on the driveway and parking lot area to address some of these concerns. Please note that until the spring when the roadway has thawed, some of the issues cannot be addressed.   The driveway and adjacent parking lot were prepared for the winter season as best as possible this past fall, but there is only so much we can do given its overall state.

As the parking lot and adjacent driveways are a shared responsible between the school and town, we are in the process of developing a memorandum of understanding for both short term and long term maintenance and overall renovation of the entire area.   We are hopeful that this plan will ultimately address all of these areas.    The town has applied for and received a series of grants that support the start of this work.  We will keep our school community updated on this work.  We are aware that this has been and continues to be an issue for our school and town community.   As with most public work projects, there are many complexities involved with both the planning and completion of such tasks.   We thank you for your patience and continued feedback.

Washington West participates in a Study 

 The Washington West Supervisory Union is undertaking an effort to improve the effectiveness of services for struggling students both with and without special needs. The effort is part of a group study, sponsored and funded, in part, by the Vermont Agency of Education. The District Management Council (DMC), a Boston-based group of researchers and practitioners led by Nate Levenson, will be conducting and collaborating with WWSU on this project.  Ten supervisory unions and supervisory districts throughout Vermont were selected to participate in this study.

DMC will share the results and recommendations that come from this study by the end of this school year.  This will allow administration to take a comprehensive look at our general and special education system and identify areas for improvement that have been effective and supported by a strong research base.  The DMC will share generalized findings from the ten districts with the Agency of Education and other school districts across the state.  

Our specific goals and outcomes for this project include:  1) To create the strongest possible educational system so that all children can succeed and receive early intervention; 2) To create research-based, aligned, and consistent infra-structure to support students experiencing a wide array of mental health and behavioral challenges; 3) To create the strongest continuum of support within general and special education to meet the needs of all of our students.

Donarae Dawson, Director of Student Services for the school district and is spearheading this study  states,  “While we are proud of the quality of services provided to students with disabilities and the hard work of our general and special education staff who help all children achieve at high levels, we are continuously seeking ways to further increase student learning opportunities and outcomes.

Please contact Donarae Dawson at the WWSU office if you would like to provide input or have questions. She can be reached at 496-2272 x 113.

https://vtdigger.org/2016/11/29/school-systems-set-for-study-of-special-education-costs-quality/

Feruary 14	Moretown Winter Sports Day - This is our final winter sports day this school year.
February 15	NAEP testing for fourth grade
February 22	HUUSD Board Meeting Harwood Union Library 6pm
February 27- March 8	School Break *Pre-Town Meeting March 6 *Town Meeting March 7

 Mark your calendars:  

     Music Concert date - May 17th, 2017, beginning at 6:00

     Art Show date - June 1, 2017, beginning at 6:00 

Community Announcements

Please note that the opportunities/events listed below are not specifically endorsed or screened by school staff; as always, families should use their own standards and review processes to determine appropriate activities.

Open Mic and Poetry Slam, Friday, February 10th, 7-10pm.  Moretown Town Hall

Join us for the first of a monthly series at the Town Hall until June.  Bring your singing voice, instruments, band or simply your love of music and enjoy a winter evening together.

Valentine's Coloring and Card Making Open House, Saturday, February 11th, 10am-1pm

Stop in the library to celebrate the holiday of love with some coloring and card making!  We will have light refreshments, basic supplies and coloring pages available, or feel free to bring your own to finish.

Kombucha and Kefir: Making Fermented Beverages, Sunday, February 19, 4pm.  Moretown School

Unfortunately, not everyone loves sauerkraut, kimchi and their fermented cousins, but we are all learning about the importance of live cultures in our diets. Kombucha and kefir are delicious, as well as fun and easy to make without special equipment. In this class, we'll explore the stages and ingredients in these live cultured and fermented beverages and have an opportunity to sample the finished products. This workshop is free with suggested donation, however you must register to attend by emailing moretownlibrary@gmail.com or calling 496-9728.

Parenting Class-"Guiding Good Choices", focusing on children ages 9-14, 5 week workshop series, March 15 - April 12, 6:00-8:00pm, at Waitsfield School.  This parenting class is free and will cover topics such as: understanding the adolescent brain, risk factors; setting clear guidelines and following through with positive and negative consequences; preparing kids to respond to peer influence, refusal skills; conflict management, controlling and expressing anger constructively; and strengthening family bonds and increasing children's participation. Space is limited, pre-registration is required.  Childcare will be provided with reservations.  For more information and to reserve a spot, call Ann Gilbert at 802-223-4949 or email info@cvndc.org.

High Fives Foundation FAT Ski-A-Thon, Sunday, March 5th, Sugarbush Lincoln Peak, 8am-3pm, open to all ages.  Pledge forms may be picked up here at school if your child is interested. For more information, call Suzie Lowe or Jessie Murphy at VT North Ski Shop(583-2511).

Everybody Wins Read-A-Thon, February 11, 1-3:30pm, National Life Cafeteria.  This is a free family event with music by the Swing Peepers, cookies & milk, prizes from Bear Pond Books, and every child chooses a free book to take home! For more information call 802-339-2665 or email beth@everybodywinsvermont.org.

Mad River Valley Youth Lacrosse is now open for registration for the spring 2017 season.  Girls and Boys in grades 3 - 6 are eligible to play.  Practice is typically 2 days a week with games on weekends.  Cost is $75 for grades 3/4 and $100 for 5/6 plus a mandatory $25 US Lacrosse fee.  Scholarships and loaner equipment are available, so don't let that keep you from trying out the fastest game on two feet!  You can register at  http://madriverlax.org/  or email Steve Andrews at sandrewsmrv@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Mad River Valley Little League – Youth baseball for Boys and Girls 5-12 years old. Since 1960, the Mad River Valley Little League has been teaching the game of baseball to Mad River Valley kids. The league has 4 different levels of play:

T-Ball for 5-6 year olds, Farm League (coach pitch) for 7-8 year olds, American League (minors) for 9-10 year olds, and National League (majors) for 11-12 year olds. The T-ball and Farm leagues use a T-ball, which is softer to prevent injury.
There is some flexibility, depending on skill level, to ‘play up’ to older leagues.  The season runs from April 29^th (practice starts earlier) until mid-June.  All Star teams (optional) run later into the summer for the American and National Leagues.

-Registration is open now @ www.madriverbaseball.com
-In person registration night: Thursday, March 9^th 6:30PM @ Waitsfield Elementary School.
-Skills assessment (for team placement on American & National leagues) Saturday April 8^th at the SHARC.  For more info, contact: Logan Cooke at logancooke@me.com or Mike Fiaschetti mikef@madriver.com

Spring Offerings by Eddie Merma - Sculpture School is now enrolling for spring 2017. We offer hands-on, building-based education programs for kids ages 5-14 in the MRV. Spring programs include: Soapbox Derby, Parent learning programs, Sculpture in Spanish for 5-7 year olds, and Play House Design/Build. For more information visit: www.sculptureschoolvt.com or contact Eddie Merma at eddie@sculptureschoolvt.com or 630-269-0143

Free Income Tax preparation and filing for households with income of up to $54,000 is available through Capstone Community Action by IRS trained and certified tax preparation volunteers at locations in Barre, Morrisville, Northfield, Randolph, Bradford, Corinth, South Royalton, and Waitsfield through April 15th.  Call for specific locations and times through Capstone’s tax line, 477-5148, or drop-in.  Schedule and what you need to bring with you is available at   http://www.capstonevt.org/community-economic-development/tax-preparation-program
        Tax preparation in Waitsfield begins today at Evergreen Place and will be offered on Tuesdays from  1-4:30 and by appointment only on Wednesday evenings from 5-8 through the week of April 10th.  For appointments in Waitsfield or for more information, call 496-6900.  This service is available to anyone meeting the income requirements, it is not just for seniors..
       Want to prepare and file your own taxes?  Go to:  www.myfreetaxes.com  No charge for those earning $64,000 or less, and a sliding scale fee for those who earn more.