February 2, 2015
"Have You Seen the Owl Today?"
BINGO at UES! If you and your children were fortunate enough to have attended Bingo Night at UES a few nights ago, you know that there was no better place in Montpelier to be! What a wonderful display of our community at its best that was! The packed house contributed over $1200 to UES Parents Group programs! It was a great night! Here are some highlights of the fun:
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| Packed house! |
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| UES Alumnae and "Topping Masters" |
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| Big Winner #1 |
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| Big Winner #2! |
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| The Winner's Circle! |
TASTY TESTERS! I was recently invited by UES mom, physical therapist, and "nutrition master" Liliane Savard to join Mrs. Pierce's class in a "Tasty Tester" session to pick a favorite muffin to be served in the UES cafeteria! Did you know that UES qualified for a School Wellness Grant this past year? Liliane and MPS Food Director Betty Hammond have been using these funds to improve selections in both our cafeteria and our snack program, and, even better, our students are getting to pick their favorites! Check out this link for more info on the grant and the Tasty Tester program:
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| Mr. Hennessey and Mr. Watson finding the muffins to be... tasty. |
NAEP: FAQ for Parents
5th Grade Transition Night at MSMS The next 5th grade transition info night at Main Street Middle School is scheduled for this Tuesday, February 3 from 6:00 to 7:00. Though the discussion will focus on next year's 5th grade, all members of the community are welcome to join us. We hope to see you there!
New Student Teachers at UES! Let's all please welcome both Katie Swick and Jacob Parker to the UES community! Mrs. Swick has begun her student teaching practicum with Susan Koch's 1st graders, and Mr. Parker just started with Lara Slesar's 3rd graders. A big UES welcome to both of you!
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| Mrs. Swick |
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| Mr. Parker |
CARES Assembly! Mrs. McGuiggan was "Hennessey Hoot-Worthy" and more for her excellent idea to have faculty and staff nominate members of the UES community for CARES Awards at our last assembly! Her 4th graders did a terrific job leading the student body and creating a show that was both entertaining and well run, and there were no shortages of worthy candidates for CARES awards! Some highlights:
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| The ever-assertive Mrs. D! |
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| The constantly-cooperative Ms. Stetter! |
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| CARES Fun! |
Union Elementary School invites the entire Montpelier community to celebrate the 75th anniversary of our school building! Please join us for an evening lantern procession on Wednesday, February 18.
Our lantern procession will begin at 6:00 pm at Union Elementary School. Led by the samba band Sambatucada, we will parade from the school to the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where we will celebrate on the VCFA Green with rainbow ice sculptures, music, hot chocolate and cider! This is the main event of our first-ever UES Winter Carnival, which will take place the week of Monday, February 16 through Friday, February 20.
Our parade is made possible with the support of Coldwell-Banker Classic Properties and is funded in part by a “Community Arts Grant” awarded by Montpelier Alive and funded by the Downtown Improvement District Assessment. We thank Lake Champlain Chocolates and Champlain Orchards for their donations.
Local artist Gowri Savoor will be guiding UES students in making their lanterns during a ten day art residency from February 2-13, thanks to the “Artists in Schools” grant awarded by the Vermont Arts Council as well as the support of the UES Parents’ Group and The River of Light in Waterbury. All K-5 students will create a hand-made lantern from sustainable materials including willow and tissue paper. Lanterns will be suspended from bamboo poles and lit with battery operated LED lights.
Montpelier residents and community members are invited to create their own lanterns at free daylong lantern making workshops on Saturday, February 7 and Saturday, February 14. The workshops are sponsored by Hunger Mountain Coop, Coldwell-Banker Classic Properties, and The Montpelier Senior Activity Center. For more information regarding the parade and the lantern workshops, please visit <uesart.blogspot.com>
Finally, the plan is to have a wide variety of ice sculptures up on the college green, and we're going to need your help! For more info, check out this link:
VOLCANO BUDDIES! Mrs. Quinn recently invited me to join her 2nd graders as they taught Mrs. Dostie's kinders all about volcanoes! It was great to see these 2nd graders have so much fun sharing their learning with their kinder buddies!
Dear Members of the Union Elementary School Family:
At a UES Parent Group meeting, the parents present discussed the need to improve communications with one another and the school. In response, we created the “UES Families" LISTSERV to organize and connect parents, caregivers, teachers and administrators in ways that constructively support UES. This LISTSERV is a two-way communication vehicle that enables discussions related to school, activities, and education.
- Do you want to start an after school club and connect with others in the UES community with a similar goal? This LISTSERV can help find partners to work with.
- Would you like to become more informed with the school budget process before voting? This LISTSERV can be be used for such inquiries and to announce relevant meetings.
- Did you wish that you heard about the World Chorus before you booked your after school activities?
- Would you have liked to know about the UES through the Box Tops campaign before you sent out the recycling?
Regardless of how often you are able to actually be at the school, "UES Families" will enable you to easily interact with others. If you are worried about an excess of emails, fear not. The LISTSERV is hosted on google groups, which allows you to control how often you receive messages (e.g., individual emails or as a digest).
"UES Families" is managed by parent volunteers and not the UES administration. The LISTSERV will be moderated to ensure that discussions are appropriate and follow the etiquette described below (The key point is to be respectful.) If you have any questions, email ues.families@gmail.com.
We look forward to meeting you on “UES Families"!
Alison Lamagna, Marni Leikin, Edisa Muller, Laury Saligman, Jenny Sheehan,
TO JOIN:
OPTION 1: Follow the link: https://groups.google.com/d/
OPTION 2: If you don’t like online systems, just write us at ues.families@gmail.com and tell us your child’s teacher or your role at the school (e.g., 2nd grade teacher).
ETIQUETTE:
When posting comments, it is expected that users maintain respectful dialogue and will adhere to the following LISTSERV etiquette:
- Absolutely, no negative remarks of parents, teachers, or administrators
- No solicitations or classifieds
- Limit messages and use “Reply to Sender” whenever possible
HENNESSEY HOOTS (A Special Dad Edition)! A Hennessey Hoot goes to ...
* UES Dad Justin Turcotte for joining Ms. Freeman's 1st graders to show off his awesome sushi making skills.
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| Sushi definitely makes us happy! |
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| Learning to make origami animals! |
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| Kimono = Authentic Learning Experience! |
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