Week 25

The Elmore School were treated to a Tour of the Governor's Office while visiting
The Vermont State House on Tuesday.

We made it to our February/March break and we are just about 2/3 of the way through the school year!  We had an eventful week before break.  Not only have we been busy with gathering some final data for our 2nd trimester mastery report, we experienced a wonderful day in Montpelier visiting the Vermont State House and the Vermont History Museum, we had our second poor weather day (snow day), and Friday we had a visit form Scripps New out of Boston who will be doing a feature story on The Elmore School.  They spent about two hours with us and talked to several of the students and myself and Mrs. Bellavance. They will share the story with me when it is completed. Later, we celebrated our reading reward with a movie and popcorn.

Tuesday morning we loaded on the bus at 9:00 am and headed south on RT 12 to Montpelier.  Once there, we were greeted by a Vermont State House guide who took us through the State House and told us about some of the History of the State House and the artifacts inside it.  Additionally, we saw the House of Congress and the Senate Floor and had a tour of the Governor's Office (at first we were told we wouldn't be able to go in, but then one of the Governors staff invited us in and gave us a tour and even let me sit in the Governor's chair, which as crafted from the wood from the decommissioned  ship "Old Ironsides", and invited the students to pose for a picture around his desk!) After our tour at the State house we gathered our belongings and headed next door to the Vermont History Museum.  First we participated in a handson learning experience, "Become a Historian".  During this activity, students took on the roles of a historian, examining artifacts collected from a historic Vermont farm in Calis, Vermont.  After Lunch students spent time touring the museum exhibits with their chaperones and then had time to shop in the gift shop.  Thank you to our chaperones, who took time out of their lives to spend the day with us.  If you have never visited either of these places, I highly recommend you plan to.  The State House is open to the pubic.  If you plan to visit during the summer, you will be able to see more (but you may miss some of the excitement of seeing  your legislators at work.). There is a small entrance free to the Vermont History Museum, but it is well worth it.  It's possible the Morristown Centennial Library has day passes available.  

Thank you to the Fuller's for providing Mac and Cheese and Hot dogs for Hot lunch on Friday!

Andrea Audet is Scheduled for Friday, March 10th.  Lunch will be Shepards Pie!

Please email me with your school lunch orders for March 8 and 9.  You can find the menu at https://lsuu.org.  Click on Lunch Menu tab and then open the menu for Elem. Schools.  Our usual sandwiches and salads are also an option.  

Other Announcements:

• School Banking is Monday - bring your deposits!
• Library is Monday - remember to bring your books!
• PE is Thursday - Students need their sneakers
• Field trip to MES to see the Tiger Anti-bullying production - Thursday, Feb, 23rd
• Winter Break, February 27 - March 7 (school resumes Wed. March 8th)
• Second marking period ends Friday, March 10th.
• Elmore School Concert, Wednesday, March 15, 2023 @6:30
• Early release day March 16th  (12:10)
• No- School Friday March 17th - Parent/Student Conferences 

Students tried their hand at writing with a feather quill following our trip to the Vermont History Museum and learning about how Abraham Lincoln used to write "Hot Letters"  using a quill. 

Tired student took a nap on the bus after a busy day in Montpelier.