❗❗Reminder ❗❗There will be no school this Friday, October 6th and no school on Monday, October 9th!
Addressing chronic absence is a key component of improving graduation rates, increasing academic achievement & giving young people a good chance for success in their adult life. #EWSD
Recycle Rhonda is back in the EWSD to teach students how to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle! ♻️👍😀 #EWSD #YouBelong
The #EWSD Board will next meet on Tue., October 3 starting at 6:30 p.m. in the EHS Library. The full meeting will be available to watch on Facebook Live thanks to the Media Factory (www.facebook.com/BTVMediaFactory).
Agenda items for the meeting include:
* Youth Truth Data - Student Engagement, A sense of belonging
* EWSD Student Engagement Strategies
* 802 Smiles
* 4.4 Board Chair’s Role
To learn more about the EWSD Board, please visit: www.ewsd.org/schoolboard
ADL STEAM teacher, Toni Zimmerman, will be joining the 5th Annual Pilot Light Food Education Fellowship! The Food Education Fellowship is a year-long professional development cohort designed to promote Food Education leadership in the Pilot Light model of integrated Food Education. This means that Zimmerman, alongside 24 other educators from schools across the country, will be weaving food topics into their classroom topics on a regular basis. https://bit.ly/3PKDVFV 🍎🍌🍇🐾 #EWSD #YouBelong
📢 EWSD Middle School students 📢 The 1st Annual Essex Rotary Youth Mini-Golf Tournament will be hosted on Sunday, October 1. Grab some friends to form a team, and enjoy some golf, lunch, ice cream, prizes, and more! Be sure to register your team soon!⛳😀
On Monday, October 9 from 9-2 p.m. at FMS (in the gym) there will be a blood drive in honor of Ruby. Ruby was diagnosed with inoperable Stage III, Group III embryonic rhabdomyosarcoma which is a nasal cavity cancer. This type of cancer affects about 250 children a year in the US. Donating blood can help patients like Ruby maintain healthier lives and outcomes because blood donations lengthen and save the lives of those who have cancer. Please consider signing up and donating at the blood drive. https://bit.ly/3L6427A 🤍🩸🩹
Happy Autumnal Equinox! 🌾🍁What are you looking forward to most this fall? 🌙🌽🍇🍂 #EWSD #YouBelong
All schools in the EWSD are participating in Bus Evacuation Drills. 🚨🚌👍 #EWSD #YouBelong
ADL's Team Horizon went on their first field trip this school year to Leddy Park. They played team-building games in the morning, enjoyed lunch overlooking the lake, and had free time in the afternoon to play basketball, cards, CanJam, read, or just hang out! 🐾😃 #EWSD #YouBelong
The #EWSD Board will next meet on Tue., September 19 starting at 6:30 p.m. in the EHS Library. The full meeting will be available to watch on Facebook Live thanks to the Media Factory (www.facebook.com/BTVMediaFactory).
Agenda items for the meeting include:
* EWSD District Safety Update
* Community Engagement Planning
* Communication and Support to the Board
* Policy 4.1.6 Board self-monitoring of process and performance
To learn more about the EWSD Board, please visit: www.ewsd.org/schoolboard
Thursday, September 14: For ADL, today's boys' soccer game of Camels Hump at ADL will be played at Essex High School on field #3. Please park in lot C. This lot is on the opposite side of the track on Old Colchester Road. A team plays at 4:15, B team directly after.
Today’s girls' A soccer team will play at 4:15 at Camels Hump. The B team game is canceled, there is no practice.
Today’s field hockey game is canceled. There will be practice today, and a home game at 4:15 against Edmunds tomorrow, Friday 9/15.
Go Chargers!
The Spectrum/EWSD Multicultural HelpDesk has now expanded from EHS to EMS and ADL to be available to students in middle school as well as high school. https://bit.ly/3RmBR8l #EWSD #YouBelong
You are invited to join us at our next Multilingual Family Fun Event at Maple Street Park on September 23 from 11-4 p.m. There will be Henna, face painting, food, music, soccer, corn hole game, potato sack race, raffle, and more! This event is hosted by the EWSD Multilingual Advisory Council. All families and friends of the multilingual community are welcome to join in the activities. 🥳🥳
In case you missed the most recent EWSD Board Meeting, you can now watch the recording thanks to Media Factory! https://bit.ly/3RbrCmZ #EWSD
The Heavenly Food Pantry, located at the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Essex Junction, will be open to residents of Essex, Essex Junction, and Westford on Monday, September 11, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Beginning at 5:30, families arriving will be given a number, where they will wait in the sanctuary for their number to be called. They will then be registered and guided to the food pantry, where a volunteer will greet and escort them around, allowing them to make selections of their choosing. After food is gathered, it will be weighed (information for pantry use only) and another volunteer will bring the food to the family’s vehicle. Shopping carts will be made available for those within walking distance of the pantry. Face masks are optional for those entering the food pantry to ensure safety for visitors as well as volunteers. As usual, there are no income requirements to visit the food pantry and a variety of food is available to everyone; however, additional food is provided by the USDA once a month to eligible persons who fall below federally mandated guidelines.
Those not able to attend the pantry may call the Church office at 878-5745 between 9 a.m. and noon today or Monday to leave contact information (name, address, number of family members, phone number) so arrangements for delivery can be made. Follow-up calls to complete registration and schedule deliveries will be made Monday morning. Families are currently able to visit the pantry each time it is open the 2nd Monday of the month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and the 4th Thursday of the month from 2-6 p.m. (except for November and December when it is the 3rd Thursday). The next food pantry distribution will occur on Thursday, September 28 from 2-6 p.m.
Thursday, September 7th: At ADL, field hockey, cross country, and boys' soccer practices have been canceled. Girls' soccer will practice in the gym from 3:45-4:30.
Did you know that the EWSD is on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook too? Give us a follow! 👍👍 #EWSD
✨ The CTE Preschool, located at the Center for Technology, Essex, has openings for the 2023-24 school year for children ages 3-5 years old. For more information: https://bit.ly/47Xsi5g ✨ #EWSD
