Moose Memo

From the A Team

• Open House & more!
• Week 6 Announcers
• Epic A.J.
• Monarch Day in Kindergarten
• Teamwork in PE
• School Photos
• October 11-14 Lunch Menu

Important Dates:

• October 10- Indigenous Peoples' Day, No School
• SBHS Homecoming
• Listening Sessions with the School Board

School Nurse Notes

• The Importance of Sleep

PTO News

• Order your Yearbook!

Community Events & Opportunities

Employment Opportunities

• We are still hiring!

Dear Parents, Caregivers, Families, and Friends,

Thursday was the highlight of the week at Rick Marcotte Central School! South Burlington High School students visited a variety of classrooms at RMCS for their fall community service project. Mr. Josh Cannaday's 9th grade SLAM Advisory and their senior Peer Leader participated in classroom activities, read books to our students, and helped teachers with classroom projects, including preparation for Open House. Thank you to the SBHS 9th graders, their senior peer leaders, and Mr. Cannady, for your positive contribution to the RMCS community!

It's Homecoming at SBHS next week. Wyn the Wolf and his Wolf Pack friends visited RMCS students at recess on Thursday to spread the excitement. Members of the high school cheerleading and football teams came to play football and teach some cheers and stunts, while Wyn gave out some hugs and enjoyed the playground structure with his elementary friends. Next week, mascot Wyn will be back to give RMCS students wristbands to attend upcoming homecoming games for free! See more specifics about Homecoming later in the memo.

And finally, wow - what a wonderful night at RMCS! On Thursday evening, we excitedly welcomed many RMCS families, caregivers and loved ones into the school building to visit classrooms, meet teachers and staff, participate in activities and share their students' learning experiences. The school was alive and buzzing with enthusiasm, joy and connection. Our students are so proud of their work in the first month of the school year and students and teachers alike were thrilled to celebrate and share that with the important people in their lives. We look forward to future events to continue to welcome students and their loved ones into the school building and to foster strong school-community connections.

Don't forget, there is no school on Monday, October 10th. Our students and teachers have been working hard and everyone deserves a break. Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day, and have a fabulous three day weekend!

Best,

Stephanie & Lissa

Our Kindergarten classes celebrated Monarch Day on Thursday. One of the early learning units in Kindergarten was learning about the life cycle of butterflies, including seeing monarchs emerge from their chrysalis right in the classroom! Our kindergarten classrooms have been busy as students learn to be scientists and to make creative connections to science concepts.

In Physical Education class with Mr. Day, EVERYBODY worked on TEAMWORK activities for the first 3 weeks.

K-2 is now working on space, including open, personal, and general. This includes moving through that space in different directions, levels, and pathways by using the basic locomotor skills of run, gallop, slide, hop, jump, and skip.

Students in grades 3- 5 are playing ULTIMATE FRISBEE.

The TEAMWORK wall is signed by students every year and Mr. Day talks about how signing the wall puts them on the RMCS TEAM for PE and the rest of the school!!! Even the princiPAL signed the Team Wall, because we are all on the same team!

School portrait order forms have now been distributed to students. There are two ways to order your child’s school portraits from AMV Photography:

1) Complete and return your envelope order form to school by Friday, Oct 21st.

2) Order online at https://hosting.myproimages.com/amv-photography-2120/

Enter the unique password printed on your child’s order form to view their images. This code is different from your child’s student ID so please see their envelope for the code.

We are offering 25% off all online orders only until Oct 21st using the code RMCS25.

The prices on the order envelopes are the lowest that we offer because we place these orders in bulk and deliver them back to the school. This allows us to take advantage of a bulk ordering discount, so we can offer lower prices on these orders. The online prices are higher, but we offer additional products online and these orders are shipped directly to your home. For this reason, we also have the 25% off discount code for the first two weeks.

Picture Make Up Day will be Tuesday, Oct 25th. If you missed your original picture day or would like retakes, please let your child’s teacher know.

Please direct any questions to cs@amvphotography.com. Thank you and enjoy your images!

Indigenous Peoples' Day- No School

The South Burlington School Board invites community members (including children!) to join them for several upcoming listening sessions! Board members would like to hear from students, staff, and the community about what they think is going well in the District, where there is room for growth, and what qualities they think would help ensure the success of a long-term Superintendent. Please consider joining one of the in-person meetings or the Zoom session. If you have questions, please contact the school board at schoolboard@sbschools.net or leave a voicemail message at (802) 652-7476.

The first session will take place in person only, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at 10:00 am at 577 Dorset Street in the first floor conference room with board members Laura Williams and board Chair Dr. Travia Childs.

Additional sessions will take place:

Monday October 17 at 6 pm at the District Central Office

Saturday, October 29 at 10 am at the South Burlington Public Library

Thursday, November 3 at 6 pm via Zoom

WolfPack Homecoming!

SB Homecoming Weekend at the High School is 10/14 & 10/15. We encourage all SB Families to attend a game and feel the WolfPack Spirit. Our SBHS athletes and Wyn the Wolf will be stopping by our elementary schools and giving each student a bracelet. These bracelets get students into the games for FREE!

To help us celebrate the 50th year anniversary of Title IX, why not attend a girls' and a boys' athletic event at SBHS next weekend?

The change of seasons is a good time to go back to basics~Adequate Sleep

This week's focus: Adequate Sleep

• Pre-schoolers (age 3-5) 10-13 hours, (including naps)
• Grade-schoolers (age 6-12) 8-10 hours
• Teens (age 13-18) 9-12 hours

BE A GOOD SLEEP ROLE MODEL

Make sleep a priority for yourself.

HELP SUPPORT A CONSISTENT ROUTINE
Develop routines to help establish life-long habits.

ENCOURAGE ACTIVE PLAY (60 MINUTES/DAY!)
Being active supports physical health as well as sleep habits.

MINDFUL MEDIA USE
Keep screens out of the bedroom and turn off 60 minutes before sleep.

Consider updating your family media plan to create balance with

screen time, schoolwork, exercise, sleep and other activities.

• Physical activity

  
  

• Nutritious meals

• HEALTHY SLEEP DURATION

Be Kind, Stay Well!

Don't miss a single edition of the Rick Marcotte Central School Yearbook!

Order forms have been sent home, but if you would like purchase your yearbook online, please click here:

https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1140092/Rick-Marcotte-Central-School/

Then select Order My Yearbook to make your purchase and check out. Please put your teacher name under 'Homeroom' All yearbooks are shipped to the school then delivered to your child's classroom the last week of school.

Any questions, please contact Holly Young or Carrie Rice.

World Mental Health Day is on October 10th, and The Howard Center is hosting virtual events on October 12th. Click on the link below to learn more about this event and see helpful resources.

World Mental Health Day

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKER EVENT ON OCTOBER 12 Howard Center will be connecting to the global world mental health movement and hosting its third annual community-wide recognition of World Mental Health Day (WMHD) .

RMCS is still hiring. Please contact us about joining our team if you qualify for these openings. Training will be provided for all new hires.

• Special Educator
• Health Teacher

• Interventionists - working 1:1 with students who have Individualized Education Plans

Email: ssumner@sbschools.net; lmcdonald@sbschools.net
Website: https://www.sbschools.net/Domain/11
Location: Rick Marcotte Central School, 200 Market Street, South Burlington, VT, USA
Phone: 802-652-7200
Twitter: @lmcdvt