The Swoop Scoop
UES Principal's Newsletter July 2018
Important Upcoming Dates
August 1st - Kindergarten Placement letters will be mailed home
August 14th - Parent / Guardian / Student Focus Group (5:30-6:30PM)
August 22nd - Popsicles with the Principal (grades Pre-K to Grade 4) 4-6PM
August 27th - Parent / Guardian Information Night (grades Pre-K to 1) 6-7PM
August 28th - Parent / Guardian Information Night (grades 2-4) 6-7PM
August 29th - First Day of School! (grades 1-4)
August 29th and 30th - Kindergarten Home Visit Days
August 31st - Kindergarten Classroom Visit Day 3:15-4:15PM
September 4th - First Day of School! (grades Pre-K and K)
September 11th - Picture Day!
September 12th - Late Start (Students arrive at 10AM)
September 27th - UES Open House (6-7PM)
Click HERE for the September calendar. Please note: This calendar may change as we get closer to the first day of school.
Principal Entry Plan
Parent / Guardian and Student Focus Groups
UES Playground Update
The Montpelier-Roxbury School Board approved for a 1.3 million dollar contract to be negotiated with a construction group called ECI that will be completing the actual playground construction. Our facilities manager, Andrew LaRosa, has been finalizing the details of this contract with input from the playground committee. Once this is finalized, we will be provided with a much better timeline around the actual construction start dates and what that will mean for our students at UES.
In August, we will be working with several teachers to finalize plans and order equipment for recess once we get the construction timeline and find out exactly what space will be available for student use. When these plans are finalized, they will be shared with families during our back to school information nights in August.
Additionally, we have started to revise bus arrival / departure, safety and evacuation procedures to account for the playground project. These will all be in place well before school starts and staff will be trained on these procedures during in-service days prior to the first day of school. Our school resource officer will be instrumental throughout this process as we collaborate with the police and fire departments to ensure student safety.
Popsicles with the Principal
New Pre-K Teacher
Website Update
Hello Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools Families, We wanted to reach out and let you know about some of the changes happening with our website(s). You may already know that our websites have been down and gone for several days. During a recent internet service provider switch we lost access to the website and are unable to retrieve it and get it working again. Fortunately, we’ve been working to redesign and create new websites that will work better for students, staff, and community members for the last several months. We’re focussing all our energies on getting those new sites up and running a little sooner than originally planned and should have our district landing page up and running by Friday, July 13 or shortly after. That will be located at www.mrpsvt.org On that page we’ll be posting information, documents, and links that families and students need for summer and planning for the fall. As individual school pages are completed we’ll make sure to have those transferred over immediately. In the meantime, that district page, as well as our district social media, will be used heavily to share important resources. You can follow us on: We thank you for your patience and understanding. We’ll get this going and be all set for the school year. Thank you.
School Safety
Union Elementary School
Email: ryanheraty@mpsvt.org
Website: www.mrpsvt.org
Location: 1 Park Avenue, Montpelier, VT, USA
Phone: (802) 225-8200