Continental Math League Registration

Continental Mathematics League 2018-2019 Registration deadline for grades 3-8 is September 21st (Registration for grade 2 will be announced in October.) Continental Math Online Registration 2018-2019 Grade 4-8 Meet dates: November 14, December 19, January 16, February 13 & March 13 Grade 3 Meet dates: January 16, February 13 & March 13 The Enrichment Program administers the Continental Mathematics League (CML) for motivated students seeking an additional math challenge. Interested students in Grades 2-8 participate in the Euclidean Division, which means “students participating require average reading comprehension and analytical reasoning capabilities. Their computational skill should be appropriate to their grade level.” Continental Math for grades 3-8 at Williston Central School CML is a competition in grades 3-8. For students in grades 4-8, there are five tests. They are given at ‘meets’ which are held during school hours, beginning in November and ending in March. Third graders participate in the meets in January, February, and March. In each 30 minute meet, students work as individuals on six problems; calculators are not allowed. Medals are awarded to the two students with the highest cumulative scores per grade level. Although this is a competition, the emphasis is on developing a love of mathematics while learning new strategies with other eager mathematicians. Julie Rogers is the contact person for grades 2-8. jrogers@cvsdvt.org Continental Math for grade 2 at Allen Brook School Participation in grade 2 is non-competitive. Students work in small practice groups and attend 3 informal meets. Registration for grade 2 will be announced in October. Parent Volunteers Grades 5-8: In order to limit interruptions to regular academic classes 5th-8th grade practices will be held first thing in the morning at 8:00, during lunch/recess time or during a time that teachers deem. Volunteers will need to contact their students core teacher to set up times and a practice space. Grades 2-4: Due to more flexibility within the 2nd-4th grades schedule parent volunteers who run Grades 2, 3 and 4 practice groups will work out a time to meet with the students with the teachers. The success of this program depends on volunteers who work with small groups of students, during school hours. Ideally, all students will participate in a parent-led weekly practice group. These groups begin in October for grades 4-8 and in November for 2-3rd graders as their first Meet isn’t until January. The Enrichment Program provides materials and training, while the time and place are determined by the teachers and volunteers. The practice groups provide an important component of the Continental Math program. This gives the students a chance to explore different solutions to problems, gain support from other group members, and benefit from small group instruction. We encourage both veteran and novice volunteers to attend the Volunteer Leader Training on Friday, September 21st at 8:00 AM in the Enrichment room at WCS. Volunteers can indicate their interest on the student registration form and will be contacted with more information in mid September. This training will provide valuable information about CML and Best Practices in Mathematics, which is being used in all of our math classes. If you are unable to register your child using the online registration link, kindly complete the form below. Return to Julie Rogers at WCS or ABS. Continental Mathematics League (CML) 2018-2019 Registration Form Grades 3-8 Registration Deadline – September 21st

Field Trip to Knight Point Thursday 6/14

Hello Families,
We are still planning to go to Knight Point State Park tomorrow despite the not-so-good weather report.

We met with the students today and reminded them to bring a bagged lunch (no glass please), a water bottle, bathing suit, towel, an extra set of clothes to change into in case they get wet, a sweatshirt, and a rain jacket.

We know it might be wet, but we are still going to have fun together!

Thank you,
Amy

ELA Update

May 23, 2018

Dear Families,

We have just started our final units in ELA.  For this period of time, 5th and 6th graders will be working on two different projects.  Read below to see what each group is doing:

5th Grade

5th grade students are creating a Memoir Scrapbook, with photos, poems, writing, and images of their life.  Students are finishing their storyboard, where they are organizing what will be included in their scrapbook.  As they complete their storyboard, they will get to work on their scrapbook.  (we are giving each student a 4X6 scrapbook)

Students will be including photos and images to go with their memories.  They will be asking you for help with this as they begin to put their scrapbooks together.  Any help you can provide printing photos, or gathering artifacts would be greatly appreciated.  In addition, if you have any scrapbooking materials that you would be willing to donate, that would be fantastic!

6th Grade

6th grade students are working on a Podcast Project.  Each student has chosen a person that is important to them, and is working on a 1-2 page piece of writing telling us about this person.  Students will then use the website "Soundtrap" to record their voice reading their writing.  Students will also be using Soundtrap to create a music track as background to their voice recording.  Finally the mixed podcast will be downloaded as an mp3 file, and then uploaded to our YWP blog.  Be sure to ask your student about this--Soundtrap is amazing!

Take care,
Joy

Science Update 5/16

Hello Families,

We have finished the Science SBAC test for all Sterling 5th graders. Today we started our study of the 11 body systems. Each day we will focus on a different system and look at its organs and function. At the end of this study we plan to explore a cow heart and lung. One of the 11 systems happens to be the reproductive system. While we will focus on the facts, I want to let you know in advance in case students have questions for you😉

Please let me know if you have questions.
Amy

Sterling House Costumes for the Play

Hi Sterling Families,

The students are getting very excited to perform for all of you on Thursday evening (5:30 is Pinocchio and 6:30 is Peter Pan.)

Today we connected with all students about their costume or parts of a costume that will be needed. Please don't feel as if you need to break the bank for this. We encourage you to look for something you already have or something to borrow. If you need help, please feel free to email your student's core teacher. We are hoping we can have the costumes gathered and in school for Monday.

We appreciate your support!
Amy

Science Update 4-10-18

Hello Sterling Families,

Students finished up their study of weather events last week. They created a weather forecast using Wevideo where they had to use real data to explain a weather event in the US. The students learned how to use a green screen and definitely tapped into some creativity!

Students have moved on to the study of matter. We started with an introduction to the periodic table. Students made cool name-tags by making their names out of the letters from the periodic table. These will be hanging in the hallway if you would like to take a look.  Currently, we are focused on chemical and physical changes.

I will be out on the school exchange trip to China April 19, 20, 30 and May 1st. Mr. C, Joy's intern, will be substituting for me. He knows the students and schedule well. I hope you all have a safe and restful break!

Amy

Sterling Fundraiser at Agave, Wednesday, April 18th

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