Hello Sterling Families,
Hopefully our new families have accepted the subscribe request from FeedBurner. If you did not, please contact our house Teacher Assistant, Cindy Brady at clbrady@cvsdvt.org. You'll notice the "l" in her email, please remember to include that so it gets to her and not somebody else in our school! Cindy is the contact person for change in plans for your student, late arrivals, absence etc.
We'll be going over our communication tools with people at our Open House on Thursday, October 3rd but we wanted to make sure you had access to the Sterling Website which contains a lot of useful information in the meantime. Please access that through this link.
The year has been off to an awesome start! We are really enjoying our new mix of 5th and 6th graders as we move forward into our 10th year! We've been posting some pictures on our social media accounts- Instagram & Twitter. Give us a follow!
As a quick plug for Social Studies, please see the Sterling Social Studies site for daily class agendas, resources, etc.
~ Jared Bailey
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Genius Hour Open House
Welcome one and all!
We have finished our Genius Hour Projects around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and we'd like to share our learning with you. Please join us on Wednesday, June 12th from 7:45-8:30am at Sterling House in Williston Central School. Students will have presentations ready to share and will be grouped in classroom spaces by topic. We would love to see as many people as possible. Thank you for your support during this unit! Please email Jared Bailey with any questions- jbailey@cvsdvt.org
Who: Sterling Students
What: Genius Hour Open House
When: Wednesday, June 12th from 7:45-8:30am
Where: Sterling Hallway inside of Williston Central School
195 Library Lane
Williston, Vermont
05495
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Upcoming Important Dates
Wednesday May 22/ Concert: Grades 5 and 6 / 5:30 pm (5:00 call)
Wednesday May 22 / Concert: Grades 7 and 8 / 7:15 pm (6:45 call)
Wednesday May 22 / WCS Art Reception / WCS Community Rm / 5-7 pm
Monday. May 27 / Memorial Day NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, May 28th / ABS Book Fair 12-8 PM WCS Night from 5-8 PM
Wednesday, May 29th ABS Book Fair 8 AM to 8 PM
Thursday May 30 / ABS Spring Book Fair / 8 am - 2 pm
Thursday June 6th and Friday June 7th/ Sterling 6th Grade Camp Out
Friday June 7th / Fun Day
Monday, June 10th /4th-5th Step Up Day
Monday, June 10th / WCS Awards Ceremony 1:30-2:45.
Thursday, June 13th/ All Sterling students to Knight Point State Park
Friday, June 14th / Last Day of School Half Day
Monday, May 20, 2019
Satisfaction Survey
Dear Williston Parent/Guardian,
The Parent Satisfaction was sent out this morning to all Williston Families. Please take a few minutes to provide us with feedback on ways you feel we can enhance the education of your children by filling out the 2018-2019 Parent Satisfaction Survey. You can access the survey by clicking on the following link or on our web site:
If you are having trouble accessing the link please contact Liz Neeld at lneeld@cvsdvt.org.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Genius Hour Project in Social Studies- Please Help
Hello,
Our final project of the year in Social Studies is what's called a genius hour. What is a genius hour? Click the link to read more!
Sterling students have been designing their own work schedules and developed driving questions that will spur their research. We have questions right now involving clean water, addressing homelessness, gender equality and much much more.
We need your help! One of the major components of a genius hour project is talking to an outside "expert" and potentially working with a community partnership. Calling all volunteers. If you can help a student dig deeper into a topic or know someone who can- please reach out to me, Mr. Bailey, at jbailey@cvsdvt.org
We could use adults to be interviewed, come in as guest speakers and potentially even drive some students to places for their work and connecting with community partnerships.
Here are links to our projects- please look them over and see if you have anything to offer. With the variety of topics, I bet you do!
1st Period
2nd Period
3rd Period
4th Period
Our final project of the year in Social Studies is what's called a genius hour. What is a genius hour? Click the link to read more!
Sterling students have been designing their own work schedules and developed driving questions that will spur their research. We have questions right now involving clean water, addressing homelessness, gender equality and much much more.
We need your help! One of the major components of a genius hour project is talking to an outside "expert" and potentially working with a community partnership. Calling all volunteers. If you can help a student dig deeper into a topic or know someone who can- please reach out to me, Mr. Bailey, at jbailey@cvsdvt.org
We could use adults to be interviewed, come in as guest speakers and potentially even drive some students to places for their work and connecting with community partnerships.
Here are links to our projects- please look them over and see if you have anything to offer. With the variety of topics, I bet you do!
1st Period
2nd Period
3rd Period
4th Period
Monday, May 6, 2019
Cellphone Policy
Hello Families,We are writing to update you on our cellphone policy. In the past weeks, the Sterling teachers have been part of a larger conversation around cellphone use in school. The administration has been working with several teams to reach a consensus for addressing cellphone use as a school. Recently, two teams have begun a cellphone-free policy during the school day. Last week we had multiple incidents of students using their phones to text classmates while in school. As a result of this, the Sterling teachers have decided to implement a new policy regarding cellphones in school:
- Students may have their cellphone out on the bus and in the lobby in the morning while waiting to be released to their classrooms.
- Once students are on Sterling their phone must be either kept in their backpack (hanging in the classrooms) or given to their core teacher to be kept secure during the school day.
- If a student needs to contact a parent or family member, the student needs to check in with their core or classroom teacher before using the phone. The phone then needs to be returned to their backpack or secure place.
- If families need to get in touch with their student at any time during the day, please call the front office and use the following extensions to reach Sterling:
Cindy Brady: 6161Jared Bailey: 6164Amy Durant: 6166Dan Johnson: 6167Joy Peterson: 6163Michael Willis: 6168
- If a student has a cellphone out without permission, the first offense will be a reminder, and the phone will be given back to the student at the end of the day. If there is a second offense, the phone will be given to Mrs. Brady and families will be notified to come to school to pick it up.
The new policy will take place starting tomorrow, Tuesday, May 7th. We hope that families support our decision, and with us help students to understand that the school setting is not the place for communicating via cellphone. We have so much to do, and we don't need the distraction of cell phones. Thank you so much for your support!
The Sterling Teachers
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