Google Calendar Now Up and Running

Hello families,
We just wanted to take a minute and let you know that we have the Sterling Calendar is up and running. You will find it located on the Sterling Homepage. We have attempted to make a calendar where all assignments are visible in one location. This includes the 4 academic classes your child is in (Math, ELA, Social Studies, Science). It does not include World Language, literature groups, etc. Please look for this calendar on the main page. We think you can add the calendar to your calendar (should you want to) by clicking the "+ Google Calendar" button on the bottom right hand corner of it.

Sign-Up is Open for InterGen - A Monthly Inter-generational Book Group!

Families as Partners (FAP) teams up with the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library to sponsor a fun inter-generational book group that brings together WCS middle school students, seniors from our community and parent volunteers.  Each book group will read and discuss 5 books over the course of the school year. Meetings take place during school hours.

The program will kick-off in October with a “Get Acquainted” potluck luncheon.  The book groups will then meet during school hours once a month to discuss books in a relaxed and fun setting. 7th & 8th graders will meet from 11:35am-12:15pm. 

5th & 6th graders meet from 12:30pm-1:10pm. 

The program runs from October to March. (This year's book selections are still being determined, but we hope to have the final list of titles soon).

If your 5-8th grade student is interested in being considered for this program, please register by Friday, September 20th.  We are also seeking parent volunteers!  Use this link to register your student or to sign up as a parent volunteer.

If you have any questions, please contact Karen Olson (kao_wolverine@yahoo.com) or your child's Language Arts teacher.

Some resources to start the year

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

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

No Homework Club Today

Homework Club is cancelled for today, Tuesday, May 28th,

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

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:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/1819ParentSatisfactionSurvey

If you are having trouble accessing the link please contact Liz Neeld at lneeld@cvsdvt.org.