SVSU Universal Public Pre-K

SIGN UP FOR A FREE BAG OF YOGURT PARFAIT INGREDIENTS!

It's time for another Family Fitness Fest! This time around we are offering FREE bags of ingredients for yogurt parfaits. Super exciting, right? Well here's the thing - pickup for the bags will be 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲! That means you have to hustle to sign up!

This opportunity is open to all families in the SVSU! Only one bag per family. 50 bags available.

Family Fitness Fest - Yogurt Parfait Sign Up We are excited to bring back our popular healthy eating and cooking activity! This time around we are going to put together healthy yogurt parfaits. SIGN UP NOW to receive a FREE bag of yogurt parfait ingredients. Pickup will be at Mt. Anthony Union Middle School or Fisher Elementary School. The kit...

Our Molly Stark Early Ed learners had the BEST DAY EVER! We visited a farm where we were able to follow a map, taste some fresh honey, explore a chicken coop, plant sunflowers, and pet a little lamb! We lucked out with the perfect weather. A perfect day!

Come join us in the Mt. Anthony Union Middle School library - next Thursday from 5:30-6:30!

SIGN UP NOW!!!

Our popular Family Fitness Fest is BACK! There will be more information to share soon, but while you're waiting...

Sign up for the FREE meal kit and/or painting kit! 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲!

Cooks for the Community Meal Kit Information:
We are excited to bring back our popular healthy eating and cooking activity! This year we are cooking up some eggplant lasagna. Participants will have two options: a live, in-person cooking demonstration OR a bring-home activity, like year’s past.

The live demonstration will be held on February 16 at 5:30 pm at Mt. Anthony Union Middle School. Participants of this event will be able to watch a professional chef make the recipe in real time. Each family will go home with a kit including all of the ingredients to make some at home!

If families prefer, they will be able to pick up meal kits at Mt. Anthony Union Middle School or Fisher Elementary School (please note which one on the sign up form) at a designated time. These kits will include everything families need to make the lasagna in their own home, including a disposable pan! Participants will have the chance to win a crockpot or Air fryer.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKvXvv2U-hw4S16V1mMme37qBYwy0P_1oYnPT9a6FWTN8cGQ/viewform

Painting Activity Information:
Mrs. Umphlett, the Shaftsbury Elementary and Woodford Hollow Elementary Art Teacher, takes families through a fun and engaging demonstration on how to paint a familiar, snowy friend, while giving participants the freedom to make the painting their own!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSextKn7CagjipoJV2IT__tkgQ-0uhQUBhX8spmoRcpCk4Cslw/viewform

Please view the following document from the Vermont Department of Health. This is updated guidance for families regarding the increase in respiratory illnesses this winter season.

�https://4.files.edl.io/6863/12/22/22/175730-e22b5df2-25cc-4e75-bca8-b1307893e62d.pdf

This opportunity is open to SVSU PreK families! Sign up now before it's too late!

Edited to add: we are all filled up! If you would like to be put on the wait list in case someone doesn't pick up their bag, please message us here on Facebook!

22! That's how many FREE boxes of ingredients for No-Bake Energy Balls we have left!

As a reminder, to sign up you must have a student currently in the SVSU! This is part of Family Fitness Fest, which is most appropriate for students aged 4-14. Please read all of the instructions in the sign-up form carefully.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrlUV0JR9m3zxf7Vui6-yrwrJsHpN9cp-iVGDr5jetNgB2Sw/viewform?usp=sf_link

We love Family Fitness Fest! Sign up NOW to claim your grow box for the FFF that will take place over Spring Break!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11XZsvrWn3BpzCvrwIv0COGdUrTATnc0JUNfoOJIXgSQ/edit

Edited to add: all boxes have been accounted for! If you’d like to be added to a back-up list in case anyone backs out, please send us a message here on Facebook for details!

WOW! We only have 10 FREE grow boxes left to give out!

As a reminder, these boxes are part of our upcoming Family Fitness Fest and will need to be picked up April 13-14! Sign up now before it's too late!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11XZsvrWn3BpzCvrwIv0COGdUrTATnc0JUNfoOJIXgSQ/edit

🚨 Important Update for Monday 🚨
Please read the entire newsletter carefully, as it has information regarding optional mask wearing for SVSU schools and buses, effective Monday, March 14.
https://4.files.edl.io/6153/03/12/22/152907-9cf739d1-a9c9-4b96-9446-29d4b41743c9.pdf

🚨EXCITING NEWS ALERT🚨
The SVSU Family Fitness Fest is being EXTENDED for ONE WEEK! That means you still have time to submit evidence that your family participated in the event!!
As a reminder, this event is FREE and open to any SVSU student aged 4-14! Please click the link below for more information! In order to win free stuff, you must participate!!
https://www.svsu.org/apps/pages/familyfitnessfest

Family Fitness Fest Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union is located in Bennington, VT.

Come one, come all! It's that time of year again: SVSU Fitness Fest! We are so excited to offer FREE ingredient boxes again this year. Sign up now to get your free box of scalloped potatoes ingredients! Space is limited! More information on Fitness Fest will be out soon, so make sure to keep checking back!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IYHNR-417nIxHM2kxvB-RqmecubtILpNmVA_ZSfsDtk/edit

Don't forget - you can still sign up for our Test to Stay Program! Just make sure to register with BOTH links before your unvaccinated student has a COVID-19 exposer in school!
Click the link for more information. Please contact the school if you or someone you know needs a paper copy of the forms needed to sign.
https://www.svsu.org/apps/news/article/1530206

Test to Stay Information Please click "read full story" to view all of the information on the Test to Stay Program.

It's now easier to send SVSU Universal Public Pre-K a message.

Teacher Appreciation Day 2021 Happy Teacher Appreciation Day!Interested in the book Assistant Superintendent Laura Boudreau references? Check it out here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/s...

The Spring Family Survey, which was sent out in the last Family Newsletter, was supposed to close out on Friday, April 16. That deadline has been extended! You now have until 3pm on Wednesday, April 21 to complete the survey.
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Spring Family Survey It is our goal to take what we have learned over the past year, reflect on our successes and challenges, and move forward as we plan for Recovery. The hard work shown throughout our educational community has been truly inspiring. We continue to appreciate your thoughtful and engaged feedback as we c...

Family Fitness Fest starts NOW!

The time is finally here! Family Fitness Fest is LIVE! Make sure to watch each video, complete each task, and submit evidence for each activity for up to FIVE chances to win some pretty sweet prizes! Click the link to see all of the details!
https://www.svsu.org/apps/pages/familyfitnessfest

Have you signed up to get your FREE ingredient and supply boxes yet?? We only have SEVEN boxes left of gardening supplies and FIVE boxes left of fajita ingredients! Sign up today to make sure you get your spot!

Our FOURTH Family Fitness Fest is upon us! Packed with five fantastic activities, our next virtual festival will be April 5-9, right before Spring Break! More information will be available next week. This opportunity is open to families of SVSU students aged 4-14.

Just like last time, you have the opportunity to sign up for a FREE box of ingredients to make a healthy meal together as a family. You can pick up a box of ingredients to make Sheet Pan Fajitas between 7:30 and 12 at Mt. Anthony Union Middle School on Friday, April 2.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCAuYB14F3tTaogE6yt4jMjTfvEUqEBVCE8tmp8ZUGkUGr8A/viewform?usp=sf_link

You can also sign up to get a FREE box of gardening supplies to pick up at the same time: between 7:30 and 12 at Mt. Anthony Union Middle School on Friday, April 2. This box contains a planter, soil, and seeds! You are more than welcome to sign up for this box AND the fajita box!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvdMzX9g_5867po0soeZ1QVbABpIO7s_yDW5YV_ckn6IyBhQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

This is a great FREE opportunities for families who have children aged 4-14 in the SVSU!

Family Fitness Fest - SVSUFresh SIGN UP FORM Please use this form to sign up for a FREE box of ingredients to make a vegetable lasagna. This is the box of ingredients that goes along side the healthy cooking activity in the SVSU Family Fitness Fest: Winter Edition. Please note that this is only open to families who have students aged 4-14 in a...

Check out these cuties as they celebrate a fan favorite - pajama day! Who doesn’t love a good pajama day?

Survey on Fall Reopening - Please Participate by Wednesday, July 22 @ Noon – COVID-19 Updates and Resources – Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union is located in Bennington, VT.

Check out this great opportunity from our friends at Bennington Free Library! When you go to get your meals from one of the bus stops this Friday, make sure to pick up your BFL Summer Reading Packet!

Bennington Free Library delivers the Summer Reading Program! Imagine Your Story reading records and materials will be delivered directly to students by the SVSU meal buses on June 12!
Inside each envelope students will find a letter to parents and caregivers, a reading record and stickers to keep track of summer reading & qualify for rewards & certificates, and a list of Free Online Entertainment & Learning Resources on the library’s website! BFL Youth Services Librarians, Carrie & Linda collaborated with the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union, the wonderful staff at the Abbey Group, and the meal bus drivers to make this opportunity possible. Funded in part by a generous BFL patron.

During this time of staying home and school closing we give thanks to the Abbey Group and DuFour Bus Company for serving us well. They have been serving Bennington County with almost 3000 free meals a day (breakfast & lunch plus Sat. & Sun. meals on Friday). 15 DuFour buses roll out each morning and within 2 hours they have made 165 bus stops.

VAE is inspired by the service so we are showing our gratitude by an art project called “THANKS FOR SERVING US !”
The meals come in plastic trays and we want you to turn them into family art works. The trays have 3 various compartments that resemble a face so there’s an idea you could start with or just decorate them! These will be collected and turn into a large THANK YOU mural that will be installed at the Middle School where the workers prepare the food and the bus drivers meet to transport.

HERE’S WHAT YOU DO
#1. Save your plastic tray and wash it. If you do not have one, you may get one at Vermont Arts Exchange 48 Main St. in North Bennington.
They’ll be in a box outside the door.

#2. Decorate it however you like, either side is fine. Suggestions: Glitter markers or silver, gold sharpies work nice on the plastic. Try painting the tray with a light color, any old paint will do. Then colored markers will work better over that when dry. To attach things, you can try hot glue or other glues. You can also collage on your tray. You can also poke holes thru the tray with a pin or nail and slide a bread twistee thru to attach things like straws, chop sticks.
Get creative, have fun!

#3. When you are finished with your tray, you can bring it to one of three DROP-OFF spots closest to you. There will be marked boxes/bins outside of these DROP OFF spots and picked up daily. They are: BEVERAGE DEN & V**E SHOP in Bennington across from Deer Park during business hours, POWERS MARKET front porch in North Bennington and at the Meal pick up site at the MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Feel free to sign your name on the back or front! Thanks very much and stay in touch with the project through VAE’s page.
We’ll be creating the mural after the deadline.
COLLECTING DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, MAY 15th 5:00pm

Any questions, please e-mail [email protected]

SVSU Teacher Appreciation Week 2020 - Day 5 For our final day of Teacher Appreciation Week 2020 we have a very special message from Superintendent James R. Culkeen from his home office!

Family Feedback Survey - COVID-19 Updates and Resources - Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union is located in Bennington, VT.

Did you know the expectations for remote new learning are on the SVSU Early Ed website? Check out the link below!
https://earlyed.svsu.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1732378&type=d&pREC_ID=1907407

SVSU Early Education Program SVSU Early Education Program is located in Bennington, VT.

SVSU Universal Public Pre-K updated their website address.

We have had No Strings Marionettes as an artist in residence this week! We love being able to make puppets with our students at both the Division St. location and the Molly Stark location! Each program made their own puppets, learned how to make them talk and express themselves, and put on a performance for families!

Staff members in our Early Education program have a blast at work all the time, but especially today on National Have Fun at Work Day!

Check out our brand new website!

SVSU Early Education Program SVSU Early Education Program is located in Bennington, VT.

The learners at Division Street took a trip to the Equinox Nursery last week! The group went for a wagon ride, explored a corn maze, and got to pick out the perfect pumpkins to take back to school.

Hello Parents,

Today we had our first fire drill of the year for our Pre K learners at Molly Stark. Everyone did a fantastic job and we were out of the building and in our designated location in under two minutes. Thank you for reinforcing with your children that the reason we practice fire drills is to be prepared in case we ever have an actual emergency. Thank you!

We have had a wonderful first week of Pre K. Thank you for sharing your children with us!

Our first day of Pre K is Tuesday September 10th at the Molly Stark and Division Street Early Education Programs. Teachers will be calling families the week of August 26th to arrange a family visit to your child's classroom prior to the start of school. We will also schedule a home or community visit with your family to help your child get to know the Pre K teaching team. During our Pre K year, our classrooms open at 8:15 a.m. All learners will be served breakfast and lunch at no charge as part of our Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Grant. Our first family night will be occurring on October 10th at 5:00 at Division Street and 5:30 at Molly Stark. Our Early Education Team is looking forward to meeting and greeting all of our learners and families!

SVSU Universal Public Pre-K updated their business hours.

Dear parents,

I’m asking you to join me in providing feedback to the Vermont Legislature about the Universal PreK program!

On behalf of the Vermont Agency of Education and Agency of Human Services, Education Development Center (EDC) is conducting an independent study to understand how the Universal Prekindergarten Law (Act 166) is working in Vermont. This PreK program was selected as one of 30 programs to participate in the study. I have participated in the study – and now they need your help too!

EDC has asked me to reach out to you to ask you to complete this survey about your experience with publicly-funded PreK. Your responses to each question in this survey are 100% confidential. Only EDC staff will see your individual responses; what you say will not be shared with your PreK program or any agency. A summary of the results gathered from all families who participate in the survey will be shared with the State Legislature!

Please go to go.edc.org/VTUPK to participate in the survey by May 24th, 2019. If you would prefer to complete a hard-copy version, please let me know and I will provide that to you along with a postage-paid envelope. If you have any questions about the survey or about this study, please contact Clare Irwin, Lead Evaluator at 860-908-9128 or [email protected].

Thank you!

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