Wildcat Buzz

1. ABS School Picture Day - Monday, 09/08... code: ABS325

2. Ice Cream Social hosted by WFAP - 09/08 @WCS Playground Pavilion

3. WCS School Picture Day - Tuesday, 09/09... code: WCS325

In this issue... important play audition info - ABS library update - Four Winds volunteer info - WCS Chorus & Band info - and more...

09/08 - ABS School Pictures

09/08 - WFAP Ice Cream Social @ WCS Playground Pavilion, 6-8pm

09/09 - WCS School Pictures

09/09 - Walk or Roll to School Day

09/09 - Fall Play Auditions @WCS

09/10 - Four Winds Training

09/10 - Fall Play Auditions @WCS

09/11 - Williston Families as Partners (WFAP) Monthly Meeting

09/16 - CVSD School Board Meeting @CVU

09/18 -- WCS Grades 3 & 4 Open House, 6:30-7:30pm

09/25 - ABS K-2 Open House, 6-7pm

10/02 -- Yom Kippur, NO SCHOOL

10/23 - Diwali, NO SCHOOL

by Jacqueline Parks, Williston Schools Lead Principal

I hope your student(s) are settling into the school year well. Teams have been focusing on team-building, getting binders and notebooks ready, teaching classroom routines and expectations. All of these are part of the executive functioning skills that we work to develop with our students.

We do have a number of upcoming events to get on your calendar:

• Monday, Sept. 8th: WFAP Sponsored Ice Cream Social for all Williston students from 6:00-7:30 pm on the WCS playground.

• Tuesday, Sept. 9th: School Picture Day

• Thursday, September 18th: 3rd/4th Open House from 6:30-7:30 pm

Additionally, several families have reached out about getting information about 5-8 Clubs. Our website does have this information under “Extra Curricular Activities.”

Most clubs occur during the band/chorus core time and/or lunch and recess. Some of the upcoming club start dates are shared below:

• 6th Debate Club: Introduction meeting on September 22nd during lunch and recess in the Club Room (1414)

• 7th/8th Debate Club: Introduction meeting on Monday, Sept. 22nd during core time in the Club Room (1414)

• 7th/8th GSA during lunch and recess in the upstairs KIVA on Thursdays (underway)

• 5th/6th Rainbow Club during core time on Fridays in the Mansfield Art Room (underway)

• 5th-8th Golden Doom Book Club begins in the library during lunch/recess on Friday, Sept. 26th.

• 5th-8th SPARK Program: The first rotation begins on 9/25. Look in the Buzz for how to sign-up.

We hope that your student can find at least one way to be involved in an area of interest. This builds connection and belonging and helps build our community.

visit the CVSD food service page on our website for more additional information and resources

Any time a student is going to be absent, or has a change to their dismissal/end of day plan,

please notify the following depending on your student's school:

ALLEN BROOK SCHOOL

1. TO: absattendance@cvsdvt.org

2. CC: Classroom Teacher

WILLISTON CENTRAL SCHOOL

1. TO: wcsattendance@cvsdvt.org

2. CC: Your student's Classroom Teacher and Team Assistant(TA)

3. School Nurse (if due to illness): wcsnurse@cvsdvt.org

Reminder: If there is any change to your student's typical end of day plan, please be sure to contact the school BEFORE 1:00PM (or 12:00 pm on Wednesdays). Changes in your student(s) schedule will not be accepted after this time unless it is an emergency.

** Permanent transportation/bus/end of day changes should also be sent to these same emails as above. Now that the school year is under way we ask you do not make end of day changes through the PowerSchool Portal.

Order on-line with the links below, or watch for a paper copy to come home with your student.

Allen Brook School:

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Event: Allen Brook School Fall 2025 Pre Sale

Access code: ABS325

Williston Central School:

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Event: Williston Fall 2025 Pre Sale

Access code: WCS325

If your child is in grades K-4 we are looking for volunteers to lead monthly Four Winds

lessons starting this fall.

WHAT DO VOLUNTEERS LOVE ABOUT THE PROGRAM?

"I have learned how incredibly curious little people are, and how they can be scientists

at age 5! We need them for our future, for the future of our planet!"

"Receiving the lesson [during training] exactly the way we will pass it on, being with a good group of people who care about the kids and school."

“If you want to get to know your kids’ friends and teachers, or just generally connect with the community, consider becoming a Four Winds volunteer. I am living proof that you don’t need a science degree to be a volunteer, just an eagerness to learn and share.”

The first training session will be on Wednesday September 10, 2025 in the Community Room at WCS between 8:30-10:30 am.

Email us for more information and how to sign up:: wsdfourwinds@cvsdvt.org

The WCS 4th grade chorus is now called the Treble Cat Chorus! We will begin rehearsing soon! If your child is interested in checking it out, please review the information below.

When:

• Tuesdays after school, 2:50-4:00.

• Rehearsals for session 1 begin on Tuesday, September 30th.

• The first two rehearsals are “open enrollment.” (9/30 and 10/7) Students may come to sit in and check it out with no obligation.

• Starting Tuesday, October 14th, students must make a final decision to be a chorus member or not. Chorus members must attend all rehearsals. Absences due to medical, religious, or family reasons are excused.

• Non-members are not permitted to attend rehearsals.

Where:

• WCS Music/Chorus room

• Students should bring a snack to eat between school dismissal and the start of chorus rehearsal. No food is permitted inside the rehearsal room. Only water is allowed.

• There is a 4:20 activity bus available to take students home. Supervision is provided between 4:00 and 4:20.

Other Information:

• The chorus performances for session 1 will be on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2025 at 1:00pm and 6:30pm in the WCS auditorium.

• The chorus sings a variety of music from different time periods, cultures, and styles. The students will be singing in different languages, meters, and tonalities. The songs range in level of difficulty.

• No audition- just a love for singing!

• No cost.

If your child would like to join the 4th grade chorus, click HERE to complete the online form OR fill out the paper form that will be sent home in your child’s take-home folder and then send it back to school with your child.

Please contact Danielle Trasciatti-Holmberg (Mrs. T-H) with any questions or concerns. dtrasciatti@cvsdvt.org

Welcome to another wonderful year of reading together! Your child visits our library with their classmates each week for storytime and book selections. Kids have a black bag to transport library books to and from home. Students may also visit our library each school day to exchange their books. Thank you for reading together at home with your child! Here's the link to our ABS Library website: https://sites.google.com/cvsdvt.org/abs-library/i-am-a-reader

This month we are enjoying the following stories together:

Williston Central School Athletics are open to all students grades 6th-8th. All practices start at 2:50 and end around 4:20. Students can be picked up at the rear entrance to the school, or take the activity bus.

Visit the athletics website for everything you need to know about playing on a sports team at WCS. WCS Athletics

• First Call - 488-7777: phone support, crisis intervention, assessment and referrals
• In Crisis: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) (National Hopeline Network: USA)
• National Suicide Prevention Life line- 1-800-273-TALK (8255), call or chat online
• Crisis Text Line - text HOME to 741741 (24 hours a day, seven days a week)
• Outright Vermont - support for LGBTQ+ community
• Vermont 211 -Vermont database of resources and services
• Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide - Website where you can find information to help yourself or a friend who may be having thoughts of suicide.
• Trevor Lifeline - 1-866- 488-7386 - provides suicide prevention and crisis intervention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people. It offers free, 24/7, confidential counseling. TrevorText—text START to 678-678; TrevorChat—instant messaging at TheTrevorProject.org/help. It also runs TrevorSpace, an affirming social networking site for LGBTQ youth at TrevorSpace.