Week 4 Updates

Students listen to author Christy Mihaly at the Cobleigh Library's CLiF Summer Readers Event.

Week 4 included more learning and friendship building for KESD students.

A few highlights from this week were:

• A group of middle school students traveled every afternoon to St. Johnsbury Academy. They were able to see the highschool Culinary Arts program and the Culinary Arts teacher taught important cooking skills and recipe use. Students made lots of tasty treats to share!
• Powers Park reached out to let us know that MANY students moved up a level in swim lessons. Staff were impressed with the students' dedication to learning this important life skill.
• WMSI (White Mountain Science Inc) has been partnering with KESD teachers to bring robotics and other STEM programming to students through our Makerspace. This week students were able to try out wood burning tools, program robots, and much more.
• Students checked out books all summer from the new Cobleigh Bookmobile and worked to complete their summer reading logs. They will earn a free book from Green Mountain Books at the bookfair next week!
• Seven 7th & 8th grade students backpacked the Long Trail for four days! This trip, a partnership with VREC, allowed students to learn backpacking, camping, and outdoor cooking skills - while creating lasting friendships.

The backpacking group on top of Camel's Hump during their trip.

During a trip to the Fairbanks Museum, students explore science stations.

Please make sure you wait until after 2:45pm to drive around to parent pickup (students are still playing on the playground out back then and cars should not drive through).

All cars must stop for buses when loading (lights flashing/stop signs)

Drop off is between 8:00-8:30am. Pick up is at 3:00pm.

A traffic pattern map is attached below.

Caregivers may only pick up and drop off at the locations designated on the map.

Only School Busses will be allowed in front of the school to drop off and pick up the students.

Students show off the hats they made during Makerspace.

Elementary students work on building shapes in math class.

Click here for the bus schedules.

Please make sure to update your student's Group Leader what bus your student will take, or if they will be pick up. If you need to make a mid-day change call the school to let us know: (802) 626-9755

KESD Math Teacher Bob Herrmann starts all of his Summer Camp math classes with a card trick!

Backpacking instructor (and LI teacher) Chris Manges teaches students to cook in the backcountry while camping on the Long Trail.

All Rising 1st-4th Grade Students will take swim and tennis lessons at Powers Park twice a week, and have time for free swim. Please make sure your students pack swimsuits, towels and sunscreen on these days. Powers Park does not allow floaties or life jackets during swim lessons.

2nd & 4th Grade will travel to Powers Park by bus, from 11:30-2:30 every Monday & Wednesday.

1st & 3rd Grade will travel to Powers Park by bus, from 11:30-2:30 every Tuesday & Thursday.

1st-4th Grade students will be on campus all other afternoons. Click on the schedule in the photo to see other activities.

5th - 8th Grade Students will be grouped in their activities of choice on Monday-Thursday afternoons. You will receive an email stating your student's afternoon activities.

9th Grade Students volunteer at camp as CITs. They will have a staff advisor and spend all camp time in an elementary classroom, assisting the teacher.

All students are on campus each Monday - Thursday morning, until 11:30am, unless your receive notice from your student's teacher otherwise. The schedules most Monday-Thursdays is:

8:00-8:30am: Students arrive at camp & breakfast

8:30 - 9:00am: Morning Meeting

9:00-11:00am: Hands-on academics, bookmobile, etc.

11:00-11:30am: Lunch

11:30-2:30pm: Afternoon Activities

2:30-3:00pm: Closing and dismissal

Please send your student to camp with a water bottle, active clothing and gym sneakers every day!

Staff from Kingdom Cycling & Experiences teach students to do a bike safety check before every ride.

Middle School students work on a STEM challenge together in the morning at camp.

Please click on the photo to view the Friday Field Trip Schedules.

Students should wear clothes to be active on all field trips, pack a water bottle, sunblock and swimsuit/towel if applicable.

**note that students are grouped by the grade they are entering.

Students in Humanities Camp build with pattern blocks.

Our office staff are happy to help answer your questions, or coordinate changes to dismissal/etc. To reach us, call Miller's Run School (802) 626-9755 between 7:30-3:30, or email us.

Here are a few reminders from our nurses:

- Be sure to pack or apply sunscreen & insect repellant

- Medications: All over-the-counter & prescription medications must be handed into the
Camp Nurse. No student will be allowed to have any medications on them, unless previously discussed with the camp nurse.

- If your child is sick please keep them home.

- Camp is peanut/tree safe so here is a website to help with safe snacks https://snacksafely.com/guide/peanut-treenut-free.pdf

Breakfast and Lunch will be served to all students, for free, each day at camp, as well as an afternoon snack! Menus can be found below. Students are welcome to bring their own meals from home as well. However, please note that camp is peanut and tree nut free. Students should not bring any food to camp that includes peanuts or tree nuts.

Agency of Education Nondiscrimination Policy

Under Vermont state law, it is unlawful to refuse, withhold from, or deny to any person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of the place of public accommodation because of the race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship, immigration status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity of that person. 9 V.S.A. § 4502(a). For more information about these rights, visit the Vermont Human Rights Commission website. In the employment context, you may wish to review the DHR Discrimination Complaints Number 3.3 policy (PDF).

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

English Version

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
   (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
   Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.