Wildcat Buzz

1. Kindergarten Registration for Fall 2026 is Open

2. Walk or Roll to School on Tuesday, 2/10

3. Reminder about start times: ABS @7:50am & WCS @7:55am

02/10 - Walk or Roll to School Day

02/10 - Digital Wellbeing Series for Caregivers #2, hosted by CCS - Details below

02/12 - Williston Families as Partners Monthly Meeting, 8:30am @WCS or Zoom

02/12 - 8th Grade Family Night at CVU, 6:30-7:45pm

02/16 - Virtual Community Budget Meeting, 7pm - Join via Zoom

02/17 - CVSD School Board Mtg, 6:00-8:30pm @CVU Library

02/18 - Digital Wellbeing Series for Caregivers #3, hosted by CCS - Details below

02/23 - 2/27 - Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

03/02 - Welcome Back, first day back after break

03/03 - Election Day

03/10 - Deadline for new members to join Grade 4 Chorus

03/12 - Williston Families as Partners Monthly Meeting, 8:30am @WCS or Zoom

03/17 - 7th & 8th Grade Band Concert

03/17 - CVSD School Board Mtg, 6:00-9:00pm @CVU Library

03/19 - Conference Day - NO SCHOOL

3/20 - Eid al Fitr - NO SCHOOL

03/24 - Celebrate the Arts @CVU, 5-8pm

03/28 - Big Basket Raffle, sponsored by WFAP - save the date

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

by Angela Filion, Allen Brook School Principal

What a joyful day at Allen Brook School! Today we marked our 100th Day of School, and the building was buzzing with creativity, counting, and a whole lot of pride. Students traveled to buddy classrooms to design their very own 100th Day crowns, decorated with drawings, and of course, plenty of “100s.” Watching our older and younger learners work side-by-side was one of those heart-squeezing reminders that school is about community as much as it is about math and reading.

The celebration continued with a schoolwide assembly where roughly 320 crown-wearing superstars gathered together. We counted, cheered, and reflected on all the ways to be a great friend. Smiles and joy filled our gymnasium today!

I also want to share some exciting news for the future of ABS. This week a small group of parents and I met to begin forming a Playground Fundraising Committee with the goal of creating a new, inclusive playground for our students by 2027. The conversation was full of big ideas and great enthusiasm. More information will be coming soon about how families can get involved!

Thank you for sending us such wonderful children and for being partners in all that we do. Here’s to the next 100 days of curiosity, laughter, and learning!

With gratitude,

Angela

On January 20, the CVSD School Board approved a $107.9M FY27 budget to support and operate the district. Voters will consider this budget on Town Meeting Day—Tuesday, March 3, 2026. You can also vote or absentee beginning Wednesday, Feb. 11, by requesting a ballot online at sos.vermont.gov/elections.

The proposed $107.9M budget carries forward the current year's level of services and programming into the 2026-27 school year, recognizing that further cuts to programs would affect the core mission of the district.

Learn more about the budget at www.cvsdvt.org/budget and at the upcoming informational meeting:

Virtual Community Budget Meeting

Monday, February 16 at 7 p.m.

Join via Zoom, Meeting ID: 287 287 5018, Passcode: cvsd11

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This letter is to inform you that we are seeing a lot of cases of Flu B at Williston Central School. We are sending home a large number of children experiencing flu-like symptoms and this letter is meant to notify you and provide guidance on how to help your child and others stay healthy.

We are asking you to please keep your child home from school if they are not feeling well.

The flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease that usually affects people during the winter and spring months. It is spread person-to-person by coughing and sneezing, or by touching contaminated surfaces. It can be spread before a person even shows symptoms.

Symptoms of the flu that we currently see: fever (sometimes only low grade), headache, neck pain, chills, body/muscle aches, dry cough, and sore throat. A person may also experience nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, but those symptoms alone without any respiratory symptoms are often caused by another disease.

The flu can be treated with antivirals which are prescribed by a doctor. Antiviral medication has to be started within 24-48 hours of the first symptoms in order to be effective.

Stay well and let the Health Office know if you have any questions.

WCSnurse@cvsdvt.org

Open to all caregivers who live within the Champlain Valley School District—hosted at Charlotte Central School - including families whose children attend CVSD schools, private schools, or are homeschooled. Please RSVP so we can plan for attendance and share any updates to the programming.

Panel Discussion: Digital Well-Being & Youth Development

CCS Library, Feb 10th @5:30-6:30pm

Tools, Monitoring, and Partnership: A Practical Conversation

CCS Library, Feb 18th @5:30-6:30pm

Walkers and Rollers who joined the adult-led routes in September through January have already walked a combined 212.88 miles!

... That's far enough to get to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY!

Where will we get by May?

Children entering grades preK-8 who live in the towns of Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, St. George and Williston may exercise school choice. Our goal is to both allow options for families and also make balanced class sizes to provide a positive learning environment for all of our children. Processes for intra-district choice of school will be guided by the needs of students, space availability, and existing resources. Given this, we will work to meet as many families’ needs as possible. Guidelines and Application

Serving boys and girls ages 4–12, Williston Little League offers baseball and softball programs for players of all skill levels. Families are encouraged to visit our website to learn more and register their child for the upcoming season.

WLL Website: https://tshq.bluesombrero.com/wllbaseball

Join students from across the Champlain Valley School District for an evening of entertainment and celebration, showcasing performing and visual arts from the district’s six schools. This annual tradition returns to CVU on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, transforming the high school halls and theater into a vibrant gallery of learning, innovation and inspiration.

The 14th-annual Celebrate the Arts Night brings together art, music, theater, media, arts, foods, business, design and technology in a one-night-only exhibition of student creativity.

- Parking is not permitted behind the building or in the back driveway of the school.

- Your patience is appreciated as we ask all vehicles to use the lot during dismissal. Please walk with your child to and from the building - students will not be dismissed to cross the parking lot without an adult.

The WCS 4th grade chorus is beginning its second session!

If your child is already in the 4th grade chorus, there is no need to re-enroll. Just keep coming to rehearsals!

If your child is interested in joining or even just curious about the 4th grade chorus , please review the information below.

When:

• Tuesdays after school, 2:50-4:00.

• Rehearsals for session 2 begin on Tuesday, February 17th.

• The first two rehearsals are “open enrollment.” (2/17 and 3/3)

• Students may come to one or both of those rehearsals to sit in and check it out with no obligation.

• Starting Tuesday, March 10th, 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 clear water is allowed.

• There is a 4:30 activity bus available to take students home. Supervision is provided between 4:00 and 4:30.

Other Information:

• The chorus performances for session 2 will be on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 at 1:00pm and 6:30pm.

• 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 decides to be a member of the 4th grade chorus, please complete the form in this link and return it to your child’s house TA or Mrs. T-H on or before March 10th -or- you may complete the electronic version of this form.

Your child will then attend rehearsal each Tuesday afternoon. I will create a list of “official members” on March 10th for attendance and dismissal plans. I will need to know which students have decided to join and where they will be going when rehearsal ends at 4:00 each week.

For safety purposes, if your child will ever be going somewhere other than where you specify below, I need a written note or email from you on or before noon that day. Please complete the form below only if your child is interested in joining the 4th grade chorus. If your child is already in the 4th grade chorus, there is no need to fill out the form again.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Danielle Trasciatti-Holmberg (Mrs. T-H) dtrasciatti@cvsdvt.org

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

The WCS Drama program is open to grades 6, 7, and 8 and currently includes a Fall Play and a Spring Musical.

Visit the drama webpage to learn more about upcoming productions and the WCS Drama program.

In the event that weather and/or road conditions make it unsafe for our buses to travel hill roads, we will notify parents and/or caregivers of students on those routes with as much notice as possible.

When hills are closed for afternoon bus runs, if no one arrives to meet younger students, they will be brought back to school until arrangements are made for them to be picked up. Please talk with your bus drivers to let them know if you are comfortable letting your child walk home from the drop off location.

We will use the automated SchoolMessenger system to notify families on the hill roads.

• 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.