Mary Hogan Family Newsletter

Dear Mary Hogan Families,

After a long weekend, we had an amazing week this week. Students put kindness rocks around Middlebury, visited Dead Creek Wildlife Refuge, explored in Battell Woods, began their experience with Shakespearean English, played games with college baseball players, voted for student council - and all the normal routines too. It was pretty epic and so wonderful to feel the joy.

One of my highlights was Wednesday when we had Unity Day. Students and staff broke out their orange clothes and created messages of kindness, inclusion, and anti-bullying. Students across the school were talking about the day and how to make sure that they filled school with kindness. 5th graders will be making a paper chain of all the messages students wrote this coming week, so more about this in the coming week!

I hope you all have a restful and wonderful weekend.

💙, Jen

Monday 10/21 - 5.30 Cooking with NOM - information will be sent to families who signed up by 10/16

Wednesday 10/23 - 9am - All School Meeting led by 5th grade

Friday 11/1 - No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Wednesday 11/6 - Walk and Roll to School Day

Wednesday 11/13 - Early Release Day - 11.30 for preschool, 12.35 for K-5

On Wednesday October 16th, Mary Hogan recognized Unity Day by wearing orange and creating beautiful messages of hope, caring, respect, and inclusion. Students will be sharing more in the All School Meeting next week and possible next steps we will take as a school together.

This budget season, ACSD will be working to create a spending plan for FY 26 that protects and preserves the trust of our voters, advances the work of our strategic plan, and honors the values that have led to widespread and historic support of public education within our ACSD community. Read more in Superintendent Baker’s Op-Ed. We invite community input as we develop the first draft of next year’s spending plan:

• On October 22nd from 6-7:30pm, we will host community conversations to inform the first draft of our budget. These meetings will be held simultaneously in the MUHS library and at Bridport, Cornwall, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, and Weybridge schools. You are welcome to join any location.

• You can also share your thoughts using this survey. Please complete the survey by 9pm on October 22nd.

Come check out an awesome ACSD event tomorrow! The MUMS Color Fun Run is tomorrow! 9 am games, 10 am Color Fun Run start.

All ACSD students, families and staff are invited. No registration needed. You don't even have to run; You can walk, skip, or dance your way around the 1.3 mi course that starts and ends at MUMS, getting doused with color along the way. Or just come to cheer participants on! Suggested $5 donation for non-MUMS participants.

Kathryn (Ilsley Tween and Teen Librarian) has recruited 10 middle and high school students who would like to partner up with young "book buddies" to share a love of reading. Send name, grade, and contact info to kathryn.laliberte@ilsleypubliclibrary.org

Want to know more about the Volunteer Process? Check out more information HERE.