Cougar Chronicle

10/27 - Field Trip to Hubbard Park (Everyone except PreK)

10/31 - Halloween Costume Walk

11/1 - 2025 Calais Halloween Spooktacular

1/4 - Parent Advisory Team Meeting

11/7 - Picture Day Retakes

11/13 - Friends of Calais Meeting

11/21- Coffee and Conversations with the Superintendent @ Rumney Memorial School

12/19 - Coffee and Conversations with the Superintendent @ Berlin Elementary

1/16 - Coffee and Conversations with the Superintendent @ Calais Elementary

Next week, she will be at Calais for our Field Trip on Monday, 10/27 and then on either Tuesday 10/28 or Thursday 10/30. (We are still ironing out the details!)

Our students have been working hard on our school rules: We are safe, We are kind and We are here to Learn AND they are working towards earning an ALL SCHOOL CELEBRATION. We are planning a Fall Decoration Day... but we need your help in order to make this happen! We are in need of:

Pumpkin carving tools (safe for kids)
PLAIN Brown paper leaf bags (to fill and decorate)

If you are able to donate any of these items, please sign up here. You can send things in with your child to be given to their teacher, or drop things off at the front office. We need donated items by Monday, October 29th.

With your help we can make this first celebration a fantastic, memorable event that was well earned!!

🕒 Time: 3:00 – 3:30 PM

📅 Date: October 31st

📍 All families welcome!

Come dressed in your silliest or most creative costume and join the fun!

The Calais Parent Advisory Team has many exciting opportunities planned for this year. Be on the lookout for sign-ups and more information, but we are looking forward to great things happening this year. If you have any questions or would like to join the Parent Advisory Team, please let Jarrod know.

Next meeting - Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 5:30pm in the Library.

Friends of Calais is a volunteer-led organization, collaborating to design fun, engaging events and programs intended to foster closer bonds within the Calais community. Click here for more information and to see a list of all of their upcoming events!

Hosted by the Friends of Calais & CES Parent Advisory Group

Saturday, November 1, 2025
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Calais Elementary School

Get ready for an afternoon of frightfully fun festivities at our 5th Annual Halloween Spooktacular! This year’s event will feature both trunk-or-treat and activity stations and a spooky house and warm up station — and we need YOU to help make it a spooky success! Click HERE for all of the details and to volunteer!

And please consider helping us with our Spooky House – we need help to make this happen! So if you can, please sign up in the Sign-Up Genius if you can.

Teamwork and Creativity for Children and Youth

https://www.destinationimagination.org/

We are hoping to start Destination Imagination teams for kids and teens this fall in Washington Central afterschool programs. This Challenge Experience is a fun way to do STEAM (STEM + Arts) projects and build social-emotional skills through teamwork.

Each group will do lots of creative activities, and collaborate on a project Challenge in one of these genres: Scientific, Technical, Engineering, Fine Arts, Improvisation, or Service Learning. Teams present their Challenge solutions in March at the State Tournament in Barre.

To make this happen for our students, we need adult Team Managers to supervise and facilitate team meetings once or twice a week after school. Vermont DI provides training, resources, and ongoing consultation. Are you interested? Please contact vtdicreativity@gmail.com

Barre Figure Skating Club

Central Vermont Swim Club

Girls on the Run

This weekend and next week at the last games/practices for our Cougar soccer teams. They have had a great season and we are proud of what they have accomplished. Great job, Cougars!

We are a budding community group of parents, caring friends, caregivers, and district staff gathering to share and think together. We explore our questions and concerns, share resources and experiences as we love, and teach our LGBTA++ young people.

Our meetings are the second Monday of each month. Any questions? Please send an email to svermilya@u32.org

Just Basics is partnering with Calais Elementary School along with The Humanity & Justice Calais Coalition to assist families in the Calais area with weekly food and household essentials.

Families who are interested may contact Caroline Munroe at Just Basics through her cell at: (802)917-8164 or by email at caroline@justbasicsvt.org or feel free to stop by Counselor’s Office or Main Office at Calais Elementary School or email Ruth Frisenda at rfrisenda@u32.org if you wish to complete intake form to receive items.