The Buzz

They say April showers bring May flowers. Given that it's rained most of the day, we certainly hope the flowers are getting ready to bloom in May. May will also bring a lot of important events to Roxbury Village School, such as:

* Day in the Dirt RVS Garden Cleanup and Barbeque (5/7)

* Cognia Testing for our 3rd & 4th grade students (5/2 - 5/3 and 5/9 - 5/10)

* MSMS Caregiver Information Night for current 4th grade students (5/11)

* RVS Music Concert (5/23)

* Early Release Day for Students (5/26)

As a reminder, school will be closed for April Vacation next week. We look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday, May 1st!

Please join us on Thursday, April 20th for BINGO Night at RVS from 5:00-6:00.

Well we started the week at 23 degrees and ended it at 81! Wow! We took data about the weather all week- talking about clouds, wind, water, and temperate. Over the course of the week we watched the snow melt, and Friday we uncovered the last buried sled before we cleaned the sleds to put away. Additionally we learned some Super Readers Powers, started words sorting, and did a lot of writing. In math we continued to break whole numbers into parts (part part whole) and create drawings and equations.

Katie Swick

Spring is by far my favorite time of the year. I love the promise of new growth, sunshine and bare feet. We have been busy planting seeds in our classroom. All of the classrooms will be helping to grow beautiful and nutritious items for our whole school garden space. In Science we have been talking about the water cycle, and have been learning what a watershed is. As it is almost Earth Day we have also been talking about ways to keep our water clean, and recognizing the impact we have on the environment.

Karie DeCasas

In the 3rd and 4th grade classroom, we began a 3 week "Mystery Science- Earth day" unit on endangered species. We learned about what that phrase means, what animals are impacted by it, and how for many species it can be prevented. This launched us into an inquiry based discovery where we will present our findings after the break.

Danny Velez

As you may have heard Vermont has replaced the SBAC assessment with a new assessment called Cognia. All of our 3rd and 4th grade students at RVS will take this assessment for Reading and Math. Here is our RVS testing schedule:

• ELA for grades 3/4 -- May 2-3 (mornings)
• Math for grades 3/4 -- May 9-10 (mornings)

We thank you in advance for ensuring students arrive on time for school on these days. As always, we will provide a hearty breakfast each morning. If you have any questions or concerns about the Cognia tests, please reach out to Beth. Thanks!

GRADES 3&4

The ¾’s opened documents, formatted Haiku poems that they wrote, and shared the documents with me. The class, as a whole, is becoming proficient with documents. They worked on creating coding games and digital stories in Scratch.

GRADES 1&2

Grades 1 and 2 have been working on keyboarding skills by going through the four levels to play, each has 3 stages in each level. We start at the beginning level each time to learn the home row.

Kindergarten

We continue the work to be proficient with knowing where the letters are, as well as being more confident with the mouse pad. The games are getting easier, so navigating the keyboard and mouse pad is getting better. We continue to use different PBSkids games.

-- Cynthia McPhetres - Technology teacher

The MRPS Board of School Directors is meeting Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 6:30pm at Montpelier High School. Everyone is welcome to attend. Find the meeting agenda, minutes from past meetings, information about the work of the various School Board Committees, and more by visiting www.mrpsvt.org/school-board

Students enjoyed freezepops during recess on Thursday in celebration of the first 70 degree day of the season!

(We are trying to ignore the snow we still have on the playground!)

Wednesday 4/19 -- School Board Meeting at 6:30 -- Montpelier High School

Thursday 4/20 -- BINGO Night at RVS!

April 24-April 28 -- Spring Recess

Tuesday 5/2 & Wednesday 5/3 (mornings) -- Cognia Testing -- Grades 3 & 4 only -- Reading

Tuesday 5/9 & Wednesday 5/10 (mornings) -- Cognia Testing -- Grades 3 & 4 only -- Math

Sunday 5/7 1:30-4:30 RVS GARDEN DAY -- 1:30-4:30 pm

Thursday 5/11 -- Rising Gator Night at MSMS 6:00-7:00 pm (for grade 4 students/caregivers)

Tuesday 5/23 -- 6:00 RVS Music Concert

Friday 5/26 -- Early Release -- Students dismissed at 12:15

Summer is just around the corner and MRPS is once again hosting a variety of summer camps for incoming 1st - 12th graders! Visit https://www.mrpsvt.org/summer-2023 for all the details about this year's ultimate frisbee, basketball, strength and conditioning, and lacrosse camps!

Meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month!

Our Spring Garden Day is scheduled for May 7th 1:30-4:30 with a BBQ to follow. Please see the flyer for details.

School is in need of volunteers to help out! Please fill out the forms and do all necessary steps! This would be a great opportunity for parents to work along side staff and their children for certain events! Fun!!

Our Amazon wishlist Here is the link.
Donations are welcome as well. You or friends and family can donate directly to the school. Every penny helps!! Link is here.

Email: bethkellogg@mpsvt.org
Website: https://www.mrpsvt.org/rvs
Location: 1559 Roxbury Road, Roxbury, VT, USA
Phone: 802.262.1506
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Twitter: @RoxburyVS

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