District Updates

• 🏫 Back to School
• ⏰ School Start/End Times
• 🚌 Register for Transportation
• 😁 First Day Smiles
  
• 🍎 Child Nutrition Reminders
  
• 📱 Download the EWSD App!
  
• 📖 2024-25 District Handbook

EWSD in the News

Happenings

Upcoming Events

• 🔔 No School On September 2
  

EWSD Social Media

The countdown to school has begun! Visit our Back 2 School page for helpful school information and resources, including:

• Upcoming back to school events
• Answers to frequently asked questions
• And how to stay connected to the EWSD!

Please note the time your student's school starts and ends for this upcoming school year (they are the same as last year). Early release days are every Wednesday, when school will end one hour before its regular dismissal time. Example: If your school ends at 2:45 p.m., on early release days it will end at 1:45 p.m. If you have any questions, contact your school's administrative assistant.

If your EWSD student will need bus transportation this year, please sign up online through PowerSchool through the annual student update.

If you have any issues logging into PowerSchool, please reach out to the EWSD HelpDesk: helpdesk@ewsd.org

We are so excited to welcome everyone back to school starting on Monday, August 26!

Share your first day of school photos with us by emailing them to communications@ewsd.org 😁📸

The EWSD offers healthy meals every school day. Thanks to Vermont’s Universal School Meals Act, all children will get free breakfast and lunch at school without any concern about your household income or ability to participate. Menus are posted on our website and include multiple choices for breakfast and lunch including meatless options daily. All meals include access to fruits, vegetables, and fresh milk.

Effective beginning this school year, EWSD is enrolled in the Community Eligibility Program. Because of this, students will not need their PIN to access meals at school. Additionally, we are no longer collecting free and reduced meal applications. Students are permitted to access one breakfast and one lunch each school day.

If a student has food allergies or sensitivities, please report that directly to the school nurse’s office. The school nutrition program accommodates documented allergies and will work with nurses and families on a case by case basis to ensure students are able to access school meals safely.

The EWSD mobile app is here to help students, parents, and community members stay up to date on what is happening in our schools from your phone! On the app, you can read the latest announcements, view lunch menus, and review upcoming events!

The EWSD app is available to download free from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.

The 2024-25 EWSD handbook is now available online. This handbook serves as a guide to our school policies, procedures, and expectations and is a valuable resource for both students and their families.

• EWSD summer meals program expands reach to rural communities (Essex Reporter)
• 12-year-old performs the national anthem ahead of Friday night's Lake Monsters game (My NBC5)
• Summer spells renovations for EWSD buildings (Essex Reporter)
• Olympic track star Elle St. Pierre a role model for young Vermont athletes (My NBC5)
• EWSD superintendent to retire; school board starts process to fill position (Essex Reporter)
• Essex senior QB returns from injury to lead Hornets toward state championship run (My NBC5)

• Essex football looks to contend again (WCAX)

Reminder that there will be no school on Monday, September 2. Please plan accordingly.

School will resume on Tuesday, September 3. For a full list of planned school closures, visit our school calendars online.

Email: communications@ewsd.org
Website: www.ewsd.org
Location: 76 Pearl Street, Suite 201, Essex Junction, VT 05452
Phone: 802-878-8168