• Principal's Update
• Dates to Remember
• U-32 Fall Craft Fair Information
• How to access your student's grades in Infinite Campus
• Connecting Hope Winter Warm-Up Winter Outwear Drive Information
• Marine Biology via VTVLC
• College/Post High School Planning Fair - November 14th
• Scholarship Information and Senior Calendar
• Train with Green Mountain Academy
• U-32 Yearbook Orders (and info for Seniors!)
• U-32 Tandem Calendar

Happy Friday U-32 Community,

As I write this, Parent/Teacher/Student conferences are taking place and I have seen several families in the school talking with teachers. I hope you were able to connect with teachers to discuss students' progress and needs. I know that there were some difficulties with our scheduling software for these conferences, and we will be changing to a much better system for our spring conferences so we don't run into any problems. I also encourage families or students to reach out to teachers if they have any questions or concerns.

We have had no updates to the bus shooting incident since the last email from our Superintendent. In a previous email, she shared the following:

It may be helpful for you to know that after incidents such as these, we meet with all of the agencies involved (school, law enforcement, our contracted bus company) to understand exactly what happened in the moment and why, debrief those actions, discuss what we learned and make adjustments to our response plans moving forward. Our school-based and district safety teams also debrief incidents. We are still early in this process, but this is part of our protocol. I will be sharing more information after that occurs.

We will provide more information as we have it. Please feel free to reach out to U-32 if you have additional questions.

Thank you and have a great weekend.

Steven

• November 11th U-32 Fall Craft Fair - come see us!
• November 11th Connecting Hope Winter Warm-Up Winter Outerwear Drive
• November 14th College/Post High School Planning Fair
• November 15th Marine Biology via VTVLC Application Deadline
• November 15th VT Presidential Scholarship Self-Nomination Deadline
• November 15th Green Mountain Academy Registration Deadline
• November 22 - 24th Vacation!

At U-32, we use a Proficiency-Based grading system that scores students on rubrics that are scaled from 0-4. Each course will score students on multiple standards in each Student Learning Outcome and student performance on each of these standards are used to determine the overall Course Score. I have created a video that shows you how to look at student progress on course standards and how to review student progress on assignments. There is also information in our guide, Understanding your child's Report Card and Transcript, on how to look at student scores.

In addition to Course Scores, we also track progress towards graduation. Progress towards graduation is on our Transcripts, where we show Course Scores that make up the Grade Point Average, and overall progress on our Student Learning Outcomes. It takes students multiple years in several courses to meet our graduation expectations in each of our Learning Outcomes and our Transcript tracks that progress.

Additional information about Infinite Campus: IC is our Student Information System that we have used for the past decade to house demographic information, grades and transcripts. IC is the program where you can review information such as attendance, grades, assignments, and schedules. Infinite Campus can be accessed through this link , which can also be found on the main page of our website in the top right corner. If you get to this page and do not have access to Infinite Campus you can email Tracy Martin, tmartin@u32.org, and she will provide you with access information.

You can also access the Parent Portal or Student Portal of Infinite Campus by downloading the Portal App for either Android or iPhone onto your phone and following the same login process as the website. Your view of Infinite Campus as a parent or student will be very similar no matter what platform you use. To help you see the features of Infinite Campus, I have recorded a video that I encourage you to watch. There are also other resources available from Infinite Campus that are listed below:

Campus Portal login intro video

Student Portal Guide

Parent Portal Guide

I hope that these resources are helpful as we begin to use more of the Infinite Campus functionality to communicate with our community.

U-32 partners with VTVLC to sponsor three students to enroll in the VTVLC Marine Biology course. This course is designed to inspire young adults to understand and care about the ocean with authentic activities that contribute to the community and nature and involve students with organizations outside the school.

Students collected REEF (https://www.reef.org/db/reports/batch/VTVLC2023bermuda.dat?format_type=chart&group_type=species&language=common&year=2023&region_code=TWA&%23collapsed=1 ) Fish Data and studied at BIOS (https://bios.asu.edu/ ) in Bermuda.

See our Blog at https://jadelotusmcmillan.wixsite.com/marinebiology

U-32 pays for the course and students are responsible for the cost of the field trip if they choose to attend. VTVLC does also offer field trip scholarships.

If there are more than 3 interested students, U-32 will hold a lottery.

To sign up, see your school counselor by 11/15.

U-32 is hosting the 2nd College/ Post HS Planning Fair this fall. The following will be in the U-32 atrium on Nov 14th from 12-1:45pm.. Students can sign up with Lisa LaPlante to attend during Callback.

Air Force Academy

Alfred University

Bishop's University

Central Maine Community College

Champlain College

Community College of Vermont

Lincoln Tech

Lynn University

Mitchell College

Norwich University

Plymouth State University

Russell Sage College

Saint Michael's College

Sterling College

Suffolk University

UCONN

University of Maine at Fort Kent

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

US Army

Vermont Army National Guard

Vermont State University

Western New England University

https://carsonscholars.org/scholarships/current-scholars/

https://carsonscholars.org/nomination-rules-and-policies/

https://carsonscholars.org/gpa-calculation-rules-and-policies/

https://carsonscholars.org/nomination-tips-and-essay-questions/

The scholarships below are accepting applications between now and December 31st, 2023.

For more details about each scholarship and the eligibility requirements, read the details below carefully.

$10,000 (20 Awards)

Young Artist Award

Deadline: November 15, 2023

For Eligibility: Click Here

$1,000 (1 Award)

Copyright in the Cyberspace Scholarship

Deadline: November 30, 2023

For Eligibility: Click Here

$2,000 (2 Awards)

PixelPlex Bi-Annual STEM Scholarship

Deadline: December 5, 2023

For Eligibility: Click Here

$850 (3 Awards)

Youth Scholarship Program

Deadline: December 31, 2023

For Eligibility: Click Here

$50,000 (1 Award)

Niche Scholarships

Deadline: December 14, 2023

For Eligibility: Click Here

VIEW ALL SCHOLARSHIPS

Vermont Presidential Scholarship

The Saint Michael's College Vermont Presidential Scholarship is bestowed upon Vermont's highest achieving students, and offers awards ranging from $22,000 to full tuition (renewable over four years). This scholarship reflects our commitment to providing Vermont students with the educational opportunities they need and deserve in order to do well and do good in the world.

Interested seniors, please nominate yourself be letting Lisa LaPlante or your school counselor know that you are interested.

U-32 can nominate up to five seniors.

Deadline to self nominate is Nov 15th.

Also, check out Naviance Student weekly …. Not Just for Seniors!

Senior Calendar (see the 12th Gr PLP Course in IC for future months)

November

• Meet with college representatives virtually.
  
• Check with your teachers, coaches, and/or TA to ensure that letters of recommendation are sent on time.
• Mail applications for colleges with “rolling” deadlines as soon as possible.
• Keep polishing your essay.
• Continue to attend meetings with college representations.
• Check in with your counselor.
• Remember; Colleges take senior grades seriously.

December

• SAT Reasoning & SAT Subject Tests: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/registration/dates-deadlines
• ACT information: https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/registration.html
• Put the finishing touches on your essay. Be sure to proofread!
• Try to wrap up applications before winter break. Photocopy all application materials before sending them in.
• Send standardized test scores to your colleges. It can be done electronically at collegeboard.com or by phone at 800-SAT-SCORE.
• Early Decision and Early Action letters start arriving this month. Check with individual schools to confirm dates. Good luck!
• Regular applicants: call admissions offices to set up interviews if needed.
• Complete CSS Profile if you haven’t already done so
• Check in with your Counselor.

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(Links below!)