Bridport Community Newsletter

Happy Sunday, Bridport Families!

It is ALL about apples at Bridport these days! Last week, Shelburne Farms visited on Wednesday and made delicious apple-based recipes with each classroom. The apple crisp was a huge hit, and making fresh apple cider was so much fun!

This coming Wednesday, our whole school is heading to Champlain Orchards! Students will pair up with their big/little buddies to pick apples, explore the orchard, and enjoy lunch together in the courtyard. We are so excited for a wonderful day together.

A Few Important Updates:

• Open House Tomorrow (5:30 PM – 7:00 PM): Please join us! Drop in whenever you can and stay as long as you'd like. The students are so proud of their work this year and can't wait to show you around.

• Parent-Teacher Conferences: Conference season is right around the corner! Keep an eye out for a sign-up forms coming soon.

• Staffing News: We are thrilled to welcome Danielle Sullivan to our team as a Kindergarten paraeducator! She is a wonderful addition, and we are so lucky to have her.

I hope you are all enjoying this gorgeous weekend!

Warmly,

Jenny

Last week, we wrapped up our Fall Screener window. Our students did a fantastic job showing what they know and giving their best effort! Here is a quick look at how we are using this information to support your child:

• Reviewing the Data: This Wednesday during Early Release, our staff will analyze the academic and social-emotional data from the first six weeks to identify where students need extra support or targeted extension.

  
  

• Targeted Learning During Flex Time: Daily Flex Time allows students to work directly on specific skills. Depending on their needs, they will collaborate with classroom teachers, academic interventionists, school counselors, or specialists.

  
  

• Instructional Support in the Classroom: Our Curriculum Coordinators, Interventionists, and Instructional Specialists are already collaborating with teachers—and co-teaching in many classrooms—to ensure high-quality instruction across all subjects.

  
  

You will receive your child’s official FAST family report during parent-teacher conferences in a few weeks. In the meantime, please feel free to reach out to your child's teacher if you have any immediate questions!

Our school community is always looking for caring, enthusiastic individuals to join our list of guest teachers and staff. Substituting is a wonderful, flexible way to stay connected, support our incredible students, and ensure our classrooms continue to run smoothly when staff are away. Whether you can cover a full day or just a few hours a week, your time makes a tremendous difference for our teachers and kids. If you or someone you know is interested in stepping in to support our school, please reach out to the main office for quick details on how to get started!

ACSD has changed how district Google accounts share documents to better protect student and family information.

What this means for families:

• Documents ACSD staff send you will usually come as an email attachment, such as a PDF, instead of a Google Docs link.

• When you send something to ACSD staff, please attach the file to your email. Google Docs or Drive links shared from personal accounts may not open for staff.

• If you can't open something from ACSD, let the staff member know and they'll send it another way.

Please also be careful with unexpected emails saying a document has been shared with you, especially if they ask you to sign in or verify your identity. This applies even when the email appears to come from someone you know. If you're unsure, check with the sender by phone or in a separate email.

Monday Oct 5- Open House- 5:30

Wednesday Oct 7- Field Trip to Champlain Orchards

-Early Release Day

Oct 22 & 23- No School

Oct 29 - Picture Day

The first ACSD School Board Town Hall is Monday, October 5th at 6pm at Weybridge Elementary School. Child care & light refreshments provided. Learn how the statewide education transformation legislation will impact ACSD. Share hopes & ask questions about the future. Community members from all ACSD towns are welcome to attend any School Board Town Hall.

Last week, our kindergarteners put their knowledge they've gained about patterns to the test! They used many different materials to create different pattern sets they had learned about. It was SO fun! Way to go mathematicians!

Each Friday at BCS, we have all -school meeting. This looks like all students and teachers joining together in a circle to celebrate eachother, play a game and build our community. It's also a chance to shout out the awesome-ness we see everyday!

I have the privilege of handing out the "Principal's Award" to students who go above and beyond to include others, follow the rules, and give their best effort on learning. Check out this week's recipients!

Across our district, we are facing significant transportation challenges caused by driver shortages on multiple bus routes. You can find revised bus routes here based on Week 1 changes, and also in your principal’s newsletters. We hope the changes we made in Week 1 will offer stability moving forward and we will continue to make adjustments as needed and hope to get back to our normal bus routes as quickly as possible. However, we are also working to capture the full impact this challenge has had on our families as we escalate this situation to the the Secretary of Education and BetCha’s parent company, STA. Please use this form to document the impact any bus disruptions had on your family so that we can act on and/or pass along the information as we seek resolution.

802 Smiles Dental Hygiene Program is returning this Fall in October and November to offer free dental screenings and preventative care to all ACSD students. Please complete the forms by October 22, if you would like your child to participate. You can access the forms here, or there are paper copies available at your school.