December 22 - January 2 - Winter Break

January 5 - First Day of School in the New Year

January 14 - PTO Meeting at 6pm in the Lothrop Library

January 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School

January 24 - PTO Indoor Movie Night

February 12 - K-2 Celebration of Learning (5pm) and Concert (6pm)

RNESU School Year Calendar 2025-26

Click here to access the calendar for the 2025-26 school year.

December Breakfast Menu

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December Lunch Menu

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OVUU School Board Seats for March 2026 Elections

The following seats are up for election in March 2026.

Brandon (Kevin Thornton)
Leicester (Lesley Bienvenue)
Pittsford – 1 year remaining of a 3-year term (Kevin White)
Whiting – 1 year remaining of a 3-year term (Rhiannon Banks-Morgan)
At-Large* (2 Seats: Paul Lathrop and Gabe McGuigan)
At-Large – 1 year remaining of a 3-year term (Garret Hewes)

*At-Large candidates can be from any of the OVUUSD towns: Brandon; Goshen; Leicester; Pittsford Sudbury; and Whiting.

Completed petitions, along with a signed Consent of Candidate Form, are due to your Town Clerk by Monday, January 26, 2026. Petitions for town specific seats require signatures of the lesser of 1% of registered voters or 30 signatures. Petitions for at-large seats require the signature of 60 registered voters.

For additional information about serving on the board, interested parties can review recent board materials available on the OVUU Board and BUU Board pages, attend an upcoming board meeting, or submit questions through Reach Out.

Lifetime activities will be for 3 weeks for grades 4th, 5th & 6th. Grades will rotate between ice skating, bowling, and rock climbing. The dates are on the following Tuesday afternoons: January 13, 20 and 27 with a snow day of February 3rd. Buses will leave the school at noon and be back in time for dismissal. Permission slips were sent home this week, please return them to the school in a timely manner. All families also need to fill out the online waiver for the Green Mountain Rock Climbing Gym (link is below). Thank you!

Waiver for Green Mountain Rock Climbing Gym

All families of 4th, 5th and 6th grade students need to fill out this online waiver for the Green Mountain Rock Climbing Gym. Thank you!

Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Advisory

The Vermont Department of Health has issued a health advisory for increased cases of pertussis among school-aged children. Please note the information below. Further information is available at www.healthvermont.gov/whoopingcough

It's hard to believe that we are almost at winter break. The past couple of weeks we have been working on our jump roping skills. In Kindergarten we start practicing the skill with a hula hoop and in the older grades we move on to trying different tricks and using the long jump ropes with two spinners. It is a lot of fun when we can get the whole class jumping in one big jump rope. Students also learned all the reasons why jump roping is a great exercise and how it helps with training for multiple sports. It is an exercise that also helps develop the six skill components of fitness. We are going to finish the month with some holiday themed activities.

On your students PE days please make sure your students are dressed appropriately to be able to move around and that they have sneakers with them to wear. Crocs and Loafers (Hey Dudes) are not safe for students to wear during PE class. This time of year in order to keep our gym in good shape and the floor safe for students I ask that students wear a different pair of shoes over to the gym for PE class and change into their sneakers when they arrive. The salt on the ground can get carried into the gym on the bottom of their shoes and make things slippery. I do have some extra sneakers in the gym if students forget them. If you have sneakers that are still in good condition that your child has outgrown we are always taking donations to make more sizes available for students.