Gertrude Chamberlin School

See information below about our Meadows Farm Fundraiser!

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https://meet.google.com/rhk-vrnx-bgs to join on Google Meets!

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View this calendar for in-school dates, early dismissal dates, and school vacations.

Dear South Burlington School District Families,

Thank you for being our partners in supporting student wellness and social-emotional skills. To better understand the school experiences and needs of your family, we are asking you to complete the following survey between now and October 9th, 2026. It will take 15-20 minutes to complete online.

The information collected from the survey will be used to better understand the needs and experiences of students, staff and families within our district. This data will help the district:

• Identify strengths and areas for improvement across the schools, and collectively as a District.

• Develop targeted strategies to support the social-emotional needs of students, staff and families.

• Inform planning at both the district and individual school levels.

• Support the professional development of staff in order to best support students, families and staff.

This is internal data that will be reviewed with staff and will guide our efforts to create a more supportive and inclusive school environment for all students, staff and families.

Take the Survey → Click Here

If you have students in more than one SBSD school: Please complete one survey per school to help us understand the unique experiences in each building

The survey is anonymous. Your individual responses are anonymous, and cannot be linked back to you.

Questions? Please reach out to Kat Yun, Director of Equity, Belonging and Family Engagement, (kyun@sbschools.net) or the building Principal at your student’s school.

We will be using the Pick-a-Time Conference scheduling tool for our October 2026 Family Teacher Conferences. You will need your student(s) id as your student’s FirstLastName. The security code is your child’s birthday in the following form MMDDYYYY.

Here is a link to the Pick-a-Time tool. Or use the QR code

Pick-a-Time will be open from 8 am on October 2nd, 2026, until October 19th, 2026 at 5 pm.

Here are directions for Parents on signing up for Pick-a-Time.

We will be offering both Virtual and In-Person conferences. Virtual links can be found in the Pick-a-Time scheduling tool or from your student’s teacher.

Please schedule your conference with your student’s HOMEROOM teacher.

You can also schedule time with our Integrated Arts team teachers: Mrs. Chandler(library), Mr. Riegler (PE), Mrs. Post (Music), and Mrs. Goodrich (Art).

THANK YOU to our Fine Arts Committee for organizing a fantastic "We Belong" movement to music residency with Rose Bedard! Our Fine Arts Committee is made up of the following staff members: Nancy Rogers, Cindy Tan, Lisa Post, Jenny Goodrich, Riggs, Alex Bahrenburg, Amanda McCarthy and Alyssa Chandler. Thank you to our PTO for providing funding for this event. We were also incredibly fortunate to receive a generous donation to our Fine Arts Fund from a former Chamberlin family in memory of their mother and grandmother, Pat Burgmeier, who worked at Chamberlin as a paraprofessional many years ago. We are very grateful for their support of the arts and our students. We hope you enjoyed the performance at the high school!

Mrs. McCarthy's and Mrs. Roger's classes got shout outs on the announcements for having the best attendance to start the year! For August and September, they had attendance rates that were above 98%! We will be giving monthly shout outs for classes with great attendance, so please make every effort to get your child to school when they are not sick. We know that getting to school on time and whenever possible makes a difference in their learning profile...we appreciate your partnership and we are here to support you with attendance pieces if you need help!

As part of our multi-tiered system of support (MTSS), we have an intervention block in our day. Each grade level has different 30 minute blocks during the day, allowing our reading specialist (Mrs. Payson), math specialist (Mrs. Jan Murphy) and 1 or 2 special educators to support classroom teachers during an intervention time. Teaching teams in grades K-5 will spend time next week during our early release day, analyzing recent assessments and forming groups based on the reading and math skills that students need to work on next in their learning journey. This time allows students to get the supports that they need outside of the universal math and reading blocks. Every six weeks, the team comes together, using student data, to reconfigure groups based on needs. At conferences in October your child's teacher will be discussing with you what your child is doing during our first WIN block.

GCS received a gold ribbon at the annual VT PBIS Forum in Killington last week for reaching the highest level of implementation for our PBIS efforts! Our SEL coaches, Megan Goyet and Lisa Rundle, are also our PBIS Coordinators who work hard to make sure we are developing and following a school action plan to provide positive supports for students and staff. Mrs. Goyet attended the forum last week and received our gold ribbon, which we will add to our PBIS banner in the lobby!

Packets will be coming home with your child(ren). Families who want to participate will need to register their child(ren) using the information in the packet. (If you have registered in past years, you will want to update your child's grade/teacher.) Online orders will be shipped as the orders are placed, to the address given by the buyer. An online customer who lives close to the student can choose to have their order shipped to the student for $1.95, but the student must be registered and acknowledge that they want to deliver orders. Otherwise, shipping is $4.95 per order.

There is also a prize program for students who sell at least one item. Feel free to share the information and your child's seller code with friends and family, even those who live out of state!

Already have enough wrapping paper? Not looking to add to your snack drawer at home? Please consider donating directly to our PTO which helps support field trips and school events. In the packet coming home with your child, you will see a purple flyer for our "Un-Fundraiser." You can send in a donation with your child, or use the QR code on the flyer to donate using Square.

Register here: https://portal.meadowfarms.com/?page=authSignup&groupid=1234001

If you have questions, please reach out to Heather Osborne: dauben20@gmail.com

The GCS PTO is uses Konstella as a way to connect with our school community. Our hope is that Konstella strengthens our school's sense of belonging and helps families connect with one another. This private, secure platform will help you get to know other parents and stay engaged. Whether you want to coordinate a playdate with a classmate's family or join a school committee, Konstella makes it easy to communicate and get involved.

With Konstella you’ll be able to:

• View PTO announcements and events.
• Access a school directory to connect with other parents.
• Easily sign up for volunteer opportunities.
• Message other families directly or in group chats.
• Choose your own notification and privacy settings.

Our hope is that families who want to join the Konstella platform and directory will do so by 10/30/26. The Konstella directory will be used in place of the GCS directory that used the google form. You must join Konstella and fill out your student’s information in order to be included in this directory. Please only input the information you are comfortable sharing with the GCS school community-it may be printed by the PTO if a printed copy is requested.

*If you require a printed copy, please reach out to samanthaeayrs@gmail.com or paquette442@hotmail.com to request one.

Please note, Konstella is available in multiple languages when using a desktop computer.

Click the link below or the QR on the photo above to join and under "Find Your School" type Gertrude Chamberlin School to get started!

Questions? Contact Samantha Earys samanthaeayrs@gmail.com.

https://www.konstella.com

The PTO has an awesome vendor for all of your SB gear needs! There are a variety of logos (see photo below) and items to choose from - you go online and pick your items and the logos you want on them, and then they will be shipped to your home for a flat fee of $4.95...and sometimes they run specials for free shipping! The PTO earns a portion of all sales which goes to support our school. This link will be open all year long, so you can order whenever you want! Click on the link below and get ready for our next spirit wear day!

As a Title I school, we have a School/Family Compact with agreements on how we will support all of our students at home and at school, to have positive learning outcomes. You can find the School/Family Compact in our Family Handbook, on the website and linked below.

During the SMC Ski Tri, young athletes (ages 6 to 13) will take on our kid-friendly course. On the beautiful Saint Michael’s campus, participants will swim, pedal, and run to the finish line. Racers are organized by age, and the distances are age appropriate. No experience is necessary! There are participation medals for all finishers and awards for the top 3 in each category.

REGISTER NOW

Thank you!

Saint Mike’s Nordic Ski Team

Email: hrussell@sbschools.net
Website: https://vt01819219.schoolwires.net/Domain/10
Location: Chamberlin School, White Street, South Burlington, VT, USA
Phone: 802 652 7403