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January 04, 2010

Volume 11, Issue 5 Swanton SchoolNews868-5346/868-4920

www.swantonschool.org

The Americas Promise Alliance is apartnership between nonprofitgroups, corporations, community

leaders, charitable foundations, faith-based organizations and individualscommitted to improving the lives ofour nations children. Under theleadership of General Colin Powell,and Board Chair, Alma Powell, theAlliance has become the nationslargest partnership focused on thewell-being of our young people. Thecore concepts that the Alliancepromotes are 5 Promises for youth:caring adults, safe places, a healthystart, an effective education and

opportunities to help others.The 100Best Communities for YoungPeople Award identifiescommunities nationwide that havemade the well-being of children andyouth a priority. We are proud toannounce that the FranklinNorthwest Supervisory Union hasbeen recognized as one of the 100Best Communites for utilizingpartnerships to provide a wide array

FNWSU One of the 100 BestCommunities for Young People!

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of community-based services suchas our award winning bookmobile,early childhood services, award

winning after school programs(Crossroads and Circle of Courage),and collaboration with communityorganizationssuch as UVMExtension, and the NorthwesternCounseling and Support Services.On January 27th, SwantonElementary School will join otherFNWSU organizations to celebratethis honor at Mississquoi ValleyUnion High School. We are proud tobe a part of this prestigious awardand hope you will join us for this

community-wide celebration from5:00-8:00 pm!

Our standard for indoor recess is when the real feeltemperature is below 10 degrees Farenheit. Please DO sendchildren bundled for cold weather, as we check the conditionsthroughout the day and make the call right before recess. Sincethe weather can change throughout the day, please always sendyour child prepared for outdoor play. Teachers have other dutiesduring recess, so if your child is not well enough to go out forrecess, please keep your child home until they are healthy enoughto enjoy the fresh air. Thanks!

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Author, artist and former VTresident, Bonnie Christensen,visited the 4th-6th grade classroomson Monday, January 3rd. Thanks toour music teacher, Mrs. Ewell, Ms.

Christensen visited SwantonElementary School as well as theother schools in our supervisoryunion, to talk about her latest book,Django:, Worlds Greatest JazzGutarist. Students were presentedwith a slideshow about Django andhis life as a gypsy. Mrs. Christensenalso answered questions aboutbeing an author/illustrator, andshared some of her originalpaintings from the book. In theirmusic and library classes, students

have been learning about the lifeand music of Django Reinhardt, a

Author Bonnie Christensen VisitsSwanton Elementary School

Romani gypsy who was badlyburned at the age of 18. Using only2 digits on his hand to play theguitar, Django invented an entirelynew style of jazz guitar technique in

the 1940s. Special thanks to ourlibrarian, Mrs. Oglesby for featuringbook talks about Django and Mrs.Messier, instrumental music teacherat Swanton Elementary, and Mr.Bowers, technology coordinator atMVU, for playing compositions byDjango during the presentation.

Calendar

January 5th PTOMeeting, SchoolBudget, Central

Cafeteria, 6 pm.

January 10th SchoolBoard Meeting, CentralLibrary, 5:30 pm.January 17th - NOSCHOOL for students.Staff inservice day.

January 26th FavoriteSport Day, Spirit Day

January 27th FNWSU100 Best CommunitiesCelebration, MVU, 5-8pm.

February 2nd PTOMeeting, CentralCafeteria, 6 pm.

February 4th: NOSCHOOL for students.Staff inservice day.

February 10th Family

Night, TechnologyBee, 6 pm.

February 14th, SchoolBoard meeting inCentral Library, 6 p.m.

February 18th NAEPassessment for 4th

graders

February 21st March1st : No School. Winter

Break.

Attendance Procedure

Swanton Elementary School has anattendance procedure to ensurethe safety and optimal learning forall of our students. Vermont lawrequires schools to keep an

accurate register of studentattendance. Students who arriveat school after 8:00 am will benoted as tardy in their studentrecord. Students who are not inschool will be marked either absentexcused or absent unexcused.Valid excuses for student absenceare illnesses, observance ofreligions holidays, familyemergency or other circumstancesasdetermined by the school board.If your child is going to be absent

from school, please call before 9:30to let us know. If we have notreceived notice by 9:30, we will callhome or work to ensure that yourchild is safe. This will be consideredan unexcused absence. Parentswill be contacted if their child istardy or absent (excused orunexcused) from school more than5 days in any one trimester, ormore than 10 accumulated days in

the school year. We will work withfamilies and any if necessaryoutside social service, health, orlaw enforcement partners toensure your child is in school on

time each day. See the handbookon our school website for moreinformation regarding attendance.

Thank you for helping us makelearning and safety a top priority!

Did you know that January isFinancial Literacy Month inour school libraries? All K-6students will be learningabout money concepts duringtheir visits to the library!