Upcoming Dates

June 3 - Putney Palooza!  The weather looks great - 5:00 Art show opens, 5:30 grill gets going (free hotdogs, burgers and sides), 6:00 Bands start under the pavilion.

June 5 - Ice Cream Social

June 16 - 8th grade graduation - 6:00 at the pavilion weather permitting

June 17 - Field Day for students in the afternoon

June 18 - Last day for students, 11:45 Dismissal

 

Staffing Update

I am happy to share that we have minimal staff turnover this year, and that nearly all of our remarkable team of educators are returning.  With that said, I have one staffing update to share.  We have hired a new part time position of Garden Coordinator, and are excited to welcome Aliana Wilder into the role.  Aliana comes with expensive gardening experience, personally and professionally, and will starting working with us this summer and designing (both physically and conceptually) our garden program to bring it back to life!

 

Summer Camp

Speaking of summer, we are in preparation mode for our upcoming 4 weeks of PCS summer camp!  Rosters are full, but we will accept names on waitlists if you missed the sign up deadline.  Also, we have just sent out information for rising 7th and 8th graders to serve as counselors in training this summer, under the guidance of Aaron Walsh.  

From camp volunteer coordinators:

As many of you have been aware, we are working to integrate our community and our school in new and interesting ways. One of those initiatives involves our summer camp this year. We have created a signup where community members can volunteer to share skills, passions, and/or time with our summer campers. The camps will run through the month of July, and are fully staffed with teachers, but we hope that you will come help our kids learn about something, or just have a really fun experience. Campers will be spending the afternoon at the pool, so the window of opportunity is the morning between 8:30am and noon. You can do an activity for that whole time, or a shorter window. You could also run a shorter activity twice for two different groups of kids.

 

Community Summer Camp Volunteer List 

Volunteer Signup Deadline: June 13

 

We’re open to all ideas. Often the simplest ideas are the most popular, so don’t be concerned if you are not an expert. We can (probably) provide transportation if you have off campus activities. You can serve any number of students (although 10 kids would be a convenient lower number for camp). You can select the age of kids your activity is appropriate for. We expect it will be possible for volunteers to bring their own kids with them (if they’re not already in camp). 

 

Thank you all so much!

 

Student Achievements:

Accolades keep rolling in for our PCS students!  This week our middle school STEM enrichment class competed in the southern Vermont solar car race, and made it to the semifinals.  Thank you to Ms. Corey for facilitating this fun competition and Asa, Josie, Ivy, Finn, April, Kay, Ella and Mateo for representing PCS so well!

 

Also, this week we receiving notification that two of our students were selected as age range winners in the National Educate the Whole Child Art contest - Brynna Mabry won first place in the PK-2 age group, and Lena Quintal won first place in the 3rd-5th age group.  Congrats Brynna and Lena, and thanks to Ms. W for her ongoing work fostering excellence in the art room!

 

From the Vermont AOE: Summer EBT Benefits are Coming!

Vermont is issuing Summer EBT benefits starting on June 2nd. Most children who are eligible will receive the $120 benefit automatically. Benefits can be used to buy food at grocery stores, farmer’s markets, and online where EBT cards are accepted.

The Vermont Department for Children and Families will send you a letter if your family will get the benefit automatically. If you already have an EBT card, the benefits will be added to that card.  If you need a replacement card, you can call 1-888-354-0012 (Option 7). If you think you qualify, but you do not receive a letter by July 7th, please visit https://summerebt.vermont.gov/ to submit a short application.

 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend,

Jon