SSD News & Announcements

Public news and announcements from The Stowe School District.

Monday, November 21, 2016

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  • Today's Stowe Reporter - SMS Personal Learning Plans / Garden Highlighted
    Click here for the entire article! Way to go Gardeners!

  • Garden Club T-Shirts for sale - $15 - See a Garden Club member or Mr. Grogan.
    See the shirts here on this link

  • The Refugee Outreach Club is hosting a winter clothing drive from  November 7th through  December 16th! Please bring in new or gently used winter coats, hats, mittens, boots, and any other warm clothing to the main lobby or to the lobbies at local elementary schools in the district. All donations will be going to the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program and other organizations with a mission to provide for local New American communities in Vermont.

  • HELP NEEDED WITH THE FRIDAY SKI & SNOWBOARD PROGRAM – Looking for more volunteers to help with the Friday Afternoon Ski and Snowboard Program groups. Whether you can commit to certain days or can be on the substitute list, we need more volunteers to keep the group sizes small (4 – 6 kids per group). Requirements – Attend a mandatory 1-day safety clinic on either December 17th or 18th. You will receive a day pass validated on the Fridays that you attend and a 1-day lift ticket voucher that can be used Sunday – Friday with the exception of some blackout dates and is transferable for family and friends. Program dates are January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 10, 17, and March 10, 17. Please email or call Dot at 253-4154 dot.hayden@lssuvt.org to receive more information.  

  • Winter Sports Registration: You can now register online for winter sports. Go to the NEW website www.stoweschoolsvt.com, at the top of the page click on Our Schools, go to Stowe Middle, click on School links, then to SMS Athletics, then click on Register for Sports online.  


  • The Stowe MS Nordic program will begin the week of 11/28. It will consist of 3-4 days/ week of training and races. Athletes will need both classic and skate skis. There will be an informational meeting for athletes on 11/15 at 3:00 in the Auditorium. If you have questions please email joanna.graves@lssuvt.org or cavandyke46@gmail.com

  • The Gym will be CLOSED after school today and ALL DAY TOMORROW, Tuesday November 22nd. The floors will be off limits as they are being prepared for the upcoming Basketball season! The gym will reopen on Monday November 28th.


  • Macey Crowder, a 5th grade student at Stowe Elementary School is doing a fundraiser called "Hope for Haiti" to raise money to help people affected by the hurricane. If you would like to contribute money to Hope for Haiti" (the money will go to Partners in Health) the money will be collected in the high school office. Macey will be picking up the donations at the end of the day on Thursday, December 1st.

  • Mount Mansfield Martial Arts is putting on an introduction to Tai Chi program. The program will run on Tuesday nights from 6:15-7pm at Studio 108 in Stowe. The course dates are Nov. 29th, Dec 6,13,20. The program is $55 for the public. Free for all Stowe School District Teachers and Staff.  Please contact Sdgdragon@aol.com to register.

  • The 2017 Ella Skye Art Calendar is here! There are so many ways to grab one before they sell out…on the web at www.ellaskyeart.com, Black Cap Coffee or Bear Pond Books in Stowe. You can also email Ella's mom at lauramacdonaldvt@gmail.com and have it delivered right to the high school. Calendars are %15.95 ($16.60 w/tax) 10% of all calendars sold support Heartbeet Lifesharing in Hardwick. Support local art, autism awareness and Heartbeet all at the same time!

  • 4th Annual Hunger's Hard, Baking's Easy! It's that time of year again! Please join your fellow friends and bakers as we prepare and donate baked good to the Lamoille Community food Share, Meals on Wheels, Clarina Howard Nichols and other great organizations in our area for the Thanksgiving holiday. Check out the link here for more information!

  • Poinsettia delivery date is Friday, December 2nd at Stowe Elementary School from 3:00 – 5:00pm.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

  • A Traditional Christmas in Stowe – Stowe Vibrancy is looking for volunteers on Saturday, December 3rd, setting up the Alpine Market at SES, decorating Santa's sleigh, meeting and greeting at Stowe Area Association. See Charlene in the HS for more details and to sign up.

SPORTS - Please see athletics website.

Visit Stowe Middle School Music website for upcoming events and details.


Calendar - Full calendar on website

November 21st Hunger's Hard Food Drop off by 2:00pm

November 23-25 Thanksgiving Recess NO SCHOOL

November 28th Winter Sports begin

Back to school!