tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54863782619906484382023-11-15T09:28:59.369-05:00PAML NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTSNews and Announcements as well as snippets of PAML Happenings for the PAML community!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-41924323084917965552017-09-08T15:05:00.006-04:002017-09-08T15:05:36.033-04:00September 8, 2017<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-64095170390960833342017-09-01T07:00:00.000-04:002017-09-01T07:00:31.662-04:00Managing Worries and Anxiety<div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we end our first week of school it has been quite impressive to see so many nervous students visibly begin to relax and enjoy themselves at school. The smiles and connections are very inspiring to see as the students begin to embrace the opportunities in Middle Level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many students feel anxious and overwhelmed during the school year and allowing them to talk about it without trying to solve it for them allows them to understand their own reactions. If they do need help managing these feelings, here is one strategy that give them a guide. It is a good practice for all of us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>Have them take a deep breath:</u></b> This can shift it in their body - it may take a few.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-63279577573794737762017-08-31T16:02:00.000-04:002017-08-31T16:02:02.392-04:00August 31, 2017<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Instrument rental night:</b> On September 7th there will be an instrument rental night at 6:00pm in the PA music room. All students interested in renting an instrument are encouraged to attend.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-54961245488994484602017-08-29T10:55:00.001-04:002017-09-07T08:10:27.868-04:00E-Registration <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">E-registration: </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This year we are doing our annual school registration online again. This is for your convenience as you only have to review and sign-off on existing data and make changes as necessary. It is also quicker if you have multiple students in our EMMU school system. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are having difficulty with <a href="https://ps.morrisville.org/public/home.html">e-registration</a>, please call Melissa Gillen at 888-4541 or 802-<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">279-7791. She can easily walk you through the process.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; text-indent: -24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you do not have access to a computer to do this, come by the PAML office and we can provide one for you to use and help you through it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Karen Weeks</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-51329214152026783812017-08-25T14:45:00.002-04:002017-08-25T15:37:02.247-04:00Friday August 25, 2017<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>First day of school:</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The first day of school is Monday, August 28th. Please also note that starting this year we will be starting school at 7:55. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Website Transitions: </b>We are moving to a new website, this will include a new sign-up for News and Announcements blog. More information about this will be forthcoming.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Student and parent sport night:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The PAML sports meeting will be August 28th at 5:30 in the high school auditorium. Students wanting to play a fall sport should attend. Fall sports consist of: soccer for 6-8th grade and cross country for 5-8th grade.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Instrument and Chorus demo: </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5th grade students will have a chance to meet the new chorus teacher, Ms. Leopold on August 28th. Students will also have an opportunity to attend a demo of the various instruments with Mr. Bruce on August 29th.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Lower house field trip:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The 5th and 6th grade will be going to Elmore State Park for a day of team building activities on September 8th from 8:30-2:15pm.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Picture Day:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Picture day will be held on September 13th for all middle level students. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Meadow Farm fundraiser:</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Meadow Farm fundraiser will start on September 14th. Students will be bringing home fundraiser packets.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-21295657621097595482017-08-18T14:57:00.000-04:002017-08-18T15:16:54.173-04:00Friday, August 18, 2017<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-44471304953951657972017-08-17T14:22:00.002-04:002017-08-17T14:22:49.594-04:00Capital Project Committee Is Seeking Input<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
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project and a Peoples Academy/Peoples Academy Middle Level project. To narrow the options for consideration by
voters, the Capital Project Committee is seeking input from the community. A short, two question </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/lssuvt.org/emuu/capital-projects"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">survey</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> on your preferences for each of the options is available and can be
completed at any school or either Town Clerk’s office. The survey, as well as additional information
including comprehensive </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/lssuvt.org/emuu/capital-projects"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">videos</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">, is also available online at the following location:</span> <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/lssuvt.org/emuu/capital-projects"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;">https://sites.google.com/a/lssuvt.org/emuu/capital-projects</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lisa Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10187984158923879874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-21365062082790031072017-08-08T10:09:00.001-04:002017-08-08T10:09:36.393-04:00"Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?"<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would like to share my thoughts after reading a fascinating and sobering article titled "Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?" which appears in the September issue of The Atlantic. The San Diego State University professor and author, Jean Twenge, has studied generational trends for 25 years and has noticed some big differences in "IGen", children born between 1995 and 2012 and who don't remember a time without smart phones as part of their everyday life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I have noticed is that adolescents feel pressure to respond to, post, check their likes, check out other people's stories, keep up the streak and be visible on social media, but when we limit this, it is actually a relief. As parents we can give them the out by limiting their use and/or checking their sites.<br /><br />This article is food for thought, the blog is a reminder to all of us, adults included, to keep balance in our lives. Do something outside every day, talk together face to face, turn off the wi-fi or have a no -phones at the table rule. As much as we all love our phones, I felt a surge of relief last year in the Middle Level when phones were no longer allowed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns you have, thank you. Jessica</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-57672402655759860222017-06-27T09:22:00.000-04:002017-06-27T09:22:18.596-04:00Tarrant Blog PostCheck out this blogpost from Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education, highlighting the bridge competition that was held earlier this year.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-17795151007266623742017-06-23T12:32:00.000-04:002017-06-23T12:32:02.772-04:00Maple Leaf 2017We had a wonderful Maple Leaf experience with our 6th graders. A slideshow was created to share some of the fun. <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e0ZBjYLjInwgCA8JE0wd7u010jPWPakbt-gutWSL2HY/edit?ts=5937e383#slide=id.gc6f972163_0_36">Link to slideshow</a> Enjoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-36398872086605594402017-06-09T15:16:00.000-04:002017-06-09T15:16:33.153-04:00June 9, 2017<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-22183788859938147152017-06-06T08:20:00.001-04:002017-06-06T08:20:40.243-04:00School Board Brief - May 31, 2017<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-62664233182331468802017-05-31T14:31:00.005-04:002017-06-01T08:09:53.479-04:00PAML at the Geo-Bee<div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: left;">5 Students attended the VPA Geo-Bee recently and their team came in 3rd place! This was the first time in a long time that PAML has had a Geography Team. It all came about due to a tenacious 6th grade student named Mary Fowler. She had interest, and pursued it during her Opportunity Time. Congratulations to all, and especially Mary for making this a reality for our school. Mrs. Magoon was the faculty member who accompanied these students to Barre for the event. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-71384040363343725342017-05-31T14:27:00.003-04:002017-05-31T14:27:36.409-04:00KEECInterested in this year's <span style="color: red;"><b>Keewaydin Environmental Education Center adventures? </b></span>Check out the blog:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-51599479297132535052017-05-29T18:00:00.000-04:002017-06-01T15:54:01.093-04:00iPad Turn-in Day!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-14189400790320821632017-05-19T07:48:00.000-04:002017-05-26T15:46:05.991-04:00Friday, May 19, 2017<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>NO SCHOOL - MONDAY, MAY 29TH:</i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In observance of the federal Memorial Day holiday. Students will return to school on Tuesday, May 30th.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>MAPLE LEAF PROJECT:</i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The PAML 6th grade will participate in this annual event May 30th-June 1st from 9:00-11:30am each day, and students will return to PAML in time for lunch. Local community businesses have invited our students to join them and learn what their business is about, how the business is run, and how products are made. Students will have hands-on experience each day during their participation. Be sure to enjoy a dialogue with your student about their experience! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>High Note Festival:</i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Dan Bruce will be taking students from 6-7-8th grade band/chorus to participate in the High Note Music Festival at the Great Escape in Lake George NY. on June 2nd. The bus will depart from school at 6:00am and arrive back at 8:00pm. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-88410210057330256112017-05-17T13:23:00.002-04:002017-05-17T13:26:08.891-04:00Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability @ PAML<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the PAML Sustainability team members <br />just before their presentation at the <br />May 12th conference.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>From Kate Toland: </b></u></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Friday, May 12 four groups of students got together at Peoples Academy Middle Level to celebrate and share their work related to sustainability. The day was inspiring and left me feeling incredibly hopeful about our future. We designed the meeting to reconvene the students and teachers who attended the Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability Conference at Shelburne Farms last September so they could share their projects with one another. The teachers asked the students to identify what worked well and what they would like to see added to next year's Cultivating Pathways work. They sat and talked in groups for about 10 minutes; they chatted easily together and produced some helpful and exciting lists. Here they are:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-working well with people</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-going to Shelburne Farms</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-helping around the school</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-cleaning out compost bins</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-hearing other people</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-creating a better world</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-sharing what we have done</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-excited and enthusiastic about projects which made it go well</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-communication with the different schools</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-feedback</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-communication and how everyone worked well together</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-different ideas from different schools coming together and the ability to build off of each other</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-schools being helpful and building off the other to create better ideas</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-good--stayed focused</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-student passion and freedom</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-self determined (not driven by teachers)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-Presenting</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-Everything was connected and went together</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-we were all engaged and comfortable</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-presenters got good feedback</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-projects seemed successful</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-everyone was a respectful audience</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-we learned it is not hard to make a change</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-we learned many more things need to be fixed than we realized</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-we learned that sustainability can mean a lot</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-we learned if you see a problem, act on it</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">What we want to do next year:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-chickens</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-more sustainable milk consumption (recyclable cartons)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-expanding more into community</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-solar panels</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-create a better world and help people</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-greenhouse (actually use it)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-involve more goals</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-try to expand and involve more schools</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-during presentations to groups try to add even more hands on like the Kahoot</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-have a bigger group discussion and have the different schools try to suggest more things for the other schools to do or improve on</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-sustainability class?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-set aside time (whole school would participate, more work would get done)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-meet in January? Google Hangouts?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-more funding</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-more icebreakers (games)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-organized schedule</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-invite more students</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-show projects not just in a powerpoint</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-meeting space that's closer to everyone</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-better space</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-more hands-on activities</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Our hopes for future of this work: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-more schools will come</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-more schools will be sustainable</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-the projects we talked about will be accomplished</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">-bigger goals, better ideas or what can be done/accomplished</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>From Leah Bronner - our PAML Sustainability Team Leader:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Sustainability Team was thrilled with the support they got from other participants at the conference. This is the first year of working as the Sustainability Team and they were feeling that they had not accomplished much. Other schools were <u>very impressed</u> with their work especially since they don't have a specific class to complete projects.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is what they highlighted from their work this year:</span><br />
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Educating 5/6 graders in AT about recycling and composting</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Developing and leading the 5-8 grade community gathering</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">In a joint </span><span class="il" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">meeting</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with the Stowe School </span><span class="il" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the Lamoille South Supervisory Union, the Elmore-Morristown Unified Union (EMUU) interviewed Peter Clarke, a consultant who specializes in Act 46. After discussion, the Stowe and EMUU </span><span class="il" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">boards</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> voted to hire Mr. Clarke to help structure the process of our Act 46 study and response. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-25385218613040448152017-05-14T18:45:00.004-04:002017-05-14T18:45:40.768-04:00Girls Science Discovery Day at UVM<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, May 6, 2017 Ms. Zuccarello accompanied 5 PAML 8th grade girls to the UVM Girls Science Discovery Day. She said "Our <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">students were so amazing. They were kind, respectful, eager to participate, and represented our PAML girls as intelligent, curious young ladies. I was proud to be by their side! They will make outstanding future scientists!" Here are a few of the photos she took while there with the girls.</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486378261990648438.post-34445354881981229792017-05-08T23:06:00.005-04:002017-05-08T23:06:56.730-04:00PAML visits Stowe Middle School<div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">On April 25th, Stowe Middle School hosted 12 students from Peoples Academy Middle Level. Students came together to share their personalized learning from this year. The afternoon consisted of making pizzas together, student-led cooperative games, and sharing PLPs.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">PAML students provided feedback to SMS students about their PLP Projects. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">In the end students created video reflections of the day.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span><div>
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