HIKE DAY is Thursday, October 2, 2014!

Be sure you fill out the volunteer paperwork before joining us on Thursday.

Hike begins at 9:15-9:20 a.m. at Windekind Farm 

and we'll return to school about 1:15 pm.

Welcome Kelly Spreen, "Miss Spreen"! Kelly is our new P.E. teacher. She is a recent graduate of the University of Vermont and worked at Summit Street School in Essex last year. Kelly has an amazing way with our students and continues to keep them constantly moving! If you are joining us for hike day you can say"hi" then as she is at school on Thursdays and Fridays.

Welcome Mary Morin, "Mrs. Morin"! 

Mary is a new teaching assistant; we're  so lucky to have added such a caring,

compassionate, team player to our staff.

Check out this amazing harvest from the school garden, delicious swiss chard.Yum!

The greens were included in today's nutritious lunch.

CESU Proposed School District Unification Vote
on November 4, 2014

Dear Community Members,

Over the course of the past 11 months, the Chittenden 
East Voluntary Merger Planning Committee (VMPC) 
has been studying and discussing unifying Chittenden East Supervisory Union’s (CESU) eight school districts into 
one unified school system.  As part of its work, the 
VMPC has prepared a Report and Articles of Agreement
 outlining the framework of a proposed unified school 
district.  The report and articles were submitted to the
 Vermont State Board of Education on July 29, 2014. 
 After review and an affirmative recommendation from 
the Vermont Agency of Education, the State Board of 
Education approved the report and articles on
August 19, 2014.  The action of the State Board of 
Education established a date for the electorates of Bolton, Huntington, Jericho, Richmond, Underhill Incorporated 
and Underhill Town School Districts to vote on unifying 
CESU’s eight districts.  This vote will take place in 
conjunction with the state and federal elections on 
November 4, 2014.  Per state statute, the unified 
school district can look different depending on how 
many towns approve the unification article.  If the 
unification article passes in all of CESU’s member 
municipalities, a Unified Union School District will
be formed.  If the article passes in a majority of CESU’s municipalities (i.e. four out six), a Modified Union School 
District will be established.  Under a Modified Union 
School District, one or two towns that do not pass the 
unification article will continue an independent elementary
 district and have proportional representation on the new 
Modified Union School District Board. As specified in 
state law, elections of board directors must take place on the 
same date that the unification article is voted.  Community members interested in serving on this new union school board can pick up petitions at their local town office.  Residents of the following school districts can find petitions at these locations:

School District	School Director Positions	Petitions Available at:
Bolton:	One 3-year term	Bolton Town Office, CESU Website
Huntington:	One 2-year term One 3-year term	Huntington Town Office, CESU Website
Jericho:	Two 1-year terms One 2-year term One 3-year term	Jericho Town Office, CESU Website
Richmond:	Two 1-year terms One 2-year term One 3-year term	Richmond Town Office, CESU Website
Underhill ID:	Two 2-year terms	Underhill ID Elementary School,CESU Website
Underhill Town:	One 1-year term One 3-year term	Underhill Town Office, CESU Website

Please take note: Petitions must be returned to the Town Clerk no later
than 5pm on September 29, 2014. 

For more details on the work of the Voluntary Merger Committee and contact information for committee members, please click on the following link: CESUVoluntary Merger Committee.

A number of informational meetings regarding the proposed unification will be held throughout CESU.  Click HERE to find a meeting in your town/municipality.

Getting lost in a great book!

Independent reading a just right book is just one way readers practice reading during the school day.

10 children, 2 adults, 96 ears of corn

How many ears did each person husk?

Thanks Lev and family for our delicious corn!

Save the Date for HIKE DAY!

Thursday, October 2, 2014

(rain date 10/9)

Inquiring minds...

Third and fourth grade scientists practicing their engineering skills. Scientists were given a piece of tin foil and the opportunity to build a boat that would hold as many pennies as possible. After one try building, they were able to redesign the boat and improve the original design. Some boats held over 100 pennies!

Wednesday, September 10th at 7:00

First PIE Meeting

Wednesday, September 10th at 7:00 p.m.

BPMS Library
Agenda:     Electing Officers

Discussing Future Meeting Dates

  Learning how you can be involved!

Ten ways to become a better reader:

read,read,read,read,read,
read,read,read,read,read!

A great way to inspire young readers is to read with them.

Take a trip to the library with your child and 

pick out a great book to share today!