Artist in Residence

Jon Gailmor

Jericho Elementary School Unified Arts Team is pleased to announce that our Artist in Residence at JES will be singer/songwriter Jon Gailmor.  His residency will begin on October 31.  Individual classes will have four songwriting sessions with him over the ten day residency.  In Jon's own words:

"These groups of novice songwriters will have given birth to eloquent, elegant, artistic renderings of their themes.  They will have built every lyric, every note, with Jon as catalyst.  The participants will know the power of collective creativity, and feel consummate ownership of their work.  And what songs!"

Students will premier their songs during an evening performance on

Thursday, November 13, 2014   6:30pm

at

Mt Mansfield Union High School Gymnasium

For more information about Jon Gailmor please visit his website at www.jongailmor.com .

We would like to thank P.I.E. in supporting this residency.

Harvest Dinner

THANK YOU

for the AMAZING response to the upcoming

HARVEST DINNER!  

We are now at capacity!

Looking forward to a fun evening and a yummy meal

on November 6th!

If you would like to help prepare the food,

or help the night of the event, contact

Beth Gaillard bgaillard416@gmail.com or

Jamie Lofy jamielofy@gmail.com

We would welcome your help!

(If you intended to sign up and missed the deadline, we are sorry

and want you to know that we are working on a plan for next year

to seat more than 200 people)

Pawsitives Celebration

    Join our Pawsitive Points celebration!

Tuesday 

October 28!!

PreK-12 School District Proposed Merger Vote

PreK-12 School District Proposed Merger Vote

November 4, 2014

Who: All voters in the Chittenden East Supervisory Union.

What: Vote to replace the six town school boards, Mt. Mansfield Union School Board and the Chittenden East Executive Committee with one PreK-12 unified governing board. If one or two towns vote no, vote to create a Modified Unified Board with unified governance for all Towns voting yes.

When: November 4, 2014, by Australian ballot.

For fifty years, our communities have united in a grade 5-12 single school district and school board—Mount Mansfield Union School District—to educate our children in middle and high school.   After a long and extensive study process, the CESU Voluntary Merger Committee has recommended that our communities unite in a PreK-12 single school district and school board to provide better education opportunities for all of our children and to more efficiently manage our resources and tax dollars. 

If the proposal is approved, the State of Vermont will provide property tax reductions for each community voting yes for a period of four years. The amount of the reductions is described in the Voluntary Merger Report.

The details of the proposal, supporting report, and dissenting views are in the Voluntary Merger Report that is posted on the CESU website.  In addition, the website contains links to studies and background information considered in this process. We encourage all voters to study this important question.  The last informational meeting to be held at Jericho Elementary School is on the following date.

Stone Soup!

We will be serving

at lunch on Thursday, 10/30 to

CELEBRATE HARVEST TIME!

Stone Soup is a magic soup made by

SHARING!

Please bring in a vegetable to share

on Tuesday, 10/28.

Any vegetable is fine such as a carrot, zucchini,

green bean, pepper, kale, or potato.

We will also add some of the harvest

from our JES garden.  

Stone Soup is the hot lunch entree for the day on 10/30. If your child brings lunch from home, or chooses the option, he/she will be offered a sample like on taste test day.

Thanks so much!  The Farm to School Committee

Artist in Residence

Artist in Residency

Jon Gailmor

The Unified Arts Committee is pleased to announce that singer/songwriter, Jon Gailmor, will be at Jericho Elementary School from October 31st through November 13th as an artist in residence.  Students will be composing original songs during the residency and will perform them for you at 6:30pm, Thursday evening, November 13, 2014 at the Mount Mansfield Union High School Gymnasium.  We will be recording their completed work and compiling a CD of the music.  If you would like one of these CD’s, they can be purchased in advance and they will also be available for purchase after the residency. Please return this form with payment to your child's teacher by November 13, 2014.

VT's Universal Pre-K

OUR FARM TO SCHOOL HARVEST DINNER CELEBRATION

Come Celebrate Together!

We invite you to join us in celebrating the local harvest, and our growing Farm to School program at JES.  Let’s all enjoy a locally sourced meal prepared by staff, students, and parents.  

Thursday, November 6, 6:30 pm at JES

MENU:

• Your choice of soup:

Misty Knoll Chicken & Stars, Chili, or Vegetable Minestrone

• Freshly baked bread and local butter
• Crunchy apple cabbage coleslaw
• Seasonal pies and apple crisp with whipped cream

Last year’s Harvest Dinner was a huge success and filled up fast!  We have limited space so if you would like to attend please RSVP as soon as possible.  

COST:  For this event, we ask that you support Farm to School with a donation.  The suggested minimum donation is $5 per person or $20 per family.  If your family cannot give at this time, we have a limited number of free tickets; contact Nurse Amy for more information (amy.beckwith@cesuvt.org)

Proceeds of this event will go towards:  the JES Learning Garden, purchasing local healthy foods for the cafeteria, continuing our popular Taste Test Program, improving our indoor grow lab, and implementing Farm to School curriculum in each classroom.

RSVP: Please email bgaillard416@gmail.com  to save your spot, or use this form and send it back to JES

If you would like to help with this event please contact Beth Dezon-Gaillard at bgaillard416@gmail.com

Thank you in advance! We can't wait to celebrate with you!!

Partners in Education...

Only 2 more days to order from fall fundraiser catalog Genevieve’s and help bring Jon Gailmor to JES!

Please take a look and help us raise the $3500 we need to help provide the John Gailmor artist in residence this fall. 

Sale closes Wednesday October 15^th (extended deadline) 

If you would like to save on shipping expenses, please look through the catalog and order using the yellow and white forms, write a check to

JES PIE and hand the forms and check into the school by Wednesday, October 15.  Your orders will be delivered to the school in November.

OR - If you or family or friends plan to purchase more than $80 worth of merchandise you can shop online and pay no shipping expenses.  Orders submitted online will ship directly to your home and (those under $80 will charge shipping costs….)   Online orders do not require you to submit the yellow and white forms to the school or a check to PIE.

Both methods earn JES 40-50% of the profit margin.

If you choose to shop and pay online with  home delivery…..

·         Shop directly online at http://www.genevieves.com/

·         Click ‘shop’ and input our school’s number : 5918

·         Click ‘go’ and shop from product categories (lunchbags, scarves, wrapping paper, kitchen utensils, local chocolate and more!)

·         Order this way for delivery directly to your home – orders over 80$ get free shipping!

Old Toys Needed

We will be "toy hacking" this year as part of the Enrichment Program. We are asking for toy donations. The ideal toys are battery operated, have moving parts and make sound. Please drop donations in the front office or visit the Enrichment Room with them and say hello. 
Here is a video from the series "Across the Fence". There are a few JES students in the video! 

School Board/Merger Informational Meeting

The next School Board Meeting will take place on 

Wednesday, October 8 at 7:00pm in the JES library.  

A Merger Informational Meeting will also take place on 

Wednesday, October 8 at 6:00pm in the JES music room.

 As always, the community is invited to attend.