April 25 - Welcome Back!

Here we go....the grass is getting greener, the air a bit warmer, and the students a bit more restless. There are 34 days of instruction left until Finals. Five Best Practice meetings remain on the calendar.
This is a great time of year, but things get a bit hectic and intense as graduation looms around the corner. This is the time of year where we all need to help encourage our seniors (and everyone else) to finish out the year with a strong push. For some students, this is the time of year when they begin to 'slack off' and even give up. As soon as you see a student changing their patterns and/or falling behind step in and help and let us (particularly the EST team: Eric, Carrie, Steve, Rebecca and I) know. We want to help.

PS - Thanks to everyone, especially the culture committee, for organizing a fun lunch and TA games on Friday prior to break. That was great way to launch into break.

Upcoming Events: 

4/25 - BP in Library - PBL
4/26 - 8th grade STEP UP begins
          (T, W, F, & next Monday during C-block)
5/2- AP exams start and go through this week
5/9 - BP in library - PBL
5/10 - NHS Induction Celebration
5/11-12 - Science NECAP for 11th graders
5/16 - BP in Library - senior awards
5/19 - Envirothon
5/20 - Senior Class Trip
5/21 - PROM
6.16 - GRADUATION
6/20-23 - Curriculum Camp
8/22-26 - Pre-School In-service 
8/29 - 1st day of school 2016-17

Co-Curricular Calendar


Classroom Happenings:

Biology 'Face Lab' 

Art Field Trip to Waterbury State Complex - wait 'til you see what happens next!!

English 9 silent reading....looks kinda nice. 

French language Quizlet....perhaps preparing for this week's Swiss visitors?

Gesture Drawing

Great link to a BLOG about recent PA graduate Courtney Emerson



FYI - Traffic issue that may effect your commute:

For your information,  Bridge Street from Brooklyn Street to the truck route will be closed on or about May 1st for six weeks to replace the water lines,  sidewalks and repave the street.  Please keep this in mind when you are directing anyone coming in or going out of Morristown.  The "old" route through town and up Brooklyn Street will be open.


Celebrations: 

Congrats to Jen B and Sheila T & students for a successful trip to Puerto Rico!!

Check out this great list of accomplishments by our students at GMTC:

Congratulation on your students winning at the State SkillsUSA Competition.  

Jennifer Harris winning Silver in the Customer Service competition, along with a $1,500 from New England Institute of Tech (NEIT).

Justin Audet winning Bronze in the HVAC competition, along with a $5,000 from NEIT

Dayne Garrett winning Bronze in the Culinary Arts competition, along with $9,000 from New England Culinary Institute, $1,000 CIA, $500 Johnson & Wales University

Brittany Morin winning Bronze in Advertising Design competition, along with $1,000 NEIT

Daniel Provoncha winning Bronze in Extemporaneous competition, along with $1,000 NEIT.

Congratulations! The Vermont Department of Health is pleased to inform you (LSSU) that your application for the School-Based Substance Abuse Services Grant has been approved for funding.  The total grant award is for $40,000. Thanks Jon V, Kelly S, and Peter H for writing the grant to help provide these important services to our students and families.

Happy Birthday: Chis Player (4/20)