Albany Community School

Looking for a family-friendly event in the community? Check out the Newport Bike Rodeo happening at North Country Hospital on May 10th from 10:00-1:00! There will be lots of fun activities, experiences, and resources for all ages!

Reminder: The PTCA groups from our OCSU schools are planning a collaborative retreat event on May 14th from 6:00-8:00, and all community members are invited! The focus of the retreat will be on building upon the good work that our PTCA groups are doing now and determining best practices as we move into next year. You can register for the event by going to https://bit.ly/ocsuptca and filling out the short registration form. We hope to see you at the retreat!

OCSU Districts: Reconfiguration Options: Bring your phone for interactive participation!

The PTCA groups from our OCSU schools are planning a collaborative retreat event on May 14th from 6:00-8:00, and all community members are invited! The focus of the retreat will be on building upon the good work that our PTCA groups are doing now and determining best practices as we move into next year. You can register for the event by going to https://bit.ly/ocsuptca and filling out the short registration form. We hope to see you at the retreat!

Public Forum: Reconfiguration Options for Lake Region Union Districts of OCSU – April 7, 2025 – 6:00 pm – Lake Region Union High School – Virtual Link: meet.google.com/fjn-uhbg-gkz

OCSU is hiring! Click below to see more information about opportunities to join our team. https://www.canva.com/design/DAGidOt2cRA/eRjHqzAD91nFv6QDYePwlg/view?utm_content=DAGidOt2cRA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer

A really nice write up about our crankie project from our friends at CLiF! https://clifonline.org/getting-creative-with-crankies/

A reminder to report any potential threatening behavior. To place a report, use one of the following ways: • Contact your school prinicipal or the superintendent of schools (1-802-525-1204) • Use our dedicated hotline: • Email the team at: crisis@ocsu.org • Use our dedicated crisis form To learn more about behavioral threat assessment in OCSU, please visit this website

Holly Lillis, Middle School Social Studies Teacher & Robin Talmadge, Head Cook at ACS nominated for National LifeChanger of the Year award. https://www.newportdispatch.com/2025/02/22/holly-lillis-robin-talmadge-nominated-for-national-lifechanger-of-the-year-award/

ANNUAL MEETING--Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District: March 10, 2025; 7:00 pm; at Lake Region: Annual Report can be found here https://5il.co/375id

Tonight's board meetings for LRUHSD and LRUEMSD will be held virtually due to the weather. Carousel (both boards together) 6:00 pm: meet.google.com/ixy-kccp-qyq. LRUHS 7:00pm: meet.google.com/tyb-xhsw-thq; LRUEMSD 7:00 pm: meet.google.com/equ-ffwv-dqd.

Reminder to OCSU Parents, Community Members, Faculty and Staff The OCSU Superintendent Search Committee has invited three candidates to visit our school community and participate in a second round of interviews with the Committee and School Board on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Committee invites parents, members of the community, faculty and staff to meet each candidate in 30 minute sessions between 4:30 and 6:00 pm in the Lake Region Cafeteria. Your participation and input is important to this process. Sincerely, David Blodgett & Neil Urie OCSU Superintendent Search Committee Co-Chairs

Dear OCSU Parents, Community Members, Faculty and Staff The OCSU Superintendent Search Committee has invited three candidates to visit our school community and participate in a second round of interviews with the Committee and School Board on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Committee invites parents, members of the community, faculty and staff to meet each candidate in 30 minute sessions between 4:30 and 6:00 pm in the Lake Region Cafeteria. Your participation and input is important to this process. Sincerely, David Blodgett & Neil Urie OCSU Superintendent Search Committee Co-Chairs

Newport, VT - On Sunday, January 5th, at 2 PM at the United Church of Newport, the Lake Region UHS music department presents our first annual Midwinter Solo & Ensemble Concert. Singers and instrumentalists will be presenting classical solo and chamber music, and festive songs of the season. Repertoire includes music by Hindemith, Weber, Rieding, Tchaikovsky, Kern, Betinis, traditional and modern carols, and more. The Jazz Ensemble, Chorus and Select Chorus will be performing. Admission is free, but donations or non-perishable food items will be gratefully accepted to benefit the NEKO Barton/Orleans Food Bank and the United Church Food Shelf. For further information, please contact Sara Doncaster at sdoncaster@ocsu.org or call (802) 754-2500 x219

Good evening, We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! Since we've adopted a new grading a reporting system this year, report cards will look different than they have in the past. Therefore, before report cards are sent home to EMS families later this week, we wanted to provide some resources that may help you navigate the new report. The report is called a "Student Learning Snapshot" because it is meant to give you a "snapshot" of how your student is doing at this moment in time. As the year progresses, students will continue to learn and grow. Please remember that you can login and check on your student's progress on individual assignments at any time by visiting the SmartScore Family website (www.smartedsystems.com). For now, you are welcome to review the "Student Learning Snapshot Cheat Sheet" (https://bit.ly/slscheatsheet) for a quick overview of the information included in the report card. A more detailed and in-depth overview is provided in the walkthrough video that is linked here (https://youtu.be/YvQZAMxKpdo). As always, our goal is to make these report cards as valuable and informative as possible for you and your student. Please reach out to your student's teacher, principal, or the Curriculum & Instruction office if you have any questions or if you need additional support. Thank you! Erica Harryman, Director of Instruction Kyle Chadburn, Access & Opportunities Coordinator

Hello Families, Please check out what's going on in middle school! Thank you to Dare, one of our students, for writing this! https://brainboxedu.my.canva.site/ms-newsletter

Hello Everyone, Please see the attachments for our newsletter. Have a great break and if you celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving!

Our School Based Clinician, Kim Haybecker, carved and painted this beautiful wolf for Principal Thomas! The detail is spectacular and beyond amazing! Kim is so talented and we look forward to having this displayed at school.

We hope you will join us for our Winter Concert!

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