October 17

October 17

Quest students display their endangered species posters to members of the Waterbury community at the library.

Sunset Rock

Next Friday (October 20th), we will be going on a field trip to Sunset Rock (see link for details).  We will be passing out permission slips on Friday, October 13th.  A copy of the permission slip can be found here.

Bake Sale for Puerto Rico

Please send in your baked goods, napkins, or beverages either on Thursday, October 19th, or for the beginning of the music concert.  We will run the sale before the concert, and afterwards.  Our proceeds will go to the community where our penpals live.  

Writing Warriors

Students are writing independent pieces and are submitting them for feedback.  Students will have a piece "due" at the end of each month (like rent, I've been telling them :)  If your student ever seems bored at home, they can be writing!  The pieces are of their own choosing for topics, and they get instruction and feedback based on what they need, each week.  They can also submit pieces to the Writing Warriors part of Google Classroom.

Conferences
Quest will be having their conferences on October 26 and November 2.  Look for sign up information in Cougar Comments. We will meet with you and your student for fifteen minutes.  Before or after this time, there will be space for you to look at your student's work with your student.  If you had a student on Quest last year, this will look a little different for this conference.

October 3

Skyler and Mia preparing an unusual carrot from the Quest garden!

Field Trip to Sunset Rock
We are planning a field trip to Sunset Rock in Stowe on Friday, October 20th.  We will walk to the Upper Overlook and participate in activities regarding our ecosystem study.  On the way up, we will stop by Cold Hollow Cider for a doughnut and cider to eat on our trip.  We will leave the school at 8:00 and plan on returning for lunch at 12:20.  Rain date is Monday, October 23rd.  If you would like to chaperone, please contact Central Office for paperwork regarding fingerprints.

Picture Day
Picture Day is tomorrow, October 4th!

Quest Clothing
Order forms due Thursday, October 6th!

Endangered Species Event at the Waterbury Public Library
On Wednesday, October 11th, Quest students have been invited to take part in an Endangered Species event at Waterbury Public Library.  Steve Faccio, a conservation biologist with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies will be sharing his studies of the decline of Vermont forest birds.  Quest students have been working on posters to bring awareness to their endangered species and the library has invited students to attend the event and display their poster.  The event takes place from 6:30-7:30 and we would love to have students there by 6:15 to set up and answer questions about their species.  If your student is interested in this opportunity, please make sure they have transportation.

Bake Sale for our penpals in Puerto Rico
We have not heard from our pen pals in Puerto Rico since hurricane Maria hit two weeks ago.    We would like to have a bake sale to help the people in Puerto Rico, and for our friends and their families. Dan Liptak and Molly Dubois have given us permission to have a bake sale during the concert on October 19th.  Cider and cups, napkins, cupcakes, savory treats, all are welcome. Your student can sign up either on team, or you can email Mrs. Williams with your information.  Please have your student bring in their treats either at the concert itself (5:30 / 6:00), or on October 19 during the day.  If your student can help out at the bake sale, please let Mrs. Williams know.