Students are rolling into school on many different forms of wheels these days, but all on their own power. Its a great way to start the day!
  
  
Dear Friends and Families,
       While Bike and Walk to School week is May 6 - May 10th, but with the sun coming up earlier and sidewalks clear of snow, now is a great time to change your morning routine (if you haven't already) to include getting to school under your own motor power in the morning. Its great for the body and brain--- and its fun too!
       Last May, a few local families took on a "100 Miles in May" challenge, an initiative that began in Alaska to encourage youth to build the habit of daily physical activity. The premise of this challenge is that each person doing it commit to walk/run/bike/hike 100 miles over the month of May. Each family or individual can decide the terms of how to do this challenge (does soccer practice count in the miles?)  You can find a 100 Miles in May challenge tracking sheet here; we also have copies available at the front desk. We will recognize all students who complete this challenge (by bringing in a completed sheet with a "vouching" that it is accurate from a parent/guardian) at a future assembly.  Students can run the trail behind the school during recess, with permission. Biking/walking to school is a great way to log miles, as is the Mad River Running club!

Fly fishers from last spring's Inspiration Project. 
     
        Our annual Inspiration Project begins next Wednesday, May 1 and will run for the next three Wednesdays from 12:45 - 2:15 p.m. We have a range of offerings, from candle making to fly fishing, from golf to sewing, from cake decorating to theater improv and much more.  Students will sign up for their specific activity tomorrow. We are looking for volunteers to support these experiences; please contact Kathi or Kaiya if you're available to help support during this time. Thank you to the PTA for very generously funding this range of experiences. 
Respectfully,    Kaiya Korb

   

          HUUSD BOARD UPDATE: APRIL 10, 2019
Dear members of our six town community,
       At our last meeting on April 10, 2019, the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board took action on the five (5) items below (listed in order of the time in the meeting when the vote occurred):

1. Approved the following items as part of the consent agenda:  Approve past meeting Minutes; Accept Board warrants totaling $252,916.35; Approved addition of May 15, 2019 and June 5, 2019 board meetings

2. Adopted: That the administration be tasked with developing a report based on the 2018 Student Performance Data Workbook highlighting the positive and negative takeaways from the data and what, if any, action steps are planned based on the data.

3. Adopted: That the board remove third grade from the classes offered at Fayston Elementary School for the 2019-20 school year due to exceptionally low class size.Adopted:That the board direct the administration to prepare updated Education Cost per Equalized Pupil and Homestead tax projections to cover FY19 to FY20

4. AND that these projections be modeled after Appendix C1 and C6 of the Washington West SU Act 46 Study Report (Revised 4‐7‐2016)   
   AND that these projections assume no changes are made to the district configuration
   AND that these projections are prepared in such a way that they can be updated to reflect various district configuration proposals as easily as possible
   AND that these projections be made available to the board no later than May 15, 2019
   AND that the report include information on the impact of a bond on the tax rate as was included in the March 4, 2019 board packet
   AND that the formula and assumptions use to reach the conclusions found are made available at a degree of specificity that renders the results reproducible.
   5. Moved the due date for board goal 2.2 - ideal state metrics - from April 30 to May 22, 2019.

           Also at this meeting, Shannon Lessley, the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for HUUSD presented on Student Performance Data. Her presentation can be found here.
        Additionally, the board had an initial discussion of a draft Board Work Plan Timeline for April - June 2019 (included in board packet - see link below). This draft will be revised and reviewed at the April 24th meeting.
       Our next meeting is Wednesday, April 24th and expected to begin at 7:00 pm in the Harwood Union High School library. The Policy and Visioning committees are expected to meet at 6pm and 5:30 pm respectively, also in the library.  Please confirm time and place of meetings by visiting our website as start times and locations are subject to change.  Agendas are posted at least 2 days before the meeting. Our committees generally alternate meeting times and meet every other board meeting. For more information on the SMART goals that drive the work of these committees, check the HUUSD board web page.
       Please visit www.wwsu.org/huusd-board for board agendas and packets  (including committees that are meeting), detailed minutes, HUUSD Smart Goals for the 2018-2019 school year, and to find the link to watch board meetings.
        Thank you for your continued support and engagement.

Respectfully,
The HUUSD Board
Caitlin Hollister (Waterbury)  *Chair, Torrey Smith (Duxbury)  *Vice Chair, Hannah Clark (student rep, class of 2019), Jonathan Clough (Warren), Carlton Cummisky (student rep, class of 2021), Gabriel Gilman (Moretown), James Grace (Waterbury), Tim Jones (Fayston), Jake Lynn (student rep, class of 2020), Garett MacCurtain (Duxbury), Maureen McCracken (Waterbury), Theresa Membrino (Fayston), Kristen Rodgers (Moretown), Christine Sullivan (Waitsfield), Alexandra Thomsen (Waterbury), Jeremy Tretiak (Waitsfield), Rosemarie White (Warren)