May 31, 2013

Dear Bristol Elementary School Families, Teachers, and Staff,

 After more than 25 years of dedication to children’s health and tasty cooking for kids, Lorraine Thompson will be retiring at the end of this school year.  During her tenure as Food Service Manager of the Bristol School, Lorraine has seen many changes in our understanding of nutrition and the role of school meals in maintaining student health and well being in school.  With each change and development, Lorraine has shown her enthusiasm to learn and grow as a professional and has demonstrated her care of students by working hard to improve school menus.

Lorraine’s work was rewarded when the Bristol School won the USDA’s Healthier US School Challenge Silver Award earlier this year.  This award represents many months of hard work to refine menus in order to ensure that they meet high nutritional standards.  Lorraine and her staff worked along with other school professionals to meet the challenge, highlighting and enhancing wellness activities in the Bristol Elementary School that support student’s ability to thrive and grow in school  

 On Friday May 31, Lorraine and her staff will receive their plaque and banner from the USDA for the Healthier US School Challenge Award which will be presented by a member of the VT Child Nutrition Office staff .  Please consider joining us for this short but important ceremony to honor staff efforts to make Bristol Elementary School a healthy place for kids to learn and grow.

 As we say farewell to Lorraine and wish her well we begin the search for someone to serve as Food Service Manager in the BES kitchen. The ANESU Food Service Cooperative is committed to making sure that this individual will continue to bring students more and more delicious, healthy meals to support their learning and growth each day.  We will look for an individual who is also committed to bringing local and fresh food into the kitchen, exposing students to a wide variety of tasty foods, and continuing efforts towards increased wellness for the entire school community.  Along with Bertha and Patty our entire Cooperative Food Service team will work hard to make the transition as seamless as possible. 

 Please feel free to contact me anytime if you have comments or ideas to share about this change and opportunity and once again we hope you will join us on Friday May 31^st to celebrate healthy meals and wellness in our school, honor Lorraine Thompson for her service and skill, and bid her a fond farewell.

Sincerely,

Katherine Alexander, Director

ANESU Food Service Cooperative

kalexander@anesu.org

802-453-2333 ext. 1004

Why Should I Give Blood?

Because You Can Make a Difference!

Almost everyone during their life will know someone who needs a blood transfusion. They may be car accident or trauma victims, cancer or transplant patients, or people with sickle cell disease or other blood disorders. There is no substitute and still only one source of blood for transfusion-- volunteer blood donors. 

Did you know?

• One point of blood can save up to three lives.
• Every two seconds someone needs a blood transfusion.
• Five million patients in the U.S. need blood every year.
• Less than 38 percent of the population is eligible to give blood
• Blood cannot be manufactured; it can only come from volunteer donors. 

Mount Abraham Union High School will be hosting a blood drive for the American Red Cross association on Tuesday, May 18th. The blood drive will run from noon until 5:30 in the school gymnasium. Pizza will be served afterwards for all donors! Volunteers can walk-in or make an appointment by visiting redcrossblood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS. Participants are required to be over 16 years of age. If they are not over the age of 18 they need to have a parental consent form filled out. This blood drive is sponsored by Sargent Concrete Construction and Cubber's Restaurant. 

April Break Open Swim  - Come to the Mt. Abe Pool Monday, Wednesday & Friday for open swim.  9:00 AM  Noon   $3.00 per person per day. J

 Bow and Rifle Hunter Safety Course – April 22 – 26  3:00 – 5:30 PM Masonic Lodge Meeting Room – This course is offered for free for people ages 6 through adult.

ZUMBA® – New classes begin Sunday, April 7 – May 5^th  9:30 – 10:30 AM – Holley Hall $50.00

Check out our updated website:www.bristolrec.org -  Summer Camps are now listed. Watch for the brochure to come home with the kids this week.

Wednesday April 10, 2013

6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

(with 15 minutes afterwards to talk with steering

committee members re sub-committee work & sign ups)

Mt Abraham Union High School – Large Cafeteria

 Agenda

 1.  Welcomes & logistics (5 minutes)

 2.  Update from Drug & Safety Steering Committee (15 minutes)

            Brief history of process

            Update from Bristol Police Chief, Kevin Gibbs, re recent activity

            Description of emerging sub-committee work

3.  School Safety Conversation (65 minutes)

            Introduction to process & purpose

            Update from Superintendent, David Adams

                Small and large group discussions: current sense of student safety, options that contribute to

                student safety, and what do we envision for enhanced student safety at school and in the

                community

4.  Conclude – invite participants to go to subcommittee table to learn more, ask questions and sign up