There will be a student Art Show on Thursday, May 30th, from 6-7pm at the Central School.  Students from Babcock and Central School will show off their work.

Please join us!

Since its inception,Hannaford Helps Schools has raised more than $8 million for schools in New England and New York.  This week Swanton School received $1,597 from the program.  Thank you Hannafords and thank you Swanton community for participating in the program!

Students in Miss Fournier’s 3rd grade class noticed there was quite a bit of trash covering the lawn where they walk and play everyday at school. As they noticed the litter on their walk, they decided the right thing to do was to pick it up. So their 10 minute walk turned into a much longer and dirtier litter seeking adventure around the school property. When they came inside, they discussed how seeing and picking up all of the trash made them feel. Needless to say, there were quite a few disgusted and angry third graders in Swanton that day. Then they decided that picking up around the school wasn’t enough; they wanted to pick up around their homes and encourage others to help as well.

One student in Miss Fournier’s class wrote this opinion paper about littering that encourages others to help in our effort to make our school and town a cleaner and safer place to play and live.

No Littering! By: MM
How do you feel about litter in our town? I think there is a lot of trash in our town, and it makes me feel upset. I am upset because littering hurts mother nature and kills the Earth. Also, if you throw trash into the water it kills the fish. This upsets me because I like to go fishing. If the fish die because of trash, then I can’t go fishing.

Finally, litter at our school makes me the most upset. If a friend moves to your school and you say its a nice looking school, and she comes and sees trash on the lawn she is going to say, “This is a bad looking school.” You don’t want your friend to say your school is messy, do you? That’s why littering in my town and at my school makes me upset. I challenge people to start picking up trash so that the Earth and I can be happy again.

Sixth grade students have begun a new round of electives, and have recently tackled what was originally supposed to be our, “Butterfly Garden.” Armed with loppers, sandpaper, saws and pruning shears they began to prepare benches for repainting and cleared out unhealthy brush so bushes and trees could get as much sunlight as possible. The group looks forward to cutting out flower beds and planing perennials in hopes to draw butterflies, healthy insects, students and teachers to this soon to be beautiful area of our school!

-Mrs. Belrose

During the March 19th school board meeting, the board approved a motion 5-0 to restructure administration to a co-principal model, with Brent Coon being one of the co-principals. The current assistant principal position was eliminated. The other co-principal position was advertised, and during the April 29th board meeting, the Board appointed Dena St. Amour as the new Co-Principal. Dena brings years of experience as a former teacher and literacy content specialist at Swanton. Additionally, Dena brings her wealth of experience as Director of Curriculum for the Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union to the new position.

A Note From Sara Raabe

It is with mixed emotions that I share with you that I have accepted a position as Principal at Lothrop School in Pittsford, Vermont. This is a wonderful career opportunity for me, and I am excited about the new opportunity. I have truly enjoyed my two years at Swanton School as assistant principal. I have been fortunate to be welcomed by staff, students, and the community and have learned an incredible amount in my time here. I would especially like to thank Brent Coon for his support and collaboration. He is an amazing administrator, and I know that he and Dena St. Amour will work together as co-principals to continue the amazing work that is happening already, and continue to move Swanton forward.”

-Sara Raabe