📣 SBRSD Community! 📣
The Project 351 Ambassadors at Mount Everett are hosting a Spring Service clothing drive from March 31st - April 10th, 2025! 👕👖
Donating to our drive will help us support children across Massachusetts facing clothing insecurity. The attached poster lists the clothing requirements.
Spread the word! Follow us on Instagram: @sbrsd_project_351_ambassadors.
Mt. Everett High School 10th-grade student, Emeline, designed the logo for "Jessie and the Hoosie Hawks," a local band featuring Mt. Everett alumni Jessie Murtagh, Claire Tomich, Cole Billings, and Chelsea Torrico. This collaboration serves as a prime example of the enriching educational opportunities available at Mt. Everett, where student-alumni partnerships provide invaluable real-world experience.
NMC PreK's dinosaur exploration continued into its second week with exciting hands-on activities! This time, budding paleontologists practiced their excavation skills on a delicious cookie dig. Each child predicted the number of chocolate chips hidden within their square cookie and carefully used a toothpick to 'excavate' them. After counting their 'discoveries,' they enjoyed the sweet reward. Creative expression flourished as they constructed dinosaur skeletons using Q-tips and simulated volcanic eruptions with paint and straw-blown drips. The dinosaur unit culminated in a thrilling finale: a real, erupting volcano! Baking soda in a hidden baggie met red-dyed vinegar, resulting in a spectacular 'Kaboom!
The Mt. Everett drone program competed on Saturday at The Gilbert School in Winsted. This year’s game is called Gravity and consists of drop zones where bean bags are blown from the top of platforms. In addition, teams can enter the blackout zone to push plastic balls down a track and into a goal while avoiding obstacles. Mt. Everett students competed in pairs against twenty other teams from around New England.
The team of Nico and Eli took home the Airmanship Award for the best overall piloting skills. The team of James and John received the Coding Award for the best autonomous drone performance, where their drone maneuvered an obstacle course completely by pre-built instructions.
The other team members Alea, Diego, Tucker and Tonia all had outstanding performances. In one match, Alea’s partner drone couldn’t fly and she was left to complete the entire field on her own in 90 seconds, which she did. Upon completion of her round, the crowd gave her an ovation for her efforts.
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Little Shop of Horrors on their successful opening night! Don't miss the remaining performances: Saturday, March 22nd at 7:00 PM and Sunday, March 23rd at 2:00 PM. Ticket prices are $8 for students and seniors, and $10 for adults.
Help our 8th graders raise money for their field trip to Washington D.C.! Raffle tickets can be purchased through 8th graders or Mr. Rapport. Tickets will also be available to purchase during this weekend's Little Shop of Horrors play. Please contact School Committee member, Kimberly Alcantara Jeffries with any questions.
Little Shop of Horrors begins tomorrow night!
Mount Everett Theater presents Little Shop of Horrors. The shows will be on Friday, March 21st, at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 22nd, at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, March 23rd, at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $8 for students and seniors and $10 for adults. Come out and support the show!
Students have been working hard to help raise funds for the Washington D.C. Field Trip! Thank you to all who have offered their support.
Congratulations to J Jeffries, who performed at the 48th Annual MMEA Western Massachusetts Junior Festival Concert! The festival brings the most accomplished 7th-9th grade musicians together from all across Western Mass; this is an incredible accomplishment!
Check out this week's News & Notes https://secure.smore.com/n/d321u
Please join us at 5:30 p.m. tonight for the district's public hearing! The meeting will be available to attend in person or virtually. The link to access the meeting virtually can be found on our website. To ensure that all interested parties have the opportunity to share their input, we will be accepting written comments on the budget. To leave a public comment, please use our form https://forms.gle/MY8Z4m1Fpo3asGEFA.
A recording of the hearing will also be made available on the SBRSD website for those who were unable to attend.
NMC PreK's Dinosaur Unit is in full swing! We're exploring diverse dinosaur species, learning about their diets (carnivore, omnivore, herbivore), and discovering the work of paleontologists at "dig sites." Children are actively engaged, pretending to be paleontologists at the sand table, excavating and identifying hidden bones. They've also created their own salt dough fossils. Our classroom has transformed into a dinosaur world, with themed pretend play, sensory activities, and a listening station featuring dinosaur read-alouds.
The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office and Berkshire County Kids Place partner to provide cyber safety programming in Berkshire County schools for students. Last week our middle school students all participated in two in-class sessions conducted by Berkshire County Kids Place staff utilizing the NetSmartz Curriculum. Supporting our Eagles to be safe online.
Chord practice is a component of the guitar instruction offered in one of our spring semester music electives.
UME Vejigante masks are on display!
Coming soon......
Little Shop of Horrors
March 21-23
Fourth-grade students learned through play, starting their day with fun math games
Fifth graders experimented with combining different solutions, observing the chemical reactions that resulted in new substances. After discovering the perfect mix for a gooey substance, each student made their own batch to take home.
Last week students participated in the Sandy Hook Promise Club Youth Leadership Workshop in Plymouth.
The UME community came together for an All-School Sing last week.
