Stowe Middle School’s Advisory Program is thriving this year, whether in-person or remote! Our advisory program is a multi-grade approach at creating a safe and healthy place for students to connect and to develop their sense of belonging in our school. Read all about it here.
Greetings Stowe Middle School Families, If you love chocolate chip cookies, like your principal, you might find this family update a little more flavorful! Keep reading to find out why! Today, Ms. Garrett’s class was expanding their knowledge of rocks and minerals by planning a hands-on mining lab. Using the skills they’ve learned sixth graders will be “excavating” chocolate chips out of cookies. Sounds …
Greetings Stowe Middle School Families, I hope everyone had a restful, fun and positive December break! Hopefully, you were like me and able to take advantage of the ideal winter weather this break. Today, I observed our students returning to school rested, happy and ready to go! Like the photo below, our students were excited to see each other and get back into a …
Greetings Stowe Middle School Families, I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season. Please take a moment to reflect with your students about all they have accomplished and the perseverance they used in a challenging 2020. In our learning environments this week we are maintaining routine and providing several activities that allow for our students social emotional needs to be …
Greetings Stowe Middle School Families, As we close out a week of remote learning, I wish to say THANK YOU to all the educators, students and family members who supported each other this week. Our school’s core values of belonging, kindness and willingness to grow were on full display throughout the week. Our pivot this week to remote learning went smoothly. This clean transition …
Jenn Anthony, SMS Art teacher, recently partnered with the Helen Day Art Center for an exciting student opportunity. Read all about it here.
Greetings Stowe Middle and Stowe High School Families, We would like to invite you to a FAMILY MEET on Tuesday, December 8th at 8:00AM. Alternatively to this link you can join by phone 1-224-935-5993 PIN: 311 039 893#. For those unable to attend we will post our slides with notes later in the day. We will review how Monday went at both schools and …
Greetings Stowe Middle School Families, Thursday we learned of a positive COVID case in our schools. As a result, all Stowe schools closed for in-person instruction on Friday. Based on information and data from the Vermont Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we know that the COVID-19 virus can spread without any warning signs. Therefore, given the circumstances, Stowe Middle …
Dear Stowe Middle School Families and Students, Earlier this evening we learned of a positive COVID case in our schools. As a result, schools are closed for in-person instruction tomorrow, Friday, December 4th. All of our faculty and staff have been planning for this possibility and will be prepared to work with students remotely on Friday, December 4th. Click here to review the student …
Greetings Stowe Middle School Families, I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving break! I was pleased to see nearly full attendance and students full of energy today! Our students are working on everything from writing magazine articles to understanding non-fiction claims in text today. I want to remind families that educators are offering outside masks breaks throughout the day. I encourage families and students …
