Thursday, September 5 for 4th, 6th, 8th, and 9th graders in the 2019-2020 school year

We are very excited about the upcoming Common Read culminating event! The Common Read Celebration Day is taking place on September 5th with our current 4th, 6th, 8th, and 9th graders.

The purpose of the day is to celebrate the Common Read books students received before the summer break, connect with their peers across the district, and expand on the themes of the books through an author’s keynote speech, workshops, and a collaborative art project. We anticipate a wonderful day to bring together our district around literacy and empathy building.

This Celebration Day is a field trip on September 5th, all day to CVU. Students will begin the day at their own school and will be transported by bus to CVU and back at the end of the day.

Here are a few details about the day:

• Students need to bring a lunch or inform their teacher that they’ll need a bag lunch from the cafeteria
• Ideally, students should also bring an empty backpack to help carry their lunch as they move around throughout the day.
• Teachers from the sending schools will attend the Celebration Day with students.
• Parents/Guardians are not required to take any additional action if you have completed the online forms and permissions from the school. If you have not yet submitted those, please do so as soon as possible!
• The books that students received are theirs to keep! They do not need to bring them on September 5th.
• Students do not need to have read their book to participate in the Celebration Day.

• Schedule for the day:
  • Keynote from Lisa Moore Ramée, author of A Good Kind of Trouble
  • All students will participate in a collaborative art project
  • Workshops opportunities for 4th and 6th graders will include: Clemmons Family Farm (poets, storytellers, musicians, singers, culinary artists), and Lisa Moore Ramée will facilitate writing workshops with some 6th graders
  • Workshops with CVU's Racial Alliance Committee for 8th and 9th graders to better understand racism and build empathy.

Thank you for your support of what we hope is the first of many district-wide, collaborative experiences for the Champlain Valley School District.

The CVSD Common Read Planning Team