RIVER RAIDER

BRAG will be setting up a Hot Chocolate Bar for staff on Wednesday, February 9th.  Please sign up to donate items HERE. Items must be delivered to the school office by 10am on Wednesday 2/9. If you don’t have time to shop but would like to support this day, please donate HERE, and BRAG will take care of the shopping.

Also on staff days, we plan to "BRAG" about a few staff members! This month it's the library team of Nicole Thompson & Karin Hernandez! They'll be receiving the flowers listed on the sign up. Thank you for supporting BRMS!

Save the Dates - Discover Engineering!

The Vermont 4-H Program and the UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) have teamed up to host a variety of programs the entire month of February 2022 to promote the field of engineering. Our goal is to expose youth to engineering, build skills and help youth understand different pathways they can take to pursue a future as an engineer.

Check out all of the different FREE learning opportunities happening during the month – all leading up to National Engineering Week, February 20-26, 2022. (See attached flyer)

Activities include:

• Create Your Own Invention Contest (grades 3-12), entries due February 19

• Rube Goldberg Challenge (grades 3-12), entries due February 19

• 4-H World Changers: Learn to Code (grades 5-12), starts February 3

• VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Cafes (grades 7-12), in-person February 5, virtual February 22 (engineering focus)

• 4-H@Home Engineering Activities, new activity shared each Monday in February

And, don't miss our hallmark event DISCOVER ENGINEERING on Saturday, February 12, 2022 at the UVM Davis Center and other campus locations. This event is for youth in grades 5-12 and will have two distinct parts:

• In the morning youth participants will engage in an Engineering Scavenger Hunt. We have invited engineering businesses and CEMS student groups to host exhibit tables to share their work and engineering expertise.  Each exhibitor will submit a question to include in the scavenger hunt; the answer to these questions can be discovered by visiting the exhibit tables. Collectively, this allows youth to learn about different kinds of engineering and career pathways. There will also be a robotics demonstration by some of the FIRST Robotics teams.

• In the afternoon participants will continue to connect with engineering professionals and UVM engineering students through hands-on skill-building workshops.

We hope you will encourage your students to participate in some of the programs and activities!

Please reach out with any questions. More details and registrations will be available right after the New Year.