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January 9, 2026
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As a friendly reminder, please try labeling all of your child's snow gear so if it left behind, we can get it back to them! This will help limit the amount of clothes in our lost & found!
Starting Strong in the New Year!
Starting Strong in the New Year!
Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope you and your families had a restful and enjoyable break. It has been wonderful to see our building filled with energy once again as students and staff settled back into routines, reconnected with one another, and jumped back into learning. We even enjoyed a school-wide "Rock-Paper-Scissors" contest this morning at Morning Meeting to practice our sportsmanship and have a little fun before getting into our daily routines.
This week, our school has been especially busy as we worked to reestablish schedules and wrap up the second quarter. Students have done a great job returning to classroom expectations and finishing the quarter strong.
As a reminder, report cards will be sent home at the end of the month. This timing is a shift from years past, as all elementary schools have moved away from a trimester system and are now utilizing a quarter-based grading schedule. We appreciate your flexibility as we continue this transition and align practices across our schools.
Looking ahead to the next two weeks, we have several exciting events on the horizon. Please make sure to make note of some of these in our schedule below. These include All-School Morning Meetings, a visit from the Sailing Center for our 3rd and 4th graders, and an all-school field trip to UVM where students will cheer on the Catamounts at a women’s basketball game. More information about this event can be found below.
Thank you, as always, for your continued partnership and support. We look forward to a positive and productive start to the new year together.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
January 14th: Student 2hr Early Release Day
January 16th: All-School Morning Meeting (Jones Classroom)
January 19th: NO SCHOOL - MLK Day
January 20th: Grade 3-4 Visit from Community Sailing Center
January 22nd: UCS @ UVM Women's Basketball Game
January 29th: Snow Motion #1 @ Cochran's
Snow motion will be starting one week later than planned so that UCS can participate in a whole school field trip to a UVM basketball game. Our first week will be 1/29 and we have added on Thursday 2/19. Mrs. Cowan will be reaching out to all volunteers next week!
UPCOMING UCS SCHOOL-WIDE TRIPS
UVM Women's Basketball Game @ Patrick Gymnasium
WHO: ALL students and staff at UCS
WHEN: Thursday, January 22nd
TIME: Bus will be leaving UCS between 9:30-9:45a and will bring the students back following the 11a game (before regular dismissal time)
LUNCH: Either bring a lunch from home or we will be offering bagged lunches for students who would like one here at school
COST: FREE!!!
Cirque Mechanics: Tilt! @ the Flynn Theatre
WHO: ALL students and staff at UCS
WHEN: Wednesday, February 4th
TIME: Bus will be leaving UCS at 9:00a and will bring the students back following the performance
LUNCH: Either bring a lunch from home or we will be offering bagged lunches for students who would like one here at school
COST: FREE!!! Thanks to the generous support of the UCS PTO and the winnings from the Earth Rangers Battery Blitz Challenge, earned last year by Mrs. Bernier’s class!
NOTE from MRS. ERICKSON
GIRLS on the RUN is BACK!
GotR Coaches Needed & General Info
GotR Coaches Needed & General Info
We’re getting ready for another amazing season of Girls on the Run at UCS, but we need your help! We’re looking for volunteer coaches to help lead this fun, empowering program for 3rd and 4th grade girls. The season typically begins in March and runs two days a week after school, ending around 3:45 PM. The program wraps up with an inspiring Celebration 5K on Saturday, May 30, as part of the Essex 5K! Don’t worry if you can’t commit to both days, we’re very flexible and would love to have you join us even if you can only help one day a week!
If you’re interested in coaching, please reach out to Head Coach Abbie Bernier at abigail.bernier@mmuusd.org for more information and fill out the coach volunteer form.
We’re also trying to gauge interest for this year’s team! If your 3rd or 4th grade girl would like to participate, please complete the interest form: GOTRVT Participant Interest Form.
Please note: this is not the official registration, just a way for us to plan for the number of participants. Let’s make this another great season of fun, friendship, and running!
COOL SCHOOL PENGUIN PLUNGE
Ice, Ice Principals
Ice, Ice Principals
The five Elementary School Principals of MMUUSD are taking the Cool Schools plunge to support Special Olympics Vermont and its mission to foster inclusion and acceptance of individuals with intellectual disabilities! We are braving the icy waters to make a difference. Please consider supporting our efforts and help us reach our fundraising goal by donating HERE. Your donation will help provide year-round sports training and competition for athletes and build a more inclusive community! Together, we can make a big splash for a great cause!
FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE
UVM Student Nurse at UCS
Nurse Tara will have a student nurse from UVM here in the office on the following dates: January 13, 27 and February 10. Her name is Madison and will be in the building all day.
Food Allergy Safe School Information
Food Allergy Safe School Information for Celebrations
The Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District elementary schools are “Food Allergy Aware / Safe Schools” and have adopted a food-free birthday celebration model. Please do not send in food to celebrate your student’s birthday. For classroom or whole school celebrations involving food, all food will be provided by the teacher, school administration, or parent-teacher organization, in accordance with our food safety procedures.
Stay Home When Sick
Refer to the MMUUSD District Illness Guidelines to determine if your child should stay home from school.
Please feel free to contact the health office if you have questions about sending your child to school after an illness.
You can contact us at 802-858-6316 or ucshealthoffice@mmuusd.org
ONLINE SCHOOL STORE
GET YOUR BOBCAT GEAR!!!
GET YOUR BOBCAT GEAR!!!
Welcome to the UCS Bobcats Online Sideline Store, the place to score personalized Bobcat Swag and accessories from all your favorite brands 24/7/365. Get ready for the summer with new styles and brands
**Profits do go back to the UCS** Happy Shopping!!!
NEWS FROM THE PTO
WISH LIST for TEACHERS & STAFF
Greetings UCS Families! Suddenly it's December and the gift-giving season is upon us. The PTO asked UCS teachers and staff to share their school and classroom wishes. That information was compiled into Amazon Wish Lists and Teachers Pay Teachers gift card requests. If you have UCS teachers and staff on your gift giving list this season, we hope these wish list requests will be helpful.
(Also on Mrs. Poor's wish list: Michaels or Amazon gift cards)
UCS 1/2 Wish List - LaBrusciano
(Also on Mrs. Bernier's wish list: Teachers Pay Teachers gift card)
UCS 3/4 Wish List - Danis/Giguere
If you don't see the teacher you are looking for, check back for updates! We'll continue to add to them as wishes come in. You can also consider a gift card to the Teachers Pay Teachers site.
Buying labels for your family's gear? Use our school's name to help support the PTO's fundraising efforts for opportunities such as Math through Art, visiting authors and artists and more. All families need to do is click the link, under support, type in our school (Underhill Central School) in the search bar in the middle of the screen, and start buying!
UCS PTO will receive 20% of each sale.
FREE FAMILY SUPPORT/EDUCATION PROGRAMS & INFO
We want to ensure our families have the resources they need.
Please utilize our UCS Resource Sheet, which includes helpful information for families.
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FREE online Parent Education Programs to any parent/caregiver in Vermont who wants support and/or to learn new parenting skills.
Visit website, email familysupport@pcavt.org or call
1-800-CHILDREN ... You can Enroll using this link
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Here is the ticket link and flyer for the
UCS Lake Monsters fundraiser
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Mr. G's Summer Camp Info 2026
Yes it's that time of year again! Here is the Master Summer Camp Schedule 2026. Registration opens Friday February 6th at 8am. Registration, Camp Info, Weekly Schedules, etc can be found at vtoutdooradventures.com.
The Goal is to get every student that registers at least one week of camp. There will be a spot on the registration form with scholarship request. All camps are Monday through Friday 8am-4pm. Camps will have pickup and dropoff in Richmond.
Camps are a partnership between MMUUSD and Richmond Elementary school PTO. The goal is to promote healthy lifestyles and love of the outdoors while also making sure kids have access to the many treasures in our local community. Profits from camps go towards supporting the Snow Motion Program and increasing lifetime fitness to kids in MMUUSD.
Please email brian.godfrey@mmuusd.org with questions. Looking forward to seeing you at camp this summer.
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Poker Hill Arts summer Fairies and Gnomes Camps are open for registration.
See website for dates and info:
https://www.pokerhillarts.com/magical-fairy-camp
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STAY CONNECTED with WHAT'S HAPPENING @ UCS
Underhill Central School
Underhill Central School
Email: ucsoffice@mmuusd.org
Location: 6 Irish Settlement Rd, Underhill, VT 05489
Phone: 802.899.4676
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