Attention Parents/Guardians of next year 6th, 7th & 8th grade; 

Outright Vermont is offering a Youth Organizer Training Program for the school year 2026/2027. 

Students participating in this program are expected to attend these Saturday session from 10am to 4pm; 

• September 12th - Benson, VT

• November 7th - Burlington, VT

• February 6th - Burlington, VT

• April 3rd - Burlington, VT

• June 5th - Benson, VT 

They are also expected to attend the Full Coalition Retreat February 12-14th *this is an overnight retreat that starts around 5pm on the 12th and ends around 2pm on the 14th. (for students not wishing to spend the night they can attend the full day on the 13th). 

Attend a monthly zoom meeting which is 1.5 hr long (dates TBD). 

Applications for this program are due by June 1st!! 

I think this program will yield some great opportunities to help students find ways to gather each other together to advocate for forms of change or to help them feel empowered to know ways to interrupt forms of hate they might see others experience, or experience themselves. Develop systems of support for others & themselves, plus many other truly valuable things. 

If you are hesitant due to transportation concerns please reach out to myself (annalise.ennis@wsesu.net), andrew.mcphillips@wsesu.net or jaldrich@wsesu.net. There are potentially ways for carpooling amongst students in the Windsor Southeast Supervisor Union, or within our own Mt. Ascutney School district. There could also be other options to help with transportation once the 2026/2027 school year begins. 

Please know this program is for ANYONE!! Outright Vermont many goal is to help youth who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community, but they also strongly believe in supporting youth in general. To help them find their voices and give them tools to promote the forms of change they wish to see happen in their world. 

Finding Our Stride April 2026 Begins on Monday April 27th directly after dismissal to 4pm for grades 1st-6th!

Students who participate in BTG can participate in Finding Our Stride. Anyone who participates in FOS and BTG will be returned to BTG at the end of practices. 

Practices are Monday and Wednesday for the Spring season. 

The coaches are myself (Annalise) & Caitlin Flanigin, our parent volunteer is Marly Thompson and our community volunteer coach is Laura Farrell. Please know that parents are welcome to come and jog, participate in any of our practices. 

 to sign up your child for the program (grades 1st through 6th) please click on this link Finding Our Stride Runners Sign Up. 

If you have any additional questions or the link doesn't work for you. Feel free to connect with me via email at annalise.ennis@wsesu.net. 

Looking forward in getting our spring season going. 

Finding Our Stride - Spring 2026 at ABS 

I am pleased to let you know that ABS will be holding a spring session of Finding Our Stride starting directly after April vacation. Practices will be Monday & Wednesday beginning directly after dismissal and going until 4pm. Students who participate in BTG after school are welcome to participate and one of the coaches will ensure that those students rejoin BTG at the end of practice. 

To participate in Finding Our Stride you child needs to be in 1st thru 6th grade and no experience with running is necessary, but the expectation is for students to either jog, run, or walk. 

If your child is interested in participating in Finding Our Stride for the spring season be on the look out in the newsletter and I will post it here on this page for the google form to sign students up for the program. Any questions please feel free to let me know at annalise.ennis@wsesu.net. 

Y26 Maple Unit 

ABS's Maple Unit will begin directly after we return from February break. Students will start by tapping the trees that have already been identify by the 3/4 class with help from our 3/4 parent volunteer Michelle Metivier. Once trees are tapped students will be collecting from their trees daily and pouring them into a large barrel that will then be boiled throughout the school day by school staff, students & community volunteers. If you or someone you know wishes to help boiled, share their maple sugaring knowledge or would just like to be an extra set of hands please contact; Annalise Ennis annalise.ennis@wsesu.net, Wendy Russin wendy.russin@wsesu.net, Jenifer Aldrich jaldrich@wsesu.net, or Amanda Yates ayates@wsesu.net. 

ATTENTION 6th GRADE PARENTS/Students - Looking for chaperon support!! 

Middle School Dance will be held on Friday February 13th from 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the Windsor High School cafeteria. This is being run by the Windsor PTO and parent volunteers from ABS are welcome. This is a great way to meet some of the parents from Windsor and start building a bridge between SCIP and Windsor's PTO. The PTO chaperons are Mei Xia and Maegan Berry, if you wish to be a chaperon you can get a hold of either one of them, I have contact information for Maegan at berrym091913@gmail.com. If you can't chaperon you can help out with donating a light snack, and drinks.  This invite is for students who are a part of the Mount Ascutney School District, grades 6th - 8th graders. Home school students who also live within the Mt. Ascutney School District are also invited. 

February 20th - 

At the beginning of the school day next Friday, we will be holding the Closing Ceremonies of our Olympic games. We have some student groups that have been practicing a closing ceremony routine. Students have also been playing "Olympic" style games like our home made versus of Curling. Ms. Chamber's has done such a great job bringing the Olympic spirit to ABS and we thank her for that. 

February 6th - OPEN CEREMONY for the WINTER OLYMPICS!!! 

ABS Students in grades K-6 will be participating in an Opening Winter Olympics ceremony of their own design. 

Followed by rotating stations that will have students participating in "mock" Olympic events such as; 

• Snow Sculptures

• Boot Ice Hockey & Curling 

• Sledding

• Fire Pit to get warm and roast marshmallows

• Target throwing with snowballs (freshly made that day)

The event begins with the opening ceremony beginning at 8:30 in the ABS gym and we plan on ending the ceremonies at 9:15 to get students out to rotate from station to station. 

Then at 10:30 students will end their rotations to start getting set up for Love Ones Lunch at starts at 11am. 

Community members, parents, guardians, grandparents are welcome to come and watch the opening ceremonies and come outside to enjoy in the ABS Olympic activities. Stay for the Loves One Lunch at 11 and then remember Friday is an early release day and students will be dismissed at 12pm. 

If you have any questions about this please feel free to email myself and I'd like to throw out a thank you to Krissy Chambers who has been the main organizer and working with students who are wishing to perform for this special event. 

January 29th- Dear ABS families and caregivers 

Due to the predicted low temperatures for tomorrow’s ski time, we are asking families to opt in if they would like their child to participate in skiing.

Students who ski will have access to warming breaks throughout the ski period, including time indoors and a fire to help stay warm.

If you prefer that your child not ski tomorrow, they may remain at school with the group that will be staying on campus.

Please email Wendy Russin to let us know whether your child will be skiing tomorrow. If we do not receive confirmation, your child will remain at school. Thank you for your continued support and flexibility.

Please make sure if you opt your child into skiing tomorrow that they have WARM, WARM, WARM Gear!! It is going to be extremely cold. 

We have special events/activities that run throughout the school year. This site is meant to keep parents up to date about these activities. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to either myself (Annalise at annalise.ennis@wsesu.net) or call the main office at 802-484-3344. 

February 6th is an early release day and the opening of the winter Olympics in Milan. To kick off the Olympic celebration students have teamed up with our PE teacher Ms. Chamber's to develop our own ABS opening ceremony. Students and teachers are still in the planning stage of this event so please check back for more information the closer we come to this date.

Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony at ABS Feburary 6th starting at 9am. 

Students have been working hard on developing an open ceremony to kick off the Winter Olympics that will start that evening. 

After the opening ceremony finishes students will be broken out into "countries" and will do a rotation through ABS version of the Winter Olympics. This activities will likely be broom hockey/curling, snowball target throwing and other activities still in the planning process. 

We also hope to have a fire going for students to roast marshmallows and get warm by. 

This will go until 10:30 when activities will come to an end so we can get prepared for our Love Ones Lunch happening that day at 11am. 

Parents/Guardians/grandparents