Dear Families,
As a rite of passage for our 8th grade students, we go on a three-day,
two-night field trip to Boston. This trip serves as a culmination of
students' learning with visits to the Boston Museum of Science, a variety
of historical sights, as well as exposing them to the culture of a big
city. Previous 8th grade students who have gone on this trip have raved
about what an awesome experience this trip was to them. This year the trip
will take place on May 23rd through May 25th.
Unfortunately, this trip is not free. The total expense of this trip is
approximately $43,000 which comes out to $319 per student. In order to
keep the cost down for families, we are hoping to raise $23,000. This
will ensure that students only need to pay $100 to go on the trip.
However, if this is difficult for your family, there are scholarships
available. No student will be denied going on this trip due to financial
concerns. There is a $25 deposit that is due on November 4th for
students who plan on going on the trip. This deposit is refundable if you
let us know that you will not be going on the trip by April 20th.
In order to spread out the fundraising work, this year each student will
be required to fully participate in at least three fundraisers. There
will be a variety of fundraisers throughout the year, and I have included
a tentative schedule of events at the end of this letter. Students will
work with their teams and advisory teachers to come up with a fundraising
plan.
There are three fundraisers coming up for which we need help from parents:
1) We will be having a fall yard sale on October 22nd. If you are
cleaning out your house and have stuff that you would like to get rid of,
please consider donating it to the 8th grade Boston trip. I will provide
more information about a drop off location for donated items shortly.
2) We are looking for donated items that we can use for our silent auction
at the Harvest Dinner in November and for our Calendar Raffle in February.
Specifically we are looking for items that people would be interested in
such as gift certificates from area businesses, iTune cards, electronic
devices, ski lessons, bikes, etc. If you have something you would like to
donate please contact Michelle Anemikos at 893-4547, Heidi Slayton at
_____________or myself at jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org.
3) We also are looking for healthy snacks. The middle school runs a snack
cart for 15 minutes each day. We like to offer healthy snacks such as:
Granola type bars
Baked chips/Sun Chips
Baked snacks, Goldfish
Fruit/cheese
Apple sauce
Pudding
Pretzels
Graham crackers
Slim Jims
Animal crackers
Popcorn
Yogurt sticks
Fruit leather
Cheese sticks
Jerky
Granola
If you buy it in bulk, we will bag it. Please contact Sharon King, at [
mailto:sking@mtsd-vt.org ]sking@mtsd-vt.org for more information.
I am looking forward to a successful year of fundraising for another great
Boston trip. If you have any questions about the Boston trip, please
contact me at 893-3230 ext. 217 or [ mailto:jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org
]jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org
Sincerely,
Joe Smith
Calendar of Fundraising Events
*** All of these events are tentative and subject to change. More events
may be added.***
September
· Schwan's 9/16-9/30, pick up on 10/9 from 12:00-4:00
October
· Fall Yard Sale 10/22
November
· Sell Yankee Candle 11/14-12/2 for December pick-up (TBD)
· Harvest Dinner and Silent Auction 11/17
Selling food at the Craft Fair
December
· Begin selling February Raffle Calendars
January
· Christmas Tree Pick-up (TBD)
· Little Caesar 1/13-1/27 pick up (TBD)
· Sell February Calendar Raffle (all month long)
February
· Post Super Bowl Bottle Drive/Pick-Up 2/11
· Spaghetti Dinner 2/16
· Parent Sponsored Calcutta (TBD)
March
· Student Talent Show (TBD)
· Area Restaurant Night Out (TBD)
April
· Firetruck Pull/Carnival and Spring Yard Sale 4/14.
May
· Car Wash
· Outdoor Movie
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