**Last Minute Announcement!**
9/29 -- HUNT GARDEN VOLUNTEER HOUR  10-11am

This Sunday, 9/29 from 10-11am is the last official Garden Volunteer Hour until the UBUNTU Community Service Project in the garden on Saturday, 10/27!  Come enjoy some crisp fall weather and quality time in the garden! 

Now Harvesting:

• BEANS!  Fun green and purple flecked ones!
• Bloom-tiful flowers! 
• Lavender, rosemary, and sage! 
• Kale (a constant) 
• Ground cherries - particularly sweet this week 
• Cucamelons- they never fail to delight! 

Upcoming Tasks:

1. Thinning the baby lettuce which has come up!
2. Harvesting 
3. Composting plants that are diseased
4. Planning next steps for putting the garden to bed, keeping in touch over the winter, and visioning for the UBUNTU service project!

Celebrations:

A PHENOMENAL season in the HMS School Garden!  This is my third year teaching at HMS, and of the years I've been here this is the one the garden has received the most love and flourished the most!  I cannot even begin to put into words how much joy and care the garden has generated, or count how many students, staff, and community members have benefitted from it.  THANK YOU thank you, thank you to every volunteer and pollinator and plant!

With bushels of gratitude,

Maisie

-- 

Maisie Anrod (she/her)

6th Grade Science and Math

Lyman C. Hunt Middle School

mganrod@bsdvt.org

Open House and Panther Potluck 9/24

 Sign up to help out (and let us know you're bringing food!) at the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E48AAA72AA6F58-51467186-hunt#/

First PTO Meeting of 24/25!

Please Join us for the first PTO meeting of the year!

When:  Friday, Sept 6th, 7:45am-9am

Where: Hunt Middle School Library or virtually Google Meet 

(If joining virtually, please give us 5 or so mins to get the meeting up and running!)

Our draft agenda is here:

Please email huntmiddleschool@gmail.com with any additions!

• Welcome and Introductions: 

• Principal’s Updates:

• First two weeks of school highlights

• Electives/enrichment courses

• School improvement grant status

• Family communication

• Technology / chromebooks

• Advisory structure

• BREAKFAST and getting to school early

• Family Advisory Council:

• Melanee to explain 

• Upcoming HMS Events - how can PTO / families assist?  

• Playing Fields -  Sept 10 - 4PM

• PTO table to sign more people up and promote PTO

• Potluck, Sept 24

• 2-3 parents to help coordinate

• Amy to set up the signup genius

• Events for Oct-Dec

• Parent involvement survey.

• Treasurer Update: Current M&T Bank balance = $2,991.78 as of 9/2/2024

• PTO Business:

• Parent/guardian involvement, needs

• Committees

• Fundraising Committee

• Dance Committee

• Bake sales Coordinators

• School Community Events

• Book fair

• Spelling Bee?

• Science Fair

• Pancake Breakfast 

  Talent Show

  ...Others?

• School Play

• Garden Committee

  School Swag

• Volunteer protocol/paperwork for parent/guardian field trip chaperones

• Fundraising Activities: 

• Need to come up with ideas

• family direct ask (late sept)

• solicitation for donations from big local businesses

• Grants (Robin)

• silent auction

• Winter Gear Drive

• Election Bake Sales @ Miller Center & St. Marks

• Student committee for fundraising?

• PTO non-profit status

• Teacher expenditures