Trick or Treat for Unicef

Porters Point School will be participating in Trick or Treat for Unicef this year.  To learn more about Trick or Treat for Unicef click here to view a short video. Boxes will be sent home on Tuesday, October 31st and need to be returned to school by Friday, November 3rd.  Thank you! 

Lake Champlain

We have had an amazing time learning about Lake Champlain! Through our watershed exploration and our trip to ECHO and the Burlington Waterfront we have learned the different ways that we impact the lake and that the lake impacts our community.

Things that pollute or harm the lake:

• Oil from leaky cars

• Factories that dump into the lake

• Construction

• Farms - fertilizer and animal waste

• Run off from roads

• Pet waste

Things we can do to help the lake:

• Take care of our cars so they don't leak

• Clean up after our pets

• Be responsible with toxic waste

• Build fences to keep cows out of streams

• Don't cut down trees on the banks of rivers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

A Message From Ms. Foley

Hello PPS families,

Happy Fall!

I hope you all are settling in to the new school year.

My name is Courtney Foley (Ms. Foley to the kids) and I am the new “school services clinician” at Porter’s Point School. People also sometimes refer to me as the “school social worker.” I work with kids and families with varying needs and challenges. I am very happy to be joining this community and I look forward to getting to know students and families.

I often meet with kids in my office during breakfast or lunch and sometimes I allow kids to invite a friend or two to join us while we practice social skills and work on building positive friendships. These meetings are informal and occur sporadically for kids who are not on my caseload. As such, your child might get asked, “Would you like to eat lunch with me and Ms. Foley today?” and your child would then get to respond “yes” or “no” for that day. If you are not comfortable with your child being invited to join us for a lunch or breakfast, please contact me directly via email at courtney.foley@colchestersd.org or by phone at (802) 264-5918.

You may hear from me throughout the year about various opportunities for giving and if you are ever interested in donating to the PPS community, please let me know and I can give you more information about how to do so.

Thank you for your time!

Sincerely,

Courtney Foley, MS

Porters Point School

School Services Clinician