ADL AGENDA

Dear Families,

With all the events taking place at ADL in the ensuing weeks, I inadvertently left out our small but powerful group of cheerleaders. They competed last weekend in St. Albans and were named the middle school champs of the Academy Cheer Challenge. They compete again on 2/13 at the NVAC competition in South Burlington. Additionally, our stalwart young cheerleaders arrive at ADL for 6:00 AM practices and cheer our basketball teams on for every home game. They are a devoted and hardworking crew. Please be sure to congratulate them on their recent accomplishment and clap loudly when they perform for our upcoming games and tournament. Speaking of the ADL Tourney, we hope you’ll join us as we celebrate our 40th year hosting this opportunity for our area basketball future stars to compete together. The tournament runs from 2/17-2/20; see you there!

“What is that brightly painted barrel doing in the Lobby?” The barrel is for donations for a school in Liberia , West Africa, where 10 years of civil war have destroyed the infrastructure of the country and left little for the children. A teacher from Essex HS will be returning there this spring and is willing to bring picture books, early readers, pens, pencils, markers, games, puzzles, etc. Anything helps for those with nothing. Used materials are fine. The barrel will be at ADL for 2 weeks, until 2/16, and then it will move off to a different school.

It’s that time of year when I need to ask for help from home with a serious issue. We have two buses that arrive at dismissal every day that are having difficulty in safely boarding students. Some cars are ignoring the flashing red lights and stop signs on the buses and are driving through them as students board. To keep our students safe, and to keep you from paying a large fine, please obey the flashing lights and stop signs. We hope to see you all at the ADL 40th Anniversary Basketball Tournament next week and hope that you have a good February break. For those of you who are traveling, please do so safely. We’ll see everyone back at school on Wednesday, March 3.

Laurie Singer, Principal

Last updated: Feb 15 at 10:50 am