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may
FACULTY CIRCLE MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 11, 3:30-5:30
COMMUNITY POTLUCK
We will be combining this with the Yard Sale and Cookout on Memorial Day Weekend.
GENERAL CIRCLE MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 3:30-5:30
Admin meeting from 3:30-4, General Circle from 4-5:30.
BALLROOM DANCING with FAYE GREARSON
DATE AND TIME TBA
Noble Hall, furthest room back or VCFA gym, VCFA Campus
COST: $7 per person
Open to the extended Pacem Community (including past, present, and future Pacem students!)
PACEM YARD SALE FUNDRAISER and COOKOUT
SATURDAY MAY 29, 9-1
Please help out with Pacem's 4th Annual Spring Yard, Plant, and Bake Sale organized by the Student Circle.
We need items that are clean and lightly used and tasty treats.
Please drop these off by Friday afternoon or 8am Saturday morning.
Volunteers can help from 8am to 11am or from 11am to 2pm.
Please contact Jaime (tel 279-0931) for more information and to let her know how you can help.
Since we are combining the Community Potluck with the Yard Sale, we will set up a grill. Please bring hot dogs, veggie dogs and burgers, hamburgers, sausage, or any other items to cook over the grill!
PACEM CLOSED
MONDAY MAY 31, MEMORIAL DAY
june
GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS CONFERENCE
TUESDAY, JUNE 1- FRIDAY, JUNE 4
CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE
Gross National Happiness USA envisions a sustainable future, based on the use of a comprehensive set of social progress indicators that reflects our American values and truly supports life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. GNH is an indicator developed in Bhutan and is based on the premise that the calculation of "wealth" should consider other aspects besides economic development: the preservation of the environment and the quality of life of the people. With the support of the UN Development Program, Bhutan has put this concept into practice, and has attracted the attention of the rest of the world with its new formula to measure the progress of a community or nation.
Some Pacem families, students, and faculty will be attending this event, particularly the GNH Ambassador Training.
If you are interested in knowing more about the conference and/or registering please go to: www.http://gnhusa.org
PACEM'S SECOND WORKSHOPS FOR INSPIRATION RETREAT (WIRE!) PLANNING COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, JUNE 1 or 22, 3:30-5:30
In order to make this a really successful three days, we need a small but effective planning committee of parents, students, and teachers to help plan and organize WIRe's three days, set guidelines, and volunteer during the event. Jaime and Lotus Lake have a lot of it organizing will be fun!! See end of email for more details about WIRe.
STUDENT AND PARENT ASSESSMENT OF FACULTY
JUNE 7-11
Pacem relies on great teachers to provide a superior academic and social experience - both in-class and during breaks and lunches. Please help us fine tune our program. We would like every Pacem student and one parent from each family to answer a short survey of our faculty to gauge how we are doing. The survey will be posted on our computers and may also be online. Parents and students can take the survey any time Pacem is open during this week or at the Presentation Celebration. We will keep you posted on how to take the survey.
PACEM PRESENTATION CELEBRATION
FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 4-6
Open to the extended Pacem Community (including past, present, and future Pacem students!)
Come one and come all. See the student projects from the Project, science, and art classes. There will also be finger food and singing! Please bring any baked goodies and your singing voice! We also encourage anyone who is interested in Pacem to swing by and see the student work.
LAST DAY: FINAL COMMUNITY CLEANUP, OUTDOOR COOKOUT, POTLUCK PARTY
MONDAY, JUNE 14, 8:30-3
Students, teachers, parents, this is the time to collect all the papers and projects and cubby odds and ends and take them home! After a morning clean-up, we will make a fire down by the river and cook various food items on sticks and play outdoor games. Pack veggie or hot dogs, sausages, pasta salads, marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate for s'mores.
MOUNTAIN AND SERVICE RETREAT
TUESDAY- FRIDAY, JUNE 15-18, 9-2:30
Open to the extended Pacem Community (including past, present, and future Pacem students!)
The Mountain and Service Retreat is devoted to physical challenge and spiritual reflection and inquiry, with the overarching intention of helping each other and our greater community, having fun, and getting to know one another better.
On the best two days of this week we will be hiking two challenging mountains, Mount Mansfield and Camel's Hump, and meditate and share reflections, poetry, and song on the path back down. On the other two days we will be volunteering for one or two local organizations. Since this is a 100% volunteer week, parents or caregivers must accompany their children or arrange for someone to do the same.
SPYGLASS PROPS,SETS,COSTUME WORK
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 3:30-5:30
Spyglass Production Crew: This is an extra meeting to finish sets, props, and costumes. All prop masters, set designers, and costume designers MUST COME.
Contact Colette Kelly: colette@miraclewonderland.com
SPYGLASS TECH REHEARSAL
TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 3:30-5:30
The Chapel,VCFA College Hall - 2nd floor, 36 College Street
Contact Colette Kelly: colette@miraclewonderland.com
SPYGLASS DRESS REHEARSAL
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 5-7:30
The Chapel,VCFA College Hall - 2nd floor, 36 College Street
Contact Colette Kelly: colette@miraclewonderland.com
SPYGLASS PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 7:00
The Chapel, VCFA College Hall, 36 College Street
Open to the extended Pacem Community (including past, present, and future Pacem students!)
FACULTY NARRATIVES SENT OUT WITH TRANSCRIPTS
STUDENT ASSESSMENTS SENT TO FACULTY
FRIDAY, JULY 2
other notes and future events
WIRe: WORKSHOPS FOR INSPIRATION RETREAT
AUGUST 29, 30, 31
Inspired by Grace LLewellyn's Not Back to School Camp, we are putting together a similar retreat with Pacem's emphasis on community, family, peace, and mindfulness. We will be putting together three days of student, faculty and parent led workshops at Lotus Lake with overnights for older students. Workshops might include: Learn Navi; Challenge of Trading Card Game Creation; Improv Theater; The Art of Letter Writing: Maria Rainer Rilke, Jane Adams, Albert Einstein, Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Dream Mapping Your Future-Start It Now, Workout Intensive: Run, Bike, Hike, Swim; Wild Fashion; The Art of Go; Epic Environmental Art; Choreography in the Wild; and much more!