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  • Ford Sayre Nordic BKL Programs: Getting Started for the 2016-2017 season! September 21, 2016
    Hello Ford Sayre Families! We hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather! We’ve been busy getting organized for the upcoming cross-country ski season, and have some exciting changes in the works. One of our big changes is that we are restructuring our programs to create a more unified Bill Koch League (BKL) program – including more integrated communication and curriculum across the K-8 grade programs. Please check out our website for more information.  As a heads-up, Online Registration opens during the first week of October! Please let us know if you have any questions about which program is the best fit for your child.  In the meantime, please mark your calendar with the following important upcoming dates/events.
    • Sunday, 9/25: Stratton Mountain School Elite Team Clinic, 2:30-4:30pm at the Richmond Middle School in Hanover, NH. Details here. This is a great opportunity for children of early elementary through high school age.
    • Monday, 9/26: Deadline for reserving Mont-Ste-Anne rooms for December trip*
    • Wednesday, 9/28: Meeting of the local Nordic community to hear about proposed plans (and give input) on developing a cross-country ski venue at Oak Hill in Hanover. The project is still in its beginning stages and will be a collaborative effort with Dartmouth and the Hanover and Upper Valley Communities. 7:00pm at the Norwich Congregational Church (located next to Tracy Hall in Norwich, VT; Use the side entrance and then turn left for the meeting hall).
    • Thursday, 10/6: Omer and Bob’s Team Night, 6:30-8:30pm, (Lebanon, NH. Team discounts for ski gear and garb)
    • Saturday, 10/15: Dartmouth Ski Swap & Sale, 10:00 – 4:00pm, Dartmouth Collis Common Ground (Hanover, NH)
    • Thursday, 11/3: New Families Night: 5:30pm, Mayer Room, Howe Library
    • Sunday, 11/6: Ford Sayre Ski Sale,12:00 – 2:30pm at the Richmond Middle School. A great source for used gear (Hanover, NH)
    • Thursday, 11/10: First Day of Practice for children in 3rd grade and higher (dry land), 3:30-4:30pm (Hanover, NH)
    • Tuesday, 11/29: First Day of Practice for children in kindergarten through 2nd grade (expected to be dry land), 3:30-4:30pm (Hanover, NH)
    • Thursday, 12/1: Deadline for reserving BKL Festival rooms*
    • Saturday, 2/11: Silver Fox Trot – our home race! (Hanover, NH)
    • Sat & Sun, 3/4 & 3/5: New England BKL Festival (Bethel, Maine)
    • Tuesday 3/7: Last Day of Practice
    * Reminder: Information regarding room reservations for both the Mont-Sainte-Anne & BKL Festival events may be found on our website under recent e-mails. We look forward to seeing you soon. As always, please contact us with any questions or concerns.  Best wishes,  Aricca and Jane (BKL co-program heads) Aricca Van Citters, 603-643-5670, JuniorBKL@fordsayre.org (Grades K-4) Jane Phipps, 802-649-8823, BKL@fordsayre.org  (Grades 5-8) If your child does not plan to ski with Ford Sayre BKL this year, you can unsubscribe by going to the bottom of this email and clicking “unsubscribe”.Continue reading →
  • Meeting Regarding New Ski Facility at Oak Hill September 21, 2016

    Dear Upper Valley Cross Country Skiers!

    Plans are afoot to develop a cross country ski venue at Oak Hill, potentially as part of a larger community recreation area.  Please join us to hear about the proposed project and to give your input.

    Wednesday, September 28, at 7:00pm at the Norwich Congregational Church
    (The church is located next to Tracy Hall in the center of Norwich. Use the side entrance and then turn left for the meeting hall.)

    The project is still in its beginning stages and will be a collaborative effort with Dartmouth and the Hanover and Upper Valley Communities. NOW is the time to bring together the Nordic community and begin to think about how we can create a world class facility together!

    Hope to see you there,

    Ashley & Peter Milliken

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  • Ford Sayre Nordic BKL Programs: Getting Started for the 2016-2017 season! September 21, 2016

    Hello Ford Sayre Families!

    We hope you are enjoying this beautiful fall weather! We’ve been busy getting organized for the upcoming cross-country ski season, and have some exciting changes in the works.

    One of our big changes is that we are restructuring our programs to create a more unified Bill Koch League (BKL) program – including more integrated communication and curriculum across the K-8 grade programs. Please check out our website for more information. 

    As a heads-up, Online Registration opens during the first week of October! Please let us know if you have any questions about which program is the best fit for your child.

    In the meantime, please mark your calendar with the following important upcoming dates/events.

    • Sunday, 9/25: Stratton Mountain School Elite Team Clinic, 2:30-4:30pm, details here. This is a great opportunity for children of early elementary through high school age.
    • Monday, 9/26: Deadline for reserving Mont-Ste-Anne rooms for December trip*
    • Thursday, 10/6: Omer and Bob’s Team Night, 6:30-8:30pm, (Lebanon, NH. Team discounts for ski gear and garb)
    • Saturday, 10/15: Dartmouth Ski Swap & Sale, 10:00 – 4:00pm, Dartmouth Collis Common Ground (Hanover, NH)
    • Thursday, 11/3: New Families Night: 5:30pm, Mayer Room, Howe Library
    • Sunday, 11/6: Ford Sayre Ski Sale,12:00 – 2:30pm at the Richmond Middle School. A great source for used gear (Hanover, NH)
    • Thursday, 11/10: First Day of Practice for children in 3rd grade and higher (dry land), 3:30-4:30pm (Hanover, NH)
    • Tuesday, 11/29: First Day of Practice for children in kindergarten through 2nd grade (expected to be dry land), 3:30-4:30pm (Hanover, NH)
    • Thursday, 12/1: Deadline for reserving BKL Festival rooms*
    • Saturday, 2/11: Silver Fox Trot – our home race! (Hanover, NH)
    • Sat & Sun, 3/4 & 3/5: New England BKL Festival (Bethel, Maine)
    • Tuesday 3/7: Last Day of Practice

    * Reminder: Information regarding room reservations for both the Mont-Sainte-Anne & BKL Festival events may be found on our website under recent e-mails.

    We look forward to seeing you soon. As always, please contact us with any questions or concerns.

    Best wishes,

    Aricca and Jane (BKL co-program heads)
    Aricca Van Citters, 603-643-5670, JuniorBKL@fordsayre.org (Grades K-4)
    Jane Phipps, 802-649-8823, BKL@fordsayre.org  (Grades 5-8)
    If your child does not plan to ski with Ford Sayre BKL this year, you can unsubscribe by going to the bottom of this email and clicking “unsubscribe”.

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  • Mont-Sainte-Anne December trip, reserve rooms by Sept. 26th September 15, 2016
    Ski w/ Ford Sayre families at Mont-Ste-Anne near Quebec City Dec 26th-30th: a tradition in its 4th year! Reserve rooms by September 26th.
     
    THE SKIING EXPERIENCE:
    This will be the 4th winter that Ford Sayre families have been gathering at Mont-Ste-Anne over the winter holiday break. What started out with just a few families has grown to nearly 20 Ford Sayre families, and families that go have had a whole lot of fun with some early-season skiing!!
    The Mont-Ste-Anne trip has historically included more middle-school and high-school aged Ford Sayre skiers and their families. However, this is a great opportunity for younger families to get to know other Ford Sayre families, and enjoy skiing with friends on a beautiful trail system.
    HOW IT WORKS: 
    Each day we will have gathering times for folks who want to ski in Ford Sayre groups, led by parents/coaches. This is completely optional, but as many parents have noticed, kids seem to ski with fewer complaints when in kid groups! There are 5 warming huts on the trail system so it is extra fun to ski in packs and take snack breaks together.
    It can be cold, but the extensive trail system cannot be beat, and Quebec City is only 30 minutes away!

    Château Mont-Sainte-Anne

    RESERVE by Sept 26th! (Reserving after will work, too, if rooms are available, but the hotel needs a chunk of money from us by 9/26 to hold the block.)
    WHEN: 4 nights: arriving Dec 26; departing Dec 30
    RATE: $219 Canadian + taxes per room per night for 2 adults; no additional charge for children 17 and younger (taxes = federal & provincial sales tax 5% & 9.975% and tourist area tax of $3/night)
    FORD SAYRE ROOM BLOCK: Ask for “Ford Sayre Ski Team” rate; rate is discounted. We have reserved 20 rooms.
    ROOM TYPE: “Château Studio” = 2 queen beds; small table for 4; kitchenette w/ stove, microwave, fridge, toaster. You can ask about upgrade costs if you would like a different type of room.
    OUTDOOR HOT TUB: This is an après ski highlight!
    PHONE & LINK:1.855.342.3376
    MONT-STE-ANNE SKI AREA & proximity to our hotel:
    There is no lodging right at the XC trails except for one big lodge that many people would need to co-rent. Chåteau Mte-Ste-Anne is at the alpine mountain, and you can ski to the XC lodge from there, but it’s 7K, so what most families do is drive to the XC lodge in the morning w/ lunches packed, and then individual family members ski back to the hotel at the end of the day if they so desire.
    FOOD: Here is what most families do, making use of the grocery stores that are only a few minutes away from the hotel.
    Breakfast in hotel rooms. (Many enjoy the bakery in the hotel lobby.)
    Lunch in ski lodge: families pack lunches and eat among friends. Food is also sold at the lodge.
    Dinner plans vary: families go out to restaurants; they cook in hotel rooms; and they bring food down to the conference room we have reserved in order to eat among other families. (We have reserved that conference room again this year for each night.)
    QUESTIONS?
    Please e-mail Emily Silver at: emily.silver@thet.net
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  • Reminder – Mont-Ste-Anne, Reserve rooms by Sept. 26th September 13, 2016
    Quick reminder that the deadline to reserve rooms is September 26th.
    13 families have signed up already. Hope you’ll join us! Details provided below are the same as earlier e-mail of August 2nd:
    Ski w/ Ford Sayre families at Mont-Ste-Anne near Quebec City Dec 26th-30th: a tradition in its 4th year! Reserve rooms by September 26th.
     
    THE SKIING EXPERIENCE:
    This will be our 4th winter continuing the Mont-Ste-Anne tradition.
    What started out with just a few families has grown to 19 families, and we have seen that it gives the kids
     a nice early-season foundation—and families a whole lot of fun!!
    Each day we will have gathering times for folks who want to ski in Ford Sayre groups, led by parents/coaches. This is completely optional, but as many of us parents have noticed, kids seem to ski w/ fewer complaints when in kid groups! There are 5 warming huts on the trail system so it is extra fun to ski in packs and take snack breaks together.
    It can be cold, but the extensive trail system cannot be beat, and Quebec City is only 30 minutes away!
     

    Château Mont-Sainte-Anne

    RESERVE by Sept 26th! (Reserving after will work, too, if rooms are available, but the hotel needs a chunk of money from us by 9/26 to hold the block.)
    WHEN: 4 nights: arriving Dec 26; departing Dec 30
    RATE: $219 Canadian + taxes per room per night for 2 adults; no additional charge for children 17 and younger (taxes = federal & provincial sales tax 5% & 9.975% and tourist area tax of $3/night)
    FORD SAYRE ROOM BLOCK: Ask for “Ford Sayre Ski Team” rate; rate is discounted. We have reserved 20 rooms.
    ROOM TYPE: “Château Studio” = 2 queen beds; small table for 4; kitchenette w/ stove, microwave, fridge, toaster. You can ask about upgrade costs if you would like a different type of room.
    OUTDOOR HOT TUB: This is an après ski highlight!
    PHONE & LINK: 1.855.342.3376
    MONT-STE-ANNE SKI AREA & proximity to our hotel:
    There is no lodging right at the XC trails except for one big lodge that many people would need to co-rent. Chåteau Mte-Ste-Anne is at the alpine mountain, and you can ski to the XC lodge from there, but it’s 7K, so what most families do is drive to the XC lodge in the morning w/ lunches packed, and then individual family members ski back to the hotel at the end of the day if they so desire.
    FOOD: Here is what most families do, making use of the grocery stores that are only a few minutes away from the hotel.
    Breakfast in hotel rooms. (Many enjoy the bakery in the hotel lobby.)
    Lunch in ski lodge: families pack lunches and eat among friends. Food is also sold at the lodge.
    Dinner plans vary: families go out to restaurants; they cook in hotel rooms; and they bring food down to the conference room we have reserved in order to eat among other families. (We have reserved that conference room again this year for each night.)
    QUESTIONS?
    Feel free to email me! emily.silver@thet.net
    Continue reading →