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Preschool

Students at Flynn expand their learning through art, music, physical education, and library classes to be well-rounded students as they prepare for Middle School.   Explore the links below to learn more about student learning and projects.

Art | Janine Plumer

Physical Education | Maggie DiMasi 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music | Emily Willette 

For a little musical inspiration, visit The J.J. Flynn Music Site including links to

• Music First
• PBS Music Kids
• Google Chrome Music Lab

We look forward to the time when the Vermont State Guidelines indicate that it is safe to return to the use of large shared community spaces so that we can return to offering independent library access to our students. Under the unique circumstances of the 2020-2021 school year, we are finding new ways to share books with students including a mobile book cart that travels to the hallway outside each classroom on a rotating basis, “surprise” book bags based on the information students give their librarians on interest inventories, and use of the library online catalog to make book requests that get delivered to the classrooms.

Contact School Librarian, Amy Cudney, at acudney@bsdvt.org . Check out the Library Homepage for the latest updates.

Flynn’s school counselors, Emily Russen (grades 3-5; she/her) and Jill Everett (grades K-2; she/her), provide social and emotional support to students through classroom lessons, small group opportunities, individual short-term counseling, and crisis response/management. You can reach Emily via email at erussen@bsdvt.org or by phone at 802-864-8478, ext. 51005. You can reach Jill Everett via email at jeverett@bsdvt.org or by phone at 802-864-8478, ext. 51227.

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Student Support Services are available at Flynn to assist our students in a number of ways. Our staff of special educators, speech and language specialists, school psychologists, and the guidance counselor are here to be part of your child’s team to help them excel inside and outside the classroom.

• Susan Held – sheld@bsdvt.org
• Isabelle Gulick- igulick@bsdvt.org
• Maura Dabney-mdabney@bsdvt.org
• Emma Chaffee-echaffee@bsdvt.org
• Kathryn Howrigan – khowriga@bsdvt.org/Michael Gordon-mgordon@bsdvt.org
• Lauren Weiss-lweiss@bsdvt.org
• Nicole Bowen-nbowen@bsdvt.org
• Caitlin Rock-crock@bsdvt.org

Mary Dunsmore, who was named 2024 Vermont School Nurse of the Year, has worked at J.J. Flynn Elementary for the past 17 years. Mary is a Nationally Certified School Nurse. Prior to working for BSD, Mary was a school nurse in St. Albans, Vermont,  Connecticut, and  Oregon. Before School Nursing she was an Emergency Room Nurse and has additionally done Public Health, Intensive Care, Cardiac Care and Open Heart Nursing. Mary was also a camp Nurse for Camp Pemi located in Wentworth, New Hampshire for 13 summers.   Mary lives in Swanton with her husband, and enjoys visiting her son, his wife and her granddaughter in Chicago when she can.

email: mdunsmor@bsdvt.org

Health Office Hours: School Days 7:45am to 3:30pm

Please see the District Health Services Webpage for more Health Information.

Our team prepare nutritious school meals daily for our Flynn students. Visit our District School Food Project Website to learn more about food at school.

Visit Flynn and you will be sure to see our dedicated custodians working hard behind the scenes to keep our school in fantastic shape. To contact District Property Services, please call 864-2158.