Bobcat Pride
Sunset Valley Elementary
Week of November 27 - Dec. 1
The Principal's Den
The Apex Fun Run is this FRIDAY!!!
We are so proud of our students, parents, & teachers for helping to make this program a success! We hope that you all come out on Friday to cheer on your child as they run laps in the Apex Fun Run. It’s not too late to enter your child’s fun run pledges.
Go to www.apexfunrun.com and login with your child’s access code from their pledge kit. Help us FINISH STRONG!
The Run times are:
- Kindergarten & 1st grade - 12:00 pm
- 2nd & 3rd grade - 9:15 am
- 4th grade - 10:15 am
What do the funds raised by our Fun Run pay for? Our goal this year, with your help, is to purchase Chromebooks and iPads for your student to use in their classroom. Currently, each classroom has 3-4 Chromebooks and an opportunity to check out an iPad cart. We would love to have more of these resources so students can use them more frequently! Please keep those pledges coming in!
Our donation collections are all being done online through the Apex website (www.apexfunrun.com) to make the collection process easier and faster. Of course, sponsors can still pay by cash/check if they choose, we just ask that these donations be turned into the school any time before the Fun Run, so that students receive credit.
Thank you for your support!
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Important Dates to Remember in November & December
Wednesday, November 15 - December 1
- APEX Fundraiser!
- Fun Run - Friday, December 1
Friday, December 1
- 9:15 2nd & 3rd grade APEX Fun Run
- 10:15 4th grade APEX Fun Run
- 12:00 Kindergarten & 1st grade Fun Run
Monday, December 4 - Friday, December 8
- PTA Penguin Patch (Holiday Shoppe)
Monday, December 4 - Wednesday December 14
Mrs. Cowen is selling snowflakes for 10 cents each – class with most will be announced at Pride Rally on 12/15 and their teacher will wear a Santa suit
SVES Toy Drive
Saturday, December 9
- SVES PTA Breakfast with Santa & Vendor Fair - 9:00 am- 11:30 am
Thursday, December 14 @ 1:15 pm
- 3rd 6 weeks PRIDE Rally
- PJ Pep Rally & Sing Along 8:00 - 8:45
- K-1 Winter/Holiday Party 9:00 - 10:00
- 2-4 Winter/Holiday Party 10:00-11:00
SVES Toy Drive
PLEASE TAKE OUR SURVEY!
The 3rd Ever SVES Survey before December 15th
Free & Reduced Lunch Application
Volunteer Opportunities at SVES
Are you interested in helping in the office or classroom at SVES on a regular basis? Are you planning to chaperone a group of students on a field trip, help with PTA events, become a WATCH DOG volunteer, or chaperone at a school event? If you answered ‘YES’ to any of the above questions, you must complete a Volunteer Form/Criminal History Background check. To be eligible to volunteer on any of the KISD campuses, this process is completed each school year. To be considered as a KISD Volunteer for 2017-2018 school year, please complete the Volunteer Form. If you have a student at more than one KISD campus, you only need to fill out the application one time this school year. Please submit your Volunteer Application through the following link: Volunteer Application. Sign up TODAY!!
Once under the "Volunteer Form" job listing, click "Apply for this Position" to begin filling out the form. Once your application has been approved, you will receive a confirmation via the email address you provided in the application process. You only need to apply one time each school year. Our PTA is going to be posting specific volunteer opportunities however here are some other options for you:
- Classroom helper - help our teachers with door decorating, bulletin boards, reading to students, organizing notebooks/folders, cutting/laminating, etc.
- Library - help shelve books and with the check out/in process, reading to students, etc.
- Office/School helper - answer phones, using the laminating machine, sort/distribute mail, covering lunch duty for teachers, etc.
- Watch Dog Dad - Fathers, grandfathers, step-fathers, uncles, and other father figures who volunteer to serve at least one day a year in a variety of school activities as assigned by the school principal or counselor.
After-School Clubs
- Mondays - Kinder - 4th grade Running Club 3:15 - 3:50
- Mondays - Cub Scouts- Lion Den 4:45 - 6:00 & Tiger Den 6:00-7:00 in the Library
- Tuesdays - Coding Club for 2nd - 4th grade 7:15 - 7:45 am starting October 3 (Kinder & 1st will also be invited at a later date)
- Tuesdays Fun with Clays for 1st - 4th grade- November 7, 14, 28, Dec. 5, 12, 19
- 3:10 - 4:10 pm in the Art Room
- Tuesdays- Girl Scouts Troop 1162 starting at 6:30 pm
- Tuesdays - (starting Sept. 26) Kinder - 4th grade Science Matters from 3:15 - 4:15 in the Library. Register here: www.sciencematters.tv
- Wednesday - Battle of the Books for 3rd & 4th grade 7:15 - 7:45 am (more information to come)
- Thursdays - (starting Sept. 14) Marimba for 4th grade from 7:00 am - 7:30 am in the Music room
- Fridays - Golf Squad for Kinder - 4th grade from September 29 - November 7 and January 26 - March 23. Register here: https://golfsquad.com/school/sunset-valley-elementary/
Other Art Sessions coming up. Applications will be available at least 2 weeks prior to the starting date.
- Paper Mache' Magic for 3rd & 4th grade - Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb, 6, 13
- Shutter Bugs for 2nd - 4th - Feb. 20, 27, Mar 6, 20, 27, Apr 3
- Miscellaneous Madness for Kdg - 4th - Apr 17, 24, 22, May 1, 8
Our Bell Schedule
1st Bell – 7:25 am Students are allowed in the building at designated areas
2nd Bell – 7:40 am – Students are allowed to walk to classrooms. Teachers are present at their door to welcome students.
3rd Bell – 7:55 am – Tardy Bell – Students not in the building at this time will receive a tardy slip.
4th Bell – 3:10 pm – Kindergarten – 4th grade dismissal
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The Sunset Valley PTA is Amazing! But I'm sure you already knew that! :)
Join the SVES PTA!
NEW this year! Online memberships! As we start the new PTA year we'd like to offer you the ability to sign up or renew your membership online at http://www.joinpta.org/
For just $10 per membership, you can create a voice for every child! Student memberships will receive a punch card for 1 free concession item at our PTA events (good for 3 events)
- Feel you don't have time? No worries. Being a member of PTA doesn't require your time, however we do have volunteer, chair, and board positions available! Please email us sunsetpta23@gmail.com if you are interested.
- Not a Sunset Valley Elementary parent? That's ok too!! Grandparents, neighbors and friends can join as well! A voice for a child is still a voice for a child...having a community backing our youth is backing our FUTURE! JOIN US!
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Our PTA does so many events and programs to support our students and amazing teachers! Help us reach our goal of 1 voice for every child!!
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Thank you for your support!
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