Ventana Vista
January 12th - 18th, 2022
Upcoming Events
January
12th & 13th- CoGAT Testing - Grade 1
12th - Kindergarten Town Hall (For the upcoming 2022/2023 SY)
13th - ECMS Open House for 5th Graders
17th - No School - Martin Luther King Day
17th - MLK Day Unity Walk
19th - CoGAT Testing - Kinder
19th - Town Hall Meeting for New Families (Grades 1 thru 5)
19th - FFO Meeting (6 pm)
20th - 5th Grade Band Trip to ECMS
25th - Governing Board Meeting
Open House for Prospective Parents/Students
Please use this google link if you would like to join the meeting.
Please join us in welcoming 3 new Staff members
Betty PhillipsOur new Front Office Clerk! She will likely be the first smiling face you see if you come to the front office. She also has 2 grandchildren who attend VVE. | Carrie Singerman EA Reading/Math Tutor & Classroom Support. She has a 1st grader at VVE. | Sarah Mencke EA Reading/Math Tutor. She’s our former FFO President and has 2 Bobcats here in 1st and 5th grades. |
Betty Phillips
Our new Front Office Clerk! She will likely be the first smiling face you see if you come to the front office. She also has 2 grandchildren who attend VVE.
CV will be hosting a MLK Day Unity Walk on Monday, January 17 at Sabino Canyon and would like to extend a warm invitation to all our VV Families

Library Update
In the library, Ms. Suzy has been working diligently to unbox, process, and barcode all of the new science curriculum materials for all grade levels! There are over 138 boxes of new materials, and soon teachers will be able to check out materials to use in class. Thank you, Ms. Suzy!
The library is closed to classes this week (Jan 10th-14th), but will be open again next week.
FFO Corner
FFO General Meeting next Wednesday, January 19 at 6:00pmOur first FFO Meeting of 2022! Mrs. Mulay will be sharing some information about the new state testing for 3rd-5th graders. November meeting minutes and January agenda are attached. Topic: VVFFO General Meeting | Kindness Matters Fund DonationThe FFO Board voted to use some of the money in our Kindness Matters Fund (which comes from generous donations from our families) to make a donation to the GoFundMe campaign in support of our well loved EA, Ms. Emy Riedle. She and her boys suffered an unimaginable loss last week when her husband passed away after a battle with brain cancer. For more information, or to donate yourself, please visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-riedles-family?member=16295733&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2EW-lq_NSeyN_05AIeECZlX11oCFPEM5XJ1-qmxIYn6bq6nHAWFA_DH9Y | Stock the Lounge!A New Year and another opportunity to show our VVE Staff/Teachers some appreciation….Let’s “Stock the Lounge”! If you happen to be running errands over the next few days, pick-up a little something extra for the VVE Staff Lounge and drop it off with our volunteers when you drop off your student Tuesday, January 18th. Or if your child rides the bus or walks and they have room in their backpack that's great too! (Ideas for items: “shelf-stable” snacks, sparkling water, Keurig pods, etc.) The staff has greatly appreciated the previous donations and are happy to have the goodies and supplies! Thank you for your support! |
FFO General Meeting next Wednesday, January 19 at 6:00pm
Our first FFO Meeting of 2022! Mrs. Mulay will be sharing some information about the new state testing for 3rd-5th graders.
November meeting minutes and January agenda are attached.
Topic: VVFFO General Meeting
Time: Jan 19, 2022 06:00 PM Arizona
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81540443786?pwd=T0RjMnFJaldTMUpLTld1ODBLSFNCQT09
Meeting ID: 815 4044 3786
Passcode: 124397
Kindness Matters Fund Donation
The FFO Board voted to use some of the money in our Kindness Matters Fund (which comes from generous donations from our families) to make a donation to the GoFundMe campaign in support of our well loved EA, Ms. Emy Riedle. She and her boys suffered an unimaginable loss last week when her husband passed away after a battle with brain cancer. For more information, or to donate yourself, please visit
https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-riedles-family?member=16295733&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2EW-lq_NSeyN_05AIeECZlX11oCFPEM5XJ1-qmxIYn6bq6nHAWFA_DH9Y
Stock the Lounge!
A New Year and another opportunity to show our VVE Staff/Teachers some appreciation….Let’s “Stock the Lounge”! If you happen to be running errands over the next few days, pick-up a little something extra for the VVE Staff Lounge and drop it off with our volunteers when you drop off your student Tuesday, January 18th. Or if your child rides the bus or walks and they have room in their backpack that's great too!
(Ideas for items: “shelf-stable” snacks, sparkling water, Keurig pods, etc.)
The staff has greatly appreciated the previous donations and are happy to have the goodies and supplies! Thank you for your support!
Open Enrollment Information
Governing Board Members
Amy Krauss, President
Carole Siegler, Vice President
Amy Bhola, Board Member
Doug Hadley, Board Member
Eileen Jackson, Board Member
Mary Kamerzell, Superintendent