"Bobcat PRIDE" Parent News
October 1-5
Who We Are
Mission: The community of Sunset Valley will educate our students to achieve their highest standards of performance by engaging them in exceptional opportunities.
Vision: To create an optimal learning experience that promotes ongoing collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and communication with students, teachers, parents, and community members for the success of all students.
Important Events in October
October 1 - Running Club begins
October 8 - No School
October 9 - No School/Parent Conferences
October 10 - School Pictures
October 19 - Field Day
October 22 - Red Ribbon Week Pep Rally @ 1:00 pm on blacktop
October 22-29 - PTA Boo Grams on sale
October 24 - Red Ribbon Week Assembly 2nd-4th will begin at 1:30 & K-1 will begin at 2:05 pm
October 25 - PTA Spirit Night at Panda Express
October 25 - 3rd grade Music Program @ 6:00 pm
October 26 - PTA Trunk or Treat 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Mark your Calendars!
21-Day Healthy Snack Challenge
Storybook Character Parade
Principal's Den
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 2018-2019 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.
SVES Lunch Menu
Click HERE to see a breakdown of the SVES menu for the week. You can also view and/or download the menu by the month by clicking HERE.
Free & Reduced Lunch Application
हामी तपाईंको पात्रताको लाभ लागू गर्न र तपाईंको योग्यता लाभहरू ट्रयाक गर्न नयाँ र सुधारिएको तरिका प्रदान गर्न उत्साहित छौं - यो विद्यालयकैफे योग्यता भनिन्छ। तलको लिङ्कले तपाईंलाई सिधा स्कूल कैफेमा ल्याउनेछ ताकि तपाईं नि: शुल्क वा कम लंचको मूल्यका लागि आवेदन गर्न सक्नुहुनेछ - https://freeandreduced.kellerisd.net/Register.aspx
Home Access Center
Home Access Center is an online portal that allows parents/guardians to log in and view information pertaining to their student including, but not limited to, class schedules, emergency contact information, attendance, and grades.
The Home Access Center is provided for the express use of the parents of Keller Independent School District students to assist in the communication of important educational information. The goal of the Home Access Center is to assist you in effectively communicating with the teachers, staff, and administration about your student.
Download the eSchool Family App
DOWNLOAD NEW KELLER ISD MOBILE APP TODAY
Keller ISD is pleased to announce our new mobile app, designed specifically to keep families better informed and connected to what's going on in our schools.
The new KISD mobile app is now available for both Apple and Android devices.
The app will deliver real-time school news to a smart-device for fast, up-to-date access. Features of the app include:
- The latest district and school news
- Push notifications about breaking news, closures, weather, events, and more
- Photos from school events
- Maps with school locations, phone numbers, and staff information.
Parents can log into the app using their Home Access Center (HAC)username and password. Having trouble logging in? All parents are required to re-register their HAC accounts for the new school year. Logins from previous years will no longer work.
The app is FREE and available for download today. Just follow these steps:
- From a smart-device, go to the iTunes App Store® or Google Play®
- Search "Keller ISD"
- The select the "Keller ISD" app for free download.
Keller ISD's new mobile app is just a few taps away. Download it today!
Clubs at Sunset Valley
Bitty Bobcat Book Club - for our younger students & families. Meet the last Monday of the month from 8:30 am 9:00 am in our library.
- Contact Tracie.Bennett@kellerisd.net for more information
Running Club - students meet every Monday after school (starting October 1)
- Contact Joe.Dunson@kellerisd.net for more information
Keller Shake Club - students meet every Monday after school (meeting now)
- Contact Haley.Wilborn@kellerisd.net for more information
Coding Club - meets every Tuesday before school (starts October 2)
- Contact Tracie.Bennett@kellerisd.net for more information
Art Club - meet after school every Tuesday (meeting now)
- Contact Cheri.Baxter@kellerisd.net for more information
Battle of the Books - meet every Wednesday before school (starting October 3)
- Contact Tracie.Bennett@kellerisd.net for more information
- Permission Slips are due September 27th
- Contact Rebecca.Puckett@kellerisd.net for more information
PTA News
PTA Membership Contest
The grade level totals are as follows -
- Kindergarten-51
- 1st grade-47
- 2nd grade-71
- 3rd grade-44
- 4th grade-25
Kindergarten
- Belloc- 7
- Bishop- 2
- Jimenez- 13
- Steele-White- 21
- Thomasson- 8
- Conn- 7
- Kaczmarski- 10
- Kerns- 10
- L. Smith- 7
- Schneider- 13
- August- 16
- Gerhardt- 13
- Popson- 11
- Self- 20
- Van Kalker- 11
- Huff- 12
- Kuntz- 12
- G. Smith- 4
- Sweeten- 7
- Wynn- 9
- Dannis- 6
- Johnson- 2
- Nettleton- 6
- Leitschuh- 5
- Gage- 6
Ready to Become a Member of the SVES PTA? Help us reach 100% Membership!
Online memberships are quick and easy! 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!
- 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!
Please Follow us on Facebook to get the latest SVES PTA news and updates!
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!!
Click here to see watch the PTA welcome message.
Thank you for your support!
SVES PTASVES PTA को एक सदस्य बनने को लागि तैयार? हामीलाई 100% सदस्यता पुग्न मद्दत गर्नुहोस्!
अनलाइन सदस्यता छिटो र सजिलो छ! हामीले नयाँ PTA वर्ष सुरु गर्यौं हामी तपाइँलाई तपाइँको सदस्यता ऑनलाइन अनलाइन साइन अप वा नवीकरण गर्ने क्षमता प्रदान गर्दछौं http://www.joinpta.org/
प्रति सदस्यतामा केवल 10 डलरको लागि, तपाइँ हरेक बालबालिकाको लागि आवाज सिर्जना गर्न सक्नुहुनेछ!
गुगल द्वारा अनुवाद गरिएको
Vendors & Sponsors Needed
- Trunk or Treat - October 26 from 6-8 pm
- Breakfast with Santa - December 15 from 9-11 am
- Spring Carnival - May 3 from 6-8 pm
Please fill out form and follow steps to participate.
Bring in your BOXTOPS!
That is AMAZING! Let's keep up the good work everyone! Please continue to turn in the collection sheets or put the boxtops in a plastic zip top bag, labeled with the student's first and last name and teacher. Boxtops are converted to CASH for our SCHOOL! Did you now that last year's boxtops helped purchase new playground equipment? Pretty amazing!
Spirit Night
The next Spirit Night will be on October 25 at Panda Express. More information to come!
Be Sure and Check us Out on these Social Media sites
text @9bc72 to 81010
Sunset Valley Facebook
SunsetValleyES
https://www.facebook.com/SunsetValleyES/@SunsetValleyES
Our SVES Family!
Kristen Eriksen, Principal
Anna Michaels, Assistant Principal
Jennifer Cowen, Counselor
Debbie Rush, Campus Secretary
Sonya Sanford, Receptionist
Ruthann Kiefer, Attendance
Ashley Hutchinson, Nurse
Karen Baker, Diagnostician
Joe Dunson - PE
Katie Wilson - PE Aide
Haley Wilborn - Theater
Suzanne Sauls, Resource Para
Stori Johnson, Core Academy
Jeff Pool, Core Academy Para
Jennifer Skrodzki, Core Academy Para
Cody Turner, Core Program
Sonja Gaines, Core Program Para
Michelle Foster, Core Program Para
Kim Webb, ESL
Patti Bailey, Speech
Sunset Valley Elementary
The Sunset Valley Elementary School VISION is to create an optimal learning experience that promotes ongoing collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and communication with students, teachers, parents, and community members for the success of all students.
We are proud to be the twenty-third elementary campus in KellerISD and the newest member of Panther Pride. It is an exhilarating time for the students, families, and teachers/staff of SVES. We truly are a “brand new” community, and I know we are all ready to build a school community like no other. We look forward to working together to give our students the very best education and to help prepare them for a bright future. We want every student to be healthy, happy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. We pledge to be “Intentionally Exceptional"!
Email: debbie.rush@kellerisd.net
Website: https://www.kellerisd.net/SVES
Location: 2032 Canchim Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Phone: 817-743-8200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunsetValleyES/
Twitter: @SunsetValleyES