VALLEY VIKING NEWS
5.4.2020
MESSAGE FROM MRS. POQUETTE
We hope the Weekly Announcements, videos and messages from staff have helped to brighten your child's day. This week is teacher appreciation week! Please see the Spirit Week schedule below. This week is a perfect time to show our teachers how much we appreciate them. Thank you to everyone who sent in pictures to include in our video. Our teachers got a sneak peek yesterday and they LOVED it! They miss their students so much! One of our parents and former teachers worked together to create the video below of our VES cherry tree. Thank you, Heather Rose and Elna Morin for creating this special video.
We want your feedback! FCPS created a survey to help us better serve you and your students. Please take a few minutes to provide your input by clicking on the link below. Today is also the last day to complete our "Consideration Form" below. We would like to give you the opportunity to share some information that you would like for us to consider as we begin to make class groupings for the next school year. This consideration form is for you, as parents, to share specific information about your child that you feel would be beneficial as our teachers meet virtually to determine next year's placement.
As we continue on this journey, I appreciate your commitment to FCPS and Valley Elementary! I have said many times, VES is a special place! Our staff, students and parents continue to shine brightly! My hope is we can continue to move forward with determination, resiliency and hope for brighter days ahead.
We got this...TOGETHER!
Tracy
VALLEY VIKINGS YOUTUBE CHANNEL
We hope you are enjoying our YouTube channel! Here we will feature our weekly announcements as well as different staff members reading stories. Content will be updated weekly so feel free to check in to see what's happening.
If you are interested in being featured on our weekly announcements, we are looking for students to Share a Joke, Weird but True fact, This Week in History, Tongue Twister, or inspiring Quote. You can email a video of your student sharing one of the above. If you don't feel comfortable videotaping, you can email your submission with your student's name and it will be shared. Please e-mail all submissions to valleyannouncements2020@gmail.com
EXCITING NEWS!
Exciting News! Next school year, we will have a multi-grade class with first and second graders in it. Mrs. Stone will be teaching this class. FCPS schools have done multi-grade classes for many years especially in our smaller schools.
Students in this class will receive their grade level instruction in flexible groups (as in all classes) and have lunch,recess and specials with grade level peers. We have strategically created a master schedule to support the needs of all students with careful alignment of first and second grade schedules.
We have been collecting feedback from parents of our current kindergarten and first grade students through an interest survey. Please reach out to your classroom teacher if you need this link again. We will also be holding two virtual meetings this week for parents of current kindergarten and first grade students who have additional questions.
This strategic classroom grouping will continue to support our students and maximize learning as in a single grade level class. Please reach out to Mrs. Poquette at Tracy.Poquette@fcps.org with any questions.
CONTINUITY OF LEARNING FAMILY SURVEY
Dear Valley Families,
Valley invites you to participate in our school’s survey on Continuity of Learning. We want to hear from you on how Continuity of Learning is going for your child(ren). While the survey is voluntary, your feedback is important to us! Your responses will remain anonymous and will be combined with the responses of other families.
To access the survey online, go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/COLParent1406
Important: This survey link is unique to Valley Elementary. Please do not share with families of children in other FCPS schools.
If you require a paper survey, please contact Caroline Hendy at Caroline.Hendy@fcps.org.
The survey will remain open until Friday, May 8.
We thank you in advance for your feedback!
FREE MEALS
Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) is serving breakfasts, lunches and suppers to go at 22 sites throughout Frederick County. Participants must be age 18 or under unless they are adults enrolled in an educational program for persons with disabilities. They do not have to live in Frederick County, be FCPS students or be registered to attend the schools serving meals. They do not have to be eligible for free or reduced-price meals. From all locations and at all mealtimes, children’s meals are “to go.”
All 22 meal sites will serve breakfast, lunch, and supper meals for the week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
FCPS will no longer serve meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays and will no longer provide a separate service time for breakfast at the school-based (non-bus) sites.
https://www.fcps.org/about/news/1677052/fcps-feeds-children-while-schools-are-closed
STAY INFORMED
Communication is very important to your child’s success at school and we want to keep you informed of what is going on at Valley Elementary School. Please remember communication is a two-way process and you are encouraged to get in touch with your child’s teacher, as needed. We will use electronic communication frequently (Find Out First), so if you do not have access to a computer at home, please be sure to contact your child’s teacher to let them know. The Valley Viking Newsletters will be sent out electronically through Find Out First every week until we return to school.
Below are a few ways to stay informed about Valley and Frederick County Public Schools.
- Find Out First: The email you gave to register your son/daughter will be the email registered to FOF. You can make changes online at www.fcps.org/fof/ves
- Remind App: https://www.remind.com/join/1920ves (text message reminders for all Valley events)
- Twitter: @ValleyES_fcps (Reminders and pictures of Valley events)
- PTA website: https://valleyelementaryschoolpta.weebly.com/
- PTA facebook page: Valley Elementary School PTA
- NEW! Valley Elementary YouTube Page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6gPdqVH3mubRPiSXLA5F_w/featured?view_as=subscriber
VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Email: tracy.poquette@fcps.org
Location: 3519 Jefferson Pike, Jefferson, MD, USA
Phone: 240.236.3000
Twitter: @ValleyES_FCPS