Bobcat PRIDE
Sunset Valley Elementary - week of May 14 - 18
The Principal's Den
STAAR Testing
3rd & 4th grade will be taking their STAAR test this coming week.
- 3rd & 4th graders will take STAAR Math on Monday, May 14th and STAAR Reading on Tuesday, May 15th.
Career Day 2018
Important Dates in May
Monday, May 14 - Thursday, May 17
- Parents/guests of all students in all grade levels will not be able to go to classrooms or eat lunch with their students during this time due to STAAR testing.
Monday, May 14
- STAAR testing in Math for 3rd & 4th grade only
Tuesday, May 15
- STAAR testing in Reading for 3rd & 4th grade only
Friday, May 18
- Career Day
Monday, May 21
- Talent Show assembly 8:30 - 10:30
Tuesday, May 22
- 6th 6 weeks PRIDE Rally
- Bobcat Pride BASH (by invitation only) - 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, May 23
- Kindergarten Graduation 9:00 - 10:00 in cafe
- 4th grade Graduation 1:30 - 2:30 in cafe
Thursday, May 24
- End of Year parties
- 4th grade Clap OUT
- Early Release 11:55 am
- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Lost & Found
All items left at the end of the school year will be donated OR given away to our own students in need.
Rise UP Summit Conference
Please click on the link to find out more information and to register today!
The 4th Ever SVES Survey
In addition, when we reach 150 responses I will personally take a PIE IN THE FACE!
Parent Survey Results So Far
There have been 117 responses as of today.
Overall satisfaction about our communication - 94% extremely or very satisfied, 3% somewhat satisfied, 2% no so satisfied.
Ways to communicate home - 65% prefer emails, 58% prefer Remind, 38% Grade Level Weekly newsletters & 16 % Class Dojo.
Social Networking sites used - 77% Facebook, 13% Instagram, 6% None, 2% Twitter
How welcoming is the environment? - 64% Great Deal, 25% A Lot, 5% Moderate, 1% a Little.
Academic preparation - 61% extremely well, 28% quite well, 8% fairly well, 1% mildly well, 1% not well at all
Knowledge of PRIDE expectations - 33% tremendous amount, 44% quite well, 16% somewhat, 3% a little bit, 2% not at all
Number of school events - 1% far too many, 4% too many, 87% the right amount, 8% too few.
How engaging are lessons? - 49% extremely, 36% quite motivating, 9% somewhat motivating, 6% slightly motivating
Responsiveness of concerns - 53% extremely, 35% very responsive, 7% moderately, 1% slightly, 1% not at all responsive, 3% not applicable
Overall Rating of SVES - 91% excellent or very good, 9% Good, 1% Fair
Congratulations to the 2018-19 SVES PTA Board!
Our new PTA Board has been elected! Pictured below from left to right beginning with the top row:
Volunteer Coordinator - Rose Phommachanh
Lindsay Banks - President
Teacher Liaison - Carolyn Dannis
Parliamentarian - Kimberly Wheatley
Principal - Kristen Eriksen
Secretary - Carrie Boyd
Treasurer - Heidi Serrano
Teacher Liaisons - Jessica Jimenez
Not pictured: VP Membership - Vanessa Trevino & VP Fundraising - Breanna Scalley
Programs & Events - OPEN
Hospitality Coordinator - OPEN
Order Your School Supplies for Next Year
GREAT NEWS! School supplies for Kindergarten through 4th grade for the 2018-19 school year are now available to purchase online. Please visit the link below to view and purchase supplies. You can save time and money purchasing supplies online.
All supplies ordered will be sent to SVES and taken to your student’s classroom on or before Meet the Teacher on August 9,2018
https://www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks/
School ID is SUN186
Kindergarten Graduation
Then on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 9:00 am, we will celebrate all of our kindergarten students right here at SVES during the end of the year Kindergarten Graduation celebration! Your child's teacher will send more information home soon. Happy Graduation to the Class of 2030!
4th grade Graduation
When: Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Where: SVES Cafe
Our last day of school is on Thursday, May 24th. Students are released at 11:55 am. Before our 4th graders leave, K-3 students will be lining the hallways to give our 4th graders a CLAP OUT! We want to make sure that each and every 4th grader knows how much we love them and that we are truly going to miss their smile!
Congratulations to the Class of 2026!
Attendance Data
I wanted to continue to share our percentage for attendance. We always strive to have ALL students in school each and every day. But we do understand when fever/sickness hits and we want you to help your child get well.
Did you know we now have 421 students?
Here are our attendance rates by six weeks so far for the 2017-18 school year:
- 1st 6 weeks - 96.8%
- 2nd 6 weeks - 96.4%
- 3rd 6 weeks - 96.6% **
- 4th 6 weeks - 94.1%
- 5th 6 weeks - 95.6%
For the 6th 6 weeks, let's make our goal to be at or above 96.8% for ALL grade levels.
As of 5/11/18, our attendance rate for the 6th 6 weeks is 96.1%
Free & Reduced Lunch Application
Save the Date!
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
- Tuesdays- Girl Scouts Troop 1162 starting at 6:30 pm
- Tuesdays - Kinder - 4th grade Science Matters from 3:15 - 4:15 in the Library. Register here: www.sciencematters.tv
- Thursdays - Marimba for 4th grade from 7:00 am - 7:30 am in the Music room
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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Our Facebook Page
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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!
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 PTAKristen Eriksen, Principal
Anna Michaels, Assistant Principal
Jennifer Cowen, Counselor
Debbie Rush, Campus Secretary
Sonya Sanford, Receptionist
Ruthann Kiefer, Attendance
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"!
Website: http://campus.kellerisd.net/school/sve-130/
Location: 2032 Canchim Street, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Phone: 817-743-8200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunsetValleyES/
Twitter: @SunsetValleyES