Ventana Vistas
February 14th - 21st, 2024
Upcoming Events
February
15 - FFO Public Meeting - 8:15 am
20 - FFO Nationwide Dine Out - Details below
20 - 5th Grade Science Learning Celebration
20 - NOT AN EARLY RELEASE DAY
22 & 23 - Rodeo Break - No School
March
4 thru 8 - Love of Reading week
4 thru 11 - SARSEF Science Fair
8 - Author's Visit
12 - Governing Board Meeting - 6 pm
14 - Executive FFO Meeting - 8:15 am
15 - Conferences - Half Day Dismissal
16 - Color Run - time to be advised
21- Additional Mileage Club Event
Principal's Desk
Happy Valentine’s Day / Feliz Dia de San Valentin
Valentine Celebrations
We were all feeling the love at Ventana Vista today as we celebrated Valentine’s Day.
Many of the students worked hard on decorating their boxes or bags. Some of the classes completed craft activities. Some of the students played games.
Fun was had by all and kindness was shown.
Mr. Dean’s 4 th grade Class
Mr. Dean’s class sent Valentines wishes and thank yous to the 755th Operations Support Squadron (755 OSS) at Davis- Monthan Air Force Base (AFB).
They wrote many kind words to the Operations Support Squadron.
Lost & Found
Next time you are visiting VV check out our lost and found, many items are still unclaimed.
Thank you to Sara Barlow for taking on the task of organizing this for us!.
Family Engagement
Love of Reading
Love of Reading week is happening at our school March 4-8 during the school day! Teachers and staff will have fun activities for students all week long, plus there will be a book exchange and a guest author & guest illustrator visit to our school
As part of our Love of Reading week, we will have a Book Exchange! Details are below.
- Students can begin bringing in fun books that they'd like to part with starting now.
- Picture books, easy reader chapter books, or chapter books are all great! Books should be Kindergarten through 5th grade reading levels.
- Books will be collected by Ms. Allison in the library. (She will track what kind of books and how many books each student brings.) Students can receive up to 5 tickets for the books they bring in.
- Students will receive tickets for the books they bring in as it gets closer to the book exchange.
- At the exchange, students will choose the same number of books that they brought in from the collection of other student's books.
Author & Illustrator Visit
Author Michael Sampson & Illustrator John Parra are coming to Ventana Vista Elementary School on Friday, March 8th, the last day of Love of Reading week!
If your child would like to participate in the book signing, they will need to bring their own copy of the book they would like signed to school.
Click here to learn about Michael Sampson and view the books he has written: https://www.billmartinjr.com/michael-sampson
If you would like to learn more about John Parra and view the books he illustrated, go to: https://johnparraart.com/books/
Yearbook - 5th Grade Congratulatory Ads
Online 5th grade congratulatory ads are available to purchase now. Buy your 5th grade pride line/congratulations space today! $10/ad. All proceeds go to funding the yearbook. This is a great way to support your student as they head to middle school.
Write a personalized message, upload photos, use one of the preloaded templates or create your own!
To design a yearbook ad for your 5th grader click here:
https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/view_account.asp?l=67024839-DCBB-4CB7-9D8E-890BC68D9C2E
Yearbooks will be available for everyone to purchase at the end of February.
If you have any yearbook questions or if you would like to share any photos you've taken at the school, contact Allison Bacalia at abacalia@cfsd.org.
Spanish Corner
¡Hola amigos!
Hoy es un día muy especial. Es el día para festejar el amor y la amistad.
Today is a very special day. It is the day we celebrate love and friendship.
Some words you could use today:
corazón = heart
Te quiero = I love you
beso = kiss
besitos = little kisses
abrazo = hug
amor = love
amigo = (male friend)
amiga = (female friend)
PBS Show: Jorge el Curioso - Dia de San Valentín - Curious George - Valentines Day
Hora de cuento/ Storytime: ADIVINA CUANTO TE QUIERO Por Sam McBratney (Guess How much I Love You Classic Story)
Learning Spanish as a family is the best way to learn the language -
¡Hasta la próxima semana!
Community Schools Outdoors Rodeo Break Registration is OPEN!
Only 1 week left to enroll.
You don't want to miss our bird counting adventure and hike & cache so enroll online NOW at cs.cfsd16.org. Visit tinyurl.com/csoutdoors10 for complete details.
FFO Corner
Dine Out - 2/20
Please click on the link below for full details. Note: orders need to be done on line.
Mileage Club News
We have decided to extend Mileage Club one more day! We will add a date for a Themed Spring Run on March 21st! This will be our final Mileage Club. We need volunteers for our Themed Spring Run. Please sign up here if you are interested.
As of last week our students have run a total of 1980 miles. That is the distance between Ventana Vista and Tegucigalpa, Honduras! We also have 36 students who have run over 100 laps!
The top 3 runners in each grade will receive a GOLDEN FOOT at the end of mileage club. Good luck!
FFO Public Meeting
Please join us tomorrow for our General FFO meeting at 8:15 am.
Agenda
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C8l_z82jUf1XB9hb9yX5LCqCkSvECMDpw5cOqpIx1WM/edit?usp=drivesdk
Governing Board Members
Eileen Jackson, President
Amy Krauss, Vice President
Amy Bhola
abhola@cfsd16.org
Doug Hadley
dhadley@cfsd16.org
Gina Mehmert
gmehmert@cfsd16.org
Dr. Mary Kamerzell, Superintendent
State of Arizona Legislative Representatives for CFSD
(please check www.azleg.gov for contact information)
Legislative District 18
Representative Nancy Gutierrez
Representative Chris Mathis
Senator Priya Sundareshan