Valley View Newsletter
October 15, 2023
Good Evening Ranger Families!
Our Ranger spirit showed up in fine form last week!
This week we start our roll out of course planning for the 2024-2025 school year. We will have 8th Grade Rising Rangers on campus. We will also offer an Academic Showcase on Wednesday, October 18th @ 6:00 PM for Grade 9-11 students and parents. The showcase will cover topics such as course options, activities and electives, and Advanced Academics.
As we are in the planning stages, we want students and parents to have information in a timely fashion in order to make decisions for the 2024-2025 school year. Class selection will be solidified later this year. Right now, our goal is provide information, so families can make informed decisions about your child's high school track.
Please review the information in the Academic Showcase flyer below and let us know if you have questions.
Rangers We Will Be!
Stacia Snyder
Principal
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Monday, October 16th - Wednesday, October 25th: Student Council Food Drive
Wednesday, October 18th - Fields of Faith
Wednesday, October 18th: Academic Showcase
Thursday, October 19th: Report Cards Posted in Family Access
Friday, October 20th: Pink Out for Breast Cancer Awareness
Saturday, October 21st: Dance Camp
Wednesday, October 25th: College Career Military Fair
Thursday, October 26 & 27th: Third round of Senior Portraits
Friday, October 27: HOSA Blood Drive
Saturday October 28th: SVHS Fall Festival
Saturday, Ocober 28th: Seth Strong Foundation Halloween 5K
Academic showcase
Student Council
Food Drive
Fields of Faith
SVHS DANCE
SVHS FFA
College Career and Military Fair
Senior Portraits
Orchestra Booster Club
Fall Festival
National Signing Day
PURCHASE YOUR 2023-2024 YEARBOOK FROM JOSTENS!
SVHS PTSA
It’s PTA Reflections time! If your child enjoys the arts, it’s their time to shine! This year’s theme is “I Am Hopeful Because…”. There are opportunities to win awards at the school, district, state, and national levels!
Participate by completing a project in one of the following six categories:
*Visual Arts 🎨
*Photography 📸
*Film Production 🎥
*Dance Choreography
*Musical Composition 🎼
*Literature 📝
Entries are due by Oct. 31 and can be dropped off in Student Services. Download and print the entry rules and participation forms below.
Seth Strong Foundation
From the Testing Office
Parents over the next 2 weeks your student(s) will be taking the PSAT 9 and the PSAT/NMSQT. This is a practice SAT test for students to get an idea of what the test looks like and how they perform on the SAT. This year the College Board has changed their format from a paper test to an online digital test. Please see the infographics below that provides you and your student(s) information on how to prepare for the day and what to expect on test day. Once scores are released to students, they will be able to see their scores in their personal College Board account. Within this score report are areas that show what skills students have mastered and what skills they need to work on. This is an interactive area within the testing results that can assist students as they learn and expand their academic knowledge. For our 11th grade students they will be taking the NMSQT (National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test). This test is one of the ways our SVHS students have received academic accolades which also has some monetary rewards in the form of scholarships. Not all students receive this acclaim but every year we have a large number of students who are recognized by the College Board for their abilities academically. This is one of the reasons that our Ranger Community continues to provide amazing classroom instruction for all students no matter what classroom they are in.
If you have questions about the PSAT 9 please email the SVHS testing office at jennifer.hester@comalisd.org
Timeline of Events for the 23-24 School Year:
11-8-23 Late fees are assessed for ALL AP exam registration and payment after this date. (This does not apply to 2nd semester courses)
12-5 thru 12-8-23 STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) exams - This is only for retesters who still need to pass 1 or more EOC to meet Graduation requirements.
1-4-24 1st day of 2nd semester
1-19-24 All AP Students with 2nd semester ONLY courses deadline for Registration and Payment of AP Exams
2-2-24 late deadline for Registration and Payment of AP Exams
2-26-24 Late fees are assessed for ALL AP exam registration and payment after this date. (This applies to 2nd semester ONLY courses)
2-19 thru 3-1-24 TELPAS (for a small select population of students)
3-12-24 - Final Verification of AP exams ordered is sent to the College Board. Tests CANNOT be ordered after this date.
3-25 thru 4-26-24 STAAR Alt (for a small select population of students)
4-11-24 English 1 STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) Exam
4-16-24 English 2 STAAR EOC Exam
4-18-24 Biology STAAR EOC Exam
4-23-24 Algebra 1 and US History STAAR EOC Exams
5-6 thru 5-17-24 AP Exams
6-17 thru 6-21-24 Summer STAAR EOC Retesters who still need to pass 1 or more EOC to meet Graduation requirements.
Drivers Education
Verification of Enrollment Forms ( VOE)
Please click on the link here for all of the information to request a Verification of Enrollment and follow all instructions. Please allow the Front Office 24 hours to process your VOE.
***YOUR STUDENT is responsible for coming back to the Front Office to pick up their VOE form.***
How to Release your Student Early
SEND A NOTE TO RELEASE YOUR STUDENT: Send in a written note with your student indicating what time your student needs to leave campus and include a good contact phone number for the parent on your note.
Your student will bring in your note to the receptionist as soon as they arrive to school. The receptionist will exchange your written note for a green pass and give the green pass to your student. Students must sign out at the front office before exiting the building.
Please Do Not send an Email to release your student: Please do not send an email to release your student(s). The employee or employees you are emailing may be off campus, away from their desk, or unable to check their email to release your student.
General Reminders
- Our building opens at 8:25am every morning and students will remain in the main hallway or main cafeteria until 8:45am, then released to go to their 1st period class.
- Front Office Phone hours are 8:15am - 4:45pm
- Please do not order any outside food for your students during the school day, as we will NOT accept any outside deliveries (i.e. Pizza Deliveries, Door Dash, Grub Hub, etc).
- SVHS is a closed campus