All-Star Announcements
What's Happening at Venable, March 2020
Images from Soul Fest 2020
Great Crowd for the Pot Luck!
Thanks for all the contributions of delicious food, beautiful table decorations, and great company for our pot luck. Thanks to the PTO for providing the paper products and chicken. We had a record crowd!
Gee's Bend Quilts
Mrs. Shook's 3rd graders spent the month learning about Gee's Bend Quilters of Alabama. Each student created his or her own quilt, and students were on hand to demonstrate what they learned during dinner.
Singing with Calvin Earl
All students spent time learning about the history of African American spirituals, civil rights songs, and modern music during the last week of February. Our 3rd and 4th graders showcased the work they've been doing with Mr. Earl since November.
Student-Led Conferences Coming This Month
For the fifth year in row, we are pleased to host student-led conferences at the end of the month. This is a chance for you to hear your child's perspective about the work and learning that's taken place so far this year. A flyer will be coming home in next week's Thursday folders with a link to an electronic sign-up for a 20-minute time slot for your child's conference. Prek-1st grade conferences will be on Wednesday, March 25 from 3:30pm-6:00pm. 2nd-4th grade conferences will be on Thursday, March 26 during the same time frame. Following your child's conference, you are invited to a milk and cookies celebration in the library.
Student-Led conferences have a different purpose and structure from parent-teacher conferences. Please see the graphic below as well as the flyer in today's Thursday folder comparing the two types of conferences.
Summer Camp Options At Venable
Charlottesville Parks & Recreation will be operating Camp Shenandoah for rising grades 1-4 at Venable this summer. Students may sign up for full-day camp and/or wrap-around camp for students participating in summer school. Summer school invitations will be finalized in April. In order to reserve a spot for your child in camp, it is advised that you go ahead and register for the full day of camp. Financial assistance is available for camps and applications are available at any Parks & Recreation center in the city.
Rising 5th graders should register for Camp Blue Ridge at Carver Recreation Center.
Please see the flyer below for more information and use this link to register your child. Registration is now open!
Staff Showing Kindness Spirit
A Kids' Guide to Coronavirus
Looking for a way to explain to your child accurate information about Coronavirus and what we can do to protect ourselves? NPR published this comic strip that gets the basics across in a kid-friendly, accessible way.
In addition, the division has created a web page to keep parents informed about our planning and procedures.
What's Happening in March
March 2-3
- Teacher Workdays
- Leadership Club field trip to McGuffey
- Prospective Parent Tour, 9:15-10:15am
- Leadership Club to see the Harlem Globetrotters at JPJ
- Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary visits 2nd grade
- Tornado Drill, 8:30am
- Art Connections field trips for grades 1-4
March 18-19
- 3rd Grade Reading SOL test simulation
- preK, K VA Festival of the Book author visit, 8:25-9:10am
- 3rd Grade to St. Anne's for VA Festival of the Book, Vashti Harrison, 9:45am
- 1st, 4th Grade Festival of the Book author visit, 11:30am
- 4th Grade Reading SOL test simulation
- No EBL due to Student-Led Conferences
- PreK-1st Grade Student-Led Conferences
- 2nd-4th Grade Student-Led Conferences
- School-Wide Morning Meeting, 8:05am
March 30-31
- 4th Grade Math SOL test simulation
- Walker Rising 5th Grade Band Instrument Selection Night, 5-7pm
April 1-2
- 3rd Grade Math SOL test simulation
- 4th Grade All-City Chorus, 9:15am-12pm
- All-City Chorus Festival, MLK-PAC, 7pm
- Last day of EBL for the school year
- Walker Rising 5th Grade Band Instrument Selection Night, 5-7pm
- Early Dismissal, 12pm