Jaguar Update
Sunset Valley Elementary - April 9, 2021
Flood's Flash
Good afternoon,
SPRING HAS OFFICIALLY SPRUNG and it's been a wonderful week having our students back from break.
The window for our state assessment, which is referred to as the MAP Test, will be opening soon! SVE 3-6th graders will have MAP Testing April 26th - May7th. Please watch for communication from your child's teacher about specific testing dates for each grade level.
As we are working with several online components of our curriculum and preparation for testing, please ensure that your child is plugging in their chromebook each night to a full charge. This will be key during MAP Testing days, as the students use the chromebook to access the online assessment.
Thank you for all that you're doing to support your child(ren) through our last push of the year! It's hard to believe that 4th quarter is already here!
Best,
Mrs. Rachel Flood, Principal
Mrs. Amy Westacott, Assistant Principal
Snacks Are Back!
Kindergarten (Virtual) Kick Off - March 25th
If you have a child that will be joining us for kindergarten in the 2021-22 school year, Kindergarten Kick Off is the first step. Please visit our website at sve.lsr7.org and click on the box at the top of the page.
We would love for you to take a moment to fill out this form, which is just for us at Sunset Valley, to help us get ready for your kindergarten student.
Here are some links with additional information. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the school office at 986-4240.
Kindergarten Enrollment Flyer – Spanish
Kindergarten Enrollment Information
Summer Learning Institute
Virtual Learning Days April 15 & 16
LSR7 has received special permission from the state to hold virtual learning days on the weekday dates in which many of our LSR7 staff members will be receiving vaccinations. Due to the potential of staff call-outs related to employees feeling ill after receiving their second shots, we will also add one additional virtual learning day after the weekday second shot clinic. Our plan is as follows:
- On Thursday, April 15 and Friday, April 16, the district will have asynchronous virtual learning for all students. Staff members will be unavailable for check-ins or assistance and learning will be completed independently through Schoology.
- Since our secondary students are currently learning virtually on Wednesdays, middle and high schoolers will now report to school in-person on the following Wednesdays --- April 14 and May 26 --- to balance the three new virtual learning days. The remaining Wednesdays will continue to be virtual learning for secondary students.
ALLERGY ALERT & Water Bottle Donations
Hello from the Health Room.
Allergy season is upon us! If your student has allergeries, it may be a good idea to start giving them allergy medicine before going to bed or a non-drowsy allergy pill in the mornings before school. You may also bring an unopened bottle of medicine to the school for your student to keep in the Health Room.
Bottled Water Donations:
Due to COVID, the water fountains can not be used. We are in need of bottled water donations to help those students who forget their water bottles or just don’t have one to bring. We would greatly appreciate any water bottle donations you could supply. Just drop your donations off at the school office. Thank you for your help!!
Library Parent Schoology Group
Hello Parents!
We realize there is a lot of information you need to keep straight...so many passwords, directions to access databases, how to check out eBooks, happenings in the library, etc. This LSR7 Elementary Library Parent Schoology Group was designed just for you! Think of it as one stop shopping for all of your child’s (and your) library needs! While many parents have already joined this group, if you are new to the district or maybe you just missed the information, we wanted to share it again.
Please join the LSR7 Elementary Library Parent Schoology Group. The access code is:
TD9D-8QKH-9CX8F
BASS & SummitRise Updates
-Please review your BASS enrollment decisions now that students have returned to in-person classroom instruction. Please contact BASS Office at 816-986-3440 to make changes.
-2020-21 Enrollment information for the four remaining Late Start Wednesdays.
Before and After School Services, in cooperation with elementary building staff, will be continuing to offer SummitRise during Late Start Wednesdays. SummitRise is a no cost student supervision for all students learning in-person during Late Start Wednesdays. There is no fee for SummitRise.
All students needing supervision during SummitRIse must enroll to attend. To enroll, log in to your Power School account and select “e-Scheduler.” Choose from either the Early Schools or Late Schools and complete your enrollment for each child. Instructions to enroll can be found here.
Enrollment Window for the April 28th Late Start Wednesday:
Window opens from 9 a.m. on April 14th to 11:59 p.m. on April 25th.
PTA NEWS
Yearbooks can no longer be purchased pre-sale. There will be a limited number available for sale at the end of the school year. They will be sold, first come first serve. Look for information about that nearer the time.
IMPORTANT! If you want to have your child in the yearbook, please upload some pictures by March 19th! Pictures from working at home, sending them to school, projects, or anything that involves your child's school year. It's easy and quick. Instructions are online on the Yearbook tab on the PTA website: 2020-2021 Yearbooks — Sunset Valley Elementary PTA (svepta.org)
If you have any trouble or questions at ALL please contact Genevieve Boehm at gboehmpta@gmail.com
We would LOVE to have more volunteers to help with the yearbook! This is done by parent volunteers just like you! Please indicate your interest for helping with the yearbook by emailing Genevieve Boehm (gboehmpta@gmail.com).
Also remember to upload your pictures of your students at school and school functions and you can guarantee your child will be in the yearbook! It's easy to do! Instructions can be found on the PTA website www.svepta.org
PTA Membership
Support our Jaguars by pledging your membership to SVE PTA today. Your membership gets you access to the student directory and other perks throughout the year. Visit www.svepta.org to become a member today.
Student Directory
As a benefit to joining PTA you will get access to the student directory. This is a great way to contact other parents in your child's class and should not be used for solicitation. This will be available online password protected to PTA members only.
School Calendar
April 15 & 16 - VIRTUAL LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS
April 19 - 8:00 AM Summer School Enrollment Opens
April 28 - Last LATE START WEDNESDAY
April 30 - 5:00 PM Summer School Enrollment Closes
May 27 - 1:30 PM Early Dismissal Last Day of School
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM!
SUNSET VALLEY ART IS ON INSTAGRAM!
projects and join the art fun with Mrs. Wadel!
A few notes on protocols and health guidelines for LSR7
* Staff and students wear masks at all times unless we are taking a mask break while socially distanced.
* Students will hand wash and/or sanitize hands each time they leave and enter a new space. Ex: from classroom to art, from PE to recess, from classroom to lunch, etc. . .
* Classroom desks/tables will be sanitized each time students eat breakfast.
* Students will maintain consistent seating charts in classrooms, at lunch, in special class and students will have assigned line orders. These practices will help us should we need to contact trace.
* The schedule has been build with extra time in between recesses and special class so equipment and materials can be cleaned.
Sunset Valley Elementary
Email: rachel.flood@lsr7.net
Website: sve.lsr7.org
Location: 1850 Southeast Ranson Road, Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Phone: 816-986-4240
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SVELSR7/?scrlybrkr=0c5e8c55
Twitter: @svelsr7