Ventana Vistas
February 28th - March 5th, 2024
Upcoming Events
February
28 - Site Council Mtg - 2:20 pm
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
19 - AZSci Testing - 5th Grade
21- Additional Mileage Club Event
21 - FFO Public Meeting
25 thru 29 - No School - Spring Break
Principal's Desk
1st Grade
The first graders learned about the Rodeo Days and created their own vests so that they were ready for Rodeo Break.
Love of Reading Week
We are excited for our “Love of Reading” week next week. We have many activities throughout the week.
5th Grade Market Day
It was another fantastic day to be a VVES 5th grader! The students completed their marketing plan and budgeted their classroom dollars that they have earned throughout this trimester.
The result was an incredible burst of creativity and exchange of products and ideas. At this market day, a student could use their class dollars to buy anything from tiny soaps, magic potions, lucky painted rocks, a chance to play a fun game, stickers, and even, hand knit, cap or duct, tape, wallets, to name just a few!
Family Engagement
Lost & Found
Our Lost & Found has an abundance of items and we'd love for everything to find its way home. Come see if your child has misplaced any items and help your child to remember to look for anything they may have lost. As always, please try to label anything that comes to school so we can help return things to the right person.
Love of Reading
Love of Reading week is happening next week at school during the day! Below are some of the exciting things students can look forward to:
Monday: Everyone Reads! Drop Everything and Read day
Tuesday: Kind Campus Day (includes a Ben's Bells Workshop and reading kindness books)
Wednesday: Reading Builds Friendship with Buddy Classes + Book Exchange
Thursday: Riddle Me This Day (with riddles posted around the school) + Book Exchange
Friday: Dress like your favorite character from a book! AND Author Visit
Deadline Approaching!
This is the last week to bring books for next week's book exchange. Please have your student bring their books by Tuesday, March 5th.
- Students can bring their books to Ms. Allison in the library and pick out up to 5 new books at the book exchange during their lunch recess.
- Picture books, easy reader chapter books, or chapter books are all great! Books should be Kindergarten through 5th grade reading levels.
- Wednesday: K, 2nd & 4th will pick out books, Thursday: 1st, 3rd, 5th will pick out books
- At the exchange, students will choose the same number of books (up to 5) that they brought in from the collection!
Author & Illustrator Visit Plus Book Signing - March 8th
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 soon be available for purchase. 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@cfsd16.org.
Spanish Corner
¡Hola amigos!
¡Aprendamos sobre las palabras que se escuchan durante la hora de comer! Let's learn about words you would hear at the dinner table!
Canta/Sing Buenos Modales en la Mesa - Table Manners
Canta/Sing ¿Te Gusta El Helado de Brócoli? Do You Like Broccoli Ice Cream? (Super Simple Songs)
Lección/Lesson ¡Vamos a poner la mesa! (Table Settings in Spanish)
Baila/ Dance Soy una taza version Mexico - I am a cup. (This is a super fun dance for all ages.)
Learning Spanish as a family is the best way to learn the language -
¡Hasta la próxima semana! Until next week!
FFO Corner
Mileage Club
Thank you for your ongoing support of Mileage Club! We are in the home stretch - only 4 more to go!
Since Mileage Club has started, we have run the distance from Ventana Vista Elementary School to NEW YORK CITY! That is 2147 miles! Way to go Bobcats! Our goal is to run the distance to South America before Mileage Club ends.
The top 3 runners in each grade will receive a golden foot.
To sign up to volunteer, please click on this link:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084BAFAC2CA5F5CF8-44730627-mileage#/
Stay tuned for more details.
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