Bobcat Pride
Sunset Valley Elementary - week of December 12-16
Important Dates to Remember
- 12/13 - Progress Reports are available in HAC
- 12/13 - 6th grade Theater production @ 8:15 & 6:00
- 12/15 - West Fork Ranch, Enclave & Basswood Village Community wide event .
- 12/16 - Classroom Holiday Parties (times are listed below)
- 12/16 - Early Release Day - SVES students will be dismissed at 11:55 am
Early Release Times
We have our first early release scheduled for December 16th.
Campus Start Times & End Times
- High Schools - 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Middle Schools - 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Intermediate Schools - 7:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
- Elementary School - 7:55 a.m.- 11:55 a.m.
- Early Learning Center AM 8:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
- Early Learning Center PM 10:25 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.
The Principal's Den
On behalf of our entire Sunset Valley family, we want to wish you the happiest of holidays. May your holiday be bright and your new year joyful!
All students will return to school on Tuesday, January 3rd.
Snowflakes for the Storehouse!
We are very excited about our SNOWFLAKES FOR THE STOREHOUSE! Snowflakes can be purchased for 10 cents in the front hallway every morning from 7:25-8:00 from Friday, December 9th –Thursday, December 15th . The student gives any SVES teacher/staff member as many snowflakes as they would like. The teacher with the MOST snowflakes will earn the exciting privilege of wearing a Santa suit on Friday, December 16th. The money will be donated to the Community Storehouse. Please help us support our local organization!!
SVES Top Spellers from our first Spelling Bee
Sunset Valley Spelling Bee
Keller ISD Education Foundation Grant Winners
SVES Teachers Awarded over $9,000 in Grants!
Projects/grants awarded were:
Cheri Baxter (Art) was awarded four total grants.
- Art in 3D
- Art-Tee Fun
- Cultures on Stage
- Rockin'IT!
- WeDo 2.0 Robotics
- Makerspace
- Collaboration + Creativity + Reader's Theater = Fluent, Engaged Readers!
- Yakety Tak...Book Talk is Back
- Outdoor Soundscape for Experiential Learning in Music & Science
The Innovative Grant Program was established to give teachers the opportunity to not only express their needs but also open the door to innovate teaching in the classroom. They are committed to listening to the teachers of Keller ISD and finding ways to provide our students with more innovative opportunities for learning.
The West Fork Ranch Social Committee Invites You to Attend
Winter Parties
·On Friday, December 16th, our students will be celebrating the holiday season! We will begin our day in the cafeteria with a Holiday Pep Rally from 8:00-8:45. Our Co-Curr teachers and those staff members without a homeroom will lead students in a variety of fun winter songs & games.
Our Snowflake Winners will be announced between 8:45-9:00. The Snowflake winner is a teacher or staff member who earned the most snowflakes from our Snowflakes for the Storehouse contest. That teacher or staff member will wear a Santa suit for the rest of the school day!
Winter parties will then begin at the following times:
- 9:15-10:15 – K-2 parties
- 9:45-10:45 – 3-6 parties
The cafeteria will be making sack lunches that day and students will enjoy their lunch with their classmates & teacher in their classrooms.
And don't forget...we do have early dismissal on December 16th. Dismissal will begin at 11:55 am.
Lost & Found
Outside Activities
- At or below 40 degrees including wind chill factor, elementary and intermediate students may go outside if clothing allows for proper coverage and protection from the cold. (long sleeves/pants, jackets would be best)
- At or below 32 degrees including wind chill factor, all elementary and intermediate students stay inside.
- Rain, lightning, sleet, snow, and/or ice, all elementary and intermediate students stay inside.
Bright Bytes Survey
ROCK - Message of the Week
Spirit Day
Crossing Guard Needed at Horseman & Canchim Street
This crossing guard position is with the City of Ft. Worth but the individual will be assigned to Sunset Valley Elementary. Coach Dunson has been volunteering for this position since the beginning of the school year. This job has been posted with the City of Fort Worth but has not had any interested applicants so far. I am reaching out to you to see if you would be interested and I am asking that if you have a friend or neighbor that might be interested to please pass along the information. Here are some details about the position.
- Part-time (3 hours a day - 1 1/2 hours in the morning & 1 1/2 hours in afternoon)
- Monday-Friday
- $7.49 an hour
- 15 hours average per week
- Equipment and training provided
- Crossing school students/pedestrians
- Helping kids & families right here in our own neighborhood
Officer J.R. Barron 817-925-3304
Reporting an Absence
Ready to Volunteer?
How do you make a teacher SMILE? Chocolate!!
Our Campus Webpage
SVES Social Media
text @9bc72 to 81010
Our Facebook Page
SunsetValleyES
https://www.facebook.com/SunsetValleyES/@sunsetvalleyes
Who Ya' Gonna Call?
- Front Office - 817-743-8200
- To Report an Absence please call 817-743-8200 or 817-743-8218 or email ruthann.kiefer@kellerisd.net
- Nurse's Office (Anna Barnes) - 817-743-8220
- Cafeteria (Ednydia Rivera)- 817-743-8225
- Fax number - 817-743-8238
District & Community Information
Mark Your Calendars Now...
December 19-30, 2016 – District Holiday (Winter Break)
January 2, 2017 – Student Holiday (Teacher Professional Development)
January 13, 2017 – Student Holiday (Teacher Professional Development)
January 16, 2017 – District Holiday (Martin Luther King Day)
February 20, 2017 – Student Holiday (Teacher Professional Development)
March 13-17, 2017 – District Holiday (Spring Break)
April 14, 2017 – District Holiday (Bad Weather Make-Up Day)
April 17, 2017 – District Holiday (Bad Weather Make-Up Day)
May 27, 2017 – High School Graduation (at UTA's College Park Center)
May 29, 2017 – District Holiday (Memorial Day)
June 2, 2017 – Last Day of School