UTVA Connection
We are UTVA!
October 2016
Inside this Issue
CIA Interim Assessments next week
Fall Break- October 20-21
Meet Your Principals
October is National Anti Bullying Month
Join Booster Club
Booster Club October Virtual Party
K5 Halloween Literacy/STEM Event
STEM & Family Literacy Events
Learning Coach Tips for Success
Learning Coach to Learning Coach
Something New! Reflex Math Program
New to UTVA Family Information
2016-17 School Calendar
Start Strong to the School Year
UTVA Connection Archived newsletters
Important Websites
Pumpkin Patch Fall Outings- October 14th
CIA Interim Assessments October 3rd-5th
Fall Break- No School October 20-21
Have a wonderful break!
Meet Your Principals
Angie Kreitzer- K8 Principal
Desi Wright- K8 Assistant Principal
- I have a 4 year old girl, 1 year old boy, and a brand new little girl.
- I’m a HUGE University of Utah fan! #goutes
- I live in Saratoga Springs.
- I have taught Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade.
- I can be bribed with Diet Coke.
Vickie Peterson- HS Principal
October is STOMP Out Bullying month
- October 3rd- Blue Shirt Day- Wear a blue shirt to show anti-bully awareness.
- October 10th- Make friends with someone new week.
- October 17th- STAND UP for Others Week
- October 24th- Make kindness go viral! Post positive messages.
- Share inspirational stories on STOMP Out Bullying and with lucharles@utahvirtual.org
We are not a PTA or PTO. We are a group of Parents, and Kids. We have fun together with other students from The Utah Virtual Academy.
We have fun activities online and at Events.
We help students become Leaders and help them learn about the world around them.
Booster Club meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at 3:00. Find the link in your Class Connects list.
For complete information visit https://sites.google.com/site/utvaparentboosterclub/home
Booster Club October Event
Family Literacy Events and STEM Events
Virtual Family Literacy Story Time today at noon
UTVA/Murray Library Homeschool Literacy Club- October 11th @ 1:00
Family Literacy and STEM Halloween Party- October 31st @ 12:45, Murray Library
October STEM Events
Creating a School Schedule
Tera Peay
Montessa Fenn
Have a Coach to Coach Tip?
Reflex Math Program
We are in the process of rolling out a new math program to help our math students firm up their basic math facts. The program is called Reflex math and has been purchased by UTVA as an aid to help students memorize and recall addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Reflex is an adaptive online system that helps our students of all ability levels develop fluency with their basic facts. We are asking that parents visit the site: www.reflexmath.com to become familiar. Your student will be set up with an online account where they can log into Reflex Math to practice and become fluent with their basic facts
What counts as attendance?
Be sure to log attendance for ALL offline, online, and class connects. When your student is working offline on assignments or lessons, log that time in the course affiliated with the offline work. Class Connect time is logged by the Learning Coach. Extracurricular activities can be log as attendance time AFTER daily school work has been completed. Waiting for your materials and computer? Student must attend school daily. See HERE for extracurricular activity ideas and how to log attendance.
2016-17 School Academic Calendar
Are you new to UTVA? Welcome!
1. Complete Learning Coach University- Required
2. Strong Start Steps to Success- New Families Required
Click on this link to get started:
Strong Start Steps to Success
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