Ventana Vistas
November 1st - 7th, 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS
November
2 - Mileage Club Begins -during student's lunch recess
8 - Dine-Out - Chipotle, details below
10 - Veterans Day - No School
14 - Governing Board Meeting - 6 pm
16 - FFO Public Meeting - 8:15 am
22/23 & 24 - Thanksgiving - No School
28 - Kindergarten Show & Tell - 2 pm
28 - Governing Board Meeting - 6 pm
30 - Picture Retake Day
December
11 - Music Concert - KInder & 1st - 6 pm
12 - Music Concert - 2nd & 3rd - 6 pm
13 - Music Concert - 4th & 5th - 6 pm
14 - VV Spelling Bee
Principal's Desk
PE Class
Zombie tag: the students enjoyed walking like Zombies and tagging classmates to help them turn all the students into Zombies.
I enjoyed subbing this morning in PE and seeing the Kindergarten and 1st grade classes working hard at all the jump rope stations where they did lots of different jumping.
3rd Grade
The third grade classes learned about pumpkins and also used them for pumpkin math. They concluded with a pumpkin carving activity.
Then they decorated the front of the school with their Jack O’ Lanterns for our Trunk or Treat evening.
Trunk or Treat
Student Dismissal
Family Engagement
Lost & Found
Parents/guardians, if you would like to check for any missing items, you are also welcome to stop by the front office to go to the Lost & Found area.
Fun Evening
Thanks everyone for the incredible amount of candy donations for Trunk and Treat, all the families who participated by creating a trunk, and to all who came to this fun event!
If you'd like to see some of the photos that were taken for this event, click HERE.
And if you have any photos you'd like to share, please email them to abacalia@cfsd16.org.
Family Teacher Teams
Family Teacher Team information is going home to families over the next week. Please check out the information included in your folder when you receive it and help your child reach their learning goal!
Spanish Corner
¡Hola amigos!
It is so exciting to share with you information on a beautiful, ancient, mesoamerican tradition: Día de Los Muertos! Oct 31- Nov 2 This is a time to celebrate and remember those we love who have moved on to the afterlife.
What is Día De Los Muertos (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMzSsTrs4GsConoce La Tradición Del Día De Los Muertos. (Español)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpFP1QLmLOw (Spanish)
utiful scent and radiant color help guide our loved ones back to you.
The cempasúchil flower (marigold) is a very important part of this holiday. It is said that its beautiful scent and radiant color help guide our loved ones back to you. Here is the beautiful legend behind the significance of the flower during this holiday.
Leyenda De La Flor Cempasúchil (Español)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eDiJRSjnas
(This cuento ends with colorín colorado!)
Check out Tucson's All Souls Procession This Weekend! https://allsoulsprocession.org/
Tucson has created its very own beautiful tradition mixing cultural elements of día de los muertos along with creative new ideas of our artistic community. Highly recommend it! (Check for parking, It gets crowded!)
¡Español en la casa hasta la próxima semana!
Did you know?
A little free library is a 'take a book, share a book' free book exchange. It is located in the courtyard across from the MPR. Have your child, or parents are welcome to, stop by for a visit and a good book.
FFO Corner
Mileage Club starts this week!
Thank you in advance to those who have signed up to volunteer!
We are still looking for a few more volunteers for Session 2: (2nd-5th grade). Please sign up if you are able to join us. We need at least 10 volunteers for the first few sessions as we have a VERY SPECIAL charm to kick it off with! As a reminder, all volunteers must sign in at the front office.
Session 1: 10:45 - 11:45 (Kinder - 1st Grade)
Session 2: 12:00 - 1:00 (2nd - 5th Grade)
Book Fair Wrap Up
What a success!
We were able to purchase 95 books for the school with the help of the rounding up All for Books money and some Scholastic Dollars. Students purchased around 1,250 books! Thank you to all the volunteers who make this event happen!
Trunk or Treat
We were able to donate extra candy to the Ronald McDonald House, they were very appreciative!
Huge thank you to the family who generously paid for all the pizza - delicious!
Pick Up Details
Art to Remember orders are being delivered to the school this week !
Mrs. Fouts and the FFO will have a table set up for parents to pick up their orders next Thursday, November 9th. More information to come!
Our next dine out is next Wednesday, November 8, 4 pm - 8 pm!
Where : Chipotle at 4857 E Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85712
Online orders also accepted, use code WCC2YMG. Please see the attachment below for online ordering instructions.
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