PANTHER CONNECTION
SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEMENTARY 9/13/21
SEPTEMBER
SEPT 14
- ROOM PARENT MEETING 6:00PM (virtual)
- PTO MEETING 6:30 - 7:30PM (virtual)
- 5TH GRADE CELEBRATION PARENT MEETING 7:30PM (virtual)
SEPT 15
- DRESS UP DAY - SVE SPIRIT (Wear School Colors: Red or White or Blue or "old" Spirit Wear)
- PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA NIGHT
- EARLY RELEASE DAY (2:00 DISMISSAL)
SEPT 17
- CONSTITUTION DAY (WEAR Red, White & Blue Day)
SEPT 24
- GRADES 3-5 "OPT IN" OR "OPT OUT" OF CHROMEBOOK INSURANCE DUE
- WALK / BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY (more info to come)
SEPT 28
- FALL PICTURE DAY
SEPT 29
- PKWY SCHOOL BOARD MTG (7pm)
SEPT 30
- CHICK-FIL-A FUNDRAISER NIGHT 4:30-8:00PM
Shenandoah Valley Calendar & iCal format link
DON'T SKIP THIS SECTION. LOTS OF FEEL GOOD STUFF BELOW! ;)
Dear SVE Families,
At Shenandoah, we believe that The 7 Habits of Happy Kids will help our children, staff, and parents build good character and leadership. If you are unfamiliar with the 7 Habits, please take time to watch this video and review the habits as a family. Our ongoing goal is to help the 7 Habits reach every home in our school community.
We started off the school year by sharing the story “Only One You” (video read aloud) with students. Ask your child about the hand project that they designed. Their individually decorated hands will be filling our grade level flower pots in the foyer by the front door. We introduced this story to our students two years ago and filled the flower pots at that time. The purpose of this project has many outcomes. Students will create a new hand flower each school year. All students in the school will be represented and displayed right by the front door. No two hands / flowers are the same. We take time to celebrate our uniqueness and how each of us have the power to make the world a better place.
To continue our journey to greatness, our school wide / community wide theme for this school year is LEAD WITH YOUR SUPERPOWER. Our staff is currently in a professional book study with the book “My Smile is My Superpower -- A Story of Rising Above a Disability Through Living the 7 Habits”. I talked with our students on the morning announcement about discovering and selecting their own superpower this school year. How are they going to make our school, our community, our country and our world a better place? We also shared this video read aloud of the book “Kindness is My Superpower”.
PARENTS: WE WANT YOUR HELP WITH THIS NEXT PART
As a family please watch this video read aloud for the book titled “One Word For Kids”.
Then have a discussion about discovering their one word. It is so important that the children make the final decision about their “One Word” as it will be their “”Superpower” this year. Each staff member will have one word as well. My one word is “Humor”. My name is Dr. Cicotte and humor is my superpower. It would be extra special if each member of your family had their own “One Word” too.
We hope to acknowledge and celebrate everyone's “One Word” / “Superpower” by the week of September 20th.
In the best interest of our children,
Greg
Dr. Greg Cicotte
Principal
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CURRICULUM NIGHT CANCELATION FOLLOW UP
The cancelation last week was unfortunate and out of our control. We are still working on a new plan to provide this information to our parent community. The teachers will be working on recording presentations this week. Another part of this plan will be to create an opportunity for parents to ask the teachers questions. The curriculum presentation videos will be emailed to parents this next Friday evening.
SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGE FOR OUR SVE ART ROOM
Shenandoah's art social media will be extending to Twitter and Instagram this year, with an eventual transfer to those platforms later on. This will allow for more amazing picture uploads, videos of art in action, and an overall more user-friendly experience. Our Twitter handle is @ShenandoahArt and Instagram is ShenandoahVArt. Come follow us to see what's in store!
Required Student Chromebook Registrations (Grades 3-5)
This school year students in grades 3-12 will receive or have received a Chromebook, similar to a small, touchscreen laptop, that they will be able to use at school and home. We need every student to either opt-in or opt-out of insurance by September 24, 2021. Information on how to register can be found here.
We encourage you to opt for insurance that helps cover damage, loss or theft. Learn more about the fee and the protection it provides and how to register here.
We are so excited about the opportunities this will provide for our students this year
Thank you if you have already completed this process.
For additional support please visit this help website.
FROM NURSE WEBB
Right now, outside of when a student is sent home from the nurse's office with symptoms of COVID, there is no required documentation needed to return to in-person learning. This also includes that negative COVID tests are not required to return to school. The St Louis County Health Department and Parkway feel that it is more important to have your child see their medical provider when feeling unwell enough to miss school and let them make the determination on if a test is needed. All children who are too sick to participate in class should remain home, even if they have had a negative COVID test. If you ever have questions, please give my office a call.
Nurse Kim Webb BSN, RN, NCSN
Nationally Certified School Nurse
Shenandoah Valley Elementary
Website
Telephone: 314-415-6760
Fax: 314-415-6790
SVE PTO Calendar & iCal format link
SCHOOL PICTURES
Save the date, Tuesday, September 28th is school picture day at SVE. More info to come as the date gets closer.
YEARBOOK
If you have any photos you would like to share, you may upload them to specific grade level albums!
Kindergarten: KINDER CLICK HERE
1st GRADE: 1st CLICK HERE
2nd GRADE: 2nd CLICK HERE
3rd GRADE: 3rd CLICK HERE
4th GRADE: 4th CLICK HERE
5th GRADE: 5th CLICK HERE
Also, if you have an interest in joining the Yearbook Committee and helping put together a memorable keepsake for our children, please SIGN UP HERE
If you have any questions about the committee & ways to help OR if you have any problems uploading photos to the links provided, please email Donna Deck at sveyearbookcommittee@gmail.com.
SPIRIT WEAR
Show your Panther Pride with SVE Spirit Wear! Our spirit wear store will be online only. You can order now through 9/26. Orders will take approximately 3 weeks to process. Please contact Heather Carron at hheyde@hotmail.com with any questions.
PAPA JOHN’S flyer
Give Mom and Dad a break from cooking dinner on 9/15 by ordering pizza from Papa John’s Pizza. A portion of proceeds benefit SVE’s PTO. Use code SSS006 to help SVE earn free pizza.
CHICK-FIL-A
Save the date. A portion of the proceeds of dinner (4-8pm) at Chick-Fil-A on 10/12 will benefit SVE’s PTO. Details and flyer to come.
SVE ROOM PARENT INTEREST
Hi SVE Parents! If you’re looking for a way to get involved, we are still looking for Room Parent volunteers for the following classrooms:
1st – Baum
3rd – Edelmann
The main role of the Room Parents is to help out with the class parties. If interested please complete this ROOM PARENT GOOGLE FORM and plan on "attending" our first PTO meeting of the 2021-2022 school year on September 14th.
SKIP THE CAR PICKUP LINE RAFFLE
Did you miss out on the raffle for September? Look for details about this for future months. How would you like to skip the pick-up line for a WHOLE month? You can if you win our PTO raffle!!! Congratulations to the Markus family for winning the "PARENT PICK UP FAST PASS" raffle for September. Thank you to everyone that purchased raffle tickets! Who will win this for October?
Sign ups start now for the October Pick-Up Fast Pass now through 9/30: SIGN UP HERE
PLANT RAFFLE
Congratulations to Dhruv Bherthrpudi & Family in Mrs. Williams 3rd grade class. You were the winner of the gorgeous fall planter! The plant was donated by parent Adrianne Denny from The Wild Flower Gardener @twfgardener. We were able to raise over $80 for the school with this fundraiser. Thank you all for your participation!
SHOPWITHSCRIP GIFTCARD FUNDRAISER
The ShopwithScrip Giftcard Fundraiser is back and easier than ever. Plus, you will now be able to purchase gift cards year-round!!!!
Purchase gift cards to your favorite stores like Target, Amazon, Chick-fil-a, etc and use them for groceries, dinners and so much more. A portion of each gift card purchase goes back to SVE PTO.
Simply fill out the FORM, send in payment by the 15th of each month. Turn around time is less than a week.
If you would like to see any additional retailers please drop a comment below. I will be happy to see if they offer deals as well. Please contact Tiffany Markus tiffanymarkus21@gmail.com for any questions.
STAFF BIRTHDAYS
Each month we celebrate our Staff Birthdays by bringing in treats! Please consider signing up to bring treats for our amazing SVE staff using STAFF BIRTHDAYS SIGN UP HERE. All treats should be store bought and individually wrapped. On the morning of each event, I will be outside the building collecting the treats so your children are welcome to bring them during the morning drop off time. If you have any questions please email me at hilampert@gmail.com
PTO MEETING
Please join us via zoom for the first 2021-2022 SVE PTO meeting of the year, September 14th. A link will be sent out separately.
ROOM PARENT MEETING
Please join us for a room parent meeting on Tuesday, September 14th at 6pm. There will be a separate Zoom meeting for each grade level (see links below). The purpose of this meeting is to meet other room parents and brainstorm ideas for the Fall party. All are welcome! Feel free to pop into multiple zooms if you have kids in more than one grade. Hope to see you then!
Kindergarten:
Topic: SVE PTO - Kindergarten Room Parent Meeting
Time: Sep 14, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74419849493?pwd=azdxR3I5VlJTSkJpVC9WbWFXZGhodz09
Meeting ID: 744 1984 9493
Passcode: K5x7GR
1st grade:
Topic: SVE PTO - 1st grade Room Parent Meeting
Time: Sep 14, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76230812425?pwd=R3dwTEtCckZnYUVNVWIwbWZxblpmZz09
Meeting ID: 762 3081 2425
Passcode: H8DaEE
2nd grade:
Topic: 2nd grade Room Parent meeting
Time: Sep 14, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78068024528?pwd=R3FTbGtWM1M2QjQ3TlNFakIyc1hjQT09
Meeting ID: 780 6802 4528
Passcode: 73cnMy
3rd grade:
Topic: 2nd grade Room Parent meeting
Time: Sep 14, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://insperity.zoom.us/j/97630924526?pwd=dk9aeVBxUWFCbEJ0Nkp3OE1RR1RyUT09
Meeting ID: 976 3092 4526
Password: 1234
4th grade:
Topic: SVE 4th Grade Room Parent Meeting
Time: Sep 14, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72375247079?pwd=Q2tHR2QvRUZqdW1maWtTRDY5R3ptdz09
Meeting ID: 723 7524 7079
Passcode: bH9KYy
5th grade:
Topic: 5th Grade Room Parents
Time: Sep 14, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/93690566958?pwd=Y3l1QnoxaldmZEhQcEtwOHJNSDlhdz09
Meeting ID: 936 9056 6958
Passcode: 545264
THE 7 HABITS OF HAPPY KIDS
Habit 1: Be Proactive (You’re in Charge)
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind (Have a Plan)
Habit 3: Put First Things First (Work First, Then Play)
Habit 4: Think Win-Win (Everyone Can Win)
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood (Listen Before You Talk)
Habit 6: Synergize (Together Is Better)
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw (Balance Feels Best)