Thanks to our FFO and all of our staff and families that decorated a trunk for our annual “Trunk or Treat” celebration. It was so fun to see all the trunks and the costumes. The students were really hyped up for the event on Friday and they sure seemed to enjoy themselves that evening. The trunks were amazing, so much thought and work went into

them.

The STEM-a-thon began this week. Students are enjoying their stem-a-thon activities. Thanks to all the parents that have supported the students with these activities. So far you have raised just under $5000.

What a great way to complete Stem activities and get pledges to support our FFO.

The 5th graders finished up the month strong working on the teamwork trait. They did a number of activities where they needed to work as a team and they were assigned roles. They did a great job of exhibiting this trait. Way to go 5 th graders.

The 1st graders learned about the history surrounding day of the dead. There was an ofrenda (altar) set up in one of the classrooms to honor loved ones that they have lost. They also typically put their loved ones favorite food and drink on the altar. The first graders ended with a celebration. They drank hot chocolate, had their face painted, made flowers, completed Dia de los Meurtos math, made Calavera masks and completed skull foil painting. Thanks to all that parents that supported

and to the 1st grade teachers for the great celebration.

For the month of November our trait is empathy. The students will learn about empathy and how to be empathetic throughout the month of November. Ask your child what empathy is.

I know the staff and students are looking forward to mileage club again tomorrow.

Participating in the STEM-a-thon on Wednesday!

3rd Graders show off their carved pumpkins after doing pumpkin math in class.

Ms. Suzy in the Library is still requesting Spanish book donations to help grow our collection! If you'd like to donate any Spanish books (especially short chapter books), our students would love to have them in the library. Thank you to those who have donated books already!

We want to hear from you! Please take a moment to share your feedback on the Fall Family Engagement Survey in order to help Ventana Vista be the best. We've only had 11 responses so far and need your input. If you have questions or suggestions, you can also contact our Family Engagement Coordinator, Allison Bacalia, abacalia@cfsd16.org.

The survey can be found HERE.

Check out these fabulous pictures.

Thank you to everyone for your candy and decoration donations and for the amazingly fun decorated trunks - the evening was a blast!

STEM-a-thon is happening this week!! The kids are having so much fun with the Science and Math activity stations at the STEM-a-thon! Keep collecting pledges to support our school’s biggest fundraiser of the year - we are at 15% of our $30,000 goal!! Click on the link http://rmd.me/IjRJ4IouTs3 to create a profile on our Pledgestar page to make collecting donations even easier! AND we still need volunteers to keep this event running smoothly, especially Thursday and Friday

Click HERE (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0849ACAA22A20-stemathon) to volunteer!

Please Vote - Special public FFO meeting to be held via Zoom to elect a new VVFFO treasurer - Kourtney Paire - on this Friday Nov 4th at 9am. We will send out the link Friday morning on the FFO Remind. If you haven’t yet joined the Remind class for Ventana Vista FFO, add the class to stay up to date on FFO events and information.

Join with class code @VVFFO or click this link https://www.remind.com/join/vvffo?utm_medium=ios.

Get out those running shoes and join your kiddos on the field! Every student is encouraged to participate during their lunch recess, and we would love to have their parents join as well. The kids run/walk laps while earning tokens for each mile completed. Let's help the kids have a blast while staying active!! Even if you haven’t sign up to volunteer, just show up - younger siblings are also welcome.

The Art to Remember items have been delivered to the school - we are working on sorting/organizing. Pick up your child’s ordered pieces on Thursday, Nov 10 at 9 am. If you are not able to pick up at that time, items will be sent home in your child’s backpack the next week.

If you haven’t yet joined the Remind class for Ventana Vista FFO, add the class to stay up to date on FFO events and information.

Join with class code @VVFFO or click this link https://www.remind.com/join/vvffo?utm_medium=ios.