Ventana Vistas

August 11th - 16th , 2022

First Day of School Assemblies

Dr. Dauman met with each grade level on the first day of school to talk about what it means to be a Bobcat and help set expectations.

Upcoming Events

August

17 & 18 - CoGat Testing - 3rd Grade

18 - First FFO Meeting at 8:15 am

19 - Family Outdoor Movie Night - information below

22 - Curriculum Night - 5 pm Kinder & 6 pm 1st Grader

23 & 24 - CoGat Testing - 4th & 5th Grade

23 - Curriculum Night - 5 pm 2nd Grade & 6 pm 3rd Grade

24 - Curriculum Night - 5 pm 4th Grade & 6 pm 5th Grade

29 & 30 - CoGat Testing - 2nd Grade

Here is a link to our district-wide calendar for the year.

Arrival and Dismissal

Thank you to everyone for your patience as we (staff, students, and families) use our drop off and pick up system. We are working to get it to run more efficiently. On Monday arrival ended at 8:20 am. On Tuesday, it ended at 8:15 am and today it ended at 8:03 am. On Monday dismissal took 35 minutes , Tuesday 31 minutes, and yesterday it took 26 minutes. That is something to celebrate and we will get better throughout the week!

During arrival--thank you to everyone who is pulling as far forward as you can and encouraging your children to be ready with their things to open the door and get out when the car comes to a stop. This helps us run most efficiently. We don't have enough adults to open all of the car doors. Your children can get out when you have safely come to a stop.

During dismissal-thank you for paying attention to which zone you should pick up your child in. Mrs. Manning shows you with her fingers which zone you will go to to meet your child.

Dismissal works like the airport--the zone number you are given is like the "airline" you are going to to pick up your child. Your "passenger" will meet you there. Drive on the left side to get to your airline. Pull over to the right when you arrive at your zone. Don't leave your airline zone or your passenger won't know where to find you. Once your passenger is loaded, pull out to the left and be on your way. Hope that analogy helps!

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Communication with Teachers

If you haven't already, please join your child's classes through Remind. Your child's teacher sent out classroom codes last week in their welcome email. This is the main way that your child's teachers will communicate about classroom happenings. Click here to download the app on your phone.

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Student Handbook

Check out our student handbook HERE if you'd ever like more information about our school, such as attendance procedures, dress code, celebrations, homework, student conduct, and more!

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School Spirit Friday!

Wear your Ventana Vista t-shirts on Fridays!

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Please be Responsible

One of our school rules is for kids to be responsible. You can help model this by keeping your children home if they have any symptoms of illness.

Also, continue to have your students ready with their things so they can exit the car in the morning quickly and safely. This is being a responsible Bobcat.

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Message from our Health Office

Please read the attached letter below.

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Volunteers Needed

The health office will be carrying out student hearing & vision screening the week of 8/22 and are asking for volunteers to help. If you are interested please contact Charissa Jimenez at cjimenez@cfsd16.org.

FFO Corner

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Message from our FFO

We hope everyone is having a great first week of school and thank you to everyone who stopped by the FFO tables at Meet the Teacher last week.

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Spirit Wear

If you weren’t able to buy up your spirit wear shirts or stickers, click on the link below to place your order - we still have lots of sizes in stock and will be ordering more! Our first Spirit Wear day is THIS Friday!

https://form.jotform.com/221935170890155

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Donate Today

Also, did you know that the FFO pays for classroom field trips and gives each teacher a stipend to spend in their classrooms? These two items alone add up to over $16,000 of support that the FFO gives to teachers and classrooms every year!

Donate to the FFO via Bobcat Bucks today to help fund these classroom enrichments and all of the fun community events at Ventana Vista. Each donation by August 15 will be entered into a raffle to win one of three prizes and all donations of $100 will receive a free Ventana Vista 4”x4” magnet.

https://vvffo.square.site

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The first FFO meeting is next Thursday, August 18 @ 8:15 am

After drop off, park your car, sign in at the front office and then head to room 124 - we have a special guest speaker - our new VV principal Dr. Dauman.

Bagels and coffee provided… see you there!