Ventana Vistas
February 21st - 27th, 2024
School will be closed Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd February.
We hope you have a fun and safe Rodeo Break.
Upcoming Events
February
22 & 23 - Rodeo Break - No School
28 - Site Council Mtg - 2:20 pm
March
4 thru 8 - Love of Reading week
4 thru 11 - SARSEF Science Fair
8 - Author's Visit
12 - Governing Board Meeting - 6 pm
14 - Executive FFO Meeting - 8:15 am
15 - Conferences - Half Day Dismissal
16 - Color Run - time to be advised
19 - AZSci Testing - 5th Grade
21- Additional Mileage Club Event
21 - FFO Public Meeting
25 thru 29 - No School - Spring Break
Principal's Desk
Welcome Back and thanks to Ms. Courtney
Welcome back Mrs. Guido from maternity leave, we are so glad that you are here.
A huge thank you to Ms. Courtney Wilhelm for being our PE substitute during her absence.
Eagles Landing
Our 5th graders visited Esperero Canyon Middle School where they were treated to a tour and an opportunity to see middle school in action.
They also had questions answered by Esperero Eagles. The students enjoyed their time visiting and it eased their minds.
5th Grade Science Learning Celebration
The 5th graders did a great job of sharing their science fair projects with classmates, parents and staff.
They were able to do this in Spanish and English. They all did a great job, while learning a lot.
VVES Families
Please check out our Virtual Science Fair Website: https://schoolfairs.sarsef.org/edit_school.php
Choose Ventana Vista from the drop-down menu and enter the password: Sciencebobcats
You can share this link and password privately with family and friends.
Buddy Classes
It was great to see our “Buddy Classes” in action again yesterday. On the Tuesdays that we don’t have early release, grade levels get with their “Buddy Classes”. Kindergarten meets with 3rd graders, 1st graders meet with 4th graders, 2nd graders meet with one 4th grade and 5th grade.
Yesterday they either shared their science fair projects or they discussed the trait of the month which is “Kindness” and they made a kindness chain.
Stem-a-Thon:
Thank you so much to all of the families that donated to this fundraiser to help pay for our projector in the MPR. We have raised over $25,000. A huge thank you to the FFO for all their work with this fun and engaging fundraiser.
Congratulations to our very own Mr. MC for being recognized.
Family Engagement
Buddy Classes
Sra. Prokop's and Sra. Barreda's buddy classes enjoyed reading outside yesterday.
Site Council
Each year a group of parents, faculty, staff and community members gather to provide input on school improvement topics. This year's Site Council is focused on Community Service & Engagement. If you are interested in being a part of our site council, please complete the form here: https://forms.gle/1fLHF3S6nAYgoEwA6.
Our last meeting was in January, and our next meeting is Wednesday, February 28th at 12:20 pm in the front office conference room.
You can also join via Google Meet here: meet.google.com/dge-tbwr-xdn
Lost & Found
Our Lost & Found has an abundance of items and we'd love for everything to find its way home. Come see if your child has misplaced any items and help your child to remember to look for anything they may have lost. As always, please try to label anything that comes to school so we can help return things to the right person.
Love of Reading Week
Love of Reading week is happening at our school March 4-8 during the school day! Teachers and staff will have fun activities for students all week long, plus there will be a book exchange and a guest author & guest illustrator visit to our school
Book Exchange
As part of our Love of Reading week, we will have a Book Exchange! Details are below.
- Students can now bring books they no longer want to read.
- Picture books, easy reader chapter books, or chapter books are all great! Books should be Kindergarten through 5th grade reading levels.
- Books will be collected by Ms. Allison in the library. (She will track what kind of books and how many books each student brings.)
- Students can receive up to 5 tickets for the books they bring in.
- The week of the book exchange, students will receive tickets for the books they bring in.
- At the exchange, students will choose the same number of books (up to 5) that they brought in from the collection of other student's books.
Author/Illustrator Visit
Author Michael Sampson & Illustrator John Parra are coming to Ventana Vista Elementary School on Friday, March 8th, the last day of Love of Reading week!
If your child would like to participate in the book signing, they will need to bring their own copy of the book they would like signed to school.
Click here to learn about Michael Sampson and view the books he has written: https://www.billmartinjr.com/michael-sampson
If you would like to learn more about John Parra and view the books he illustrated, go to: https://johnparraart.com/books/
Yearbook - 5th Grade Congratulatory Ads -
Online 5th grade congratulatory ads are available to purchase now. Buy your 5th grade pride line/congratulations space today! $10/ad. All proceeds go to funding the yearbook. This is a great way to support your student as they head to middle school.
Write a personalized message, upload photos, use one of the preloaded templates or create your own!
To design a yearbook ad for your 5th grader click here:
https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/view_account.asp?l=67024839-DCBB-4CB7-9D8E-890BC68D9C2E
Yearbooks will be available for everyone to purchase at the end of February.
If you have any yearbook questions or if you would like to share any photos you've taken at the school, contact Allison Bacalia at abacalia@cfsd.org.
FFO Corner
SAVE THE DATE!
The Ventana Vista Color Run is Saturday, March 16, starting at 8:00am with the After-Party immediately following!
Donations Wanted
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