Ventana Vistas

May 11th - 17th, 2022

Upcoming Events

May

12th - Musical Performance 1:30 pm (Ms. Chavez)

13th - Musical Performance & Learning Celebration 8:15 am (Ms. Bejarano's class)

13th - Musical Performance 9:15 am (Ms. Hippner's class)

13th - Musical Performance 9:45 am (Ms. Perrella's class)

13th - Musical Performance 1:30 pm (Ms. Clark's class)

16th - Band Concert 7 pm (at the High School)

16th - Read Strong Title 1 Meeting 5 pm

17th - Orchestra Concert 7 pm (at the High School)

18th - Musical Performance 11:15 am (Ms. Walter's class)

19th - Musical Performance 11:15 am (Ms. Prokop's class)

20th - Musical Performance 11:15 am (Ms. Martinez's class)

20th - 3rd Grade Learning Celebration 8:30 am

25th - 5th Grade Promotion (9 am to 10:30 am)

25th - Dine Out at Sundaze

First Graders Sing in Spanish

Seal of Biliteracy--One of the Goals for Our Spanish Immersion Students

The Spanish Immersion program at Ventana Vista started in the 2009-10 school year. We started with 20 kindergarten students and have grown to have more than 450 immersion students at our school. Not only does our program continue to grow, but we know that it is working!

The students from that first class of immersion students from Ventana Vista are graduating from high school this year. Each of these students who took the Arizona Seal of Biliteracy assessment received the highest level of recognition and received the CFSD GOLD Seal. Read below to find out more about this special recognition:

The Arizona Seal of Biliteracy is an award made by Catalina Foothills School District and the Arizona Department of Education to recognize graduating seniors who have attained proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in English and at least one other world language. The Seal will be placed on an eligible student’s diploma and will also be noted on the student’s transcript. Students who earn this award will also be recognized by the Catalina Foothills School District Governing Board.

The Seal of Biliteracy is important because it:

Recognizes a student’s proficiency in English and another language;
Signals evidence of a student’s readiness for college and career, and for engagement as a global citizen;
Provides students with a way to document marketable global competencies that they have developed;
Recognizes the skills of multilingualism and multiculturality as strong assets in today’s global society;
Informs colleges/universities and employers about a student’s ability to communicate in English and another language and;

Honors multiple cultures and languages in our community.

Thank you for your commitment to Spanish Immersion education. You are giving your child a gift for a lifetime.

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EduKit (School Supplies) on Sale for 2022/2023 School Year

Please use the link below if you would like to order an Edukit for next year. This is an easy and convenient way to have all of your school supplies delivered to Ventana Vista. EduKits can be ordered until June 15th.

Order your EduKit here: https://www.edukitinc.com/schools/1644/

5th grade families - you should have received an EduKit flyer in your student's backpack so you can order school supplies for middle school next year.

FFO Corner

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Dine Out

We have one more Dine Out scheduled for all day Wednesday, May 25th at Sundaze Frozen Yogurt on Sunrise and Swan! Celebrate the last day of school, and cool off with some delicious frozen yogurt.

We have raised around $2,000 on dine outs alone this year, so thank you for your continued support of our school.

We are looking for a new dine out chair/co-chair for next year. If you're interested please email Nicole at Nicoleventanavistaffo@gmail.com

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FundRAISE for Shade

Because of your fundraising efforts during STEM-a-thon and our silent auction, we have raised $28,000. At our FFO meeting this morning we voted, and passed, to use that money for large umbrellas in the new drop off/pick up loop. Be on the lookout for the new shade structures next year!

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Committee Chairs

We need YOUR help! All the "extra" things (Mileage Club, Dine Outs, Sweetheart Dance, etc.) our school does wouldn't happen without our amazing parent volunteers. Please fill out the form below if you're interested in helping us out next year. There's different levels of commitment and letting us know you're interested right now isn't automatically committing you to anything.

https://forms.gle/jnabG2Xc3DifqVjMA

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Lost & Found ..

With only a couple of weeks left of school we would like to ask that you remind your children to check the lost and found for any missing items - we have a lot of them!

All unclaimed items will be donated on Thursday 5/25.