Ventana Vistas
February 7th - 13th, 2024
Registration Opened
It is time to register your child(ren) for school for the 2024-2025 school year. Online Registration is open for resident families and for accepted Open Enrollment applicants (a separate three-step process). The link to Online Registration is in the ParentVUE portal and through the “Register for School” button on the district and school websites. Please coordinate so that only one parent registers your child(ren).
Online Registration is not available through the ParentVUE mobile app. You can, however, use a web browser on your mobile device (or computer) to sign on to the web version of ParentVUE to complete online registration.
We respectfully request that eligible families complete the registration process as soon as possible to ensure that the district has accurate enrollment numbers to plan for teachers for the next school year.
Stem a Thon
The classes finished the Stem-a-Thon activities last week. They all enjoyed their time in the Kaleidoscope Room completing the activities. Thanks to all the parent volunteers. We are getting close to meeting our goal for fundraising. If each student can get one donation of any
amount, they will be entered into a drawing for our Bobcat Puppet.
Science Fair projects are due on Friday!
We are so excited to see all of the amazing projects our Bobcats have investigated. Please send a PDF on 2/9 of your science fair slides to: vvessciencefair@gmail.com
The Science Fair Team will upload them to our virtual site so everyone can see your hard work! If you have questions, please reach out to mwilhelm@gmail.com or dalexander@cfsd16.org
Thank you!
Love of Reading week
This event will take place at VV, 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
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 a 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/
Book Exchange Details
As part of our Love of Reading week, we will have a Book Exchange! Details are below.
- Students can begin bringing in fun books that they'd like to part with starting now.
- 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.
- Students will receive tickets for the books they bring in as it gets closer to the book exchange.
- At the exchange, students will choose the same number of books that they brought in from the collection of other student's books.
Yearbook
5th Grade Baby Photos - don't forget to send in your child's baby picture for the yearbook to Mrs. Clark. We have about half of them!
5th Grade Congratulatory Ads
Online 5th grade congratulatory ads are available 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, contact Allison Bacalia at abacalia@cfsd.org.
We have run a total of 1,792 miles. That is the distance between Ventana Vista and Disney World in Florida! Keep it up! This week, we have a special Valentine's Day themed run. All students who run 3 laps will receive a heart charm! If you haven't volunteered at a Mileage Club yet this year, it's not too late! Sign up here!
We only have 5 mileage clubs left! The top 3 runners in each grade will receive a GOLDEN FOOT at the end of Mileage Club.
Stem-a-thon
The last day to accept donations or pledges is February 19th!
We have received $18,100 so far, with 41% participation!
We are so close to the school-wide Eegee's party! Let's make a push to get to $20,000!
Color Run is coming - SOS!!
SAVE OUR SHOES! As the weather warms and Spring cleaning begins, the VVFFO is sending out an SOS for families to save shoes in any condition to be donated at our March 16th Color Run!
Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Help us provide a delicious lunch for Ventana Vista's teachers and staff. Please review the available slots by clicking on the Sign Up Genius below. We need everything from soup, to salad, to plates, and napkins. We appreciate your help!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0845A4A622A7FB6-47621858-soup#/
Donations Needed!
If you are willing to donate memorabilia, merchandise or tickets to be included in an upcoming raffle, please contact Emilie Rubio at raffle@vvffo.org - Thank you in advance!
