Valley Heights Elementary Schools

Our Annual Play Day event will be this Friday, May 3rd. Below you will find the schedule in the "Play Day" section of this newsletter! We will eat lunch at the track and the school will provide sack lunches for purchase just like a regular school lunch. Your child may bring a sack lunch from home if you prefer. Families are welcome to come watch our field events.

Library Books: The last day for students to check out library books is Friday, May 3rd. All library books are due by Friday, May 10th. Please help us out and search for any missing books at home and return them ASAP.

Colts Round Up: The last day for Colts Round Up will be May 9th.

This Week:

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday: Play Day! School Lunch Hero Day!

Sharon King and Kenny Winkenwader discussed art with the 2nd grade classes! Thank you for the visit! Also, 2nd graders learned about Arbor Day!

Kinder Prep students enjoyed making their own snack this week!

Author and Miss Southern Kansas, Katelyn Andrist, shared a positive message with our students about being confident. Students enjoyed making a wish while holding her crown.

These girls had fun making their own teeter totter.

Kindergarten students enjoyed learning about Earth Day!

It was a great week at Blue Rapids Elementary! The students and teachers have been tying up loose ends in the classroom. I have been super impressed with the student's effort going down the stretch. As you will notice by the schedule below The Charles Steele Play Day will be next Friday the 3rd of May. We look forward to seeing everyone out at the high school track. I know it is going to be a great day!! Please take note of the important dates listed below.

Here are some upcoming dates to remember:

• 5th Grade field trip - May 2nd
• 6th Grade Orientation at the High School - May 3rd
• Play Day - May 3rd (see flyer below)
• 6th Grade field trip - May 9th
  
• Last day of Colts Round Up - May 9th
• 4th Grade field trip - May 10th
• 3rd Grade field trip - May 13th
• 3rd - 6th grade Program & 6th Grade Promotion - May 15th @ 2:00 pm
• Last day of school (12:30 pm dismissal) - May 16th

As always, I want to thank you for the blessing that it is to work with your children. My door is always open if you have any questions or concerns.

-Mr. Staples

Summer is right around the corner and we're gearing up for Camp Exploration to head into orbit! Registration is now open for Valley Heights students currently in Kindergarten through 6th grade. We look forward to another great summer!

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Preschool/Kinder Prep Play Day Schedule:

We will have three 30 minute rotations. The Preschool class will be at the Preschool playground for their first rotation, then move to the basketball court and finish at the grass area behind the elementary school. The Kinder-Prep class will start in the grass area behind the elementary school, then go to the Preschool playground and finish at the basketball court. The rotation times are listed below. You are welcome to come to part or all of our Play Day activities. Morning activities will run from 9:30-11:00. Afternoon sessions run from 12:30-2:00.

Each day in the elementary schools, we teach our students how to have purposeful interactions and goals. We believe that having a common purpose will promote the academic and social emotional well-being of each student. We teach students the VHS model.

To celebrate students accomplishing these things, we have created positive office referrals, with VHS tickets. Teachers and staff hand out VHS tickets when they see a student doing the right thing.

Congratulations to Jason, Elliette, Grant, and Jaedyn on being this week's VHS ticket drawing winners!

Days there will not be CRU:

September: 25

October: 3, 4, 16 & 31

November: 13, 22 & 23

December: 6 & 7
LAST DAY OF FIRST SEMESTER: December 19

SECOND SEMESTER FIRST DAY: January 8

Days there will not be CRU:

January: 15

February: 13, 15, 19

March: 11-15(spring break)

April: 15

LAST DAY: May 9

Did you know that even though packaging no longer has box tops on them to cut out, that you can still support your school? Download the Box Tops app and scan your receipt to earn money for schools. This is a simple way to give back to your community! Click here for more details!

Email: judeboer@valleyheights.org tstaples@valleyheights.org sspoonts@valleyheights.org
Website: www.valleyheights.org