Valley Heights Elementary Schools

We are loving this amazing weather and being able to get outside to recess each day! Unfortunately, we are seeing a lot of illness right now, so please keep your child home if they have a fever. Students must be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.

Preschool & Kinder Prep Families: Due to funding purposes, we must document Preschool and Kinder Prep hours, and with our snow days in January, we are short hours for just Preschool and Kinder Prep. We will need to add in some sessions to meet these required hours. Please see the following changes:

• Friday, March 8th: Morning Preschool/ Kinder Prep (Morning session only from 8:05-11:15 am). We will not need to make up the afternoon session.
• Monday, May 13th: Morning and Afternoon Preschool/ Kinder Prep will be in session at their regularly scheduled times.
• Wednesday, May 15th: Morning and Afternoon Preschool/ Kinder Prep will be in session at their regularly scheduled times. This will now be the last day of Preschool/ Kinder Prep.
• Our Preschool/ Kinder Prep end of year program will now be on Thursday, May 16th at 8:30 am.

We know that some children may not be able to attend these additional days because of scheduling issues, and we understand that.

Parent Resource: This week's parent resource provided by Kansas Parent Information Resource Center is a homework helper tip sheet! Click here to see this infographic!

Early Childhood Screening: Do you have a child between the ages of 3 to 5 years that has difficulty walking, talking, seeing, hearing or learning? If so, schedule an appointment for the Early Childhood Screenings on Friday, March 1st from 8:30 am- 11:30 am at Waterville Elementary! Contact the Marshall County Special Services Cooperative office at 785-562-5308, option 2. See the flier below for more details.

This Week:

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday: Leap Day!

Friday:

Upcoming Dates:

March 5: Spring Music Program 7:00 pm

March 8: End of 3rd 9 Weeks Dismiss at 12:30

March 11th-15th: Spring Break

1st Graders in Mrs. Young's class working hard with partners during reading.

Mrs. Tryon's class were all sent to the principal's office today for a positive reason! Mrs. Tryon wanted to share how hard they have been working and how proud she is of each of them! She surprised them with VHS tickets and they were all so excited!

2nd Graders enjoyed playing math facts basketball with their substitute, Mrs. Woodyard!

2nd graders enjoyed their visit with Sharon King from the Waterville Shakespeare Club!

The Valley Heights FFA officer team came to the elementary to read books about agriculture to the kindergarten classes. We hope to help younger children learn more about where their food comes from and more about the ag industry!

It was a great week at Blue Rapids elementary! We are, like other schools, experiencing illness in the school at an increased rate. If your child has a fever, please keep them home till they are 24 hours fever free. Also if you take your child to the doctor, please get a note from the doctor and turn it in to the office as this helps with attendance records. We are two weeks from spring break, the students and teachers at Blue Rapids elementary are working hard and finishing strong. It will be here before we know it.

Here are some upcoming dates to remember:

• March 5th-Elementary Spring Concert at 7:00 pm in the Blue Rapids Gym
  
• March 8th-End of 3rd Nine Weeks; Early Dismissal at 12:30 pm
• March 11th - 15th-Spring Break

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

Boys and girls ages K-8 are invited to participate in a baseball camp!

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 this week's VHS ticket drawing winners in Waterville! From left to right we have Myla, Jameson, Joslynn, Izzy, Violet, Calliope, Milo, and Phentyn!

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