Hello!

I hope you all have a peaceful and happy winter break!

Spirit Week continues at BGVA, December 16 - December 20.

Wednesday: Ugly Sweater Day

Thursday: PJ Day

Friday: Flannel Friday

One other item: Do you know we know have a social media presence?! Battle Ground Virtual Academy has a FaceBook page where we post informative district information as well as fun posts from the school. I created my first few reels ever for the Battle Ground Virtual Academy FaceBook page. I'm sure I will improve in my skills ...they are so fun to make! Here's my reel from today: https://www.facebook.com/reel/ Here's the BGVA FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/bgvirtualacademy/about/

https://santatracker.google.com/village.html

https://www.noradsanta.org/

~December 19, 9:00-10:00. Our last Thursday virtual homeroom before break. We will have fun winter activities.

~December 20: Last school day before the Winter Holiday!

~January 6, 2025: First day back to school after the Winter Holiday!

~Jan 6th Levy presentation 5:30-6:30 RHL Gym-Inform and encourage Families to attend

~January 6 - February 7: iReady assessments for students in grades 3-8. This will mostly be taken at home.

~January 8, 2025: Please complete the field trip form by this date. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFOlPgeffc7jG7nI7NnSt90ZnuNBL7_LHdhRXgG7zQCBVvdg/viewform?usp=sf_link Here is the background clearance from for BG: Volunteer Link. If you have any questions about this, I can find your answers from Dawn Hunt, our school registrar.

🚒 Tuesday, January 14, 2025: Field trip to Battle Ground Fire Station, 10:00.

~January 23, 2025: Please have all work in Accelerate Education completed. End of Semester 1.

The following information was copied from the weekly BGVA newsletter.

Recently, we informed you through our weekly newsletter and a specific dedicated email of our new School Data platform. The new School Data platform is a robust tool that parents can use to stay fully connected with their students' academic progress. Check your email for a short video demonstrating the process of creating your account and getting connected with your students' learning.

Click here for the link to begin the login process with our new School Data platform.

Comprehensive Sexual Health curriculum: In the BG school district, students in grade 5 have some lessons as part of the CSH. Usually, at BGVA, this comes in the form of parents receiving ten magazines from the Great Body Shop curriculum with lots of health topics. If you choose to opt out your child, here is the information you need. I have the magazines in the classroom if you want to look through them. I don't give kids access to them, though. Parents can opt their students out of instruction. They do this by going into Skyward and filling out the form. The instructions for how to do this are listed here: How to Opt Out of Comp Sex Ed - parent hand out

I have the following books for students in 4th and 5th grade available in my BGVA classroom, available for checkout. These can be picked up at the same time as second semester work books are picked up.

During second semester, 4th graders will have a novel study to complete which is very similar to the novel study during first semester. They will start reading their book at the beginning of Module 19. The Study Guide will be due at the end of Module 27. The book choices are:

Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli

Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

If you wish to choose a different novel, please let me know.

5th graders will also read a novel, which will be incorporated into their Module 9 second semester work. Their choices are:

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell,

The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Finally, please return the Semester 1 book if you borrowed one when you pick up your second semester workbooks. The workbooks, novel study books and CSH magazines will be available in January.

Your child is required to make weekly contact with me each week, usually through attending either the in person class or the virtual class. If your child is sick, please let me know. Attendance reminders are sent out Thursday evening if I haven't yet had weekly contact with my students. One other way for our required weekly contact is for a student to send me a short email that tells what they are learning or working on in Accelerate Education. This email needs to be sent to me from the student (not parent) by Thursday, noon.

• Weekly Schedule Reminders click link for weekly reminders

• Fifth Grade BGVA Accelerate Education Module Schedule First Semester, 2024-2025
• Fourth Grade BGVA Accelerate Education Module Schedule First Semester, 2024-2025
• Third Grade BGVA Accelerate Education Module Schedule First Semester, 2024-2025