Valley Heights Elementary Schools

Welcome to the last 9 weeks of the school year! Students and staff are ready to work hard and finish the school year off strong!

This Thursday, April 2nd the kindergarten students will go on a field trip to a farm in Seneca. Our preschool and kinder prep classes will enjoy Easter egg hunts this Thursday! The morning class will attend a hunt at the Waterville Public library and the afternoon class will enjoy an Easter egg hunt at the Blue Valley Nursing Home. The morning classes are invited to join at the nursing home with their parents.

There will be no school this Friday, April 3rd and Monday, April 6th!

Please see the calendar changes below!! The last day of school will now be Wednesday, May 20th!

Monday:

• Colts Round Up

Tuesday:

• Colts Round Up

Wednesday:

• Para Appreciation Day! Thank you to all of our hardworking paras!
• Colts Round Up

Thursday:

• Kindergarten Field Trip
• 9:00 Preschool & Kinder Prep to the Waterville Public Library
• 2:00 Preschool & Kinder Prep to the Blue Valley Nursing Home
• Colts Round Up

Friday:

• No School!

Looking Ahead:

• Monday, April 6th- No School
• Friday, April 17th- Early Childhood Screenings
• Tuesday, April 28th Early Childhood Open House
• May 8th- Play Day!

It was a great week at Blue Rapids Elementary! Everyone returned from Spring Break refreshed and ready to finish the school year strong. This coming week, our 3rd and 5th graders will begin state assessments, followed by our 4th and 6th graders the following week. There is a lot of excitement in the building, as these assessments provide a valuable opportunity for our students to showcase their academic growth and abilities. At home, we encourage families to help students get a good night’s rest and eat a healthy breakfast to set them up for success. On Wednesday night, our 4th graders and their parents enjoyed a wonderful family engagement night filled with root beer floats and poetry writing for the annual 4th grade poetry book. It’s hard to believe we are already in the fourth quarter of the school year. It has been an exciting and successful year, and I look forward to watching our students finish strong.

Here are some upcoming dates to remember:

• State Assessments begin - March 31st
• Good Friday/Easter Break - April 3rd
• Easter Break - April 6th
• Board of Education Meeting - April 20th
• Marshall County Health Department Shot Clinic for Students - April 22nd
• Last Day for Colts Round Up - April 30th

As always, thank you for the privilege and blessing that it is to work with your children. My door is always open if you have any concerns or you need to visit.

-Mr. Staples

Valley Heights NHS 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament is April 18th. Contact Mrs. Turner at bturner@valleyheights.org for more information. Register your team by using the Google Form below:

https://forms.gle/qN2HLscfd7iaipN48

Team registrations are due by April 11th.

This week's Waterville VHS ticket winners were Vyron, Kaydon, and Elias winning lunch with Mrs. deBoer, and Beaux, Alyvia, and Heinrich winning prizes! Great work!

Each week we'll give you a fun question to talk about around the dinner table with your family! Eating together as a family is an excellent time to strengthen relationships and check in with your child and their needs. Enjoy discussing the question of the week!

Did you know you can pay your child's lunch fees online? We'll even cover the processing fees for you so you have no extra fees! Click HERE to be taken directly to the link! Or you can navigate to this page from the Valley Heights website, then clicking on Parent & Student Resources, then Online Payment.

Check out the Schools That Care newsletter below for information on resources available in our community!

Early Head Start 0-3 provides services to infants, toddlers, and pregnant women. It promotes

• healthy prenatal outcomes, healthy babies
• enhances the development of infants and toddlers, and
• promotes healthy/thriving families

NEK-CAP, Inc. receives federal funds for 160 children to operate and provide Early Head Start (0-3) services for infants, toddlers, pregnant mothers, and fathers.

NEK-CAP, Inc. receives federal funds for 238 children to operate and provide Head Start services. Head Start is committed to cultivating partnerships with the community to ensure that children and families receive an array of individualized services focused upon early childhood development, family support, health and education.

Head Start/Early Head Start 0-5 services are available at no cost to children and families. Up to 10% of enrollment may be used to serve children that are over income. Transportation is available at some locations.

Click HERE for more information!

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!

Another avenue of supporting your school is through Casey's rewards! Check it out at caseys.com/community/donate-your-points!

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