Bulldog Beat 03/24/25 to 03/28/25

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Mrs. Edwards and music classes would like to extend a HUGE thank you to the grandmother of Avery, Clara, Henry, Warren and Zane for loaning her cello to us last week. Students compared and contrasted the cello and the violin as they learned about the orchestral string instruments. Kindergarten students enjoyed listening to I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello. Mrs. Smith was kind enough to allow students to "play" her cello. Mrs. Edwards is hoping many will one day learn to play an instrument. Thanks again Mrs. Smith!

Thank you so much to all of the parents and community members who came out to make our Hard Rock Math Night and CIS Career Fair so fun and amazing. Students and families were invited to a night of fun on Tuesday with free pizza, fun math stations, the Book Fair, and a CIS Career fair with community members who spoke on what makes their job so special. Students learned about careers in STEM, forestry, construction, health services, and plastics. While visiting with each booth every attendee was given a bingo card of questions to ask the speakers. If you got a bingo you were entered into a $100 gift card from Walmart. Carly Midkiff, PT, DPT of Benchmark Physical Therapy said, "the reason I got into physical therapy was, because of how amazing the body if and I wanted to help people take care of it" when speaking with Valley 4th grader Joshua. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported our students Tuesday.

This week we had our Spring Book Fair at VIES and it was a HUGE success! Mrs. Harman would like to thank so many volunteers that helped make this book fair run so smoothly. Thank you to Mrs. Samuel, Ms. Widner, Mrs. Shortt for helping out during Hard Rock Math Night. Thanks to Mrs. Edwards who helped run the library check out several mornings during the week. Thanks to Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Cross for running the library check out, helping students count money (lots of pennies), and choose books from our wide selection. Thank you to Mrs. Buckles for all the love and support she gave to everyone, especially our students. Finally, all of the families and students who supported the book fair with their purchases! The money from the book fair goes directly back into our library with the purchase of books, STEM station activities, novel study books for classroom teachers, free books for our upcoming kindergarten and PK students, and much more! Valley Institute may be a small school, but it has a HEART for reading and supporting the students in our community! Thank you Valley Bulldogs!

With our monthly character trait of Cooperation, Mr. Mason's Guidance classes used teamwork and worked together to create the largest towers out of stackable cups.

Mr. Mason said, "It is always interesting to see how students work together with this activity. Sometimes, students each have their own plan for the tower that is not the same as their partner, so some disagreements are expected."

For the most part, he finds everyone eventually agrees on one idea and they build the tower together. Afterwards, they follow up with questions, such as What was easy? What was difficult? How did you work out disagreements with your group?

For the month of March, we have focused on cooperation, what jobs utilize teamwork, and how people come together as a group to help others. Working with others is something they will do for the rest of their lives.

The John Battle Soccer Team is selling "JSB" Umbrellas, in hopes of raising money for equipment, apparel, gifts, etc., as well as assisting with materials for a new Junior Varsity coed team to play this spring. This is a pre order and umbrellas will cost $25 each. They are the large 48'' ones. Umbrellas will be delivered to you. You may purchase at the link below or at the QR attachment.

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We would like to thank all of our families that have donated to the PBIS store. Students are excited to be able to spend their Bulldog Bucks they are earning during the 3rd nine weeks. The 3rd nine weeks PBIS store will be March 12, 2025. If you would still like to donate, please review the attached letter below.

VIES is looking for parent volunteers to assist with various events and activities throughout the school year. If you are interested, please contact the school to learn more about the background check process and possible opportunities.

This week's winners of the Perfect Attendance Blizzard drawing is:

~Cassadee P.

~Kaci P.

~Dulia S.

~Nyjah W.

~Riley S.

We love having all our Bulldogs in attendance and we can't to see who will win next week's Blizzard Drawing!

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We have several ways to stay connected to your child's education and teachers. Every parent has access to ParentPortal which allows you to see grades and attendance. You can register on the county website if you have not already signed up or you can call the school and request your student's login information.

Every grade uses an app to maintain communication between parents/guardians and teachers. Please see the list below on which app you should download to stay connected to your student's teacher:

PreSchool-ClassDojo

Kindergarten- Remind

First- Remind

Second- Email

Third- ParentPortal

Fourth- ClassDojo

Fifth- Remind

Elementary Menus:

Breakfast Menu: Link

Lunch Menu: Link

The new site is linqconnect which can be accessed from the school nutrition home webpage. There is also a link on the School Nutrition webpage FAQ's/Direction on how to access linqconnect for student account prepayments. Here is the Link to WCS nutritional page.

• Please call the office if your child is absent from school. 276-642-5500 or email rhockman@wcs.k12.va.us
  

• Send or fax any doctor appointment notes to cover for excused absences. 276-645-2394
  

• Any transportation changes must be made by 2:20 PM to ensure safety of dismissal time.
  

• Due to Safety, NO check outs from office after 2:20 PM students will need to go to car rider line.

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Website: https://vies.wcs.k12.va.us/
Location: 4350 Gate City Highway, Bristol, VA, USA
Phone: 276-642-5500
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Twitter: @VIESBulldogs