Valley Heights Elementary Schools

It was a great week at Waterville! We want to thank the Marshall County Sheriff's Office for speaking to our students about Red Ribbon Week and the importance of living a drug free life. They gifted students goodie bags and and t-shirts! The highlight of the presentation was Super Dog visiting!

Students had a blast walking to downtown Waterville to trick or treat. Thank you to all who helped make this a special parade for them! Students returned to school and had their Halloween parties!

The Scholastic Book Fair is this Wednesday, November 4th from 5:30-7:30 at the Waterville Grade School. A free will donation spaghetti supper will be served as well. We hope to see you there!

Next Week:

Monday:

• Colts Round Up

Tuesday:

• Colts Round Up

Wednesday:

• Colts Round Up
• Scholastic Book Fair 5:30-7:30 provided by Colts PTO

Thursday:

• Colts Round Up

Friday:

• No Elementary Activities

Upcoming Dates:

November 9th No School- Staff PD

November 10th KSU Women's Basketball Game

November 11th School Play Preview 2:00-2:45

November 12th Dental Screenings

November 20th Thanksgiving Meal

November 24th 1st Grade Family Fun Night

November 25th-20th No School- Thanksgiving Break

December 2nd Christmas Music Program

December 3rd Santa's Gift Shop

December 18th End of 2nd Nine Weeks- Dismiss at 12:30

• Preschool & Kinder Prep Program at 8:30

December 19th-January 3rd Christmas Break!

January 5th Classes Resume

It has been an exciting week at Blue Rapids Elementary. On Wednesday the Marshall County sheriffs office paid a special visit to the building in support of Red Ribbon week. They passed out shirts and gave a special anti-drug presentation. Halloween festivities were a success on Friday with the students and staff showing great Halloween spirit by dressing up and participating in fun classroom activities. The students also participated in a Halloween parade around the square/circle. The Blue Rapids staff and students would like to wish the cross-country and football student athletes and coaches all the best in the playoffs. It's a great week to be a mustang!!

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

Here are some upcoming dates to take note of:

• November 4th - PTO Book Fair @ WGS - 5:30 pm
• November 9th - No School - Professional Development Day for Teachers
• November 10th - K-State Women's Basketball game (See below information)
• November 11th - Students Sneak Peek of the HS Play

Sheriff Ackerman, along with his Deputies and Safety Pup, gave a presentation on "Be Your Own Hero/Stay Drug Free" celebrating Red Ribbon week. Thank you, Sheriff Ackerman and Deputies, for protecting and keeping our County safe.

A slip was sent home for K-2 students to let staff know if they will bring a lunch for home or have a school lunch.

For 3rd - 6th graders, your child(ren) should be bringing the below green slip home for completion. Please return to the office by November 5th. Thanks and go Cats!💜🏀

The signup for the Elementary Thanksgiving Dinner will be sent home with the students on Monday Nov. 2nd.

Last week's Waterville VHS ticket winners were Jesse and Maverick winning prizes and Beaux, Natalie, Rosa, and Evelyn winning lunch with Mrs. deBoer and Ms. Jayne!

The October monthly VHS ticket winners were Miles, Lux and Maverick! Congrats!

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