Valley Heights Elementary Schools

NO COLTS ROUND UP on Thursday, October 31st! No Colts Round Up on November 6th due to the Scholastic Book Fair!

NO SCHOOL THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST!

Thanksgiving Meal: You are invited to attend our Thanksgiving Feast on November 20, 2024. Each child is allowed 2 guests. Meal prices is $5 per person. Please contact our secretary to make your reservation no later than November 11th. Look for a note/Bloomz notifications for meal times.

Save the Date: First grade Family Fun Night for first graders and their families is Tuesday, November 12th from 5:30-6:30. More details will be sent home.

Sunday:

• Fall Fest on the Square 4:00-5:30
• Colts PTO Movie @ Blue Rapids gym 5:45-7:00

Monday:

• Special Board of Education Meeting @ VHHS 6:00 pm
• Colts Round Up

Tuesday:

• Colts Round Up

Wednesday:

• Colts Round Up

Thursday:

• Halloween Parade @ 1:00 Downtown Waterville Commercial Street!
• Halloween Parties in classrooms.
• NO COLTS ROUND UP!

Friday:

• NO SCHOOL!

Join us for Fall Fest this Sunday, October 27th at the Blue Rapids Square! Head to the Blue Rapids gym afterwards for a movie and popcorn sponsored by Colts PTO!

This year we will be taking K-2 students to downtown Waterville to parade their costumes! We hope to see you there!

Valley Heights Jr/Sr High Students participated in a day of service this week. Students went to both grade schools to clean up and do activities with students and even sent a group to help clean up the Blue Rapids city park. We even had some students eat lunch with us! Thank you VHHS students! We loved having you here at Waterville Grade School!

We had twelve students and thirteen adults attend our Kindergarten Family Fun Night! The kindergarten teachers shared with families what phonemic awareness is and gave them packets of information on how to hep their students at home. Students participated in several activities including a letter names and sounds game, a graphing activity with fruit snacks, and a directed drawing. We finished the night with sorbet floats!

The Marshall County Sheriff's Office presented to our students about how to live a drug free life! They also gave each student a goodie bag and t-shirt! Thank you!!

The first grade classes took a field trip this week to Britt's Farm Pumpkin Patch!

Kindergarten students enjoy writing their numbers in shaving cream and doing other fun activities for learning!

It was a fabulous week at Blue Rapids elementary. We had some special guests in the building this past week. On Wednesday the Jr./Sr. High school students came to the building and did some special activities with the BR students. What a fun time to connect with the secondary students. On Thursday the Marshall County Sheriff's office came out and did a Red Ribbon presentation for the students and even gave each student a Red Ribbon T-Shirt. We want to say thank you to our amazing law enforcement community in Marshall County for all you do!! Looking forward to this coming week, on the 31st of October at 2:15 pm, we will have our annual Halloween parade around the town circle/square. Parents and family members if you would like to view your child's costume we encourage you to come to the circle/square for the Halloween parade!! There will be no Colts Round Up on Halloween.

I thank you all for the privilege of working with your children! If you have any questions don’t hesitate to call the office at 785-363-7693 or email me at tstaples@valleyheights.org.

-Titus Staples

Please note there has been a last minute change to the lunch menu. Monday will now be Pork Street Tacos and Tuesday will be Cheeseburgers.

Good work to this week's Waterville VHS ticket winners! Congrats Joslynn, Emily, Jason, and Elliot!

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!

Community Education has recently sent out a program survey to gather community interests and Ideas to increase programming and participation in activities beyond the school day. We invite you to click on the link below to fill out the survey and give us your thoughts and ideas.

Survey Link: https://forms.gle/KuzPRNFKjXkyEiqf8

We’d like to remind families to discuss a safe route to school with your students. Whether it is on foot, bike, or a car we want everyone to arrive to and from school safely! For students on foot and bike remember that the safest crossings are at Chestnut & Highway 77 in Blue Rapids and Minnesota & Highway 77 in Waterville.

These crossings are monitored both before and after school.

Our 3rd and 4th graders in CRU are learning about healthy choices and good nutrition with the guidance of Shania Bradley from K-State Research & Extension and SNAP-ED.

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