Valley Heights Elementary Schools

1st Grade Students and Families are invited to our 1st grade Family Fun Night on Tuesday, November 18th from 5:30-6:30 at the Waterville Grade School.

Our Thanksgiving Meal is this Friday, November 21st. Kindergarten and 1st grades will eat from 11:00-11:30 and 2nd graders will eat from 11:30-12:00. If you did not sign up for a meal in time to join your student but still want to come, you can sit with your child but will not be able to purchase a meal ticket.

Staff Appreciation: If you or your child want to send an appreciation note to any staff member at Waterville Grade School, use this link to fill out a quick Google Form. Responses will be transferred to a certificate that will be given to the staff member you are sending it to! Click HERE for the link!

Thanksgiving break is right around the corner!

Next Week

Monday:

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

Tuesday:

• Colts Round Up
• 1st Grade Family Fun Night @ 5:30

Wednesday:

• Colts Round Up

Thursday:

• Colts Round Up

Friday:

• Thanksgiving Meal

Looking Ahead:

• November 26th-28th Thanksgiving Break!

It has been an exciting week at Blue Rapids Elementary. On Wednesday the student body attended a sneak peek of the high school play Murder on the 518 at the Waterville Opera House. The students enjoyed the performance as the high school students did an outstanding job. I encourage everyone to attend the play this weekend and to support our local high school drama students. Parents, as a reminder our annual Thanksgiving meal is next week Friday the 21st. This past week we celebrated Veterans Day at Valley Heights. Major props to the KAYS organization and guest speaker Jerry Zayas for their outstanding Veterans Day presentation on Tuesday. We talked as a student body at Jumpstart about what we can learn from our Veterans. We are thankful for our veterans and the sacrifices they have made for our great country.

Please take note of the important dates below.

Here are some upcoming dates to remember:

• Board of Education Meeting November 17
• Harvester's @ Waterville Methodist Church - November 18
• Student/Family Thanksgiving dinner - November 21
• Reachout Food Pantry @ Blue Rapids Methodist Church - November 22
• Thanksgiving break - November 26 - 28

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

Miss Jayne visited with Mrs. Reinecke's 4th grade class during Character Ed. The lesson was about gratitude. Students took a look in the mirror to discover things that they were grateful for about themselves. They filled their treasure boxes with these things. They added a compact mirror with an affirmation on the back of it to their "take a minute" tool kits. Thank you Miss Jayne!!

Attention 3rd - 6th boys and girls.
Registration is now open for the Frankfort Winter Basketball League.
Registration must be completed online by November 28th
Payment must be made by December 8th
NO LATE REGISTRATIONS ARE ALLOWED!
Click to register: https://forms.gle/brU8n8EbkBdLXkyL9

This week's Waterville VHS ticket winners were Ckaius, Arlo, Maverick, and Beaux! Congrats!

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.

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

The QR code in the bottom right corner or this link bit.ly/referVHFAMILYforAChristmasMeal can be used to refer a family.

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