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Welcome Heights Open Doors Families to the 2023-2024 school year. We cannot wait to see our returning and new students. The summer break has been great, and we are ready to reconnect with our students and families.

Something new and exciting is that we now have bus transportation to Heights Campus. Buses will pick up students at their home and drop them at Heights. The addition of transportation did require us to make a big adjustment to our schedule to align with the school districts early release Monday schedule. As a result, Open Doors labs will be scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. There will not be labs on Monday.

For AM labs, a bus will arrive at 8:45 and pick up at 11:30. For PM labs, the bus will arrive at 12:30 and pickup at 3:15. You will find the schedule HERE. Transportation will contact you with your pick-up and drop-off times. If you haven't already, request transportation through this form.

2023-2024 is a great year to parnter with Open Doors @ Heights Campus. We look forward to working with you to support student learning. The first step is to particpate in Open Doors Open House week. Students and families will meet with teachers and prepare for the school year, including picking up their laptop. We look forward to seeing you then.

Regards,

Deanna Hogan

Heights Campus Principal

8/30 12:30-3:00

All new/returning OD students last names A-L

12:30-1:00: parent presentation

1:00-3:00: students sign up for their labs, get info on the OD 101 Google class to be completed at home, check out laptops if needed, get new student ID for bus purposes, meet Ashley

8/31 12:30-3:00

All new/returning OD students last names M-Z

12:30-1:00: parent presentation

1:00-3:00: students sign up for their labs, get info on the OD 101 Google class to be completed at home, check out laptops if needed, get new student ID for bus purposes, meet Erin

9/1 9:00-11:30

Makeups for new/returning students who couldn't attend on Weds or Thurs

No parent presentation this day

9:00-11:30 students sign up for their labs, get info on the OD 101 Google class to be completed at home, check out laptops if needed, get new student ID for bus purposes

Students who do not attend or communicate with their teachers will be withdrawn from the program.

We have created a calendar with important dates for the year. You will find it HERE. We will keep it updated as the year progresses. The first tab is a year at a glance, containing a list of key dates. New this year, the school board added two additional embedded snow days on March 15 and April 26. These will be non attendance day if we do not need them to make up for snow closures.

We’ve moved to a more robust communications platform called ParentSquare that will give you more freedom to decide if you want your messages as texts, emails, via an app, and more. It will also allow you to easily see district-wide and school calendars of events, respond to messages from us, show which messages you appreciate (so we can tailor information to what you most want to know), and message your students’ teachers and others directly in one convenient place. Some of the capabilities are not yet available but will roll out in the next few weeks. Please be on the lookout for more information on what to expect and how to use this tool.

When it comes to learning, every single school day counts. Research shows that attendance plays an important role in academic success, which affects success in life. Simply put, students must attend school in order to benefit from it.

Just two missed days of school every month, for any reason, can cause a child to suffer academically and decrease the chances that he or she will graduate. Absences add up—and subtract from learning.

School attendnace is critical to student academic success. Strong school attendnace is build on at home habits. If your student is ill (Symptoms Flow Chart), do keep them home and then contact the attendance clerk, Jennifer Crooker, at 313-1476

Attendance Works Inforgraphic

Elementary School Attendance Infographic

Middle School Attendance Infographic

We are looking for parent volunteers. Help in the classroom or support teachers with prep work. Particpate in the PTO and/or one of our fun events like the yearly Garden Party. Apply to become a volunteer at vansd.org/volunteer/

We look forward to working with you.

ParentVue will be our new parent-facing Synergy SIS portal that will allow parents and guardians access to their student’s information. This will replace the SIS portal used in previous years known as Parent Access/Skyward.

Information you will access in ParentVue will include (but not be limited to):

• Class Schedules

• Assignments and scores

• Attendance

• Discipline

• Immunization compliance

• Transcripts

• Graduation status

You should recieve information on how to log in soon if you have not already.

Administrative

Principal-Deanna Hogan

Associate Principal-Kathleen Paradis

Secretary-Larisa Romanchenko

Reception/Attendance Clerk-Jennifer Crooker

Enrollment Clerk-Brandy Clarno

Enrollment Clerk-Kelly Hatfield

Fiscal Clerk-Angella Lindsay

Counseling Clerk-Maureen Jarrett

Teachers

Pearl Griffin

Mary Levenhagen

Julia Morrison

Kim Sloan

Stephanie Stutesman (STAR)

School Counselors

Ashley Anderson A-L

Erin Sasser M-Z

Advocates

Casey Carl

Theresa Deitel (STAR)

Heights Campus is a unique collection of programs designed to meet various student and family needs.

Email: heightscampus.school@vansd.org
Website: heightscampus.vansd.org
Location: 6450 Macarthur Boulevard, Vancouver, WA, USA
Phone: 360-313-4990
Twitter: @VPSOcelet