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September Newsletter

ValleySchool VoiceSeptember Newsletter
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Dear Families and Valley School Community,

We are busy settling into our school year here at TVS. We have started our Field Studies with Applegate Partnership Watershed Council, as well as our Wonderful Wednesday culinary program. Students are settling into their Core classes, creating Class Agreements and starting to familiarize with academic routines and expectations. Our Wednesday enrichments are a big hit so far, and we have students engaged in everything from Woodworking to Art to Wilderness Survival Skills to Inspector-Detector Forensics. If you have questions on your student's schedule or classes, please reach out to our Academic Director, Lily Reishman: lily.reishman@thevalleyschool.k12.or.us

Next week (Sept. 11-12), we hold our Fall Listening Conferences for our new-to-TVS and new-6th grade students and families. We look forward to this opportunity for teachers and families to connect more at the beginning of this new school journey. If you would still like to sign up, you can do so HERE.

NEW Reporting System

This year, TVS will be using a new reporting system, Smart Ed Systems. (We will be sending log-in information soon, so please stay tuned!) This new reporting system will allow us to move more collectively and fully into proficiency- or standards-based assessment and grading. One of our goals in moving to a new reporting system is to increase transparency and clarity with our students, as well as with our families, about what is being taught (and assessed) in our classes and content areas. For a brief read on what standards-based proficiency grading is, please check our website here:


https://www.thevalleyschool.k12.or.us/why-proficiency-based-grading

2023 Daily School Schedule: 2023 Daily School Schedule:

A calendar look ahead: A calendar look ahead:

Event Information

SART Parent Night

SART will be offering a parent information night on Thursday, Sept. 21 at 5:30. They will relay information about the upcoming lessons they will be giving to students. Please join us!

When?

Thursday, Sep 21, 2023, 05:30 PM

Where?

The Valley School of Southern Oregon, Valley View Drive, Medford, OR, USA

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Fall In the Field

UPDATE: We have needed to change Fall In the Field to accommodate for staffing schedules at Pacifica Gardens.

When?

Tuesday, Oct 10, 2023, 08:30 AM

Where?

Pacifica: A Garden in the Siskiyous, Water Gap Road, Williams, OR, USA

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Valley School of Southern Oregon

Email: info@thevalleyschool.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.thevalleyschool.k12.or.us/
Location: 857 Valley View Drive, Medford, OR, USA
Phone: (541)-842-3914

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