SOARing
January 16, 2026
Hello Thunderbird Nation!! We had a wonderful week at Tahoe Valley Elementary! Our students were engaged in lots of great learning, and the beautiful weather made it an especially enjoyable week on campus. Even with the sunshine, we still have snow on the ground—so please remember that any students who would like to play in the snow need to come to school with all their snow gear. Have a great week! Have an extraordinary week! Have your best week yet!!! Pat *PARKING LOT END OF DAY PICK UP: If you choose to forgo bussing, please try to be on time to pick up your student. Stay in your vehicle; Your child will be escorted to your vehicle. Sorry, no mingling in front of the classrooms as it just adds to the possible confusion. If you will be sitting in the pick up line for any length of time, please turn off your engine to cut down on emissions. Please be respectful of staff “traffic directors”, they have your children’s safety in mind. As I’m sure we all agree, cell phone usage while driving in our school parking lot is absolutely unacceptable (talking or texting). Besides being against the law, it is highly dangerous with the possibility that a child could dart into traffic at any time. Please drive slowly, safely in the areas around the school. There are numerous complaints each year from the neighbors that parents are driving recklessly by their house to and from school each day. I recommend they contact law enforcement and they have been ticketing parents for speeding/cell usage, etc. Thank you for your cooperation to help keep our/your students safe!
Have a great week!
Have an extraordinary week!
Have your best week yet!!!
Pat
This Week in TK
This week we learned how to be healthy and wash our hands for Letter Hh Week. Nurse Fred helped us understand germs with our hand washing lesson, did you know germs are everywhere?! We learned more about snow, snowmen, and The Mitten, and Mrs. Ervin's class even had a fun sing-along visit with Dr. Jean to sing some of our favorite songs.
The snow may have stopped falling from the sky, but our TK playground is still covered in snow and ice. A good rule of thumb is to send all snow gear if there is any snow on the ground at lake level.
A reminder to our TK families there is no school on Monday 01/19 in observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
This Week in K Grade
Hello Kindergarten Families!
It was a wonderful and full week in Kindergarten! We are continuing to learn our letter names and sounds, as well as reading and building short words. Students are also practicing their high-frequency words and showing growing confidence each day.
We are having lots of fun in art and science, exploring, creating, and learning together. In math, we put the finishing touches on our last unit and have begun a new unit focused on describing and composing 2-D shapes.
Thank you for your continued support at home. We look forward to another great week of learning ahead!
Warmly,
Your Kindergarten Teachers
Happy Birthday, Brielle!
This Week in Ms. Jaimie & Mrs. Lapp
Ms. Jaimie's class:
We have been having so much fun playing on the snow mound and enjoying recess time on the playground. In the classroom, we have continued building our reading skills by learning new sight words and practicing letter sound blends. In math, we have been working hard on skip counting and solving addition problems. We were also excited to welcome a new student who joined our class this week, and everyone has been kind and welcoming as he gets settled in.
Mrs. Lapp's class
We have been exploring the snow and making our own snow in the class. The kids are loving sliding and rolling in the snow.
Language Arts: We have been learning long a vowel pairs. We are holding literacy circles and enjoying talking about what we read and learned. One of our stories focused on what happened long ago and how school has changed over different decades.
Math: We are learning all about clocks and how to read time to the hour and the half hour. The students are really enjoying putting the clock hands to the correct time. Our picture shows the students listening to a lesson about time to the half hour.
Science: We are exploring the planets, moon, sun, and stars. The students are loving the art work we are doing with the planets.
