Hope Valley School WEEKLY UPDATE

March 2021

3/26 - Report Cards Issued

3/29 - Spirit Day: Pajama Day

3/30 - Spirit Day: Career Day

3/31 - Spirit Day: Wacky Wednesday

3/31 - Last day to complete Survey Works (see information below)

3/31 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK pm (students dismissed at 12:40)

April 2021

4/1 - Spirit Day: Hope Valley Hawk Day

4/1 - Deadline for the Dental Screening Survey (see important information below)

4/1 - RICAS Practice Testing for Grades 3 & 4

4/2 - Good Friday - No School

4/5 - PTO Meeting - 6:30 PM (will be virtual)

4/5 - Grade 3 RICAS Testing (ELA Session 1)

4/6 - Grade 3 RICAS Testing (ELA Session 2)

4/7 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK am (students dismissed at 12:40)

4/8 - Grade 4 RICAS Testing (ELA Session 1)

4/9 - Grade 4 RICAS Testing (ELA Session 2)

4/12 - Grade 3 RICAS Testing (Math Session 1 & 2)

4/13 - Grade 4 RICAS Testing (Math Session 1 & 2)

4/14 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK pm (students dismissed at 12:40)

4/19 - 4/23 - April Vacation - No School

4/28 - Early Release Day for K-4 & PreK am (students dismissed at 12:40)

Attestation Self-Check Site: https://ps.chariho.k12.ri.us/public/

Chariho Parent Virtual and Concurrent Learning Site

It is IMPERATIVE that families are monitoring their children for symptoms. We are still in the middle of a pandemic and we need to continue to be watchful. No one with any symptoms should be coming to school.

We are so VERY close. I just checked with my contact at RIDE and we have 59% participation (up 10% from last week) in SurveyWorks. We are the highest percentage in the district and possibly in the state. I need about 2 - 3 more people to complete the survey to reach our goal of getting 60% participation. If you haven't yet, please take this important survey. The survey closes on March 31.

How to Complete the Survey: Visit http://bit.ly/ridefamily (click on the link) and choose your school from the dropdown list.

Very Important: When you click on the survey link above, you will have to choose your child’s school from the dropdown menu. There will be two options for Hope Valley School. You will see Hope Valley Elementary School (Chariho) and Hope Valley Elementary School Annex (Chariho). All families of pre-school children MUST use Hope Valley School ANNEX and all families of children in grades K-4 will use Hope Valley Elementary School. RIDE had to separately identify the two schools a few years ago. Thank you.

On 3/25 we had an assembly with music phenom Brent Daniels. He is an award-winning music producer, composer, sound designer and music industry veteran. His music and sought-after production style can be heard most recently in numerous movie trailers including Black Panther, A Wrinkle In Time, Terminator Dark Fate and Chaos Walking, as well as video game trailers for “Destiny 2: Beyond Light” and “Call Of Duty: Black Ops." Although the assembly was virtual, Brent was very engaging, insightful, and knowledgeable. He got the children involved and hyped up during the assembly. Brent took sounds and voices of our students (and me) and composed a wonderful and catchy tune. You can view it by clicking on the private link.

IMPORTANT: For student privacy and copyright, please DO NOT upload the music to YouTube or any other services.

https://vimeo.com/529008548/3deca90f96

Spread the word! Chariho Kindergarten Registration is now available to our families through digital pre-registration. Check out our digital flyer.

Dear Chariho Families,

We are sharing information to clarify the upcoming budget vote on April 6, 2021. Take a look at our e- flyer (or click on the PDF file directly below) that notes the top 5 questions from the community. There is also a link to submit new questions as well as the most recent school committee meeting reviewing the plan for our elementary school facilities.

As a reminder, do not forget to vote in the Chariho budget referendum on Tuesday, April 6th. Voting will take place from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM at the Charlestown Town Hall, the Hopkinton Town Hall, and the Richmond Town Hall.

Sincerely,

Gina M Picard

Yearbooks on sale (online only)

• Go to http://ybpay.lifetouch.com
• ID code: 12238521
• Last day to order is April 9th

School Spirit Week > 3/29/21 - 4/1/21

• Monday - Pajama Day
• Tuesday - Career Day
• Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday (wacky hair, backwards clothes)
• Thursday - Hope Valley Hawk Day
• Friday - NO SCHOOL

Dear Parents of K-4th students,

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, dentists will not be coming to the schools to do the dental screening for our students here at Hope Valley Elementary. They will need to be done electronically. Please click the link below for information regarding the electronic dental survey that can be used for dental screening during the 2020-2021 school year. Parents please fill out this form for your child. The survey also contains information about obtaining a dentist if you do not have one. The deadline to complete the dental screening is April 1, 2021. If you have questions or concerns please reach out to Nurse Tara.

https://forms.gle/P1D2qyC2MYVTCB666

Blue Cross & Blue Shield is excited to partner with The American Diabetes Association (ADA) to bring Project Power to Rhode Island youth. BCBSRI will be supporting this virtual evidence-based health, nutrition and physical education program for youth ages 5-12 which will take place May 4-20, 2021.

An unrestricted $1500 stipend is available for any organization (school or district) that registers a minimum of 75 participants.

The ADA is looking for community organizations and groups to help increase our impact through strategic collaborations. The ADA is seeking to partner with schools to offer Community Partner Stipends to promote and register participants for ADA Project Power, a FREE virtual evidence-based health, nutrition and physical education program for youth ages 5-12.

The program for the youth starts with a special Project Power Box and Activity Journal delivered right to the registered youth’s door. In addition to virtual “group” meetings with friends and group leaders during one-hour sessions, twice a week, participants can expect:

• Games and friendly competitions
• Interactive lessons and discussions
• Family engagement activities and social media challenges

ADA will provide in support of organizations:

• Promotional flyers and social media images
• Online registration platform at www.diabetes.org/projectpower
• List name of organization on the online application

The $1500 stipend granted to the organization is unrestricted. Execution of the partnership is upon receipt of signed Vendor Agreement and W-9. Fulfillment is complete upon the minimum of 75 program registered participants.

• Registration for the May program will close on March 31.

Have you been reading your “Rooster” books? If so, we want YOU!!

Calling all 4th graders for fun virtual community mini Rooster Games! Please click the link for all the info needed: http://bit.ly/VirtualMiniGames

Deadline to sign up is Friday, 3/26 and the games will take place on Saturday, 4/10.

A parent letter regarding RICAS State Testing was recently sent home. In case you did not see the informational letter, you can click on the link below to view it. Mrs. Pastore, Miss Girton, and Mr. G have been planning for RICAS testing since the end of January. It is very important that you take time to carefully read the parent letter (first link) which includes dates and times of testing. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Pastore and Mr. G.

RICAS Parent Letter Link

Life Changer of the Year!

Did you know that Hope Valley School has NOT 1, NOT 2 but 3, yes, 3 teacher’s who have been nominated for the life changer of the year award?!!!

This is a nationwide award with over 700 nominees. In the next few months those 700 will be narrowed down to the final 16. The 16 winners will get a stipend for the school and also for themselves! You can help our Hope Valley Community by taking a minute to see what people have to say about these amazing educators and perhaps leaving a comment of your own! Click on the nominees name or scan the QR code! You can also help by mentioning these teachers on twitter or facebook using the hashtag #LCOY

You can click right on the teacher's picture below and it will take you to the teacher's page so you can leave a comment or click on the links directly below.

Support Mrs. Mankoff

Support Mrs. Abbott

Support Mrs. Mello

We are running into issues where families are trying to access DL for reasons other than what's listed below. There are district guidelines and expectations for Distance Learning. Students cannot simply just move to DL, there must be a valid reason. So, please know that if your child is registered for in-person learning, the ONLY time they should be accessing distance learning is:

• if they have symptoms,
• are in quarantine/isolation,
• the class/district/school is placed on distance learning per the district/school administration, or
• DL was the learning scenario they registered for T2.

If a student does access DL when they are an in-person learner, and it is not for one of the reasons noted above, the student will be marked absent for the day.

Mission Statement:

The mission of the Hope Valley Elementary School is to work in partnership with our colleagues, students and families. We are committed to creating a learning environment where children are expected to achieve their full potential.

Email: ggen@chariho.k12.ri.us
Website: hopevalley.chariho.k12.ri.us
Location: 15 Thelma Drive, Hope Valley, RI, United States
Phone: 401-539-2321
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mr.Gencarelli/?ref=br_rs
Twitter: @JoeGencarelli1