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Congratulations to the winners of our school spelling bee. New up is the district bee onJanuary 12th!
This Week •EARLY RELEASEon Tuesday, December 20th. •The last day of school before Winter BreakisFriday, December 23rd.
Coming Up •School resumesonMonday, January 9th. •EARLY RELEASEonTuesday, January 10th. •Martin Luther King, Jr. DayisMonday, January 16th-NO SCHOOL. •NO EARLY RELEASEonTuesday, January 17th. •Save the Date! Skating PartyonThursday, January 19th(disco theme)6-8 PM.
Skating Party Grab your disco threads, The DJ will provide the beat! For a groovy time, just bring your skating feet! Thursday, January 19 from 6-8 pm.
Admission-$4, Skate Rental-$3 Join us for skating, fun, games and prizes!
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Ventana Vista Elementary School Phone520-209-8000 FAX520-209-8070 Dana Mulay, Principal Cathy MacNeal, Secretary Avril Buick, Office Clerk
CFSD Governing Board Mary Kamerzell, Superintendent 209-7500 mkam@cfsd16.org Eileen Jackson, President 299-3828 ejackson@cfsd16.org Amy Krauss, Vice President 400-6170 akrauss@cfsd16.org Amy Bhola, Board Member 577-5139 abhola@cfsd16.org Carole Siegler, Board Member 529-1379 csiegler@cfsd16.org Sherri Silverberg, Board Member 615-9224 ssilverberg@cfsd16.org State of Arizona Legislative Representatives for CFSD (please checkwww.azleg.govfor contact information) Legislative District 9 Senator Steve Farley Rep. Randy Friese Rep. Matthew Kopec
It's time to plan for the Science Fair! What a great project to work on during the full week after the holidays that school is not in session! The registration form is availablehere. If you need more information, watch a short video at this link.
Congratulations to The VV Robotics Team the VVisionaries (Ethan A, Brennan A., Henry B., Samantha F., Gavin K., Miles N., Sage N., and Isabel T.) They competed in the Regional First Lego League Tournament and while they did not win, they had a terrific innovative idea for their research project. They believe that turning water hazards at golf courses into dragonfly habitats is the solution to a number of environmental problems. How exciting it is for the team to receive very positive responses from 2 area golf courses! This team's work has a very good chance of being implemented widely. If your child is interested in doing more Robotics, there is a Community Schools Class that begins in January that you may be able to join.
Thanks to all who contributed to ourStudent Council Service Project. They collected a record number of rolls of toilet paper and more toothpaste and toothbrushes than ever before! Wow!
Parking Lot In the new year, we will be making a small change to the pick up procedures at the end of the school day in the Parent Pick Up lot. On January 9, each family will be receiving a card with the child's last name on it to put on the dashboard on the passenger side of the vehicle. This will help us locate the child who belongs in each car more quickly. Once your child/ren is in the vehicle, you will turn the name card over so that we know you are no longer needing us to locate a child. All grade level cards will be color coded. The card you receive will be color coded to the youngest child's grade. Families with several children will locate their oldest child with the youngest child's grade.We believe these small change will help speed up the process of pick up at the end of the day. Be looking for a short in next week's newsletter that will show the new process.
General Meeting This Week Stop by the Kaleidoscope Room on Thursday, December 15 for the FFO General Meeting at 8:15am. Enjoy a cup of coffee (and maybe a sweet treat), meet some new folks and learn about all that the FFO is doing for VV! Travis Kolter, from Community Schools will be our guest speaker. He will be discussing end-of-year giving and tax credits. Can’t make it to the meeting? The minutes, 2016-17 FFO budget and by laws are available in the front office.
Sauce Dine Out Thank you to everyone who participated in December's Dine Out at Sauce. You helped raise $275 for Ventana Vista!
This Week •EARLY RELEASEonTuesday, December 13th. •The Spelling BeeisWednesday, December 14th at 6:00. •FFO General MeetingonThursday, December 15th at 8:15.
Coming Up •The last day of school before Winter BreakisFriday, December 23rd. •School resumesonMonday, January 9th. •Save the Date! Skating PartyonJanuary 19th.
Kindergarten kicked off the Hour of Code week at Ventana Vista!
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Ventana Vista Elementary School Phone520-209-8000 FAX520-209-8070 Dana Mulay, Principal Cathy MacNeal, Secretary Avril Buick, Office Clerk
CFSD Governing Board Mary Kamerzell, Superintendent 209-7500 mkam@cfsd16.org Eileen Jackson, President 299-3828 ejackson@cfsd16.org Amy Krauss, Vice President 400-6170 akrauss@cfsd16.org Amy Bhola, Board Member 577-5139 abhola@cfsd16.org Carole Siegler, Board Member 529-1379 csiegler@cfsd16.org Sherri Silverberg, Board Member 615-9224 ssilverberg@cfsd16.org State of Arizona Legislative Representatives for CFSD (please checkwww.azleg.govfor contact information) Legislative District 9 Senator Steve Farley Rep. Randy Friese Rep. Matthew Kopec
Selfies at Sauce!Tuesday December 6.ALL DAY!!! ALL LOCATIONS!!! Bring aflyer, show the flyer on your mobile device or just mention Ventana Vista and Sauce will donate 15% back to our school! Don't forget to post your "Selfies at Sauce" to the VVFFO Facebook page! See you at Sauce!
Winter Arts Festival Thank you to everyone who attended the Winter Arts Festival Friday evening. It was a great success! We sold out of the 100 frames we pre-purchased, and pre-sold almost a 100 more. We will be sending order forms home today if you missed your opportunity to purchase your child's art.
Special thanks to our Winter Arts Festival chairs, Tera Frank, Amber Wesson and Victoria Hannley. We would also like to thank Lori Lundberg-Leung for putting together some really wonderful baskets for the silent auction! We appreciate your dedication and countless hours of planning and hard work!
We would also like to give a special thank you to the parents who helped us facilitate the Winter Arts Festival. Clickherefor a list of the amazing volunteers.
This Week •EARLY RELEASEonTuesday, December 6th. •Sauce Dineout (all four locations!)onTuesday, December 6th. No flier needed; just mention VVE and 15% of the bill will be donated to the school. •Student Council Toiletry DriveisDecember 5th - 9th.
Coming Up •The Spelling BeeisWednesday, December 14th at 6:00. •The last day of school before Winter BreakisFriday, December 23rd. •School resumesonMonday, January 9th.
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Ventana Vista Elementary School Phone520-209-8000 FAX520-209-8070 Dana Mulay, Principal Cathy MacNeal, Secretary Avril Buick, Office Clerk
CFSD Governing Board Mary Kamerzell, Superintendent 209-7500 mkam@cfsd16.org Eileen Jackson, President 299-3828 ejackson@cfsd16.org Amy Krauss, Vice President 400-6170 akrauss@cfsd16.org Amy Bhola, Board Member 577-5139 abhola@cfsd16.org Carole Siegler, Board Member 529-1379 csiegler@cfsd16.org Sherri Silverberg, Board Member 615-9224 ssilverberg@cfsd16.org State of Arizona Legislative Representatives for CFSD (please checkwww.azleg.govfor contact information) Legislative District 9 Senator Steve Farley Rep. Randy Friese Rep. Matthew Kopec
