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HERO HERALD Valley View Elementary School Kurt Weyers, Principal Andrew Bake, Associate Principal October 2014 www.ashwaubenon.k12.wi.us/valleyview/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * Mark Your Calendar Sept. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 2 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 13 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 20 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 21 Oct. 24 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 1st Grade Field Trip to FallenTimbers (Mrs. Folkman/Mrs. Johnson/Mrs. Twaroski) Special Friends Lunch (Ms. Nolan-2 and Ms. Ciha-4) 1st Grade Field Trip to Fallen Timbers (Mrs. Gonwa/Mrs. Patrick) 1st Grade Field Trip to Fallen Timbers (Mrs. Demerath/Mr. Schreiter/Mrs. Steele) Special Friends Lunch (Mrs. Kupsh-2 and Mrs. Marto-4) Winter Musical Choir Practice—3:15-4:20 pm (Room 325) Special Friends Lunch (Mrs. Loewenhagen-2, Mr. Severson-4) Winter Tone Chime Practice—3:15-4:00 pm (Room 325) Special Friends Lunch (Ms. Scott-2 and Mrs. Turnbull-4) Date with Dad—7:30-8:00 am (Cafeteria) National Walk to School Day Special Friends Lunch (Mrs. Roethle-2 and Mrs. Wich-4) Date with Dad—7:30-8:00 am (Cafeteria) World Culture Club—3:15-4:15 pm (LMC) PTO Meeting—6:30 (LMC) Chip Shoppe Fundraiser Kickoff 2nd Grade Field Trip to Wildlife Sanctuary (Mrs. Anvelink/Mrs. Kaster/Mrs. Kupsh/Mrs. Loewenhagen) Winter Musical Choir Practice—3:15-4:20 pm (Gym) Special Friends Lunch (Mrs. Kaster-2 and Mrs. Anvelink-2) 2nd Grade Field Trip to Wildlife Sanctuary (Mrs. Barnes/Ms. Nolan/Mrs. Raethle/Ms. Scott) 3rd Grade Geology Field Trip (Mr. Millett/Mrs. Ourada) Winter Tone Chime Practice—3:15-4:00 pm (Room 325) Math Club for Grades 4 and 5—3:15-4:00 pm (Room 336) MAP Testing Ends WKCE Testing Window opens for Grade 4 Winter Musical Choir Practice—3:15-4:20 pm (Gym) 3rd Grade Geology Field Trip (Mrs. A. Johnson/Mrs. Sommers/Mrs. Thayse) Winter Tone Chime Practice—3:15-4:00 pm (Room 325) Chip Shoppe Orders/Money due Winter Musical Choir Practice—3:15-4:20 pm (Gym) Winter Tone Chime Practice—3:15-4:00 pm (Room 325) No School—Teacher Inservice No School Valley View Mission: To engage in innovative practices within a child-centered community that empower our students to become responsible and caring citizens of tomorrow’s world. AFTER SCHOOL ARRANGEMENTS Parents are asked to send a written note to the classroom teacher about any changes in your child’s after school arrangements. Please note that the Rola Rena After-School Skating Sessions and the After-School Bus and Bowl are NOT school sponsored activities. Therefore, if you have signed your child up for one or both of these activities, you must send a written note to the classroom teacher as this is a change in your student’s normal after school arrangements. This is not meant to inconvenience you, but rather to ensure the safety of your child and that we have the correct information of how your child is to get home. In the event of an emergency, or unforeseen changes in after school plans, please contact the school office prior to 2:30 p.m. to ensure that your child’s teacher receives the message. Food Service Substitutes Want a flexible job while your children are in school? Work as a lunch lady or lad! Our substitute positions provide the perfect hours; you pick and choose the days, turn down offers that do not fit the family schedules and still be home when the kids get off the bus. Apply on the district web page, under Human Resources / Employment opportunities / Substitutes. UPCOMING SYSTEMS CHANGES This school year, we are planning some district-wide system changes. These include replacements to our parent-teacher conference scheduling system and our rapid communication system. We are also looking to add functionality to PowerSchool that allows for securely sending report cards to parents electronically and parent Single Sign-On (SSO), where parents create a single PowerSchool login account to access information on all of their children. Finally, we plan to expand online payment of lunch balances to include online payment of school fees. Stay tuned...Detailed information regarding each of these changes will be communicated separately. Please Have Your Email Address(es) On File With Us We rely more and more on communicating with parents electronically so please have your email address(es) on file with us. Email is one of the quick and effective ways to get the word out regarding emergencies, snow closings or delays, newsletters and other information. Our Blackboard Connect rapid communication system can contact parents by email and/or phone, depending on the situation. Email is also costeffective when compared to producing paper copies and mailing them or sending them home with students. To get your email address(es) on file with us, you can simply log into PowerSchool and enter it yourself (see diagram) or contact your child’s school office to have them enter it. Don’t forget to update your email address if your work or home email account has changed. PowerSchool Parent/Student Access Now On Information Regarding Mobile Apps PowerSchool’s Parent/Student Access has been turned on as of the first day of school. Login information for AHS students who are new to the district was handed out at Freshmen / New Student Orientation in August. New Grades K-8 students’ login information was mailed home during the week of on September 8th. PowerSchool does have a mobile app for students and one for parents. Even though you can access PowerSchool using your mobile device's web browser, the mobile apps provide a 'mobile-friendly' interface to PowerSchool on devices such as iPhones and iPads. However, because of the integration between PowerSchool and our Blackboard Connect rapid notification system, the Parent mobile app does not work. So, we suggest parents simply use the Student mobile app and login as the student. The only difference with using the Student app is parents can’t modify their email preferences. To modify their email preferences, parents have to login as the parent, using the normal (i.e. computer) Parent/ Student Access web portal. We plan to switch away from BlackboardConnect this school year, which should allow the parent mobile app to work for us. For more information regarding on PowerSchool, visit our website at www.ashwaubenon.k12.wi.us/ powerschool_pa_login.cfm.
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