Happy Friday, Valley View!

It has been another great week at Valley View. Our students continue

to work hard, learn new things, and bring so much energy to our

classrooms each day. It is hard to believe we are already moving into

the middle of November!

A few important reminders as we look ahead:

• There is no school next Wednesday in recognition of Veterans Day.

• Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on November 23 and 24. Both

days will be early dismissal days.

If you have not yet scheduled a conference with your child’s teacher,

please reach out to them to set up a time. We always appreciate the

opportunity to connect with families and talk about all of the growth

happening at school.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership. We hope everyone

has a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Mallory Emmons

Principal

Please make sure to email vvattendance@portlandct.us if your child will be absent or if there is a change of dismissal/transportation plans. Please do NOT send messages directly through ParentSquare to the office. The email should include your child’s first and last name, name of teacher, reason for absence, and the date or dates of absence. Please make sure the email is sent the night before or the morning of the absence to ensure the office staff, nurse and teacher are aware. Please make sure the office is aware of all transportation updates regarding your child.

Busing in the Portland Public Schools is provided by M&J Bus. Bus route lists are posted here: https://www.portlandctschools.org/bus-routes The bus lists identify each stop's pick-up/drop-off time and location.

 

On a typical day, when all drivers are present and there are no abnormal road conditions, we expect that the routes will pick up and drop off students at times identified on the bus lists, give or take ten minutes.

 

If parents/guardians need real-time information about the whereabouts of a bus, please call M&J Bus at (860) 342-2217. The dispatcher at M&J Bus has real-time access via radio to all bus drivers.

Your child’s school works with Community Health Center, Inc. School Based Health Center program to provide health services (behavioral/mental health) services to your child during the school day. This means they won’t miss as much class and you don’t need to miss work to support their health care needs. 

Lean more about the services offered at your child’s school and enroll today at SBHC1.com! Interested families can also seek this service through the link or through our school website.

 

Learning to write letters takes time and practice! Children in Pre-K through Grade 1 are developing the hand strength, coordination, and visual-motor skills needed to form letters. A little practice at home can make a big difference.

Alyssa Sampognaro, OTR/L 

asampognaro@portlandct.us 

Happy Friday!

Just a reminder the Lions club volunteers will be here on Monday November 9th for our vision screening.  If you do not want your child to be screened, please email me over the weekend.  It is a state mandated screening done for all school age children in Kindergarten and first grade.   I will be doing hearing screening in December so be on the lookout for that information later this month.

We have had some gorgeous weather but it could turn on us any day now.  Please be sure to layer your children as recess could be warmer than the morning, or not depending on the wind up here on the hill. 

We have had a pretty good fall so far where illness is concerned.  I have heard of some cases of flu popping up but we have not had a report of that here at VV.  Please continue to let us know why your child is absent so I can track illness, winter is coming and with it could be an uptick of illness.  And we want to do all we can to keep everyone healthy!

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Mrs. Karen Rettich

Valley View School Nurse

Phone 860 342 3226

We are learning how to use Chromebooks during library classes.  The students are very excited.  After learning about the parts of books, students are now learning about the parts of the computer and how they help us get information.

Our book fair is almost here!  Our Scholastic Book Fair will be held November 16-24th in our Valley View Library.  We really need shopping helpers during the classes’ library times which are 8:45-10:15am.  See attached flyer for more information and if anyone is able to help students shop, please sign up at the following link- Book Fair Sign Up

Thank you to everyone who participated in our birthday book club for November and December birthdays!  We have 8 gorgeous new books for our library!  Our next birthday book club will be December 9th for January and February birthdays.  An email with information has been sent out so if you didn’t receive it, please let me know if your child would like to participate.  

I am going to share our library stats as often as possible. See the picture below.  We are down to 17 overdue- great job!  If you or your child is having trouble keeping track of the A-E special schedule, please have them keep their library bags and books in their backpacks daily - take them out to read them and then put them right back in.  That way, they will always have them ready to return.  Our 100% club on our board is classes who have ALL returned their books that week.  Thanks for helping your child keep track of their library book(s)!  

Finally, we received a shipment of new library books thanks to our generous PTO!  We made an unboxing video to show everyone some of our newest library books so if your child is interested in checking them out, they can let me know on their library day! They are ready to be checked out.  Thank you so much, Valley View PTO!  

Thanks for all your support!  Happy Reading!

It's Pumpkin Time in the Valley View art room! This week, inspired by the book "Pete the Cat and the Five Little Pumpkins". Artists drew pumpkins and experimented with blending colors to create different hues. They could also add any type of faces and details to their pumpkins. Take a look at these very fun creations!!

Mrs. Julie French

Visual Art Teacher

This webpage includes all nutritional information for everything offered in the cafeteria at school. 

This app allows you to monitor your child’s cafeteria account at school. You can see each transaction and balance information.

Breakfast is FREE for all students. If your child should be eating breakfast at school, let them know they need to come see me in the Cafeteria before they head to their classrooms. 

In order to purchase milk or snacks from the cafeteria, students must have a positive balance in their account or bring in cash. The easiest way to manage their meal account is by downloading the MySchoolBucks app.