Happy Friday, Valley View!

It was a short week with Wednesday off, but we still packed a lot into our time together!

Next week, we are back for a full five days before heading into Parent Teacher Conferences and Thanksgiving week. It is hard to believe how quickly November is moving!

As we get closer to conferences, please be sure you have a time scheduled with your child’s teacher. We are looking forward to connecting with families and sharing all of the learning and growth happening at Valley View.

We hope everyone has a wonderful and restful 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!

Our vision screening went very well.  Special thanks to the Lion’s Club volunteers for doing this for us!  All referral letters have been sent home at this time.  I will begin hearing screening in the next couple weeks.  If you would prefer that your child not be screened, please send me an email stating this.  This is a state mandated test like the vision screening but you can opt your child out if you wish.

The weather has taken a colder turn this week so please be sure to send your child in with a warm coat, layers and hats or gloves.  It does get windy and cold up here!  

We have not had any specific illnesses reported this week and attendance has been great this week.  

Enjoy the weekend ahead!

 

Mrs. Karen Rettich

Valley View School Nurse

Phone 860 342 3226

Our book fair is almost here!  Our Scholastic Book Fair will be held November 16-24th in our Valley View Library.  We still need a few 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 up to 37 overdue books- let’s get those books back to the library!  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)!  We will still check out library books before students shop at the book fair.

It’s a busy time in the library! Thanks for all your support!  Happy Reading!

Melissa Thorpe

Valley View School Librarian

This week, kindergarten artists learned a little about lions and their beautiful manes. Using what they know about different kinds of lines, they created these really cool "Line Lions", take a look!

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.