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Dear Parents,
Thank you so much for attending our evening math night for parents. We had a great turnout. Parents had an opportunity to engage in some of the same kinds of math experiences as students and get an overview of the state's direction for math instruction. We are looking forward to making Math Night an annual tradition that could include the whole family in future years. Parents asked great questions and the dialogue was valuable. As promised, I have a few resources to share. The first is a website Dr. Brendefur referred to, the Developing Mathematical Thinking Project at BSU. Click on the link below and then the tab to the left for Parents. There you will find the newsletters for Subtraction, Addition, Multiplication and an article about the kinds of questions to ask your child when helping with math assignments at home. As we work toward installing Apangea for the older grades and more resources are available, we will continue to share with parents.
http://dmt.boisestate.edu/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=57
Thank you so much for your continued support of our school.
Dr. Teresa England
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Papa John's Pizza Night
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Papa John's and The Village Charter School are teaming up to raise funds for our school. Thursday, February 9th is the next pizza night. 20% of ALL phone orders will be DONATED back to us. You can call any location:
Broadway 367-9200, Nampa 461-4600, Caldwell 454-8484, Ustick/Five Mile 377-5050, Meridian 888-7272, Overland 852-7100.
The 20% school donation is only valid on phone orders. Don't forget to mention your child's teacher for a chance to win your child's classroom a pizza party!
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Two Friendship Celebrations |
Please join us for Family Fun & Friendship Night!
When: Thursday February 23rd
Where: South Junior High 3101 Cassia St Boise 83705
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30 PM
Who: Your Whole Family!
Since February is the month of friendship, we figured this is a good time to bring our community together to play games, interact and get to know each other better. We will have a potluck treat table, and would welcome some treats!
We are excited to get together and hope that you join us for some fun! If you have questions about this event, please contact the PTO at PTO@thevillagecharterschool.org
Valentine's Day/Friendship Celebrations on
Tuesday, February 14
The PTO and Room Parents are working out the details for our friendship week celebrations. Teachers will email or send home a hard copy of an updated class list for students who would like to distribute valentines. Celebrations may include a friendship craft of some kind and a small snack may be served. General guidelines are to keep it small and preferably not something sweet because candy is often exchanged along with valentines. Additionally, to carry through the friendship theme, a Scavenger Hunt idea was finalized last week at the PTO meeting. It includes 5 optional activities:
1- Meet someone new.
2- Perform a random act of kindness.
3- Write a thank you note to someone.
4- Perform an act of service.
5- Smile at someone you don't know.
The Scavenger Hunt will use the honor-system. Students sign off when they've done something with a description of it. They have all week to complete it. Then on Thursday they may turn it in at a PTO table at lunch or after school for a small prize (details are being finalized for this and will be shared with students and teachers soon).
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| Re-commitment Forms Due |
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Re-commitment forms were mailed out to families in January. This form tells us that you are planning to return to The Village Charter School in the fall. It is also used to count the number of siblings that will be enrolling for Kindergarten. This form is due to the front office by February 24th. According to our enrollment policy, if we do not receive a form back from you by the deadline, we will assume that you do NOT wish to enroll for the 2012-2013 school year and we will fill those spots from our waiting list. Please remember to log onto our website at thevillagecharterschool.org to register any siblings that you may have for the lottery.
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| Traffic & Parking Concerns |
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The Morris Hill Neighborhood group has requested our assistance with the following observed traffic issues:
- Cars parked on Roosevelt too close to Bethel and Morris Hill, impairing visibility so that you cannot see when trying to make a left or right hand turn from Bethel or Morris Hill onto Roosevelt
- Cars parked on Bethel very close to Roosevelt on both sides, making a very narrow traffic corridor with impaired visibility when turning onto Bethel off of Roosevelt. An added complication is kids and parents are running to and from the school and these cars, without checking for traffic.
- Cars abruptly leaving when parked along Roosevelt without the use of a turn signal; on several occasions there are cars parked parallel to Roosevelt on the school side and they will veer into Roosevelt with apparently no regard for existing traffic
- Pedestrians, both kids and adults, not using the crosswalk, running across Bethel, Roosevelt and Morris Hill in the morning and when school lets out.
We want our students to be safe every day and we want to have a good relationship with our neighbors as well. The neighborhood group may request police patrols to help address the illegal parking issues and we want to give parents a heads up about this first so that parents are aware and can avoid a costly ticket. I would also like to request your cooperation with our pick up lane. Have a plan with your children. Make sure children know they are to come straight to the gate area for pick up after school. If your child is not ready, please circle around again and let other parents move forward in the lane. Thank you so much for your attention to this matter. We appreciate parents who are great models for our students, think about safety and are considerate of others.
We are looking for parent volunteers to help supervise the crosswalk area before and after school. If you are interested in helping, please email PTO@thevillagecharterschool.org
to let Mrs. Stull know your availability. Thank You!
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Dates to Remember
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Thursday, February 9th- Papa John's Pizza Night Monday, February 20th- NO SCHOOL-Presidents Holiday Wednesday, February 22nd- Class Picture Day Friday, February 24th- Re-Commitment Forms Due |
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BOXTOPS & LABELS
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Please bring in your Boxtops for Education and your Cambell's soup labels - we are collecting them. Thanks!
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