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| Of the more than 150 Idaho school districts and charter schools, 49 were accepted to participate in the Idaho Leads Project and The Village Charter school is one of them! The objectives of this project are to:
- Prepare all Idaho students for success in the 21st Century through the integration of technology.
- Strengthen leadership capacity in Idaho's K-12 schools at all levels through professional development and technical assistance.
- Enhance the advancement of educational improvement in Idaho communities by sharing best practices to all interested districts, schools and charters.
Boise State University created the Idaho Leads Project, a professional development team focused on strengthening leadership capacity in Idaho's K-12 schools. The Idaho Leads Project will provide trustees, superintendents, principals, teachers, parents and community members across the state with support to become more effective leaders and to create high-performing schools where all students succeed.
The Center for School Improvement & Policy Studies (CSIPS) will head up the project. The center was given an 18-month, $3.85 million grant from the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation to fund the project. TVCS is thrilled to be part of this project for the next 18 months and will be excited to incorporate new techniques, tools and technology into our classrooms. Click HERE to go to the Idaho Leads website and read more. |
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Elective
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Hello Village Parents!
Elective Showcase
March 1, 7:00PM
South Junior High Cafeteria
3101 Cassia Street
The students are enjoying an exciting elective session and are excited to show off what they've learned!
Come for a short program including a slideshow of pictures featuring your students. You'll have the opportunity to see displays from each class before and after the program.
To benefit the elective program, there will be items for sale that have been created by the students in the jewelry class as well as a bake sale and other yummy things to eat made by the cooking class!
Please come and support this volunteer run program.
Hope to see you there!
(Just a reminder, we have put together a list of items the elective program is needing. Please click on the below link to see if you have any of these items to donate. Thank you!!)
3rd - 5th grade Lego Lab Elective
If you have any questions about the Elective Program, please email thrive@thevillagecharterschool.org
Thank you for supporting this program! |
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Just A Reminder | | If you have not yet returned your re-committment forms for enrollment next school year (2012-2013), you will want to do so quickly as the completed forms are due this Friday February 24th. Please give them to your child's teacher or Sheri Groenlund in the front office. Thank You. |
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From the Board of Trustees |
Dear TVCS families,
Did you know that we have an active Board who oversees the operations and fiscal management of TVCS? Did you also know that the Board is here for you? If you have concerns, suggestions, questions etc, you are welcome to contact the board by sending an email to Board@thevillagecharterschool.org.
You are also welcome to attend any of the regularly scheduled board meetings on the third Thursday of every month. The meetings begin at 7:00PM in the upstairs room at the school. A board meeting agenda is posted outside Dr. England's office, as well as online a week prior to the meeting. If you want to speak to any of the agenda items, the board welcomes your comments, suggestions and opinions. The next Board meeting will be Thursday March 15th. Click HERE to see the Board page on the TVCS website. |
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A group of TVCS students participated in the Penguin Plunge this last weekend to raise money for the Special Olympics. BBBRRRR!! Way to support a great cause! |
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Upper Grade Choir Club Approved | |
A few 7th grade boys were interested in being part of a choir at TVCS. Since a choir is not currently being offered, they put together a plan to get one started. They asked Dr. Fisher and Ms. Crowley (music teacher) if they would oversee this club for 5-8th grade students. The teachers agreed to donate their time one afternoon a week. The boys then took their idea to Dr. England and then to the Board of Trustees where the club was unanimously approved.
Several similar clubs have been started by groups of students this year who have taken the initiative to find adult volunteers and go through the appropriate steps to get the clubs approved. We congratulate these students with their ambitious endeavors. Their leadership role at TVCS is applauded!
If you have a 5-8 grade student interested in joining the choir club, please contact Dr. Fisher
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BOXTOPS & LABELS | |
Please bring in your Boxtops for Education and your Cambell's soup labels - we are collecting them. Thanks! |
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Three TVCS students attended the
Idaho Leads Conference |
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Family Fun & Friendship Night
This Thursday!! | |
Please join us Thursday Night
for some Family Fun!
When: Thursday February 23rd
Where: South Junior High School
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 welcome any snacks or treats you want to share!
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
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Dates to Remember | |
Feb 22 - Class picture day
Feb 23 - Family Fun Night at South
Jr.High 7-8:30PM
Feb 24 - Re-commitment forms due
for 2012-2013 school year
Feb 28 - Prospective Parent Infor-
mational Event 5-7PM at the
school
Mar 1 - Elective Showcase 7PM at
South Jr. High
Mar 6 - PTO Meeting 7PM at the
school
Mar 13 - 7 Habits at Home Workshop
at Wings Center 6:30 PM
Mar 15 - Board Meeting 7PM at school
Mar 20 - 23 - TVCS Book Fair at
the school
Mar 26-Apr 8 - Spring Break |
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From the PTO | |
The next PTO meeting will be on Tues. March 6 at 7:00pm in the 2nd grade classroom. See the agenda HERE.
We hope you will come and be part of our great Parent Teacher Organization! |
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Update for Project Unify sane |
Project Unify is excited for the upcoming Winter Special Olympics. Floor Hockey games will be happening on March 3rd and we'd love to get our families out to support the athletes! During March 5-8 will be our Spread the Word to End the Word campaign at the Village Charter School. We will be asking students, faculty, and parents to pledge to remove the R-word from their speech. For more information about the R-word and Spread the Word campaigns, you can visit this site http://www.r-word.org/ or watch these short videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdOF43rNRhE or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T549VoLca_Q |
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7 Habits at Home | |
Many parents have requested resources to help teach the 7 Habits that our students learn at school at home. Well in response the that request, the PTO is sponsoring 7 Habits in 7 Weeks. Each week a handout with the basics of one Habit is coming home with your classroom newsletters. These handouts include simple ways to incorporate the Habits at home. You should have received Habits 1 and 2 and this week Habit 3 will be coming home.
Additionally, we will have an Adult 7 Habits Workshop on
Tuesday March 13th from 6:30 - 8:00PM at the Wings Center (1875 Century Way Boise, ID 83709) Childcare will be available at PlanetKid
Please watch for an evite around the first part of March as Wings will need a headcount in advance. This event is for parents, grandparents, and care givers to come learn more about the Habits, how the they are applied at school, ask questions and share ideas about ways to use them at home.
If you have missed any of the Habit materials that have been sent home, you can click HERE to access copies online and read more information about the Habits. |
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Coin Wars | |
Coin Wars is only happening in February! Check your couch cushions, pants pockets, bottom of the washing machine, car cup holders, anywhere you can think of... each class is in a race to collect the most coins to win a pizza party! Thanks for your sending in your spare change! |
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Book Fair &
Read-a-thon | |
March 20-23 we will be having a Scholastic Book Fair. With this Book Fair we hope to both raise money for books and supplies for our classrooms, as well as excite our students about reading and get a book in the hand of every Village student. More information about this Book Fair and how you can help will be coming home soon!
During the two weeks of Spring Break we will be holding a Read-a-thon for our students. The goal is to get as many minutes read as possible! We want our students to be readers! Watch for more information as we get closer to spring break.
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Kid's Fair | |
If you happen to attend the Boise Kid's Fair this coming Saturday at Expo Idaho, please stop by the TVCS booth and say HI. The Fair runs from 10 -6 and you can find out more information abou the fair events HERE. |
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