ELEMENTARY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM:
The all elementary Christmas program for kindergarten through fifth grade students, "The Jingle Bell Jukebox: The Flipside", will be Tuesday, December 16th at Jewett Auditorium starting at 7:00 p.m.  and doors will open at 6:15.  Students need to arrive and be in place by 6:45.  Students may dress up in Christmas outfits.  Regular school modesty rules apply.  Please do not wear Christmas hats.  Directions to Jewett Auditorium will be coming home soon.  See you there!

SECONDARY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM:

The secondary Christmas program for all sixth through twelfth grade band, orchestra, choir, musical theatre, and advanced symphony students will be Thursday, December 18th at 7:00 p.m. on the VCS stage.  Sixth through eighth graders must wear white on top and black on bottom.  Ninth through twelfth graders wear all black.  All students need to arrive to warm up and tune no later than 6:45 p.m.  and doors will open at 6:30.  Sixth grade students will be in charge of a special treat for younger siblings at the end of the program!  We look forward to seeing you there!

SKATING PARTY:
Next Monday, December 8th we will have our skate night at the Nampa Roller Drome from 6 - 8 p.m.  The cost is $5 per skater with an additional fee of $2 to rent skates/in lines.  This is a great night to enjoy family and friends.  See you all there!!!!!

Driver's Education:

We are in partnership with the Caldwell School District to provide a superb opportunity for Driver Education. Registration for the winter course will be held in the Caldwell High School Library on Monday, January 12, 2015 at 6:00pm. The first day of classroom instruction will start Tuesday, January 20th at 5:30pm. Class times will be from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Students will receive 30 hours of classroom instruction. In addition, each student will be contacted by a driving instructor to schedule driving instruction. The final class will be held Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015. The cost for this course is $180.00, with a minimum deposit of $60 due at the time of registration. The driver's ed training course will be held at Caldwell High School.  The flyer may be picked up from the VCS Secondary office.  Students must be 14 and a ½ by the first day of class to participate. Students must have a permit by registration night. For more information please see Ms. Brockert, or at 455-9220 ext. 2.

SCHOOL CLOSURES/ SNOW DAYS:

IN THE EVENT OF SCHOOL CLOSURE OR EMERGENCY CLOSURE: The most accurate updated information can be found on our Facebook page and our website at visioncharterschool.net. We will also send out updates via this newsletter. If you would like to receive our newsletters, you may sign up on our website.

You may also check updates on KTVB channel 7 and KBOI channel 2.

We will send school closure information through our automated emergency contact program.

We are aware that many families are traveling a long distance daily to get to VCS. In the event of snow and ice, we prefer that you and your family come late to school and be safe rather than rush to avoid a tardy and potentially encounter dangerous traffic situations. Therefore, we will not count your child absent as long as they are at school NO LATER than 10 a.m. daily during harsh weather conditions. Please notify the attendance clerk when signing in that the tardy was due to road conditions. Tardies will always be excused during bad weather days. This grace period only applies on bad weather days. Your safety is our first priority! (Your child will still be responsible to make up missed work from any class per the attendance policy.)

Warm Clothes:

Please send your child in warm clothes during the winter months. Students travel to and from the gym and music throughout the day and need to have proper attire for all kinds of temperatures and conditions. If it is above 19 degrees out, the students will be outside getting their wiggles out. Please check the weather to ensure the kids are properly dressed. 

Robotics Students ROCK Regionals!

Vision Charter School sent two teams to the First Lego League Robotics regionals this weekend in Fruitland, Oregon. The "Gravity Bots" (4th-6th grade team) earned the Judges Award and came in fourth overall!

The "Techno Troopers" (8th grade team) came in first place with 185 points! They earned the Champions Award and the Robot Performance Award!

Both teams are advancing to state which will be held Saturday, January 17th in Twin Falls at University of Idaho.

GIVING TREE:

The National Honor Society is sponsoring our annual Christmas Giving Tree in order for some wonderful families to have a very merry Christmas!  There are items listed on the backs of ornaments on trees in both campus offices that you may come and pick up.  Once an ornament is taken, we will assume that you will be purchasing that item.  If for some reason, you take an ornament, and then are unable to purchase the item, please contact us so we can put a replacement ornament back on the tree.  Please bring back all items, UNWRAPPED, by Thursday, December 18th at noon.

If you aren't able to come in person to get an ornament, but still want to purchase something, please contact Sheree Knapp at 455-9220 ext. 310 and she can verbally tell you the items that are still available.  If you have any other questions, please also contact Sheree Knapp.

We thank you in advance for your generosity. 

DATES TO KNOW:

December 9: VCS Board 6:15 p.m. in the library  

December 16: All elementary Christmas Performance at Jewett Auditorium 7 p.m.

December 18: All secondary Christmas Performance on the VCS stage at 7 p.m.

December 22-January 2: Christmas Break

January 16 End of 2nd quarter/Semester

January 19: No School MLK Jr. Day/ Teacher Inservice

February 6/7th: MS Drama Presentation TBD

February 13: PT Conferences 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

February 16: NO School - President's Day

February 26: MS Pops concert 7 p.m. on the VCS stage

March 5: 2nd/3rd program 7 p.m. on the stage

March 13/14: HS spring play TBD

March 20-27: Spring Break

March 20: 2015-2016 Lottery

April 7: HS Festival Concert 7 p.m. on the VCS stage

April 24-25: HS spring musical

April 30: MS Festival concert 7 p.m. on the VCS stage

May 1: Science Expo, All school Carnival, PFA Auction

May 12: HS Pops concert and music awards  7 p.m. on the VCS stage

May 18: RAD 7 p.m. on the VCS Stage

May 19: 6th grade spring concert and awards at 7 p.m. on the VCS stage.

May 23: Graduation practice at 10 a.m. and the ceremony will start at 7 p.m. in the Nampa Civic Center auditorium.