Ventana Vistas

August 11-17th, 2021

Arrival and Dismissal

Thank you to everyone for your patience as we all (staff, students, and families) learn the new drop off and pick up systems. We are working to get it to run more efficiently. On Monday arrival ended at 8:20. On Tuesday, it ended at 8:15am and today it ended at 8:05am. On Monday dismissal took 45 minutes and yesterday it took 30 minutes. That is something to celebrate and we will get better throughout the week!

During arrival--thank you to everyone who is pulling as far forward as you and encouraging your children to be ready with their things to open the door and get out when the car comes to a stop.

This helps us run the most efficiently. We don't have enough adults to open all of the car doors. Your children can get out when you have safely come to a stop.

During dismissal-thank you for paying attention to which zone you should pick up your child in. Mrs. Mulay shows you with her fingers which zone you will go to to meet your child.

Dismissal works like the airport--the zone number you are given is like the "airline" you are going to to pick up your child. Your "passenger" will meet you there. Drive on the left side to get to your airline. Pull over to the right when you arrive at your zone. Don't leave your airline zone or your passenger won't know where to find you. Once your passenger is loaded, pull out to the left and be on your way. Hope that analogy helps!

Masks

We continue to strongly encourage mask wearing for the safety of all staff and students. If you want your child to wear a mask, please make sure you are talking to them at home about the importance of this to your family. Teachers will try to gently remind students with language like this: "If your family sent you with a mask, you should be wearing it." But ultimately, the child needs to know what you expect them to do. Thank you for helping with this.

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School Spirit Friday!

Wear your Ventana Vista t-shirts on Fridays!

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Please Be Responsible!

One of our school rules is for kids to be responsible. You can help model this by keeping your children home if they have any symptoms of illness. Help keep our students and staff safe. If your child has been around someone who tests positive for COVID, they will need to quarantine. Check out our isolation and quarantine matrix here.

FFO CORNER

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Spirit Wear t-shirts are still available to order/pre-order!

We sold out of some sizes (child S, and adult M) but are going to place another order ASAP. If you would like to order a child's small, xtra-small, or any other size, please click the link below and we will deliver it to your child's classroom as soon as we get them in.

https://form.jotform.com/212004611599148

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A huge thank you to the families that have already donated to our Bobcat Bucks and Kindness Matters funds! We are also grateful for all of the extra donations made on the Spirit Wear form - thank you! If you would like to help get our fundraising off to a strong start, please check out our DONATE page today!

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Do you love the smell of new books? Are you a runner with some time on your hands?

We are seeking a Fall Book Fair Committee Chair and a Mileage Club Committee Chair (co-chairs welcome too!). We are also in need of a CFSD Foundation Rep. for Ventana Vista. If you are interested in any of these positions or would just like more information, please email ventanaffo@gmail.com.

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Stay Informed!

It was great to see so many families at the Meet the Teacher event last week! We sold lots of Spirit Wear t-shirts, collected some nice donations, had many families sign up to volunteer, and shared FFO information on the upcoming year. If you'd like to know more about Ventana Vista's Family Faculty Organization, please visit vvffo.org . We'd also love to see you at our first general meeting of the school year next Wed., August 18th at 6pm via Zoom (link below and agenda attached). See you there!

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87040739165?pwd=R1VyTDRSSXYydkdmT0xLRXBmemh1Zz09

Meeting ID: 870 4073 9165

Passcode: 849588

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