As we welcome February, there are many exciting events and activities coming our way. Please stay tuned for updates on Parent Square. We also appreciate your support in bring our students to school every day. We know that as the rain and cold days approach us, we want to continue to encourage families to bring students to school regardless of the weather. Their instructional time is very important and we want to continue supporting students' needs.

Sincerely,

Dr. Gomez and Mr. Anaya

As we begin the second half of the 2023-2024 school year, we appreciate your support in bringing students to school everyday on time. We would like to share some of our chronic absenteeism data for the first half of the school year. First, let's define chronic absenteeism.

Chronic Absenteeism: missing 10% or more of school days due to absence for any reason—excused, unexcused absences and suspensions.

There are 180 days of school every year. There have been 84 days of school up to our December break. If your student has missed 9 or more days of school, they are currently chronically absent. To help improve their attendance, let's work together this second half of the school year to get them to school on time and everyday. Below you will see chronic absenteeism data for our school and each grade level. You will also see some infographics on why attendance is important.

Thank you for your collaboration. Please feel free to reach out if you need support on improving your student's attendance.

AUSD is beginning the first phase of our schools' renovations. As you may have seen this week, the area in front of our MPR is under construction. In addition to some landscaping improvements, Valley View will also get new fencing around the right side of our school that leads to the back, new playgrounds in our TK/Kinder area and general playground, cameras around campus, and a new PA system. In the next couple of months, our front parking lot will also undergo some renovations and will be repainted.

Our school has already began the work during non-school hours, and now it will begin during school hours except at arrival and dismissal times. In order to to maintain our students, staff, and community safe, please collaborate with our school in:

• using the crossing guard
• arriving a few minutes earlier at arrival and dismissal
• driving cautiously in our parking lot especially when it's raining
• maintaining younger students, toddlers, and infants in close proximity especially around gated construction zones

We greatly appreciate your support,

Valley View Elementary School

This month our students will be learning about the importance of having perseverance. Please click on the attachments below to see how you can support your students at home.

Este mes nuestros estudiantes aprenderán lecciones de perseverancia. Haga clic en el archivo adjunto a continuación para ver cómo puede ayudar a sus estudiantes en casa.