Welcome Leon Valley Families to the New Year!
We are so excited to start the new year and we are ready to receive all of the beautiful things 2025 will bring! We would like to thank our families who volunteered during the last few days of December to make our Winter Celebrations magical for our students.
We also want to thank all of our families who came to their Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences. We have current student data to share and have made adjustments to our instruction in order to help our students continue to grow academically. Speaking of growth, Kinder and 1st grade students will be taking their Reading & Math MAP test this month. Please see the testing dates below. We will be able to measure the growth your child has made since the beginning of the school year and ensure they are on track for their end of year progress. Below we have a short video in English and Spanish about the MAP test.
Thank you for supporting our Fall Popcorn Fundraiser. We made a little over $500 just from office sales. For our Spring Fundraiser, we will ask for your assistance in helping us sell World's Finest Chocolates and we will be sharing more information with you soon. The money raised for this fundraiser will go back to our students and staff. It will be used to purchase decorations for our events, balloon arches, breakfast/lunch for teachers, etc. We appreciate your support and are looking forward to a fantastic Spring Semester.
Sincerely,
Jessica Ruiz-Huerta
Leon Valley Principal
Construction Updates
We are now in the next phase of construction. The next time you are in our building, you will notice that the passage to the 5th grade wing has been closed. This requires our students and staff to exit the building and re-enter through the outside. Our staff has access to enter the building but students do not unless they receive a badge from a staff member. Therefore we will be following these protocols for the remainder of the school year...
- We will have a staff member on duty from 7:10-8:15 a.m. to ensure all students have access to the 5th grade wing.
- After 8:15 a.m. students will be walked by a staff member who has access to the building.
- Please remind your child NEVER to exit the building unless they have a badge to let themselves back in OR they have an adult with them that can let them back into the building.
Our teachers will be sharing this information with our students during their Morning Meetings upon their return. Together, we can keep our students safe. Please help us by ensuring that your child arrives to school on time (before 7:45 a.m) so that we can get them to their classrooms safely. We appreciate your patience while we work through the construction the remainder of the year.
Enrichment Clubs
Our Spring Enrichment Clubs will be starting this month! The flyer will go home on Tuesday, January 7th. Please fill out your form and return to the front office as soon as possible. All clubs are FREE and available to students in Kinder-5th grade. Clubs will be filled on a first come, first served bases. You will receive confirmation that your child has been added to a club by Friday, January 17th.
Morning Procedures
7:00 - 7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Parents may use their Fast Pass to enter the Cafeteria)
7:30 a.m. Students begin to walk to their classrooms. (No more visitors in the building)
7:45 a.m. Tardy Bell Rings
7:50 a.m. All Parents are asked to walk their child into the building and check them in. Tardy pass will be given to the student to enter the classroom.
Birthday Celebrations
We LOVE celebrating our Lions but we still need to follow NISD Child Nutrition Guidelines. If you would like for your child to be celebrated at school, please communicate with your child's teacher. They can let you know when would be the best day for store bought cupcakes, donuts, or cookies to be brought to school. They will be passed out towards the end of the day. Please do NOT bring juice, goody bags, or other food items.
Field Trips
We LOVE having our parents join us for Field Trips. Teachers will communicate with parents once Field Trip dates are confirmed so that you may plan accordingly. Just a few reminders about Field Trips:
- Parents/Guardians must fill out a Background Check form (see link below)
- Parents/Guardians must wear a Leon Valley Spirit Shirt (Available for purchase in the front office) This helps our students identify Leon Valley adults since there may be multiple schools at the location.
- Younger siblings are not allowed on the Field Trip. Please plan for childcare on that day. (This is an opportunity for you to bond and create memories with your child. The teacher may also need and ask for your help while on the Field Trip). The safety of our students while on Field Trips is our priority.
- Parents/Guardians must provide their own transportation to and from the Field Trip.
- If you would like for your child to go home with you after the Field Trip, we kindly ask that you check out your child back at the campus. We want to make sure we properly sign out students in our system.
Background Check Link: https://hrvolunteer.nisd.net/TempMod.nsf/Main.xsp?Open
Attendance Warning Notice
Please make sure to communicate with your child's teacher and send a note if they will be out. Once a student has 3 unexcused absences in the system, NISD will generate an Attendance Warning Notice that will be emailed. This Attendance Warning Notice is added to your child's school record. You may also email our Attendance Secretary directly at lourdes.hernandez@nisd.net
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Leon Valley Elementary
Vision: Every day, every student grows in confidence, curiosity, capability, and character.
Email: leon_valley@nisd.net
Website: www.nisd.net/leonvalley
Location: 7111 Huebner Road, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: (210)397-4650
Twitter: @NISDLeonValley