SOARing

Hello Thunderbird Nation!

We are approaching the 100th school day!! Please see the flier below!

Here are a couple of logisticals things we are asking families to help with and understand:

• In general, we are asking that parents who drop their child off do not go further down the hallway than the office. This is to make sure we keep everyone as safe as possible. If you have questions about this, please let me know.
• We are asking that students leave their toys at home. Our goal is to preserve the focus on your child's education and to play with the things we have at school.
• There are two more weeks of Math Club. It is scheduled to end during the week of February 10th.

Have a great week!

Have an extraordinary week!

Have your best week yet!

Pat Harnett

Principal

Important dates for the remainder of the year can be found at the bottom of this newsletter in the "Year At a Glance" section.

Here is the link to our Tahoe Valley Spirit Wear Store

Please read above for important information and dates from Mr. Harnett.

.

.

Coming up:

February 4th-14th - PTA Read-a-Thon!!!

February 5th - Global Play Day!

February 17-21st - NO SCHOOL, Presidents' Holiday Break

Upcoming Events:

March 3rd-7th: Dr. Suess Spirit Week

March 5th: Counting Day

May 6th: Farm Day Fieldtrip

February 17th-21st - No School

.

January has been filled with snow, sounds of the letters, adding and subtraction and so much more in our class!

Language Arts:

We celebrated the letter Kk as well as Chinese New Year!

The students have been working hard writing and discussing the letter Kk. We came up with several words that start with K and reviewed our vowel sounds. The students made kites and red envelopes for Chinese New Year. The students are loving having the 5th grade buddies every Friday.

Math: We are focused on subtraction with our Kinder students. They love using the counters and taking away the given number and counting what is left. They are learning how to write an equation with some guidance. Our first grade students are learning how to count tens and ones and will continue addition and subtraction with single and double-digit numbers.

On Wednesday, our class will participate in Our school-wide Global Play Day. We will have fun games and art activities that the students can participate in! We will have so much fun!

We are also excited to celebrate our 100th day of school soon.....more details to come!

Happy February!!! Enjoy your weekend.

🎵Music Class: Composer of the Month-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music Words of the Week-Moderato & Andante Instrument of the Week-Baritone & Euphonium

• 🔴TK Classes started recognizing the difference between sound/no sound and one/two sounds. They also practiced keeping a steady beat!
• 🟠Kindergarten classes have started recognizing the difference between sound/no sound and one/two sounds. They also practiced keeping a steady beat!
  
• 🟡1st Grade classes continued playing the Boomwackers! They are colorful pitched percussive tubes that are so much fun to play!
• 🟢2nd Grade classes continued learning their songs for the upcoming musical "Swamped!" 🐢🦋🐸 Stay tuned for the performance date and time. 🎭
• 🔵 3rd Grade classes will be starting our recorder unit very soon! This week we are reviewing the notes on the treble clef.
• 🟣4th Grade Classes started their ukulele unit! They started playing mini-songs on open strings.
• 🌈5th Grade Classes continued working on songs for their grade level musical Dig it! 📜🦴 Stay tuned for the performance date and time. 🎭

Suessical KIDS rehearsals have begun! Rehearsals for 1-2 grades are on Tuesdays from 2:30 - 3:30 and rehearsals for 3-5 grades are on Thursdays from 2:30 - 4:00

Next week for Global Play Day, the students will have the chance to experience all the instruments Tahoe Valley has to offer. We will be extending play day from 1 day to 3 days so every student gets the chance to participate!

Check out the monthly newsletter from our site counselor Katie Bongard!

If you are interested students will be able to ride the bus from school to the rec center.

Meyer's Route B 2:59 pm

Sierra House Route E 2:45 pm

Tahoe Valley Route G 3:00 pm

Bijou 3:22 pm Route J 3:22 pm

Starting Feb 6th 2025 for 6 Weeks.

Agenda for the upcoming 2/4 meeting

Agenda Items

1. Call to Order:

2. President’s Update: Where we are/What we’ve accomplished - New playground/recess equipment - Staff Sweatshirts -Assisted with new school programs - Updated sound system for Music/Theater - Received a $2,000 grant from Schiller Foundation - Created a healthy budget to continue to enrich our students lives and experiences.

3. Principal’s Update: Partnership with Vail Resorts for a Grant to provide Ski/Snowboarding for K-5

4. Treasures Update: Budget update (Revenue Generated) From Santa’s Breakfast

5. Read-A-Thon-Dates, Mission, Purpose- Currently Underway

6. Family Dance: 3/14/25, 5PM -7PM, concessions will be sold.

7. Community Schools: A. Info and Updates on upcoming events.

8. PTA President to ask Teachers and Staff to step out of meeting, reference upcoming teacher appreciation week information.

9. Meeting Adjourned

Please note that these dates are subject to change as the year progresses.

Read-a-Thon - 2/3-2/14

President's Holiday Break - 2/17-2/21

Family Dance - 3/14

Minimum Days (12:05 dismissal), Parent/Teacher Conferences - 3/18-3/20

Book Fair - 3/17-3/21

Minimum Day (12:05 dismissal) - 4/4

Spring Break - 4/7-4/11

Talent Show - 5/9 6:00-7:30

No School, Memorial Day - 5/26

Minimum Day (12:05 dismissal), Open House - 6/5

Field Day - 6/16

Dance Fest - 6/17

5th Grade Promotion - 6/18

Family Picnic, Last day of School - 6/18