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We have 17 weeks of learning this second semester. Middle school is such a rich and full time of learning, athletics, fine arts, extracurricular activities and friendships. Now with the winter storms behind us, it is critical that your child attends school daily. As I tell our teens, you miss a day, you miss a lot. What does your teen miss when they are absent? They miss instruction and learning for 8 classes! They miss the ability to work on assignments during their 8 classes!

You can do this teens! See each of you tomorrow! You can do hard things, you really can!

One Family, One Destiny (OFOD)

Big Bad Blue!

Breakfast will be served in the cafeteria from 7:40 a.m. to 8:25 a.m.

Breakfast will not be served past 8:25 a.m.

All breakfast will be consumed in the cafeteria.

January

Safety Drill- Fire Drill and Lockdown

Social Emotional Skill: Integrity

Library Focus: New Year New Possibilities

Monday, January 13

• It's Monday, let's work for 5 days of attendance for your teen!

Tuesday, January 14

• Campus attendance committee meetings to discuss our teens who are at loss of credit.

Wednesday, January 15

• Boys Basketball: Ysleta @ Del Valle 5:30 p.m.
• ASSESSMENT: Summit K12 MOY (a.m.)
• Board of Trustees Meeting- Board Recognition 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 16

• ASSESSMENT: Summit K12 MOY (a.m.)

• Girls Basketball: Del Valle vs Immanuel Baptist @ DVMS 5:30 p.m.

Friday, January 17

• Truancy Court Mr. Alcala

Saturday, January 18

• SWIRL Camp 8:00 a.m.
• Vex IQ tournament- You got this Robotics team!
• Secondary Science Fair

Good afternoon,

For informational purposes, we are providing Notice of the YISD Board Workshop and Regular Board meeting on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 6:00 pm in the Ysleta Room.

NOTE: MEETINGS/AGENDA - LIVESTREAM - CITIZENS INPUT - PUBLIC HEARING ON MEETING DAY

The meeting will be live-streamed for the public's convenience. This allows members of the public to access the meeting from the comfort of their own location. Simply visit https://www.yisd.net/o/yisd/page/live-board-broadcast on the meeting date and time to join the live stream.

Citizens Input and Public Hearing Sign-up:

Persons who desire to address the board during Citizens Input or Public Hearing must comply with the sign-up procedures in district Policy BED (Local). Sign in on the Citizen Input or Public Hearing sign-up sheet or sign-in cards available at the meeting from 5:15 pm to 5:45 pm on the Board meeting day.

To access the Board meeting schedule, agenda, and archives, visit https://ysletaschoolstx.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx.

6th/7th/8th Grade- All three grade levels are focusing on Argumentative texts to analyze claim, types of evidence, and intended audience.

In addition 8th grade, will analyze texts for counter-argument.

6th Grade/6th ADV: Unit 7:: Proportional Reasoning with Ratios and Rates (January 7-23, 2025)

7th Grade: Unit 7: Angle Relationships (January 8-15, 2025) then Unit 8 Probability January 16-February 6, 2025)

8th Grade/7th ADV: Unit 7: Statistics with Bivariate Data (January 7-22, 2025)

Grade 6 Science Quarter 3:

Unit 6 - Earth’s Layers (January 9 - 27, 2025)

Grade 7 Science Quarter 3:
Unit 7 - Plate Tectonics (January 8 - 15, 2025)
Unit 8 - Human Impact on Hydrosphere (January 16 - 29)

Grade 8 Science Quarter 3:
Unit 9 - Ecosystems (January 9 - 30, 2025)

6th Grade

• Unit 5 Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and the Eurasia Republics (January 8-22)
• Unit 6 A Crossroads of Diffusion: Southwest Asia/North Africa (January 30-February 12)

7th Grade

• Unit 7 Texas during the Civil War and Reconstruction (January 9-24)
• Unit 8 Cotton, Cattle, Railroads nd Closing the Txas Frontier (February 3-14)

8th Grade

• Era 5 Age of Jackson (January 8-15)
• Era 6 Westward Expansion (January 17-24)

Wednesday, January 15

Ysleta @ Del Valle 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball

Thursday, January 16

Del Valle vs Immanuel @ Del Valle 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 22

Boys Basketball: Eastwood @ Del Valle 5:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Del Valle @ Eastwood 5:30 p.m.

Choir

• January 14 rehearsal 4:00 p.m.
• January 16 rehearsal 4:00 p.m.
• January 23 rehearsal w/accompanist 4th period
• January 29 Pre-UIL @ RHS 1:00 p.m.

Orchestra

• Monday, Jan 13 Vivace Rehearsal 4:00 p.m.
• Tues Jan 14 Varsity Sectionals 8:00 a.m.
• Wednesday Jan 15 Varsity Sectionals 8:00 a.m.
• Thursday Jan 16 Varsity Rehearsal 8:00 a.m.
• Friday January 17 JV Rehearsal 4:00 p.m.
• TBD Jan 18 Varsity Rehearsal 9:00 a.m.

Flag Corps

• Tuesdays @ MVES Gym 4:30 p.m.
• Wednesdays @ DVMS Cafeteria 4:30 p.m.

Percussion Rehearsal Schedule

Percussion students rehearsals- please check google classroom, remind, and band app for your mandatory rehearsal dates after school

• Tuesday 4:30 p.m. Ephemera
• Wednesday 4:30 p.m. Sophapilla
• Thursday 4:30 p.m. Ephemera

Symphonic and Wind Ensamble:

Symphonic and Wind Ensamble - polease check google classroom and remind for your assigned morning or afternoon mandatory rehearsal. Parent letters will be sent home.

Symphonic Band Sectional Schedule

• Mondays-Low Brass (Trombone, Baritone, Tuba) 4:10pm-4:50 pm

• Tuesdays-Clarinet 4:10pm-4:50 pm

• Wednesdays-Flute, Oboe, Trumpets 4:10pm-4:50 pm

• Thursdays- Alto & Tenor Sax 7:45 am-8:25 am. Horn 4:10pm-4:50 pm

• Fridays-Low Reeds (Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, Bari Sax) 4:10pm-4:50 pm

Wind Ensemble Sectional Schedule 7:30-8:15 am

• Monday-Clarinets

• Tuesdays-Euphoniums, Trombones, & Tenor

• Wednesdays-Tubas, Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, Bari Sax

• Thursdays-Trumpets

• Fridays-Flute & Oboe

Silver Diamonds

• Tuesday Jan 14- practice 6:30 a.m.
• Wednesday Jan 15 practice 6:30 a.m.
• Thursday Jan 16 Practice 6:30 a.m.

Cheer

• Practice Jan 13 4:15 p.m.
• Practice Jan 20 4:15 p.m.
• Practice Jan 27 4:15 p.m.

Crochet Club

• Jan 15 7:45 a.m.
• Jan 15 4:00 p.m.
• Jan 22 7:45 a.m.
• Jan 29th 7:45 a.m.
• Jan 29 4:00 p.m.

UIL

• 6th Grade Social Studies meeting 7:45 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. (Merritt)
• Math UIL Meeting Wed Jan 15 4:00 p.m. (B.Ramirez), Number Sense Tuesdays 4:00 p.m. (B. Ramirez), Calculator Wednesdays 4:00 p.m. (B. Ramirez), Calculator and Number Sense Thursdays 4:00 p.m. (B. Ramirez)
• 6th/7th Maps Graphs and charts Jan 14, 21, 28 7:45 a.m. (M. Mendoza)
• 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies Jan 22, Jan 31 (M. Sosa)

Acceptable School Uniform Tops:

• Solid Navy blue polo or t-shirt with a round neck (with or without DVMS logo)
• Solid Gray polo or t-shirt with a round neck (with or without DVMS logo)
• DVMS/DVHS Spirit Shirts

Acceptable Uniform Bottoms:

• Navy blue uniform pants/shorts/skorts (no athletic joggers, sweatpants or pajama pants).
• Khaki uniform pants/shorts/skorts (no athletic joggers, sweatpants or pajama pants).
• Blue jeans: Jeans must be a solid color of blue. Patterns on jeans are not acceptable.

NEW- blue jeans with tears are not allowed for 24-25.

Reminder that hoodies, jackets and sweaters must be school colors: navy blue and gray, if your child wishes to wear inside the building.

Small logos such as a Nike Swish are acceptable. Please make sure that logos are not large and across the hoodie, jacket, or sweater.

Arrival:

Students should arrive to school no later than 8:15 a.m. in order to begin to head to their morning locations.

Students will be allowed into the building through the Conquest Plaza doors (where you entered on Open House) at 7:40 a.m. Students will report to their first period. 1st period rosters will be on the wall.

The first bell to transition to first period will be at 8:20 a.m.

Tardy Bell 8:30 a.m.:

• The tardy bell for middle school students is at 8:30 a.m..
• Students need to be INSIDE their classroom at this time. Ready to learn.

Families,

Due to keeping the instructional time period focused and to reduce students being removed from the classroom. We do not accept the following deliveries:

• snack deliveries
• food deliveries
• money deliveries
• cell phone deliveries

Please make sure that your student is ready in the morning with all they will need for their school day.

All students do receive free breakfast and free lunch. If they forget their cell phone- we are more than happy to have them use the school phone to call you after school. Always plan a designated spot for pick up.

Thank you for your assistance.

Families, we ask you to please

• do not park in the parking lot unless you are coming into the building for an appointment or assistance.
• Please be sure to have your teen be prepared to exit your vehicle.
• Please watch for our teacher who are parking and traveling into the building- we need our teachers! Please be mindful of pedestrians.
• Help us in keeping the flow of traffic smooth.
• Also, please be kind to each other. Our teens are watching our driving skills.

Main Office: 915-434-3300

Principal Veronica Frias: 915-434-3301

DVMS Secretary Rocio Vasquez: 915-434-3305

Del Valle Middle School Nurse Macias: 915-434-3311

Attendance by Alpha:

A-L for 6th, 7th and 8th

Priscilla Tovar: 915-435-3315

M-Z for 6th, 7th, 8th

Athena Marquez: 915-434-3323

6th Grade Counselor Stacy Beals: 915-434-3315

6th Grade Assistant Principal Luciano Alcala: 915-434-3303

7th Grade Counselor Janet Ortiz-Mascorro: 915-434-3316

7th Grade Assistant Principal Rose Cereceres: 915-434-3309

8th Grade Counselor Jose Rivera: 915-434-3304

8th Grade Assistant Principal Sara Ramirez: 915-434-3302

School Librarian Christina Moncayo: 915-434-3350

Instructional Technology Coach Whaley Berry: 915-434-3355

Communites in Schools Irene Arzola: 915- 435-3378

Communities in Schools Idalia Suarez: 915-434-3377

Principal

Del Valle Middle School

915-434-3301

Email: vfrias@yisd.net
Location: 8674 North Loop Drive, El Paso, TX, USA
Phone: 9154343301
Twitter: @vronicasworld