Pleasant Valley Family Newsletter

Dear PV Families,

I hope you are all doing well and looking forward to a beautiful weekend. We had a fantastic week here at PV, filled with special moments. Below are some highlights, including our celebration of Unity Day and our Kindergarten Reading Celebration.

A few announcements and upcoming events…

• Readathon Fundraiser: A huge thank you to the families who have signed up and are actively raising funds for our school as their children read, read, read! If you haven’t signed up yet, please consider doing so. The funds raised directly support our school activities.

• Fall Festival: Tomorrow, October 19th, is our 3rd Annual Fall Festival at 6 PM in the PV parking lot. A special thank you to our Committee Chair, Nicole Kulpa, and her team for planning and promoting this event. We’re excited for a fun evening!

• Book Fair (Oct. 22-25): Our incredible Committee Chairs, Meredith Roche and Katrina Mattern, have done a tremendous job organizing the upcoming Book Fair. You can show your appreciation by ensuring your student has funds in their eWallet or by joining us on Friday, October 25th, for Family Night—the final day to shop at the fair. Proceeds will support future school events and activities.

Finally, I would like to us to welcome Mr. Pranav Kapil the newly elected Treasurer of our PTO. On that note have a great weekend.

Sincerely,

Esther Boakye-Dattey

The kindergarten classes used our courtyard on Tuesday to join up with a partner in another class to read together.

We had a sea of Orange throughout the school on Unity day in addition to special classroom activities to encourage kindness, courage and inclusion.

For Unity Day, Mrs. Leon's class, pictured below, read Juice Box Bully and then designed their own juice boxes to spread kindness messages.

Book Fair

Friday, Oct. 25th 6-8, Family Night

Early Release - 1:15 p.m. dismissal

As mandated under school health assessments, Pleasant Valley Health Office will be conducting vision and hearing screenings on all K-1st and 3rd-5th grade students at some point during the school year. Screenings will take place throughout the school year. The purpose of these screenings are to identify children with potential vision and hearing difficulties that may affect their ability to learn.

Please be aware that these screenings do not take the place of routine care provided by your child/ren’s medical professional. The vision screening measures distance acuity only and is not considered an eye exam. Hearing screenings are used to determine potential hearing loss. It is not a diagnostic tool used to determine middle ear disease or defect.

If you wish for your child/ren not to participate in these screenings, please contact the nurses’ office by phone or email.

KConnor@Swindsor.k12.ct.us

DKorzep@SWindsor.k12.ct.us

KWard@SWindsor.k12.ct.us

We are so thankful for families watching out for our families and students in the parking lot. We please ask you to be aware/obey the stop signs, and stop at the crosswalks for pedestrians. We encourage families using the crosswalk to cross with their student/s and to wait at the crosswalk until all drop-off cars come to a complete stop, and the crosswalk guard signals it is safe.

Picture retakes will be November 12th

Kindly take a moment to review our upcoming events and important links below. Your participation and volunteer efforts with the PTO are highly encouraged as they play a vital role in ensuring a smooth transition into the school year and in fostering a strong community connection. The links provided include essential information about arrival and dismissal procedures, FAQs, PTO details, and a link to our school website.

Our readathon fundraising event is a friendly competition/ challenge for our students to read as many books or for as many minutes as possible over a set period of time. Sponsors pledge donations based on the amount of reading completed. This event encourages literacy and raises funds for schools or charitable causes. Click on the link to register your child.

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.read-a-thon.com%2fadmin%2fconcierge_readathon_teaser&c=E,1,-cp2A1sTqu1ZnlM573dHSpuQWPb2TAkye42_MVWi93uIROyyjWXnj7jWF_I8JVAfEsRBXS3Hw-Nebaf9V8Zs8uhlxknYZ2dwATRZ_sEhOlUrkw36Boju&typo=1

Tickets for Bingo went on sale last Friday. Click on the link to sign up.

Here is the link:

https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/3d29fb8b-56a1-4d3d-9f69-4b27f19f723b

This event is an amazing way to support our 5th graders and is a tradition at PV that is in its 51st year! Contact Abby Bernd (Abigailbernd@gmail.com)

Volunteers Needed: The Bingo team is asking for volunteers. You can sign up using the SignUpGenius link here: Bingo Volunteer Sign-Up.

Throughout the school year, there are many volunteer opportunities for parents/guardians (for example - chaperoning a field trip, helping at a PTO event, etc.) If you would like to volunteer, you must complete a Volunteer Registration form-

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qAMRufE73HU1o6kY-a4M__z9n9tM9DJLUM_VlzbUi-c/viewform?ts=66cdd567&edit_requested=true

Do you love to ride bikes? Are you willing to help 4th graders learn to ride? We would love to have your help. Dates for Bike week are April 23, 22, 24, & 25. If you are interested, please complete the Volunteer Registration form above and email Kristin Carmon to let us know you are interested.

If your child is going to be absent, please log in to your Parent Portal and fill out the Attendance Monitor prior to the start of the school day. It is very important that the office be aware of your child's absence. Attendance Monitor Instructions can be found under Important Links, below.

If you would like to pick your child up early, please email both Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Strom or call the office at 860-610-0291.