Violet Views
September 1st 2023
A message from the office
Student of the month 🙎♂️🙎♀️
Please help us congratulate the following students, who were nominated as the students of the month for September. The following students were nominated by their teachers because they demonstrated Responsibility (our character trait for September) and followed our Violet expectations of being Kind, Helpful & Caring! Congratulations to
Kindergarten: Ciana Mofortiah, Eyoab Neway, Mila Brown, MacKenzie McMillan
1st Grade: Jolie Early-Bagdonas, Audriana Male, Norah McAndrew, Giselle Rodriguez
2nd Grade: James McKinney, Devin jordan, Kiara Alexander, Graham Pritt
3rd Grade: Mayukh Dahal, Tatum Beal, Champ Cumberlander, halle Driver
4th Grade: Olivia Rosprim, Owen Foster, Grayson Krauss, Emery Ellis
Related Arts: Kenzie Byers
As we move into October, our character trait is EMPATHY. Check out the family newsletter linked below for an overview and some conversation starts to use with your children at home.
i-ready 👾
As a district we use i-ready as our diagnostic assessment in both reading and math. Students have completed their fall diagnostics and are now working on their individualized path in reading and math. Since your chid is working through this program, we wanted to share out some additional parent info regarding what you can do at home and conversations / celebrations you can have.
Please check out the brief video and family guide linked below.
School Safety Drills 🚨
The safety and welfare of our students and staff is our highest priority. We are proud to be able to serve you and your children, and we will continue to provide a safe learning environment for them. State law requires that schools within Ohio must complete emergency drills annually. In order to maintain a safe environment, it is important that we practice our emergency and crisis response plans.
In Ohio we are required to run several drills throughout the school year, including school safety, tornado and emergency evacuation.
School Safety Drills shall be conducted at least 3 times per year to provide students instruction in th procedures to follow in situations where pupils must be secured in hte building or rapidly evacuated in response to a threat.
Emergency Evacuation Drills shall be conducted during each month of the school year. A drill or rapid dismissal may be conducted during the same month as a school safety.
Tornado Drills shall be conducted at least once a month whenever school is in session during the tornado season.
We know drills of any type may be concerning for some students, but they are necessary to teach our students how we respond in emergency situations. We ensure that our training is developmentally appropriate, and we are diligent in giving students lots of reminders that we are "practicing" and more importantly "you are safe"
Based on the criteria, we have already run a few drills this school year. Please reiterate to your child that it is important for us to do so, and how it is good to practice all things.
If you have any questions about school safety drills, please contact Mrs Comer
Watch Dog Dads 🐾
Pizza Party Kick Off
WATCH D.O.G.S.® is a national initiative founded in 1998 to inspire more positive male role models to show all students by our participation that education is important. We are excited to get our year started at Violet with a Pizza party for Dads who are interested in being part of our WATCH DOG Squad.
Dads, Grandfathers, Uncles, if you are interested in learning more, please join us October 11th for an informational Pizza party. This is an adult ONLY event. Please RSVP below with a simple YES / NO so we can plan for pizza.
We will open the doors at 5:30 to welcome Dad's of Great Students into the building for our presentation.
Are you able to attend?
Friday @ Fridays 🍔
SAVE THE DATE! October 13th is a NO SCHOOL day.
Take your family for lunch or dinner at TGI Fridays on 256, and 15% of your order will come directly back to Violet Elementary. Good food, and a good cause!
Counsellor Corner
Ohio State Assessments 🧪
Third grade students ONLY, will take the Ohio State Test in English Language Arts on Tuesday, 10/24 and Wednesday, 10/25.
Part One of the assessment will take place on Tuesday, 10/24
Part Two of the assessment will take place on Wednesday 10/25
Each day testing is 90 minutes long and will begin promptly at 9:30am. Please ensure your child gets a good nights rest, eats a nutritional breakfast, and comes with their chromebook fully charged on each test day.
Cognitive Assessments 🧠
This November, students in second and third grade will take the NNAT3 Cognitive Assessment. This is an online assessment.
Please ensure that your child's chromebook is fully charged prior to testing day.
Please look for more communication in the coming weeks from your child's teacher regarding the exact test day as this has yet to be determined. The test will take approximately 30 minutes.
PTO information
PTO calendar of events 🗓️
Conference Dinner 🍽️
Violet PTO is pleased to host dinner for our amazing staff prior to the start of P/T conferences on Thursday 10/12 at 4:15pm. Please help us show our appreciation for the extra hours they are putting in! We are providing soup, salad, and breadsticks and are requesting help with dessert & drinks. You can sign up at this link to help support
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/70A044EA8A62CA0FB6-44681393-ptconference
For those who wish to support, but are unable to give time, we are also accepting donations via Venmo to help offset the cost of food, plates, napkins, etc.
Thank you for helping us show the love and make it a great year!
Venmo: @Violet-ElementaryPTO (Please use STAFF as the subject)
Flower Sale 🌺 & Silly String
We wanted to THANK everyone who participated in the fall fundraiser this year! We have about 27 students that are going to participate in the silly string showdown.
This will take place on Tuesday October 10th.
Thank you for supporting our Flower Sale. It was a great success because of your support.
Keep an eye open for some pictures from Tuesdays silly string extravaganza.
FREE Mini Golf!!!!!!! ⛳
Magic Mountain has graciously offered our families a free round of mini-golf!!!
Get your crew together and take advantage of this offer October 10th.
Fall Family Night - Van Buren Acres 🎃
Come on out with your family for a fun Fall Family Night at van Buren Acres. See other Violet families and staff out at the event. $20 per family for some memorable fun!
🚨Important Dates to get on your calendar 🚨
Add these dates to your calendar so you don't miss out.
Oct. 11 WACTH DOG DAD Pizza @ 5:30pm
Oct. 11-12 No School, Staff Professional Development
Oct. 12 Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences K-6
Oct. 13 No School, Closed
Oct. 16 No School K-8, Parent/Teacher Conferences
Oct. 17 No School for Kindergarten, Parent/Teacher Conferences
Oct. 24 PTO Fall Family Fun Night at Van Buren Acres
Oct. 25 Picture Retake Day