Roadrunner Families,

Happy November Roadrunner families. This weekend we will experience a time change as we fall back and start experiencing some earlier evening sunsets and some brighter morning drop offs. Make sure you adjust those clocks this weekend.

November also brings our celebration of veterans, acknowledgement of diabetes awareness day, some interim testing, bike rodeo, a read to the Final Four tournament for 3rd grade and a NCAA Fan Jam experience for all! Please see information for all of these things below. Especially check out the precheck for Veterans Day on 11/11/24 at 8:30am if you plan to attend, the NCAA Fan Jam participation permission form (every child needs this) & the Bike Rodeo RSVP if your child plans to participate. THANK YOU for helping us with these things.

This week we had a great time, dressing like movie stars, sporting our tie dye, wearing red, dressing as book characters and seeing the crazy socks! Most importantly we are thankful for the opportunity to talk about being healthy, being kind and making good choices for ourselves. Thank you to all who participated. If you haven't been to our school Facebook page, please check it out. We share great things happening in our classrooms and the fun we have with dress up days and other activities or events!

We hope that you have a wonderful weekend! See you all on Monday- Remember it is picture retakes on Monday too!

Be the One,

Mrs. Summer Gault, Principal

NOVEMBER

11/4/24 - Fall Picture RETAKES

11/5/24 - ELECTION DAY

11/6/24 - CCMR Wednesday

11/6/24 - Running Club 3:00-3:45pm

11/6/24 - Military Families Dinner 6pm

11/8/24 - LIFESKILLS coffee cart 7:00-8:00am

11/11/24 - VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY - 8:30am - Precheck if attending

11/13/24 - CCMR Wednesday

11/14/24 - DIABETES AWARENESS DAY - WEAR BLUE!!!

11/14/24 - Game Club - 3:15-4:15pm

11/15/24 - LIFESKILLS coffee cart - 7:00-8:00am

11/20/24 - CCMR Wednesday

11/20/24 - Education Support Professionals Day

11/20/24 - NCAA Fam Jam during CAMP classes

11/22/24 - All Pro Dad Meeting - 7:00am

11/22/24 - LIFESKILLS coffee cart -7:00-8:00am

11/22/24 - Spirit Sticks sold at LUNCHES

11/22/24 - Bike Rodeo - all day

11/25-11/29/24 - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

Each year we open up grant applications for our staff to apply for. We received $18k in grant requests this year, and were able to fulfill over $16k of the requests. We had fun going around to our staff members notifying them of the grants they are receiving! Grants awarded include everything from an Author's visit for our whole school, Stem Kits for 1st Grade, Ukulele Cart for music, Science Carts to be used throughout the school, educational programs used school wide, and even owl pellets for the 4th grade to dissect! And so much more! Check out the pics!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH

We will be celebrating our annual Veterans Day Assembly on Monday, November 11th at 8:30am. Please make plans to join us to celebrate all of our amazing service men and women!

Start finding your family veteran pictures to include in our campus slide show!

**Please include the follwing:

1. Veteran's name

2. Branch of service

3. Title in the service if applicable

4. Name of VRES student(s)/staff connection

5. relationship to the VRES student or staff member.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR VETERAN PHOTOS by emailing: summer.gault@boerneisd.net

**If you submitted photos last year, we probably still have them on file. Please check out the link below to see!

Hello Parents/Guardians!

We are so excited to offer you the opportunity to participate in our Guest Pre Check-In process for the upcoming campus event.

"Veteran's Day Program"

November 11, 2024, 8:30 AM

By completing the linked form, you allow us to use the information to conduct a security verification through our visitor management portal, Raptor. Once cleared, we will preprint your visitor label, which you will collect at the pre-check-in station on the day of the event. Thank you in advance for helping to keep our schools safe for our students and staff!

We have the exciting opportunity to have the NCAA Fan Jam here on campus on November 20, 2024.

Fan Jam is a mobile pop-up event in a truck. Whether you're a basketball enthusiast or a rookie, Fan Jam is your opportunity to hone your shooting skills, snap selfies with the Championship Trophy, snag giveaways, and more.

The Fan Jam is an excellent way for fans of all ages to gear up for the excitement and exhilaration of college basketball. Some of the FAN JAM events will include special guest apperances.

Our Fan Jam event will take place duirng the studnets specials time. All students will need to have parent permission on file to participate. .The link for the permission form is below as well as a volunteer opportunity for the Fan Jam event date! It should be great fun!

On Friday, November 22nd our students will have the opportunity to participate in the 2024-2025 Bike Rodeo. This event will take place during regular CAMP times on our black top area playground area. We would love to have volunteers to help us run the event. Please see the links below to sign your student up to participate and for an opportunity to volunteer!

Get your yearbook today! Prices will increase soon! We only have a couple hundred yearbooks to sell so don't miss out! Get yours today!

Good morning BISD families,

I am excited to announce that the referral window for the Gifted and Talented program will be open from November 15th to December 17th. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to nominate your child for consideration in our Gifted and Talented program, which is designed to provide advanced educational opportunities for students who demonstrate exceptional abilities.

If you believe your child would benefit from this program, please take the time to submit a referral during this window. Additional information about the process, including the referral link, can be found on the district’s Advanced Academics website linked here.

***To participate in Dads on Duty you must have a volunteer background check on file - please compete this today!

Volunteer background check link: https://www.boerneisd.net/VOLUNTEER

Pick your date to join us!

Dads on Duty Booking link : https://calendar.app.google/uK9pSasahK4Z7SAW9

This handbook has all things Van Raub for your reference. Everything from attendance information, hours, arrival and dismissal information, cafeteria, counselor, nurse contacts and information and SO MUCH MORE!

Please give it a look!

Website: http://boerne-isd.net/VRES
Location: Van Raub Elementary School, Dietz Elkhorn Road, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX, USA
Phone: 830-357-4100
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VanRaubES/
Twitter: @VanRaubES