Van Raub Elementary
December 13, 2024
CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS PARENT SURVEY
Please take a moment to help us and fill out this survey in regard to Capturing Kids Hearts in our school.
CHANGE IN THE CAFETERIA MENU for next week
We will forgo the district menu and do Manager’s Special in the cafertia Dec 18-19 and then having only a Turkey & Cheese sack lunch to eat on the Dec 19 to eat before the early lease. We will still have a combination of multiple chooses of entrées on the 18th and 19th with fresh fruit, vegetables and milk. It just will not be following the district website. The Preorders system will also be down all week. Thanks for your cooperation.
Kendra Hirth
YEARBOOKS ON SALE NOW - QUANTITIES LIMITED!
DON"T MISS OUT!! GET YOUR STUDENT"S YEARBOOK TODAY! Prices will increase after FRIDAY - 12/20/24!
3rd grade - It is the LAST week of the first round of bracket play!!
TURN IN YOUR READING LOGS ON MONDAY MORNINGS!!!!
Regular Reading Season ends this week- Help us get to bracketed play!
LAST DAY is December 15, 2024 - THEN WE HOPEFULLY GOT TO BRACKETS!
CKH - December Theme - Do Your Part!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
DECEMBER
12/16/24 - REINDEER DAY - Dress like a reindeer
12/17/24 - PJ DAY - Wear your favorite holiday pajamas.
12/18/24 - SANTA vs. ELVES day - Dress as either Santa or an Elf
- VRES STAFF CAROLING NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR - 5:20pm- 8:00pm -
- SEE THE TIME SCHEDULE BELOW
12/19/24 - GRINCH DAY in WHOVILLE - Dress as the Grinch or as a WHO!
12/20/24 - WEAR your Holiday Ugly Sweater Swag
- EARLY RELEASE @ 11:35am
- All Pro Dads - 7:00am - Library
- Grade Level Classroom Parties
- 9:00am-10:00am - Kinder, 1st grade
- 9:15-10:15 - 2nd grade
- 9:30am-10:30am - 3rd grade, 4th grade & 5th grade
- 10:00 - 11:00 - PreK classrooms
- 9:00-10:00 - Life Skills classrooms
This weeks attendance was 95.49%
Campus Attendance this week by grade levels:
PreK - 93.07%
Kindergarten- 94.17%
1st Grade- 95.71%
2nd Grade- 95.07%
3rd Grade- 95.97%
4th Grade- 96.80%
5th Grade- 95.12%
Precheck for Holiday Parties
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.
"Classroom Parties"
December 20, 2024
Click here to begin: BISD Pre-Check-In Form
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!
December 20th - Holiday Party check in/student release information
If you DID NOT precheck for the holiday parties, you will need to go to the front office with your photo ID to check in.
If you DID precheck for the holiday party you will report to the side cafeteria door, have your photo ID ready and will collect your badge and then will be seated in the cafeteria and wait until your child's party time. At that time you will be released to your child's classroom. At the conclusion of the party, if you opt to take your child home with you, you will need to sign out in the classroom and get a red ticket form the teacher. Once you get the red ticket you may exit the from gates of the school with your child after you have surrendered the red ticket to the VRES staff members at the gate. Thank you for your cooperation.
All Pro Dads - Friday, December 20th - 7:00am
Our last All Pro Dad meeting of 2024 will take place next Friday 12/20/24. This month we will be discussing humility.
Please RSVP so we can plan for breakfast. https://allprodadchapters.com/chapters/11652/chapter_meetings/55968
Michael Joannou
15 DAYS UNTIL THE HOLIDAYS @ VRES
Please see the calendar below for our dress up activities (if your child wants to participate) for the 15 school days leading up to the holiday break.
VRES STAFF NEIGHBORHOOD CAROLING EVENT, Wednesday, December 18th - TIMES updated
Life Skills - Christmas Cocoa Jars
BISD DISTRICT WEBSITE REDESIGN
Coming Soon: A New Year Brings a Redesigned Website
Boerne ISD will launch a redesigned website in January 2025. This new digital experience is visually captivating, user-friendly, and intuitive, better reflecting our community, campus offerings, and improving navigation for students, families, and faculty. More details coming soon!
PTO updates
Teacher's Favorites
The Holidays are always a good time to show some love to your child's teacher and other VRES Staff. You can find your teacher's favorites list at Staff Favorites | Van Raub Elementary. Don't forget the other staff members that interact with your children each day!
Staff - if you need to update your favorites, you can fill out a new form at: Teachers' Corner | Van Raub Elementary
Spirit Day - Cooper's Kingdom
Cooper's Kingdom, one of our Van Raub Elementary School sponsors, just opened in Boerne. Come experience the newest family entertainment venue with Indoor Mini-Golf and fun arcade games! Cooper's Kingdom is hosting a Van Raub Spirit Day on January 9th, 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. Can't make it on the 9th? Cooper's Kingdom will honor your VRES reservation on another day too. Just show them your reservation! Cooper's Kingdom will donate 15% proceeds back to VRES PTO!
Make your tee times at:Coopers Kingdom online tickets - GENERIC.ROUTES.PRODUCTPAGE
Check out the fun:
Spring Spirit Days - Mark your Calendars
Mark your calendars for the upcoming spring Spirit Days.
February 13th - Fralo's Pizza - Fralo's
April 18th - Arrow's Active Play Park - Arrows Active Play Park | Safe And Secure Childrens Place | Boerne
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We are in need of volunteers for Blessings in a Backpack for Van Raub. Volunteers will pick up empty bags at Van Raub, deliver to St. Peters Catholic Church gym, help with Blessings fulfillment and then return filled bags back to Van Raub. Most Blessings days fall on Thursdays, and take only an hour and half. Please take a look at our Sign up Genius for more information.
SAVE THE DATE
My Heart Glows Family Dance - February 7th, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Mark your calendars for the Van Raub My Heart Glows Family Dance. This event is open to Van Raub students and their families only, and there is no cost to attend. More details coming soon!
GT referral window open now
Referrals OPEN NOW for Grades 1-5
BISD families,
The referral window for the Gifted and Talented program is NOW OPEN until 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.
VRES is a CREST Award Winner for 2024!
In 2005, Texas School Counselor Association began a program called CREST to recognize schools with outstanding counseling programs. Schools receiving CREST awards have demonstrated a commitment using the Texas Model to improve the lives and achievement of students in academic, career, and personal social domains. The Texas School Counseling Association is proud to announce CREST winners for the 2024-2025 school year.
CREST is a continuous improvement document that gives a school counseling program an opportunity to demonstrate effective communication and a commitment to obtaining results. CREST helps counselors to evaluate their counseling programs, promote their programs to the stakeholders in their districts, demonstrate the effectiveness of their guidance and counseling programs through empirical means, and to implement the Texas and National models for school counseling programs.
CREST looks at the counseling program in five categories:
· Introduction to the School and the Role of the Professional School Counselor
· Program Implementation Cycle
· Foundational Components
· Four Service Delivery Components
· Program Curriculum
The counseling team prepares a digital submission that highlights these areas and communicates just what the counseling program is doing to help students succeed. These are sent to reviewers throughout the state of Texas to be judged according to pre-set standards of excellence.
Congratulations to Van Raub Elementary for being one of an elite group of schools from across the state to win the CREST Award for Counseling Excellence for 2024!
2nd Nine Weeks Counseling Newsletter
Thank you Mr. Akiva for your help and support on campus today!
***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
Thank you to our PTO sponsors
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