Raptor News

Happy Friday Raptor Families!

We have wrapped up our first full week of school! It was wonderful to connect with our students and families at Back to School Night this past Thursday.

Our first home volleyball game is Monday, August 28th, at 3:45PM versus Aspen Ridge. Make sure to come out and support our student athletes. Please use door number two, to the left of the main entrance, to enter the building and access the gym.

Our first PTA meeting of the year is this Wednesday, August 30th, at 4:00PM. Please join us and learn how you can be involved and make a positive impact on our school community!

With the very warm weather we have been experiencing, please remember to keep student dress in line with the SVVSD code of conduct. As always, please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns. We appreciate your continued support and involvement in our school community. Please let us know if you need any assistance.

Best wishes,

Catrina Estrada, Principal

Sandra Vazquez, Assistant Principal

Matt Romig, Assistant Principal

Grant Elwood, Dean of Students

*Please have elementary students line up by class outside the designated area for your grade

level in the morning. We will have cones with the teacher’s names to help.

*Kinders will be dropped off at the front of the school and enter the building for breakfast...all

other grades need to be dropped off on the west side of the building

*Students can start arriving at 8:20 AM...no supervision is available until 8:20 AM

*Please do not have students play on the equipment before school, they need to be in their

designated areas and starting to line-up.

Please see the attached flyer for fall picture day on Thursday, September 14th.

Community Schools is now taking registrations for the 23-24 school year. Registrations are done through stvrain.revtrak.net. Please see attached flyer for more information.

For the 23-24 School Year Thunder Valley will be participating with Milk Caps for Mooola. How does the program work?

1. Drink Longmont Dairy Milk (All caps from Longmont Dairy products in our glass bottles are eligible)
2. Save the bottle caps. Save as many as you can—from your bottles, or collect them from your family and neighbors.
3. Bring your milk caps to school and put them into the collection

If you are needing childcare or would like to volunteer to help with childcare during the PTA meeting, please use the link below to sign up. We look forward to seeing you for our first PTA meeting of the year!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f44a5ac2ca6fbc43-childcare#/

Families can make payments using Campus Payments. Please visit this link for instructions on how to pay outstanding fees in Infinite Campus.

Please help us plan our Cafecito's for the 2023-2024 school year, we appreciate your input! Por favor, ayúdenos a planificar nuestros Cafecitos para el año escolar 2023-2024. Agradecemos su opinión.

Cafecito Form

Please see below for important information from Nutrition Services for School Lunch and Free and Reduced Applications:

• SVVSD has opted into Healthy School Meals For All. This means students have access to 1 free breakfast and 1 free lunch daily. You can find answers to FAQ on the district website.
• School Breakfast and Lunch Menu can be accessed HERE
• If you would like to add money to your student's account (ala carte, milk, seconds) you can do so by sending cash or check to the cafeteria, or online payments by credit card are being set up with RevTrak and will be available to add funds in the first week of school.
• Online Free and Reduced Applications. We encourage online applications for several reasons:
a. Applications must be complete with all required information which enables our office to process them timely. Many paper applications were denied last year due to being incomplete and the family not responding.

b. Applications can be processed quickly vs waiting for them to come through district mail and then be processed manually. The software processes the applications within minutes and with fewer errors.

c. Families who wish to "opt out" of completing the application can select that option which helps us gather data, but also takes them off our mailing list of reminders.

September 6th, November 1st, December 6th, February 7th, March 6th, April 3rd, May 1st

School starts at 11:05am, the earliest students can be dropped off is 10:50am. Buses pick up 2.5 hours later than their normal pick up time.

Dear Thunder Valley Families,

We are excited to announce the opening of our online Spirit Wear store! The store will be open year round and will ship items directly to you!

Keep an eye out for sales throughout the school year!

If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at thundervalleypta@gmail.com

Happy shopping!

Thunder Valley PTA

Dear Thunder Valley K-8 students and families,

Thank you for your partnership and supporting the academic growth, safety, and well-being of our students. Every year, St. Vrain Valley Schools prints an up-to-date version of the Code of Conduct for students and families to review. This important document guides students and school staff on what expectations for school conduct and the consequences for behaviors that fall outside of those expectations. It is important that families review this information every year and acknowledge their receipt and understanding of this document.

To this end, please click here to access an electronic version of the Code of Conduct for the current school year. After you have reviewed this information, all families must sign an electronic acknowledgment that they have received, read, and understand the information contained, including the Annual Notification to Parents/Guardians; Behavioral Code of Conduct; Rights and Responsibilities of Students and Parents; and Board of Education Policies book. To sign your electronic acknowledgment, please follow the steps described here.

Again, thank you for your continued partnership and support. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly at estrada_catrina@svvsd.org.

Sincerely,

Catrina Estrada

Parents of Middle Schoolers in Band and Orchestra, please reference this website for all information about instrument rentals, upcoming concerts, concert attire and more!

https://sites.google.com/svvsd.org/thunder-valley-music/home

Soaring Singers after school choir is open to current 3rd - 5th graders. You can choose to be in the Monday or Wednesday rehearsal group. Rehearsals happen from 3:35 - 4:45pm beginning in September and the ensemble will perform a concert in December.

Contact Mrs. Clink at clink_deanna@svvsd.org for more information.

The LTP Student iPad Insurance window for the 2023-2024 school year opens August 1st and closes on September 15th. Parents who wish purchase iPad insurance for this year will need to make at least a partial payment within this window.

This insurance fee will be added for every eligible student K-12 on August 1st. Please note that any student with an unpaid balance for iPad insurance from the previous year will not be eligible to join the pool this year until they pay off the previous year’s balance.

2023-2024 LTP Student iPad Insurance: $25

The iPad insurance fee will be reduced or waived for students eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the federal poverty income guidelines and homeless students as defined by McKinney-Vento.

Read more about the LTP Student iPad Insurance Program

The Transportation Department is committed to continuously providing the best possible service for our students attending classes within the district. To this end, each year we require that students desiring transportation services complete an application for busing. The application is now open for the 23-24 school year. Please note you need to fill out a registration form for each student. Parents will be notified when an application has been processed and a seat has been reserved.

The application can be found here

Instructions for the application can be found here

While we make every effort to accommodate as many eligible riders as possible, transportation services are provided on a space available, and first come, first served basis.

St. Vrain Valley Schools’ Transportation Department looks forward to another successful year serving our students, teachers, and staff. Please contact us at 303-702-7530 if you have additional questions.

Parents/guardians shall be required to furnish an explanation for student absenteeism either in writing or orally. Absences not explained within two days after returning to school shall be recorded as unexcused absences unless unusual or extenuating circumstances exist as determined by the building administrator. After 10 excused or unexcused absences a doctors note is required. Communication is key to successful attendance. In the event your student will be absent, please call the front office 303-833-2456, email our attendance clerk, garcia_jessica@svvsd.org or complete this form Report an Absence

Email: estrada_catrina@svvsd.org
Website: https://tvk8.svvsd.org/
Location: 600 Fifth Street, Frederick, CO, USA
Phone: 303-833-2456
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThunderValleyK8School/