Western Valley Elementary ROAR
April 15, 2024
Hello Wildcat families,
Thank you to everyone who came out for our ELD Family Language Night, and our Spring Family Fest! It was a great turnout to both events, and we loved hosting these learning times and celebrations at school!
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State testing is going well so far! We completed most of our 3-5th grade AASA Writing tests (only missing 2 students who have been absent), and are 100% completed with our 3rd Grade Oral Reading Fluency test for AASA (students have to read aloud 3 passages, each for 1 minute, and the computer records them and marks accuracy). That's off to a great start!
We still have this testing coming up:
April 15-18 3-5th grade takes AASA ELA (English Language Arts) & Math tests
April 22 Art, Music, & PE post-tests begin
April 22 K-5 DIBELS end of year testing begins
April 29 2-5th grade ELA/Math District post-tests begin
April 29 K-1 Math post-tests begin
Please be sure your children are on time for school every day!
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Have a great week!
Jennifer Quirk
🐾 Our School Vision 🐾
WVE is a place where everyone believes students can learn and grow as individuals. Effort is valued, teaching is intentional, progress is shared, and ideas are welcomed.
WVE will be hosting Summer School again this June! Save the date, 6/3-6/27, 8am-12pm. It will be open to current 1st-5th grade students. We'll be sending out more info in the upcoming weeks. Keep an eye out!
Congratulations to WVE's Teacher of the Year!
CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Munoz, for being selected as our Teacher of the Year!
Mrs. Munoz is always going above and beyond to provide special opportunities to our students and staff, ensures her students understand the important balance of high academic expectations and speaking with confidence and pride. Her influence and impact are felt widely throughout our campus and community. Thank you for all you do, Mrs. Munoz!
24-25 Open Enrollment is now available!
If you do not live in the WVE attendance area but would like for your child to continue to attend our school, please return the Open Enrollment applications that have been mailed home. Recently moved and want your child to continue at WVE? Stop by the front office to fill out an Open Enrollment application.
State Testing details
The Bookmobile is now open & around town!
The Bookmobile will be parked on campus 12:30-2:30 these dates:
4/17, 5/1, 5/15, 6/5.
Don't have a library card yet? Not a problem! Call our front office or let your child's teacher know you'd like an application, and we will send one home with your child.
Want to check out the Bookmobile yourself while the kids are in school? Bring a friend or neighbor! It's open and available to the community. Eventually, the Bookmobile will have a home behind the CVS on 67th Ave & Lower Buckeye Road, but for now, she's on the move to spread the word and bring books around the West Valley.
Check out the Phx Public Library website to see where the Bookmobile will be-
🌮🥕🍏 All kids eat free! 🌭🍅🥛
WVE Memorial Gardens
If you would like to donate any garden decor to keep our memorial gardens beautiful, please feel free to drop off items at the front office. We will be sure to add them to the gardens as a way to remember these lives that were cut too short. 💖
REDUCED COST INTERNET AVAILABLE!
Thank you to everyone who is following our parking lot rules! All of our kids are safer when cars follow the traffic patterns. As a reminder, the drop-off area is along the fire lane curb, and the parking lot is ONLY for families who want to park and walk up their student. Students MAY NOT be dropped off in the parking lot. This creates an unsafe situation for children, which of course, no one wants. We will have signs up as reminders, but please be safe, and drop off children only in the designated areas.
Even 15 minutes late to school makes a big difference!
Kids get breakfast in the classroom starting at 7:55, and we are into the start of instruction by 8:10 every day, so arrival any later than that means students are missing important learning time. And it adds up!
Where is your sweatshirt??
Ever asked your child that question, and they respond with a confused look?
Missing a lunch box, a jacket, water bottle, or a beanie? We have a lost and found box in the office near the health office. We're also now bringing out a clothes rack with sweatshirts and jackets that are left on the playground. Check it out at dismissal time! You may find that hoodie that never made it home.
Arrival & Dismissal
Use your Dashboard card for a faster Parent Pick Up! Ask your teacher or the front office for one.
WVE Spirit Shirts & Annual Buck-a-Jeans Day Passes
WVE Spirit shirts are here!
A reminder about school uniforms...
Bus Riders
Students eat free the rest of this year! (It's $2.85 for adults if you'd like to eat lunch with your child).
WVE Class Dojo
Spirit Shirts
*Don't forget to indicate student's name, teacher, and shirt size!
And don't forget to write their name on it!
Before & After School Childcare
Click here for more info, and to register your child for before/after school care.
https://www.discoverchampions.com/
**WVE no longer has a daycare program on campus**
Health office
Also, if your child has a Chronic Illness, and may miss school often due to an illness or condition, ask the office or Mrs Reyes about a Chronic Health Form.
Interested in working for the district?
Check out some other openings around the district here- https://fowler.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx
Other questions? Contact us!
Our administration & office staff are happy to help!
Coming Soon!
*4/15-4/18 AASA ELA & Math test, 3-5th grades
*4/25 Kindergarten Round-Up 3:30-5:00pm
*4/26 Buck a Jeans Day
*5/3 April SotM Breakfast
*5/14Governing Board meeting 4pm @ District Office
*5/16 Peter Piper Pizza Dinner Night Out
*5/17 Student Council Last Blast
*5/21 Kindergarten "Moving Up" Celebration 8:30-10am
*5/23 Students' Last Day of School
*6/3-6/27 Summer School! 8am-12pm, lunch is included