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Bulldog Beat 01/13/2025-01/17/2025

πŸŒ„Adventure Awaits: Let's Move MountainsπŸŒ„

Bulldog Beat01/13/2025-01/17/2025πŸŒ„Adventure Awaits: Let's Move MountainsπŸŒ„

NEVER MISS A MONDAY: JANUARY 20TH

REPORT CARDS WENT HOME IN TUESDAY FOLDERS! πŸ§ πŸ“šπŸ““πŸ“œ

PTO Meeting, STEM Night, and 4th Grade Dramatic Reading!

PTO Night Combined Arts and Tech for a Night of fun!

Our recent STEM display was a huge success, offering students and families an interactive experience with cutting-edge technology! With the support of our ITRT, attendees had the opportunity to explore coding by guiding robots through fun challenges. Students also showcased their piloting skills by flying drones through thrilling obstacle courses. Additionally, families enjoyed engaging with the Lu Interactive Playground System, blending learning and movement in exciting ways.

"It was a good experience introducing the kids to robots and interactive projectors to get them excited about STEM and all that it has to offer," said Andrew Smith, Instructional Technology Resource Teacher for Washington County Schools.

The Dramatic Readings were done by 4th grade students who are members of the 4H Club at Valley Institute. 4H Club meetings occur once a month during the school day. During the October and November meeting, students worked on learning public speaking skills by taking part in a dramatic reading. Students were taught to read with expression and appropriate volume. In November, students performed their dramatic reading in front of their 45 peers and were awarded a first or second place ribbon. Several students volunteered to read their dramatic reading at the PTO meeting on Tuesday, January 14th.

"Public speaking is a vital life skill and I am proud of these students for their willingness to share their readings at the PTO meeting," said Rebekah Woods, 4th Grade Teacher.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this unforgettable night of discovery and hands-on fun!

CLASS PHOTOS JANUARY 30TH πŸ“Έ

Please turn in your payment by Jan. 31st

SNOW DAZE:🎿 β›„πŸ‚

HOW TO REGISTER FOR PARENT COACHING

How to Register for Parent Coaching

At WCPSParentGuidance.org you can explore 73 on-demand courses that will offer you limitless learning opportunities as a parent, caregiver, and educator. Bullying, anxiety, ADHD, School Avoidance, Substance Abuse, and Vaping are just a few key topics all families face today. You’ll also find answers to your most urgent questions in the Ask a Therapist tab where top clinicians answer over 100 tough parenting questions with a video response and transcript. Social media has made it very challenging to guide children healthfully today. These resources cover a wide range of topics to educate us and make us more impactful in guiding our families.

VALLEY IS HIRING AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVER YOU! COME BE A PART OF OUR AMAZING TEAM

Ways to Improve Your Students' Reading πŸ“š

Top Reader In Each Class During Dec. Will Enjoy A Pizza Party With The Principal

Bulldog Store

We would like to thank all of our families that have donated to the PBIS store. Students are excited to be able to spend their Bulldog Bucks they are earning during the second nine weeks. The second nine weeks PBIS store will be December 20, 2024. If you would still like to donate, please review the attached letter below.

UPDATED: January Newsletter and Parent Calendar

Parent Volunteers

VIES is looking for parent volunteers to assist with various events and activities throughout the school year. If you are interested, please contact the school to learn more about the background check process and possible opportunities.

Life is Better With Ice Cream 🍦

Dairy Queen Blizzard Attendance Winners

This week's winners of the Perfect Attendance Blizzard drawing is:

~Cameron C. ~Harper S. ~Adalynn S. ~Cameron M. ~Ayla H.

We love having all our Bulldogs in attendance and we can't to see who will win next week's Blizzard Drawing!

JUMPING INTO JANUARY'S ATTENDANCE

Community Opportunities:

BULLDOG BEDTIME πŸŒ”πŸ˜΄πŸ’€

Love to read? Love a good book? Love being a VIES Bulldog? Then...

Check out Valley's Bulldog Bedtime. Check out new editions of Bulldog Bedtime every Tuesday. Bulldog Bedtime is an evening opportunity for families and students to listen to a surprise staff member read a bedtime story. A new story will be posted on our YouTube channel every Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Can you guess who next week's reader will be?


Click on the image to take you to dreamland...we hope you enjoy!

Stay Connected to your Student's Education

We have several ways to stay connected to your child's education and teachers. Every parent has access to ParentPortal which allows you to see grades and attendance. You can register on the county website if you have not already signed up or you can call the school and request your student's login information.

Every grade uses an app to maintain communication between parents/guardians and teachers. Please see the list below on which app you should download to stay connected to your student's teacher:

PreSchool- Call the school at (276)642-5500

Kindergarten- Remind

First- Remind

Second- Email

Third- ParentPortal

Fourth- ClassDojo


Fifth- Remind

Elementary Menus - December

Elementary Menus:

Breakfast Menu: Link

Lunch Menu: Link


The new site is linqconnect which can be accessed from the school nutrition home webpage. There is also a link on the School Nutrition webpage FAQ's/Direction on how to access linqconnect for student account prepayments. Here is the Link to WCS nutritional page.

Office Procedures!


  • Send or fax any doctor appointment notes to cover for excused absences. 276-645-2394


  • Any transportation changes must be made by 2:20 PM to ensure safety of dismissal time.



  • Due to Safety, NO check outs from office after 2:20 PM students will need to go to car rider line.
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