Spokane Valley Tech & STEM Academy

This past month has flown by! We hope you are staying safe and warm this season. This past month was a very busy time for us! We hosted STEM Rocket Camp, helped others during our Community Day, opened our GESA Branch, and finally had a blast at our 1st Annual SVT Gobble Games just before Thanksgiving break!

Our third and final progress report of first semester will be posted December 12th. Please check PowerSchool and encourage your student to speak with their teachers about any questions or concerns for their grades. This is a great time to get caught up before Winter Break. Homework Help is now offered every Monday and Wednesday from 2-3 PM at SVT, sponsored by our National Honor Society.

I do hope you have a wonderful holiday season. It is an honor to serve SVT and I am feeling very thankful and blessed this year. As always, if you have questions or concerns, please reach out to me at tcampbell@cvsd.org or 509-558-6507.

Sincerely,

Tricia Campbell, Interim Principal @ SVT

PTO Senior Parent Planning Meeting - November 30th @ 6 PM

CVSD West Region Link Event @ UHS - December 5th

Progress Report #3 posted in PowerSchool - December 12th

SVT PTO Meeting - December 14th @ 6 PM

Winter Break - December 18-29

Financial Aid Night - January10th

MLK Assembly - January 12th

NO SCHOOL MLK DAY Observed - January 15th

Future Innovator Open House - January 18th

Winter Formal - January 26th 7-9 PM

Semester Finals - February 1st & 2nd

First Day of 2nd Semester - February 5th

We will have SVT representation at all of the CVSD Community Link Events. Come find out what's happening inside our CVSD schools! RSVP link below.

In addition to School Messenger, SVT also uses the Remind App to help you stay up to date on school events and other important information. You can download the Remind App on your phone, choose Spokane Valley Tech as your school, and then use the appropriate join code for your graduating class.

Our students spent November 8th giving back to our community. We had students at 12 different locations including: Salvation Army, Union Gospel Mission, The Gardens Assisted Living, Sun City Church, Riverkeepers and more! An amazing day for everyone involved!

Products Available:

- SmartPlus Savings

- Student Checking

Services Available:

- Deposit and Withdraw Money

- Cash Checks

- Balance and Transaction Inquiries

Need more information? Check out gesa.com or call 888-946-4372.

This week, we are mailing out State Smarter Balanced and Science test scores to current 9th, 11th, and 12th who took a state test last school year. We are still getting some in from the middle schools, so we will be mailing them home as soon we get them!

Our students got to take part in leading Rocket Camp this past month! We had 130 students join us to learn about the design process and building a rocket. This was a great experience for our students as well, as they got to grow their leadership experience and share their STEM passion with younger students!

During our half day before Thanksgiving Break, students from each class competed against one another in the Gobble Games! The teams gave it their all with lots of creativity and energy! Of course, we had to bring in our fabulous panel of judges who decided that the SENIORS were our winners this year!

Progress reports will be posted on December 12th. Check PowerSchool to see your current grade and follow up with teachers if you have any questions about grades or assignments.

Last week we hosted our first awards ceremony of the year to honor our GOPRO & PACE Award Winners for Quarter 1! Congratulations to all the winners for their continued hard work and dedication!

GOPRO:

Gracious: Lily Chrisman

Open-Minded: Sophia Chay

Perseverant: Kat Metzger

Responsible: Kaden Kirsch

Own It: Quinn Henderson

Pace:

Gratitude: Tommy Fivecoat

Respect: Abigail Hill

Responsibility: Isaac Parker

Winter formal has been moved. The dance will now be January 26th from 7-9 PM at SVT! More details to come . . .

If no alerts are posted on our district website, or notifications are sent directly to parents/guardians/staff through our messaging system, please assume that school will proceed as normal. As always, if your student is unable to get to school safely on time, please call your school's attendance line to provide an excused absence. When school is on a delay, breakfast will not be served that day due to quick turnaround for lunch being served within an hour.

For any students needing extra help on their homework, the National Honor Society is hosting an after school homework help. Starting November 27th, students can meet in Room 10 on Mondays and Wednesdays for help between 2-3pm.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form is used to apply for financial aid for vocational training, an apprenticeship program, and 2-year, 4-year or post-graduate degrees. Like a lot of federal forms, it’s a bit of a lift, but it unlocks opportunities for scholarships, grants, work-study programs, student loans and more. Details can be found at https://stcu.org/learn/students-and-families/federal-student-aid

SVT club schedule listed below. We encourage all students to be a part of a club! After school clubs meet from 2-3 PM.

We love our PTO! Come be a part of it on December 14th!

There will be no classes December 18-January 2nd for Winter Break. Enjoy your time off!

Mark your calendars now for our upcoming Financial Aid Night.

Do you know someone that wants to come to the STEM Academy next year? Tell them to join us on January 18th to learn what the STEM Academy is all about. Our open house will run from 6-7pm. We hope to see you there! 2024-25 STEM Applications will open December 4th, 2023 and will be available on our website.