SPOKANE VALLEY LEARNING ACADEMY

SVLA Newsletter for January 2024

SVLA is Central Valley's parent partnership Learning Options program.

PACE Award Winners

December PACE Character Trait: Caring

Caring is not just a gesture; it's a commitment to understand and contribute to the well-being of others. How lucky we are to have these great, caring SVLA students!🏆🌟Congratulations to our December PACE Award Winners!

Elementary Q2 Workshop Highlights

Ornaments Workshop

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Gingerbread Workshop

Support our Food Drive

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Join the Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank to support the needs of our community members by bringing in non-perishable canned goods.

Our food drive will run for two weeks: Monday, January 29th - Friday, February 9th.

Creativity Spotlight: Middle School Revolutionary War Board Games

In Mrs. Cook's middle school History class, students embarked on an innovative journey to make history come to life through the art of game design! These young "game changers" crafted their own board games--transforming their textbook knowledge of the Revolutionary War into strategic adventure.

Mark Your Calendars

Jan. 2: First day of school in 2024!

Jan. 8: Martin Luther King Jr. Readers Theater Elementary Workshop. This is the final Q2 workshop. Workshop is 11:20am-12:30pm. Students going on the bus to the HUB Sports Center for PE can be picked up between 1:15 and 1:20pm at the HUB. (Look for Q3 workshop registration beginning Jan. 17th.)

NO SCHOOL Monday, Jan. 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan. 16-17 Fastbridge Testing This one-on-one testing is by appointment. Contact Mrs. Thompson for more information.

Jan 29: PTO Family HUB Day from 12:30pm-1:20pm at the HUB Sports Center. Come enjoy games at the HUB (19619 E Cataldo Ave.)!

Jan. 29-Feb. 9: Food Drive

Feb. 5: First day of Elementary Q3 Workshops

Feb 7: Roller Valley skate night 6pm-8pm provided by the PTO. . Students skate for free!

Testing to Guide Learning

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K-8 home-based and on-site student assessments are happening now by appointment with your consulting teachers at SVLA. All Kindergarten and 1st grade students will have one-on-one FastBridge assessments on January 16 & 17th. We will contact you with available time slots. Our 2nd-8th grade students will complete assessments during class the week of January 17th.

SVLA PTO Corner

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Thank you for supporting our WInter Party. Our next PTO event is a "Family HUB Day" Jan. 29 from 12:30-1:20PM with races and an obstacle course to run through, basketball, scooters, and jump ropes.