Dear Altar Valley Families,

Happy Spring! Spring Break is not only a great time to reset and refresh, but it is also a great time to reflect on the last quarter of school. With parent teacher conferences coming, Spring Break is the ideal time to have conversations with your child and their teacherabout their progress and to adjust learning goals as needed.

Please see below for a few of our important upcoming events this month.

Math Textbook Adoption 2023

The Altar Valley School District is in the adoption process for Grades K-8 Math Curriculum Review. The Review Committee has identified four vendors to move forward in the selection process. All materials are available for review from March 1 – May 1, 2023 on line at: www.altarvalleyschools.org and the Robles Library.  You can also follow the link below:

https://sites.google.com/avsd.org/avsd-math-textbook-adoption-20/home

Vendors for Review: 

• Houghton Mifflin Hardcourt - Into Math (available in Robles Library and online)

• Eureka Math2 - (available in Robles Library and online)

• Zearn- (available online only)

• Illustrative - (available online only)

Family Survey

Your opinions about your child’s school performance are very important to us. Please take time to complete the online anonymous survey located on our website at www.altarvalleyschools.org and click on the parent survey link. The survey will be available through March 28, 2023.  You can also follow the links below.

Robles Family Survey: https://forms.gle/say5LmXbrZmFmtfr8

Altar Valley Middle School Family Survey: https://forms.gle/ZYiQogvDbwNDnxDp9

Parent Teacher Conferences

We will have early release days on Thursday and Friday, March 9-10 for parent teacher conference.

• AVMS: 12:30 pm

• Robles: 1:45 pm

*Please contact your child’s teacher to schedule a time to meet in-person, virtually, or by phone to get an update on your child’s success.

Registration for the 2023 -2024 School Year Opens on March 9, 2023

Open Enrollment for ALL students including reregistration for returning students will open March 8 on line at: https://www.altarvalleyschools.org/Registration

Kindergarten Registration for the 2023-2024 kicks off on:

• • • Thursday March 9, 1:30-3:30 pm at Robles Elementary

    • Friday March 10, 9:00 -10:30 am at Robles Elementary

    • Kindergarten can register online at:  https://www.altarvalleyschools.org/Registration

Preschool Registration

• Thursday March 9, 1:30-3:30 pm at Robles Elementary

• Friday March 10 9:00 -10:30 am at Robles Elementary

• Preschool will complete a registration packet that can be picked up at Robles Elementary

• Registration will continue throughout the remainder of the year

• You can register during regular school days and hours

Spring Break

There will be no school March 13 – March 17. Have a fun and safe Spring Break!

Arizona Science Test (AzSCI)

The AzSCI assessment will be administered to students in grades 5 and 8 March 28, 29, and 30.

Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA)

All students in Grades 3 - 8 will take the grade level AASA assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics starting     April 4.

We greatly appreciate your support! Have a great Spring Break and 4th quarter of school.

Sincerely,

Dr. Dave Dumon

Superintendent