Buzz From the Hive

Beekeeper's Corner: Message from the Principal

Special thanks to all who helped make our Week of Respect and School Violence Awareness Week activities a success! Students completed activities about friendship and showing kindness to others. Don't miss checking out our Busy BEE Reading Challenge! More information is below!

Thank you!

Valley Park now has a Facebook Page!

We are excited to announce that we now have a school Facebook Page! We are going to be using our page as another means of communicating important school information to you throughout the year. Make sure to click on the link below so you can get updates about what is going on at our school in your newsfeed.

Like our Facebook Page Here: fb.me/valleyparkschoolPV

Exciting NEW Bee Reading Initiative

We are excited to announce a new school wide reading challenge that is being introduced November 5, 2019! The rules are simple - read 10 books and receive special recognition! Every student who reads 100 or more books this year will participate in a reading celebration at school. Also, at the end of the year the school’s top five readers will be acknowledged!

For the informational letter about the reading initiative, please click here.

Bee Reader Challenge 2019-20.pdf

Socks + October = Socktober

During the month of October, Valley Park students collected donations of new socks to help homeless families in our area. Thank you so much for sending in SO MANY SOCKS! We are happy to announce that we will be donating 624 pairs of socks to the Salem County Women’s Services in Salem.

THANK YOU!!!

American Education Week

Parents/Guardians are invited to visit the classroom to celebrate American Education Week. Please see the schedule below and note that only parents/guardians are invited to attend one session per class and must sign in at the main office with valid ID.

We look forward to seeing you!

Kindergarten and First Grade visits will be November 18th from 9:45-10:15 a.m. or 1:45—2:15 p.m.

VP Preschool visits will be November 19th from 9:45-10:15 a.m.


Tardiness and Early Dismissals

Student attendance is very important, including arriving to school on time or staying throughout the entire school day. Tardiness and early dismissals are components of good attendance. Circumstances do arise when a student may have a doctor’s appointment, etc.; however, excessively tardiness or early dismissals have become a problem that is affecting academic success. When students are not in school, everyone in the classroom is affected. Teachers have to take time away from delivery of instruction to assist students coming to class late or leaving school early. Although the school bell rings at 9:10 am, students arrive at 8:55 and are given responsibilities during that time such as lunch count, unpacking back packs, getting materials organized, and beginning morning seat work and activities. When a student arrives late or has to leave early, the class is delayed and instructional time is lost.

Thank you for working with school staff to instill the value of getting to school on time on a regular basis.

From the Education Foundation

We are the district-wide Parent/Teacher group to assist with the activities and events at ALL of the schools. Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 19th @ 6pm in the downstairs Auditorium of the District Office. Please join us to hear about and help with all the wonderful things we have planned for our schools!

Nurse's Office Accepting Clothing Donations

The nurse's office is accepting donations of gently used children/youth sized pants and shirts that are in good condition for changes of clothing that may be needed. If your child is sent home in a change of clothes from the nurse’s office, please wash and return the borrowed clothing. Thank you.

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