4th Grade Talent Show Information:  

We are excited to welcome visitors to our 4th-grade Talent Show on Tuesday morning at 8:15.  Parents and guests will enter the Talent Show through the east cafeteria entrance at 8:10. Please do not line up near these doors until 8:05 so that our students can enter the school safely.  Upon entering, visitors will be given a visitor's sticker that must be worn the entire time they are in the cafeteria. Access to the rest of the building will be limited for the safety of our students.  Due to space limitations, 3rd and 4th-grade students will be watching the talent show in the cafeteria, while other grades will have the option to watch it through our private YouTube channel.  Thank you in advance for supporting our talented students as they perform for their peers!

Van Alstyne ISD Summer Program for English Learners Entering Kindergarten or 1st Grade

Program Purpose

This program is designed to provide academic and linguistic support for our emergent bilingual students, fostering language development, building confidence, and promoting a love for learning in a nurturing environment. Focus includes foundation, reading, writing, and oral language skills to ensure readiness for the upcoming school year.

Dates & Schedule

Program Duration: May 26 - June 24 - Mondays-Thursdays

Daily Schedule: Monday – Thursday 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Light Lunch and Snacks will be provided

Transportation is not provided

Location: Sanford Elementary School

Parent Action Required

To secure your child’s spot, please provide the following information on the enrollment form as soon as possible.

Please note: Transportation and Lunch are NOT provided.

• Student’s Full Name

• Current Grade Level

• Date of Birth

• Parent/Guardian Contact

• Details (Phone & Email)

For full details and the enrollment form, please review the Van Alstyne ISD Summer Program Letter for Emergent Bilingual Students. A paper copy should have been in your child’s Take Home Folder on April 1st.

Scan or visit the link to complete and return your enrollment form to your child’s school. Contact Craig Dennis for information or details: cdennis@vanalstyneisd.org.

We are excited to focus on Courage this month! One way to think about Courage is “choosing what is helpful, right, and kind even when it is hard or scary.”  Review Courage as a family! Remember that Courage is choosing what is helpful, right, and kind - even when it’s hard or scary. What’s something that you’ve been afraid to discuss with your student? Something that might be difficult to explain about our community or the world. Chances are they will hear about it eventually and it may come from someone who is less informed or less supportive than you. Have a courageous conversation with your student. It could be about bullying, the environment, uncertainty, etc. Remind them that love and support are 2 tools that we can use to practice Courage. Discuss as a family ways they can practice Courage around the issue you discuss. 

Effective Monday, September 29, 2025, the Board of Trustees has updated the dress code policy as follows:

• Skirts and dresses must be fingertip length or longer.

• Leggings must not be transparent or see-through. Additionally, a shirt that is at least mid-thigh in length must be worn over leggings.

• Shorts must be at least mid-thigh in length.

No Charging Button in School Cafe

From the Cafeteria Manager:

Many parents have set up their accounts to block charging, believing they are protecting their students from charging into a deficit. However, when they block charging on accounts, it prohibits children from using the money that is on their accounts for any type of extra. So this would also prohibit them from getting milk, or even an extra fruit, or a vegetable, or an entrée. It is important that parents understand that by checking the no charging button, their student is only allowed to get a meal. There is no way for our cafeteria to override that block that the parent has set up in the system. 

  PTO Information

VA Athletic Booster Club

Click the link below for spirit wear in the Sanford Paw Shop, as well as membership options 

https://van-alstyne-athletic-booster-club.square.site/

Home team prints is our new spirit-wear for the 2025-2026 school year! - 

https://www.hometeamprints.net/store#!/Paw-Shop/c/183820295

Here are a few things we would like to note from the ABCs that we have seen already this year.  If you have questions, please let us know!

• We do not accept student deliveries, ie, balloons and flowers.  It is too difficult for students to get them home.  If things are dropped off, parents will have to come in and get them at the end of the day!

• When visitors come for lunch, we do not allow students to invite a friend to sit with them, and we are not allowed to share food brought in with any of the students' friends. 

• Cupcakes can be brought in for a student's birthday in all grades, PK-4th grade, but they cannot be homemade.  They must be packaged with nutritional information included.