🤝🏼Meet-Ups: Thanks to the families who supported our Pizza Making Meet-Up. Please see the flyer for our March 18th Gardening Meet-Up in the AVHS Community Garden.  Students will engage in science-based garden exploration, planting, and harvesting.  Mrs. Greenlee, our school counselor, has generously offered to facilitate. Siblings are always welcome with parental supervision. 

🏃🏻‍♀️PFT Testing for 5th Graders: Physical Fitness Testing will take place on Thursday, March 7th at 1pm at VVA. VVA 5th, 7th, and 9th graders will be tested at that time. Ms. Marcus, VVA PE teacher, will facilitate.

📝Second Trimester Grading Period: The 2nd trimester grading period ended on March 1st. Progress reports will be sent out after March 8th.  Grades are based on student achievement through the  Edgenuity Imagine Buzz curriculum. If you haven't done so already, please sign up for the Imagine LearningParent Portal using the linked instructions to monitor your student's progress and grades. Also, remember that student attendance is based on a combination of work completion status and attendance at synchronous (Zoom) meetings.  Make sure that your student attends all mandatory  Zoom meetings.

💻Zoom meetings are as follows: 

• Advisory (M-F) - 9am-9:45 mandatory

• Additional Tutoring/Support for all grades (M-F) 10am-11am

• 3rd and 4th -Grade Small Group Support (M, W, F) 11am-12pm mandatory

• 5th Grade Small Group Support (T, Th) 11am-12pm mandatory

• Additional Tutoring/Support for all grades by appointment (M-F) 1pm-2pm 

📚Independent Reading:  Encourage your student to read independently for a minimum of 30 minutes per day. All students have access to the Sora Library App that links to the San Diego County Public Library. Students have access to thousands of audio and e-books through the app. Here are some simple tips for supporting independent reading at home. 

❓Questions/Concerns: If you have any questions or concerns that have not been answered in this newsletter or during parent meetings, please feel free to reach out to Ms. Ordonez using the contact information below.