Reminders about morning drop-off

The school and cafeteria open daily for students at 7:30 am. Please

use our two drop off lanes and do not pull in to the parking lot and

send your child walking through oncoming traffic. Let’s work together

to keep your children safe. The bell rings at 8:00 am. If you arrive

after 8:00, please escort your child to the office to get a tardy slip.

Principal’s Points to Ponder November 2016

Valley View Elementary

THANK YOU!

Thank you to our many parents who have been so supportive of the recent changes at the ele-

mentary campus. Change is not always easy but the changes we have made are for the safety

and security of the students. Thanks again for your support.

Music Program

The 1st and 4th grade students will present a music program on Monday, December 12th at

6:00 pm in the new HS gym. There will also be some select choir students asked to participate.

If your child is involved in the program, you will receive a note from the music teacher.

UIL Academic Meet

Valley View Elementary is participating in the District UIL academic meets for 2nd-6th grade

in December. We need volunteers to help with monitoring children or to be time keepers. If

you would be interested, please contact the school. Students will compete against other stu-

dents from several other school districts. Individual and team winners will be announced in the

next newsletter. The 2nd-6th grade writing events will be December 1st at Valley View ISD.

Spelling students will compete on Tuesday, December 6th at Tom Bean ISD. All other events

will be held on Friday, December 9th, at Tom Bean ISD.

December 1 UIL Writing Events at Valley View for 2nd-6th grade

December 6 UIL Spelling Events at Tom Bean ISD

December 9 UIL Meet at Tom Bean ISD (all other events)

December 21 Christmas parties

December 21 1:00 Dismissal

December 21 End of the Six Weeks

Dec 22-Jan 3 Christmas Holidays

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Second Six Weeks A Honor Roll

Valley View Elementary

Elementary School Calendar

Counselor’s Corner

Grade 1

Tatum Ashby Damien Foster Thiago Ramirez

Cloie Ballard Tristan Hambley Veronica Ramirez

Daltin Barber Levi Harris Brayden Sandmann

Layla Bell Landon Hull Grady Shelburne

David Beltran Erika Kassen Kenzie Skaggs

Keagen Bridges Jace Kerr Taylor Vasquez

Bailey Brown Brayden Kines Harry Vaughan

Matthew Bush Cason Krocker Ian Wetselline

Cooper Calvert Steeler Lambert

Jose Carrizales Pressley Martindale

Taylor Cawthorn JoJo Morrell

Bradley Cheaney Kodi Neu

Nicholas Duvall Kaylie Perez

Jadyn Findley John Plato

November 28th through Dec. 16th Valley View Elementary will

participate in a "Pennies for Patients" drive to raise money for

the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Parents will receive a letter

with more information. Our school participated in this drive several years ago and raised over

$1,000.00. Please encourage your child to bring his or her spare change to help out this

worthy cause. There is also information in the parent letter about making online donations.

Please feel free to call me if you need more information. Thank you all for your support.

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Grade 2

Josey Blevins Rylan Green Yasibet Rocha

Marley Church Peyton Grounds Kyle Splawn

Blaine Clark Maddyson Helms Kelsey Stewart

Kassidy Dawdy Noah Jones Jacey Thomas

Kiera Erbes Anders Lybbert Cope Thomason

Emily Galvan Landen Minhinnett Nathan Williams

Kalli Grant Sandy Morales

Grade 3

Hillary Acuna Brayden Gastineau Zane Reynolds

Felipe Beltran Briana Gonzalez Hayden Short

Jacob Curry Lance Hieb Hunter Vann

Tristyn Davis Gavin Holder Logan Williams

Logen DeAmicis Natalie Miller

Marcus Doughty Emma Moss

Grade 4

Slade Babbitt Harleigh Lambert Hannah Newton

Jessica Coder Daisy Luna Sarah Newton

Fallon Fogus Emorie Miskell Laney Parker

Taylor Goin Alyssa Neely Kati Record

Morgan Hubbard Johnny Nelson Emery Tarrant

Grade 1

Ethan Ballard Angel Jimenez Izaiah Rivera

Natalie Cantu Shaeleigh Metcalfe Cade Seyler

Bethany Coder Kanton Miskell Jaylyn Williams

Haleigh Gilley Santiago Molina

Grade 2

Jackson Brinkley Abigail Johnson Vivian Slover

Cayden Buckaloo Riley Lambert Will Tarrant

Brett Burch Jesus Lopez Anderson Terry

Damien Copher Paloma Martinez TJ Triest

Aaron Epperson Evan McCollum Ryleigh Yates

Khloe Ewing Peyton Pilcher

Heidi Hoffman Rien Record

Joel Howard Ella Ritchey

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Grade 3

Nona Bartlett Daniela Luna Laston Terry

Catelyn Buckaloo Blane McCollum Jonathan Traylor

Jesus Carrizales Avery Middlebrooks Chase White

Enrique Castillo Jake Prescher Koti Wood

Sydney Emmert Kaitlynn Rains Lindsay Zamora

Devon Gabehart Wyatt Riney

Morgan Jacoby Solomon Saavedra

Grade 4

Jareth Bowles Gracelyn Harrell Chloe Sandmann

Kloey Bridwell Lexi Hawkins Emilie Scott

Dario Cervantes Emilee Maddox Xavior Torres

Joel Cisneros Payton McGee Kelsey Vaughn

Connor Fairfield Makenna Milner Lydia Vossler

Bridger Ford Calleigh Ortega Slade Warren

Ali Galvan Peyton Redman Kaleb Williams

Estrella Garcia Carson Rojas Trinidy Willams

Izzy Gibson Trent Sampson Lexi York

Hillary Acuna

Minerva Aguilera

Jorge Anguiano

Jaxon Archer

Leanna Archer

Damian Arvizu

Gerardo Arvizu

Slade Babbitt

Lyndon Barlett

Nona Bartlett

David Beltran

Felipe Beltran

Jayden Bergeron

Brooklyn Bewley

Josey Blevens

Kaylee Blevins

Nallei Bravo

Jackson Brinkley

Shawn Brown

Catelyn Buckaloo

Matthew Bush

Caden Calvert

Mauricio Carrizales

Jesus Carrizales

Jose Carrizales

Rosston Cartwright

Enrique Castillo

Taylor Cawthon

Bradley Cheaney

Emily Cheaney

Maria Chombo

Stephanie Chombo

Austin Christiansen

Marley Church

Aldo Cisneros

Blaine Clark

Blakely Clark

Bethany Coder

Jessica Coder

Jacob Curry

Tristyn Davis

Kassidy Dawdy

Cesar Delval

George Deras-

Morales

Kiera Erbes

Miranda Esparza

Connor Fairfield

Fallon Fogus

Damien Foster

Kayla Foster

Kaydence Fraser

Ali Galvan

Estrella Garcia

Jorge Garcia

Lilian Ghyers

Haleigh Gilley

Taylor Goin

Kalli Grant

Brody Hall

Baker Hambley

Tristan Hambley

Levi Harris

Aubreee Hawkins

Lexi Hawkins

Heber Herbert

Lance Hieb

Heidi Hoffman

Rosealie Hogan

Gavin Holder

Morgan Hubbard

Morgan Jacoby

Reese Jones

Maddox Kerr

Brayden Kines

Cody Kirkpatrick

Cason Krocker

Riley Lambert

Jaxon LeDane

Rolando Lomas

Jesus Lopez

Alexia Luna

Alondra Luna

Bryan Luna

Daisy Luna

Daniela Luna

Anders Lybbert

Bree Lybbert

Justin Magar

Kaylin Magar

Andrew Martinez

Lelin Martinez

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Paloma Martinez

Blane McCollum

Evan McCollum

Riley McCollum

Shaeleigh Metcalfe

Linken Minhinnett

Emorie Miskell

Laurisa Miskell

Emma Moss

Brisa Munoz

Jasmin Naranjo

Kodi Neu

Hannah Newton

Sarah Newton

Grayson Nye

Evan Oneal

Esmeralda Orozco

Marvin Orozco

April Ortega

Mayah Oyervides

Kenley Parsons

Taylor Parsons

Hagen Pels

Dominic Picaso

Peyton Pilcher

Jake Prescher

Jocelyn Prescher

Thiago Ramirez

Veronica Ramirez

Rien Record

Kati Record

Peyton Redman

Adrian Rico

Landon Rios

Ella Ritchey

Izaiah Rivera

Yasibet Rocha

Carson Rojas

Jasmin Romero

Solomon Saavedra

Luke Sanders

Brayden Sandmann

Chloe Sandmann

Cade Seyler

Bently Sharar

Grady Shelburne

Landree Slover

Jacob Stewart

Will Tarrant

Hunter Thomas

Jacey Thomas

Cope Thomason

Blaze Threadgill

Addison Tipps

Xavier Torres

Harlan Triest

Timothy Triest

Marcus Valdez

Taylor Vasquez

Harry Vaughan

Austin Weston

Chase White

Jaylyn Williams

Kaleb Williams

Nathan Williams

Trinidy Williams

Lexi York

Perfect Attendance (continued)

Class News

Wow! What always feels like the busiest six weeks of the year, and

it's already over! School is in FULL swing, and October was definitely

FULL! We learned about all things FALL! Our units of study included:

apples, pumpkins, spiders, fire safety, and leaves - plus much more!

Our letter and sound study continues as well. We had such a good

time at the pumpkin patch. Our Fall parties were awesome, so thank

you, families, for getting that together. We have some busy weeks

ahead with the holidays - so get ready!!

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Another grading period has flown by! This six weeks, Kindergarten had a GREAT Halloween

party! Thank you so much to all the parents who made that possible. We had LOTS of fun when

we studied the life cycle and the uses of pumpkins during our pumpkin unit! We are still prac-

ticing counting to 100 and learning more and more sight words. Don't forget to check your

child's folder and remove the papers daily.

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First Grade had a very busy 6-weeks. In Social Studies, we

studied the life of Christopher Columbus and his brave voy-

age. We learned the importance of fire safety in Science.

Later in the 6-weeks, we celebrated Red Ribbon Week with

several fun activities. A highlight for 1st Grade was Skate

Week! The students really loved this special time! We also

enjoyed Fall Carnival and our class party. This was a very

busy and exciting time for us!

Field Trip!

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The second six weeks was quite busy. We concluded our animal unit with a trip to the Frank

Buck Zoo in Gainesville where we viewed many interesting animals. We went to the Fire Pre-

vention Program at NCTC where we learned about fire safety. We had a great time during

skate week. In math we learned about adding two digit numbers. For Health, we did a week

full of Red Ribbon Week activities to remind us to stay drug free. In Social Studies we stud-

ied many inventors and their innovating inventions. We've been working on summaries and

cause and effect in reading.

1st Grade BASH fun!

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Halloween party! More skate week

Thank you parents for helping to make our fall parties fun for the students. Third grade has

been busy learning many new things. In Health we completed our unit on Fire Safety. The stu-

dents learned about the many jobs firefighters have and the types of equipment they use. We

also talked briefly about fire dogs and their important role at the fire department. This six

weeks in Science we learned that matter is everything around you. The students found that

physical properties of matter can be observed or measured. They used a pan balance to meas-

ure mass and compared the volume of different objects. In Social Studies we are learned

about 3 different communities. Some are small and some are large. Communities are alike in

some ways and different in other ways. When you compare communities, you can tell more

about the people who live in them. We also learned about the 7 continents, Great Lakes and the

four major oceans. This six weeks our math studies included multiplication, perimeter, and

graphs. We continue working on Reading skills to prepare for STAAR.

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Learning a lot in third grade.

The second six-weeks have been a busy, exciting time

in the 4th grade! Students have finished up learning

and practicing multi-digit multiplication and division.

Grammar skills have been taught and implemented to

prepare the students for upcoming writing. In Sci-

ence, the kids have been enthralled with circuits and

magnets! They learned about the Texas Regions and

their characteristics in Social Studies, and had an

exciting adventure in Health with the Nutrition Expedition Unit. We finished

the six-weeks with a rewarding trip to the Gainesville Leonard Park for

BASH! We want to thank Mrs. Martindale for her time for filling in for Mrs.

Wyrick while she cared for her newborn. Lastly, welcome back Mrs. Wyrick!

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PTO News

Thank you to all the parents, teachers, busi-

nesses, and volunteers who contributed to the

success of our annual fall carnival and auction.

We raised over ten thousand dollars which will

be put to good use in our school. THANK YOU!!!

If you have any questions, please ask any one of us.

Thanks for all you do to support our school!

Kristi Tarrant, PTO President

Melinda Milner, Vice President

Chelena Minhinnett, Secretary

Lacee Jones, Treasurer

Heather Lybbert, Volunteer Coordinator

Cathy Ritchey, Reporter

Stephanie Stewart, Box Top Coordinator

Our Thanksgiving food drive

resulted in 300 pounds of food

being donated to our local food

bank. Thanks for helping us give

back to our community.