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Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent-Teacher conferences at the elementary school will be held
during February. This is a great time to meet with the teacher for an
update on your child’s progress. Please make plans to attend. You will
receive a letter from your child’s teacher with more information.
Principal’s Points to Ponder January 2017
Valley View Elementary
UIL
Our students competed in the district academic UIL meet on December 6th and 9th at Tom
Bean ISD. We had 46 students from the elementary campus competing at the meet. Twenty-
four students received ribbons and medals for placing in the top six places. Students received
their medals and ribbons on January 19th. Congratulations to all of the UIL
students and coaches on their achievements. Thank you to our UIL Director,
Terresa Gourley.
School Report Card
You received a school report card along with your child’s report card.
This is the 2015-2016 school report card for Valley View Elementary
School. The elementary campus met standard for the 2015-2016
school year. If you did not receive the report, please contact the
school or you can find the report on the internet at
http://tea.texas.gov/perfreport/src/index.html.
Valentine’s Parties
We will have Valentine’s parties on Tuesday, February 14th. Teachers will send more
information later during the six weeks.
Feb. 3 & 10 PIPs performance at basketball games
Feb. 10 Early Dismissal at 1:00
Feb. 14 Valentine’s Day Parties
Feb. 17 PIPs performance at school
Feb. 17 End of 4th Six Weeks/Early Dismissal at 1:00
Feb. 20 Student Holiday/Parent-Teacher Conference Day
Feb. 27– Mar. 3 Skate Week
March 10 1:00 Dismissal
March 13-17 Spring Break
March 28 STARR writing
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Elementary School Calendar
UIL Results
2nd Grade
Kalli Grant: 3rd Place Chess
Heidi Hoffman: 5th Place Chess
Paloma Martinez: 6th Place Chess
Heidi Hoffman, Kalli Grant, Paloma Maritinez, Yasibet Rocha (alt): 2nd Place Team Chess
Will Tarrant: 3rd Place Storytelling
Cope Thomason: 6th place Creative Writing
3rd Grade
Zane Reynolds: 3rd Place Chess
Will Findley, Natalie Miller, Zane Reynolds, Hayden Short (alt): 1st Place Team Chess
Avery Middlebrooks: 2nd Place Storytelling
Hunter Vann: 1st Place Storytelling
4th Grade
Sarah Newton: 3rd Place Number Sense
Emorie Miskell: 6th Place Number Sense
Sarah Newton, Emorie Miskell, Morgan Hubbard, Emilie Scott (alt): 2nd Place Team Number Sense
Johnny Nelson: 3rd Place Chess
Johnny Nelson, Lillian Ghyers, Trent Sampson, Lexi Hawkins (alt): 3rd Place Team Chess
Sarah Newton: 1st Place Spelling
Laney Parker: 5th Place Spelling
Sarah Newton, Laney Parker, Katie Record, Hannah Newton (alt): 2nd Place Team Spelling
Page 3 Valley View Elementary
Third Six Weeks A Honor Roll
First Grade
Tatum Ashby Jadyn Findley Josey Morrell
Cloie Ballard Damien Foster Kodi Neu
Daltin Barber Tristan Hambley Kaylie Perez
Layla Bell Levi Harris John Plato
David Beltran Landon Hull Thiago Ramirez
Keagen Bridges Angel Jimenez Veronica Ramirez
Bailey brown Erika Kassen Brayden Sandmann
Matthew Bush Jace Kerr Cade Seyler
Cooper Calvert Brayden Kines Grady Shelburne
Jose Carrizales Cason Krocker Kenzie Skaggs
Taylor Cawthon Steeler Lambert Taylor Vasquez
Bradley Cheaney Pressley Martindale Harry Vaughn
Nicholas Duvall Shaeleigh Metcalf Ian Wetselline
Second Grade
Josey Blevins Heidi Hoffman Rien Record
Marley Church Noah Jones Kyle Splawn
Blaine Clark Riley Lambert Will Tarrant
Kassidy Dawdy Anders Lybbert Anderson Terry
Emily Galvan Paloma Martinez Jacey Thomas
Kalli Grant Landen Minhinnett Cope Thomason
Rylan Green Sandy Morales Nathan Williams
Maddyson Helms Peyton Pilcher
Third Grade
Hilary Acuna Lance Hieb Emma Moss
Jesus Carrizales Gavin Holder Zane Reynolds
Logen DeAmicis Blane McCollum
Briana Gonzalez Natalie Miller
Fourth Grade
Dario Cervantes Emorie Miskell Kati Record
Estrella Garcia Johnny Nelson Carson Rojas
Taylor Goin Sarah Newton Emery Tarrant
Morgan Hubbard Laney Parker
Page 3 Valley View Ellementary
Third Six Weeks AB Honor Roll First Grade
Natalie Cantu Kyle Kemp Izaiah Rivera
Bethany Coder Kanton Miskell Jaylyn Williams
Haleigh Gilley Santiago Molina
Second Grade
Minerva Aguilera Colten Hilliard Katie Perez
Jack Brinkley Joel Howard Ella Ritchey
Cayden Buckaloo Abigail Johnson Yasibet Rocha
Brett Burch Jesus Lopez Rileigh Scott
Maria Chombo Jorge Lopez Vivian Slover
Damien Copher Alondra Luna Kash Sparkman
Aaron Epperson Kaylin Magar Kelsey Stewart
Kiera Erbes Evan McCollum TJ Triest
Khloe Ewing Braxton Medina
Peyton Grounds Vanessa Naranjo
Third Grade
Nona Bartlett Devon Gabehart Solomon Saavedra
Felipe Beltran Brayden Gastineau Hayden Short
Catelyn Buckaloo Emma Howell Laston Terry
Abby Buckley Morgan Jacoby Hunter Thomas
Landon Capshaw Cody Kirpatrick Jonathan Traylor
Enrique Castillo Rolando Lomas Hunter Vann
Jacob Curry Daniela Luna Chase White
Tristyn Davis Avery Middlebrooks Logan Williams
Marcus Doughty Jake Prescher Koti Wood
Sydney Emmert Kaitlynn Rains Lindsay Zamora
Will Findley Wyatt Riney
Fourth Grade
Slade Babbitt Lexi Hawkins Alyssa Neely Lexi York
Joel Cisneros Billie King Calleigh Ortega
Jessica Coder Harleigh Lambert Trent Sampson
Conner Fairfield Daisy Luna Emilie Scott
Fallon Fogus Emilee Maddox Kelsey Vaughn
Bridger Ford Riley McCollum Lydia Vossler
Izzy Gibson Payton McGee Slade Warren
Gracelyn Harrell Makenna Milner Trinidy Williams
Page 5 Valley View Elementary
Nick Duvall
Aaron Epperson
Miranda Esparza
Khloe Ewing
Jadyn Findley
Damien Foster
Kayla Foster
Kaydence Fraser
Devon Gabehart
Aiden Galaviz
Brayden Gastineau
Izzy Gibson
Taylor Goin
Briana Gonzalez
Peyton Grounds
Baker Hambley
Tristan Hambley
Levi Harris
Aubree Hawkins
Lexi Hawkins
Maddyson Helms
Osbaldo Hernandez
Lance Heib
Heidi Hoffman
Joel Howard
Emma Howell
Robert Huey
Morgan Jacoby
Noah Jones
Reese Jones
Erika Kassen
Kyle Kemp
Jace Kerr
Brayden Kines
Billie King
Cason Krocker
Harleigh Lambert
Riley Lambert
Steeler Lambert
Rolando Lomas
Jesus Lopez
Jorge Lopez
Alexis Luna
Alondra Luna
Bryan Luna
Daisy Luna
Anders Lybbert
Bree Lybbert
Blane McCollum
Evan McCollum
Braxton Medina
Autumn Miller
Natalie Miller
Makenna Milner
Landen Minhinnett
Emorie Miskell
Kanton Miskell
Sandy Morales
Josey Morrell
Wyatt Morrell
Emma Moss
Brisa Munoz
Jasmin Naranjo
Alyssa Neely
Johnny Nelson
Hannah Newton
Sarah Newton
Grayson Nye
Reagan Osterman
Gunner Ottinger
Hagen Pels
Katie Perez
Kaylie Perez
Peyton Pilcher
Londynn Pineda
Jake Prescher
Kaitlynn Rains
Veronica Ramirez
Rien Record
Kati Record
Karlee Reed
Brady Reynolds
Noemi Rico
Rachel Ritchey
Izaiah Rivera
Yasibet Rocha
Solomon Saavedera
Preston Sanders
Brayden Sandmann
Emilie Scott
Nathan Scott
Rileigh Scott
Cade Seyler
Kash Sparkman
Anderson Terry
Laston Terry
Hunter Thomas
Jacey Thomas
Cope Thomason
Harlan Triest
TJ Triest
Hunter Vann
Ruben Vasquez
Harry Vaughan
Jaylyn Williams
Kaleb Williams
Nathan Williams
Trinidy Williams
Koti Wood
Ryleigh Yates
Lexi York
Lindsay Zamora
Perfect Attendance Hillary Acuna
Jorge Anguiano
Jaxon Archer
Damian Arvizu
Jerry Arvizu
Tatum Ashby
Lyndon Bartlett
Nona Bartlett
Layla Bell
Felipe Beltran
Nalleli Bravo
Jack Brinkley
Shawn Brown
Cayden Buckaloo
Brett Burch
Matthew Bush
Caden Calvert
Cooper Calvert
Natalie Cantu
Mauricio Carrizales
Jesus Carrizales
Jose Carrizales
Cash Cartwright
Enrique Castillo
Taylor Cawthon
Bradley Cheaney
Maria Chombo
Stephanie Chombo
Austin Christiansen
Aldo Cisneros
Blaine Clark
Bethany Coder
Jessica Coder
Jacob Curry
Tristyn Davis
Kassidy Dawdy
Cesar Delval
Gorge Morales
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Wow! One semester down in Pre-k! It has flown by! These
kiddos will be in kindergarten before you know it. We had so
much holiday fun the last six weeks. We learned about the Indians, Pilgrims, and the
first Thanksgiving. We even had an Indian parade around the school. The Christmas
season was full of good times and lots of activities. Polar Express Pajama Day was the
best! Thank you, families, for the fun Christmas parties. I am starting to see so much
progress and maturity in this group of kids. It is my favorite part of this job! We are
starting some good things during this second half of the year. Let's keep up the great
work!
Pre-K
We hope everyone had a restful Christmas Break! Kindergarten jumped into January with a
unit on Martin Luther King, Jr. and a snowman unit. We've also enjoyed a book study on The
Mitten by Jan Brett. Parents, don't forget to read the Monthly Newsletter in your child's
folder, as well as completing the daily homework.
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Kindergarten had a lot of fun watching The Polar Express and drinking hot chocolate.
It's hard to believe that another 6-weeks has finished. We were busy
preparing for the holidays. We created many projects to help with our
celebrations. Our students enjoyed "Eagle Craft Day." Everyone made
an ornament, enjoyed a holiday movie, and visited with Iggy the Eagle!
Please continue to work with your student on their homework and high
frequency words. We will administer the mid-year TPRI in January to
measure reading progress. We are looking forward to wonderful second
semester!
Christmas party fun!
Page 8 Valley View Elementary
2017 is off to a great start! In Math, we have been
practicing subtraction and counting money. Keep
practicing those skills at home! In Science, we have
studied animals of the arctic as well as the people and
environment. The students created a project about their
learning. For Social Studies, we learned about Martin
Luther King, Jr. Our third six weeks BASH was a "cool"
trip to Dairy Queen for frozen treats.
Money skills
2nd Grade BASH
Page 9 Valley View Elementary
In Health we learned about fire safety and developed escape
plans for our homes. Students also learned about ways to
prevent diseases. This six weeks we are talking about good
nutrition and how to take care of ourselves by eating healthy
foods.
In Social Studies, we are learning
about land and water. We have
identified the 7 continents of the
world and the major oceans. We are
also learning how the U.S. is divided
into 5 regions and how geographers
group these regions based on their
location and land forms they share.
In Science we learned about force and motion
and how simple machines affect the way we
do work. The students designed balloon cars
and tested them to see how far they would
go. We are now exploring the Solar System.
We have learned about the layers of the sun
and the phases of the moon. Students will be
able to learn about the planets as they work
on models of the Solar System.
More fun Christmas parties!
Page Valley View Elementary
The third six-weeks was great in the 4th grade! We learned
how to add and subtract decimals, interpret remainders, and
decipher input/output tables. Students had so much fun cre-
ating interesting and detailed sentences with the “Ba-Da-
Bing” and “Show Don’t Tell” writing techniques! In Science,
the kids were excited to learn about the water cycle and food
chains and how they affect our ecosystem. They also learned
about the Early Texans in Social Studies. Along with learning
how our culture was shaped, students learned about the major
Texas rivers that shaped our land. We finished the six-weeks
with fun-filled, sugar-laden, joyous
Christmas parties!
Page 11 Valley View Elementary
PTO News
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
The PTO had a busy six weeks! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make both Christmas
movie day and Christmas craft day big successes. The personalized eagle-themed Christmas
ornaments turned out very cute. We also sponsored a “Souper” bowl themed luncheon for the
teachers in January. We appreciated everyone who made all of the yummy treats.
Thanks to your generous support, the PTO was able to purchase
wi-fi access for part of the school. This will help the students
access all sorts of educational programs, including the BrainPOP
program we bought for the fourth grade. Mr. Shelburne received
student headphones to use in his new computer lab and Mrs.
Spragg really appreciates her new classroom printer.
Interested in becoming a PTO officer? The
positions of Secretary and Treasurer will be
open next year. Elections will be toward the
end of the current school year. Please see
any of the PTO officers for details and to
pick up a nomination form!
