Olivia Johnson
Please call before 1:00 if your child is going to go on a different bus or get picked up at the end of the day. Bus passes have to be completed in triplicate, logged, filed, and then a copy distributed to the student and teacher. It takes about 5 minutes to process each bus pass and we get upwards of 30 bus phone calls each day. That’s a lot of additional work for Ronda and Lorie on top of their other duties. Continue reading
Once again Veneta Elementary will allow students to wear Halloween costumes to school. Since Halloween is a Saturday, students are invited to wear their costumes on Friday, October 30th. The following guidelines must be followed: Continue reading
Don’t forget that our Jog-A-Thon is this Friday, October 16th. Envelopes with donations should be turned in on Friday. Below is the schedule for the day. We encourage families to come and walk/jog/run with their student or just cheer them on.
JOG-A-Thon Schedule for Friday, October 16th
Kindergarten 8:05 to 8:30
First Grade 8:35 to 9:05
Fifth Grade 10:05 to 10:35
Fourth Grade 12:30 to 1:00
Third Grade 1:05 to 1:35
Second Grade 1:40 to 2:10
Also students who raise funds to support our school can earn great prizes. Below is a list of the prizes for the 2015 Jog-A-Thon:
- $20 Students will get an extra recess.
- $50 Students will get to participate in a Bingo Party with great prizes and lots of fun
- $100 Students will get a special “Drive In Movie” experience during the school day where they will watch a movie and enjoy popcorn and other treats.
- $200 Students will enjoy a special event at Putters featuring Laser Tag or Cosmic Bowling with our principal Ms. Johnson. Students can choose Laser Tag if they meet the height requirement or the always fun Cosmic Bowling if they would rather bowl. Parents must transport.
- Plus every student who participates in the Jog-A-Thon on October 16th will be entered into a drawing for great prizes just for jogging or walking or skipping or just moving the entire 30 minutes
- The class that raises the most money as a class will get a class ice cream party.
Veneta Elementary invites all families and friends to our annual Open House on Thursday, October 8th. We want to show off our new library and give parents the chance to visit classrooms and meet teachers. The doors will open at 6:30 PM. In addition to meeting teachers, PALS will be here to sell Veneta T-Shirts/Sweatshirts, Smencils, and more.
PALS will also provide ice cream treats and popsicles on our playground for families after they visit classrooms. Thank you PALS! We hope to see everyone there!
Update: As you may know, our great new 3rd grade teacher Mackenzie Knox is also the head coach of Elmira High School’s volleyball game. Unfortunately on October 8th the EHS Volleyball team has their big match against Junction City, so Ms. Knox will not be at open house to meet and greet parents. Ms. Knox will be hosting her own “classroom open house” on Wednesday, October 7th at 6:30 to 7:30 for parents of students in her classroom.
This year all of our students will be accessing an online math program called IXL. IXL allows students to practice specific math skill at any grade level. Students are given immediate feedback and if their answer was wrong, the program shows them their mistake. All students will be accessing IXL when they are in the computer lab and some students are receiving additional practice with IXL to build their math skills as part of our Title program this year.
Students and parents can also access IXL at home. Parents can check their students progress and students can practice their math. Below is a link for more information on IXL and how it can be used at home. IXL can also be used to challenge students as they can work at higher grade levels in IXL or practice more difficult concepts.
Older children should know their password and user name. If they don’t or if your child is younger, feel free to email me at ojohnson@fernridge.k12.or.us and I will send it to you.
We want to give all parents a heads up that the Veneta Street Preservation work taking place September 29th thru October 2nd may impact bus schedules and bus stops.
The city will be working on different streets each day and buses may need to detour around those streets.
For a detailed map of which streets are being worked on which days, please follow the link below to the City of Veneta website and look under Street Preservation Project.
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Our Jog-A-Thon is a great way to have fun and raise money for our school. Funds will go to support great activities for our students including Outdoor School and Field Trips.
Students raise money for the Jog-A-Thon by asking family, friends, and people they know to sponsor them. Then on October 16th, each class will take to the track for 30 minutes of walking, running, skipping, and just moving to fun music. Parents and other family members are invited to join their child on the track or just simply cheer from the sidelines.
Students can earn prizes for raising money for our school. Continue reading
Construction Equipment
Great News! We are on track to be able to use our new front entrance beginning Monday, September 28th. In the morning, all students will go through these doors except for 5th grade and kindergarten. Fifth graders and kindergarten students should go directly to their classroom when they arrive, unless they are eating breakfast. First through fourth grades students should go to the gym when they arrive. At 7:35 first and second grade will be dismissed to the classroom followed by 3rd and 4th grade at 7:40. Students having breakfast will go to their classrooms when they are finished with breakfast.
Dismissal at the end of the day will be different. Grade levels will dismiss according to this list:
Kindergarten: Dismiss from Peirce/Old Entrance
First Grade: Dismiss from New Entrance
Second Grade: Dismiss from Old Entrance
Third Grade: Dismiss from New Entrance
Wyncoop/Guill: Dismiss from Old Entrance
Chen/McGuire/Beller: Dismiss from Classroom
Parents picking up students can wait on the covered walkway between the old and new entrance. Thank you for your patience over the last few weeks as the construction crew worked hard to get this important area functional for us.
They will still be working on the “finishing touches” but that work will mostly be done after school hours.
Do you have an hour a week to volunteer? Want to make a difference in the life of a child? You can become a SMART Volunteer at Veneta Elementary School.
SMART stands for Start Making A Reader Today. The program brings volunteers in contact with children who need to practice their reading skills. SMART volunteers listen to children read books and sometimes read books to children. SMART volunteers work with the same students each week and a real bond develops between the student and the volunteer. Students love their SMART volunteers and the volunteers adore the students they work with.
Student who participate in SMART also get free books throughout the school year.
Our SMART program will start in October and is currently looking for volunteers. The more volunteers SMART can recruit, the more students can be helped by SMART. For more information on how to be a SMART volunteer, contact Sue Craig through the Veneta Elementary School Office at 541-935-8225.
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tention Readers: In October we will be kicking of our 2015-2016 OBOB school competition. Third, fourth, and fifth grade students can form teams and enter the school competition. Sign ups will be in October and the actual competition itself in January/February. The winning team from our school will compete in the regional competitions in March.
Students interested in participating in OBOB this year can start reading the OBOB books now and start putting together their dream team of four students.