Lisa Leatham, Principal
The Fern Ridge Family Resource Center, located at Veneta Elementary School and serving students birth to five throughout the district, will host a workshop to help families promote early reading skills. Aimed at parents but with activities for children, the workshop will be in the Konnie Room at the Fern Ridge Community Library from 6:30 to 7:30 on Thursday, May 5th.
The workshop will be lead by Fern Ridge School District Kindergarten teachers Mari Jones and Michelle Marshall, along with the children’s librarian Sharon Chittock from The Fern Ridge Library. This will be a hands-on workshop where parents can pick up ideas and strategies that they can use immediately. Families will also get to make and take reading activities that they can do at home. Children are welcome.
For more information contact the Family Resource Center at 541-935-8225.
Teacher Appreciation Week is May 2nd through May 6th. We are extremely lucky to have the great teachers that we have at Veneta Elementary 
School. Each and everyone of them cares deeply about their students and is dedicated to their job. They put in countless hours at school and then even more hours at home preparing for school.
This is our time to say thank you to them and to let them know how much we appreciate what they do and how well they do it. Take a moment this week to write a note to your child’s teacher thanking them for all that they do or help your child write a note. Teachers become teachers in the first place because they want to make a difference in the life of a child. If there is a teacher who has made that difference for your child, take the time this week to let them know that their hard work and commitment paid off.
In response to parent requests, we have added one evening hour to our Kindergarten registration for parents who cannot make it during the day. The office will be open from 6 PM to 7 PM on Friday, May 6th for registration in addition to the 9 AM to Noon time.
Veneta Elementary School will officially start registering students for 2016-17 Kindergarten classes on May 6th. Kindergarten Registration takes place on May 6th, not May 5th as stated in the article in the Fern Ridge Review.
Families can begin the registration process now by going online at http://frnenrollment.spihost.com After completing the online enrollment, families must still bring a copy of their child’s birth certificate, proof of residence, and immunization information to the school on May 6th. Families must also fill out transportation and field trip forms in person at the school.
To assist families who may not have internet access at home, Veneta Elementary School will have computers available for families to use to register their child on May 6th from 9:00 to Noon. Also during that time, the Fern Ridge Family Resource Center will host an open play date for preschool aged children. While parents complete the registration process, their preschool aged child(ren) will be having fun coloring and doing other fun activities with our Family Resource Center Coordinator Angie Trent.
Additional information and details on the new registration process can be found on the Veneta Elementary School website at http://www.fernridge.k12.or.us/venetaele/ Families should also feel free to contact the school directly at 541-935-8225 with any questions.
Children must be five years old by September 1st to enroll in kindergarten for the 2016-17 school year. Families that are unable to register on May 6th can register any time after May 6th. All online registrations are only pending until the family completes the process in person at the school. Veneta Elementary’s School Office is open from 6:30 AM to 3:00 PM.
Welcome to Veneta Elementary School! We are excited to include your family as part of our school community and hope to make
this transition for you and your child as easy as possible. NEW for the 2016-17 school year, the Fern Ridge School District has an easy-to-use, secure online registration system for KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION ONLY. This allows you to complete many of the forms required for registering your child. You will still need to provide additional documentation to the school to complete the registration process. Please click on the following for instructions and how to access the link. Please read the directions carefully before going to the online registration form. It will really help you complete the forms easier if you read the directions first. 🙂
Online Kindergarten Registration Instructions
To register online click here or go to http://frnenrollment.spihost.com
If you have any questions, please contact:
Ronda Henneman @ 541-935-8225, or email @ rhenneman@fernridge.k12.or.us
Lorie Haffner @ 541-935-8225, or email @ lhaffner@fernridge.k12.or.us
Becky Dube’ @ 541-935-2253 ext. 1210 or email @ rdube@fernridge.k12.or.us
Families interested in having their incoming kindergarten student participate in the KITS program this summer can find out more information about KITS by attending our KITS Information Night in the Konnie Room at the Fern Ridge Library on April 28th at 6:30
PM.
KITS (Kids In Transition to School) helps students learn the academic, social, and emotional skills that will help them be successful in a classroom setting when they start kindergarten in the fall. The program offers two hour sessions twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday) in July and August. They follow up with one session a week in September/October to help students make the transition into kindergarten. The program also includes a parent component to provide support and help to families during this transition. There is no charge for the program and transportation will be provided. The KITS program is open to students who will be attending kindergarten at either Veneta or Elmira Elementary school this fall.
For more information about the KITS program come to our KITS Information Night on April 28th or contact Angie Trent or Olivia Johnson at 541-935-8225. You can also find out information about KITS on their website by clicking here.
Elmira High School will have the first ever Elmira High School All Skills Youth Camp hosted by the administration and athletic coaches from the high school for incoming grades 3rd through 8th on June 20-24, 2016. The following sports will be introduced and practiced throughout the week: Basketball, Soccer, Football, Volleyball, Baseball, Softball and Track and Field. For more information and registration form, please click here.
Please join us on Friday, April 15th for our annual Earth Day celebration from 11 AM to 2 PM. There will be hands-on activities for students and many things to do and see. Younger siblings are invited as well. Here is a schedule of when classes are coming to the Earth Day Fair.
11:00 Chen, Wyncoop 11:30 Beller, McGuire
12:00 Knox, Cutsforth, Orme 12:30 Guill, Greene
1:00 Pebworth, Messman, Moeller 1:30 Peirce, Marshall, EES Kinder
Only Six More Days to our 13th Annual Veneta Elementary School Auction on Saturday, April 9th. Doors Open at 5:00 PM. Silent Auction Ends at 6:30. Oral Auction begins at 7:00. The Fern Ridge Kiwanis Club will be selling food at our auction. $3 BBQ Pork Sliders, $3 Walking Tacos, $1 for water/Gatorade/Juices. Credit cards will be accepted. There will be a bake sale as well.
We are giving away a $100 gift card to Winco as a door prize at the end of the night. No purchase is necessary to win the door prize but you must be present at the end of the night. This year we will not be providing child care during the auction.
Our 4th/5th grade Choir will perform before the oral auction and during the intermission of the oral auction.
Help Support Our School. Funds raised go towards field trips, assemblies, playground equipment, and much more! Please follow the jump for a partial list of items that will be up for bid during the event: Continue reading
We had a great turnout for our kindergarten information night. It was a 
lot of fun meeting all of our future kindergarten students and their families.
We have just updated our kindergarten registration links and information for next year. You will see the link to our kindergarten registration page on the right hand side. Continue reading
Auction Highlights
Come to our Auction on April 9th. You can bid on the following packages:
- Get creative at Brushfire and then have lunch with Mrs. McGuire and Ms. Beller
- Spend the day with Mrs. Orme and her husband on their boat on the river. Float and fish in their drift boat including a picnic lunch.
- Have dinner with Mrs. Pebworth and her family.
- Principal for the Day- Your child can be VES Principal for a Day. This includes a “working” lunch with their “assistant” principal Ms. Johnson.
- Get creative and build something with Mr. Moeller who is offering to work on a woodworking project with a student.
- Have lunch and take in a ballet or concert at the Hult Center in Eugene with Mrs. McGuire and Ms. Knox.
- Teacher for the day- Take over Mrs. Pebworth’s second grade class for the day.
Staff Lunches: The following staff members will also be available to bid on during the silent auction. The winning bidder will have a special lunch with the staff member that they “won”:
- Olivia Johnson
- Erika McGuire
- Makenzie Knox
- Kasey Cutsforth
- Amanda Wyncoop
- Angie Pebworth
- Mirka Chen
- Daniel Kallio
- Melody Kallio
- Kyle Moeller
- Michelle Marshall
Don’t forget that each class is creating a wonderful, creative, and one of a kind project that will also be up for bid at the auction. We also have great items that have been donated. Doors open at 5:00 on April 9th. Credit cards accepted. Come to our auction and support our school!