Happy Holidays from Valley Elementary (December Newsletter)

As winter settles in and the snow begins to fly, Valley Elementary is settling in for a short winters nap. Our Holiday break is closing in and it will be time for family, fun and giving. 

This year's Holiday Break will be December 24th, 2014 through January 2nd, 2015. 

The Children will return to school on Monday January 5th, 2015.

**Our Holiday Shop this year was a resounding success. Debbie Crawford would like to once again thank each and every volunteer that helped out. Your hard work and dedication to the children helped make things absolutely wonderful. Every child had a chance to shop and purchase gifts for their family members and even a little something for themselves. 

**We do want to take a moment to thank all those community members who donated items for our holiday shop, your generosity ensured that every child was able to purchase a gift. 

At this time we have No New Construction Update. Phase I is complete and Phase II is on hold. We are waiting on the Bid to go out for Phase II and the plans from the Architect and Engineer.  

The PTA hosted a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser which helped to send the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th grade classes on a field trip to Morgantown WV where they attended a showing of Mary Poppins at the Met Theater and afterwards had lunch at the WVU Coliseum where many children had a chance to have their picture taken in front of the Statue of Jerry West.  Mark Graham, principal at Valley Elementary overheard students proclaiming it was the best field trip they had every been on. 

 

A Special Thanks goes to Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Durr and the Volunteers from the Arthurdale Service Club who came to help serve the guests during the Spaghetti Dinner. We appreciate all of your hard work and help! Thanks Again!!!!!!!






Shirley Rogers, our Parent Volunteer Coordinator would like to let all parents know that work will begin on Dr. Seuss Week following the Christmas Holiday. She is looking for Parent Volunteers and Fresh New Ideas. A Planning Meeting will be held in Mid-January. Stay tuned for more details.

Don't Forget!!!!!! You are now able to buy your Child's Yearbook ONLINE! And until Midnight on December 31st, our Yearbook is on SALE (ONLINE ONLY)!!!! Take Advantage of the savings and order your child's yearbook in a Quick and Easy Manner. Order online Today!!!!    

Happy Holidays From Valley Elementary PTA! 

                                                                           

Science and Social Studies Fair Winners

Science and Social Studies Fairs

On December 10th, 2014 our 4th and 5th Grade Students at Valley Elementary participated in the Science and Social Studies Fairs. 

1.) We would like to take a moment to congratulate each and every child that participated and applaud their hard work. 

2.) Thank you to Mrs. Strahin and Miss Jones for all the hard work and help they gave to their students. 

    3.) Thank you to all the Judges who volunteered their time that day to judge the projects and give feedback to our students to help them further their education. 

** Finally, a big thank you goes out to Shirley Rogers who helped to coordinate the entire event. **

Our 4th Grade Students participated in the Social Studies Fair. Their projects were placed in Nine Different Categories and could chose to do an individual or group project. Below you will find our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each category for both Individual and Group.

World History (Individual)                                                      U.S History (Individual)

1st Place: Emma Street                                                           1st Place: Sierra Davis

2nd Place: Eowyn Frazier                                                       2nd Place: Madison Brown

3rd Place: Levi Lowdermilk                                                   3rd Place: Paige Harvey

(There were no Group Winners for World History)

                                                                

                                           U.S History (Group)   

                                          1st Place: Bryce Young & Logan Green                                                                                                   2nd Place: Caleb Cale & Aiden Pack

                                          3rd Place: Tara Hosaflook & Bethany Lipscomb

State and Local History                                               State and Local History (Group)      

1st Place: Haley Britton                                              1st Place: Cadence Wiles & Destiny Sisler

2nd Place: Devan Shaffer

3rd Place: Faith Cummings 

Psychology                                                                             Economics (Individual)

1st Place: Aubrey Baker                                                         1st Place: Daisy Greathouse  

2nd Place: Wayne & Donald Sanders (Twins)                       2nd Place: Camryn Bice

3rd Place: Maggie Swain                                                        3rd Place: Kira Barnes-Marra

                                                      Economics (Group)

                                      1st Place: Andrew Weaver & Tyler Bolyard

Sociology                                                                                 Anthropology

1st Place: Liliana Gregg                                                          3rd Place: Audrianna Weaver

2nd Place: Amelia Tichnell

3rd Place: Alex Shahan

   **There were no winners in the categories of Political Science and Geography.

                    Congratulations to All our Winners! 

Our 1st Place participants will move forward to the County Social Studies Fair. 

Our 5th Grade Students participated in the Science Fair. Their projects were placed in Five Different Categories and could chose to do an individual or group project. Below you will find our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each category for both Individual and Group.

Consumer Science (Individual)                            Consumer Science (Group)

1st Place: Wyatt Hershman                                   1st Place: Peyton Davis & Jonah Elswick

2nd Place: Makayla Bell                                       2nd Place: Ashley Stolte & Taylor Grimes

3rd Place: Madison Wolfe     

Chemistry (Individual)                                         Chemistry (Group)

1st Place: Alivia McIe                                           1st Place: Tyler Flesher & Kaleb Shaffer

2nd Place: Jessup Bennett

3rd Place: Isabella Dewitt 

Life Science (Individual)                                      Life Science (Group)

1st Place: Dakotah Hyre                                        1st Place: Todd Fraley & Trevor Thomas

2nd Place: Megan Field

3rd Place: Emily Keener     

Physics (Individual)                                          Physics (Group)

1st Place: Laydon Brandt                                  1st Place: Hannah Whistler & Donnella Shaffer

2nd Place: Maddie Larew                                 2nd Place: Eugene Shillenberg & Hunter Carpenter

3rd Place: Destinney Ringer                             3rd Place: Cole Lovejoy & Colton Shrout

Earth/Space/Environment                                **There were no group entries for Earth/Space

1st Place: Kim Keffer

2nd Place: Hannah Helms

3rd Place: Nick Graham       

  Congratulations to All our Winners! 

 Our 1st Place participants will move on to the County Science Fair.

Finally we would like to thank each and every parent/guardian that supported their children as they worked hard on their projects and to each individual who was able to attend the awards ceremony we thank you. 

                            

                                                                  

NOVEMBER NEWS

Valley Elementary PTA November News

November arrived and brought with it chilly temperatures and lots of activities here at Valley. Student Teachers have been working in some of our classrooms gathering knowledge and experience from our Valley Teachers. Over the course of the next few months we will feature those student teachers and how they are enjoying their time in the VES classrooms.

Construction Update

 Construction Update: Phase I construction is complete. We have a new parking lot and the front of the building is ready for New Construction. The next phase of the construction will be the actual building of the new West Preston addition. The project is scheduled to go out for bid soon.

Veterans Luncheon

73 Veterans attended our luncheon. The children really enjoyed themselves. We would like to send out a thank you to Mrs. Pifer’s Kindergarten class and to the VES Student Council for singing during yesterday’s program. A thank you also goes out to each and every volunteer who took time to help with the day.

This year Valley Elementary is proud to announce the arrival of WVU Benedum Students to our campus. VES teachers are mentoring these women as they further their Education and help to enrich the lives of our children.

Our Tutors spend up to 2 Hours a week in classrooms helping students.

-      Danielle Bopf is working with Mrs. Fortney

-      Erica Pifer is working with Mrs. Sisler

-      Emily Harbour is working with Mrs. Williams.

Our next level of WVU students are Our Participants. These young women are in our school 12 hours a week helping our students.

-      Amy Klug is working with Mrs. Durr

-      Julianne Taylor is working with Mrs. Strahin

-      Lacey Dunaway is working with Mrs. Bell

Finally we have our Interns who are in our classrooms Every Instructional Day helping and teaching our students.

-      Chelsie Dorsey is working with Mrs. Miranov

-      Brooke Alt is working with Ms. Dewitt

-      Chelsie Allen is working with Ms. Jones

Through the WVU MAC Program (Master and Certification) we have Two Student Teachers joining us in our Classrooms.

-      Jill Damm is working with Mrs. Sisler

-      Christina Mehrtens is working with Mrs. Floyd

Parent Volunteer Coordinator Update

1.) There are now 3 Information Centers for Parents @ Valley.

  2.) All Centers are located near the Front Office area of the school. 

3.) One bulletin board will display all PTA/Volunteer information. 

          4.) One bulletin board will display our Students of the Month. 

5.) Our main Center has information concerning Basketball, Cyber bullying and all Collection Boxes (Box Tops, Coke Lids, Etc.) 

On a final note. From all of the PTA officers and members we would like to take a moment to Wish each and every Family in our Valley Elementary Community a Warm, Safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!

Welcome VES Community

WELCOME 

Welcome to the all new Valley Elementary Cougar's Corner. The new blog spot that will be replacing the Valley Elementary PTA newsletter. We want our parents, grandparents and community to be able to have access to the most up to date information concerning activities, fundraisers, and all ideas with our PTA. Each month we send home a long newsletter showcasing our events and PTA news. We all know that this newsletter can get lost in transition, is forgotten in the abyss that is the children's desks at school and so many other reasons that we as parents do not see these newsletters. With our new Blog you as parents will have instant access to the news as we write it. Our blog is available online and through the Blogger App that can be downloaded through Google Play or iTunes. You Do Not have to have a gmail account to read our Blog. We will be able to showcase our school and our PTA throughout the school year and at times will have Guest Bloggers who will be able to provide our community with some very important information on popular topics. So Welcome Again to our new Blog! I hope this will be another tool to keep everyone as informed as possible. I look forward to future posts!