Knightly News

Hello Valley View Families,

The time has come for us to all begin our first week. I have been so excited to see all of the wonderful students and to return to some sense of normalcy. We all know our 'normal' will be different. However, we will still create a welcoming environment where students feel like they belong, help each child grow, and have some fun together. I can't wait for the first day!

Updates:

Arrival/Dismissal: We provided videos in an email at the end of last week. Please take a moment to review them with your child in preparation of the first day of school. Arrival procedures and After School Parent Pick Up has been changed.

oBus arrival in the morning - https://youtu.be/pLMOyK6DWl4

oParent drop off in the morning - https://youtu.be/-GTIkh-EjaI

oPM Parent Pick up - https://youtu.be/d_cH8f1zck0

NEW this year - Breakfast will be served in the classroom each morning this year. Families need to pre-order lunches as well. Please visit the Food Service site for more information.

If you need assistance with childcare when students are not at school, please see the attachment about a collaboration with the YMCA. ( YMCA collaboration.docx )

Below is the calendar for September that identifies which days each group physically attends school for the hybrid model. Remember that on the opposite days your child should attend school via live-video conferencing and follow the same school schedule as if they were at school. Live lessons start on September 8th for hybrid students.

Technology Support: If you are experiencing difficulty with district technology equipment, please contact the below numbers/email for support.

oParent support line - 262 229–1548 (Parents/students can text or call.)

oEmail support line - techhelp@sdmfschools.org

Thank you for choosing Valley View. If there is anything that I can do to assist, please do not hesitate to call or email me (posntin@sdmfschools.org). It will be a wonderful first week!

Respectfully,

Tina Posnanski

Principal

Hello Valley View Families,

It was a great first week at Valley View! I loved seeing all of the students in person! All students did a phenomenal job following our safety procedures and wearing masks.

Updates:

• Our synchronous lessons begin this week for our at home portion of the hybrid learning. All students will follow similar schedules to when they are at school. Last week the teachers reviewed how to log onto Google Meet in order to join the live lessons. In addition to the live lessons, students will also engage in independent work asynchronously. This is a new journey for us; therefore, we will experience some bumps along the way. Our fully virtual students and teachers experienced a few last week, but improvement was seen by the second day. Please be patient. We are all working through this together. If you are unable to get onto the lesson, try your best to keep trying and let your teacher know if you don't have luck. If you lose connection, try to join again. No need to panic. We’ll figure it out together, and we’ll all have patience with each other.
  • Portions of live-streamed lessons will be recorded. During the recorded portions of class, the focus will be on the teacher or on a shared document. The intent is to provide a method for students to access learning if they face barriers to joining in real-time.
  • Teachers will alert students when they are recording. Students who do not want their image or voice included in the recording, should remain on mute and turn off their cameras. Teachers will alert their students when they have stopped recording.
• The USDA announced last week that all students can receive free breakfasts and lunches at school. They are even available to students not in school, including our at home hybrid and fully virtual students. See more information here. Free Meals for All Students Communication to SDMF Families 9_1_20.pdf
• Technology Support: If you are experiencing difficulty with district technology equipment, please contact the below numbers/email for support.

oParent support line - (262) 229–1548 (Parents/students can text or call.)

oEmail support line - techhelp@sdmfschools.org

Thank you for choosing Valley View. If there is anything that I can do to assist, please do not hesitate to call or email me (posntin@sdmfschools.org). It will be a wonderful week!

Respectfully,

Tina Posnanski

Principal

Hello Valley View Families,

We had another great week and have been sharing pictures on the Valley View Facebook page. Check out our Facebook page all year to see some of the awesome things we are doing at Valley View.

Updates:

• This week is our first 5 day week. Wednesday is a Group A day.

Fully-Virtual families are invited to attend a Literacy and Math Parent Support meeting on Wednesday, September 16th, at 6:00 p.m. We will share strategies that families can use to support fully-virtual students in their literacy and math learning. Time will be reserved for questions and answers. Information on how to join the meeting was sent via school messenger to fully-virtual families. The link to join can also be found at https://www.fallsschools.org/news/calendar connected to Valley View.

• Technology Support: If you are experiencing difficulty with district technology equipment, please contact the below numbers/email for support.

oParent support line - (262) 229–1548 (Parents/students can text or call.)

oEmail support line - techhelp@sdmfschools.org

Thank you for choosing Valley View. If there is anything that I can do to assist, please do not hesitate to call or email me (posntin@sdmfschools.org). It will be a wonderful week!

Respectfully,

Tina Posnanski

Principal

Hello Valley View Families,

This weekend was beautiful. We hope you enjoyed some time outside. We are starting to get in a groove with the hybrid and virtual model here at school and at home. Our students and families are awesome! Thank you to the students for being responsible with following our safety procedures and joining our virtual classes on time. Thank you to all families for partnering with us! If you have any feedback for us, please feel free to reach out as we are always working to improve for students and families.

Updates:

• Wednesday is a Group B day. It is also a yellow week which means there will be some minor changes to your classroom schedule. Your classroom teacher will notify you of the changes.

• Parent Information Night (PIN) is traditionally a night to invite parents into Valley View to learn more about the classroom and the year ahead. This year we will be hosting a virtual PIN night on Wednesday, September 23rd. Your classroom teacher will be sharing the link with you early this week. We are also staggering the grade level times so that you are able to join multiple grade levels if you have multiple children at Valley View.

o5:30 - Fourth Grade

o6:00 - Fifth Grade

o6:30 - Third Grade

• As we’ve gotten a couple of weeks into the school year, we are aware that some families are still facing the challenge of finding child care for the at-home portion of the hybrid school week. One of our community partners, the Children’s Community Center (CCC) contacted us saying that they have a limited number of spots available for students in the B group, that would need childcare on Mondays, Tuesdays and alternating Wednesdays. They have indicated that they are able to support students with their at home learning on those days. If you are interested you can contact CCC at 262-251-1212.
• Technology Support: If you are experiencing difficulty with district technology equipment, please contact the below numbers/email for support.

oParent support line - (262) 229–1548 (Parents/students can text or call.)

oEmail support line - techhelp@sdmfschools.org

Thank you for choosing Valley View. If there is anything that I can do to assist, please do not hesitate to call or email me (posntin@sdmfschools.org). It will be a fantastic week!

Respectfully,

Tina Posnanski

Principal

Hello Valley View Families,

What a great weekend of weather and hopefully we can get a few more of those! As you are aware of now, all students are slated to come back to school at Valley View on October 12. Our protocols have been working for students and staff and please be assured that we are reviewing those in the weeks ahead to make sure we continue to stop the spread with all students returning.

Updates:

• Wednesday is a Group A day. It is also a Yellow week which means there will be some minor changes to your classroom schedule. Your classroom teacher will notify you of the changes.

• You did not have the week of October 5th on your calendar for the hybrid schedule, but it will remain the same with "A" students coming on Mondays and Tuesdays and "B" students coming on Wednesday, October 7, Thursday and Friday.
• The School District of Menomonee Falls is working each day to provide a great place for students to learn, teachers to teach, employees to work, and parents to send their children for an excellent education. During our return to learning this fall, we are committed to listening and responding to your experiences as parents or guardians to student(s) in our school system. Our partners at Studer Education are providing you with an opportunity to provide feedback anonymously, at the link below. Please take a few minutes to complete the 30-Day Parent/Caregiver Survey at this link: Parent Survey Link.

The survey is scheduled to open on September 25 and remain open through October 2, 2020.

The survey takes approximately 5 minutes to complete. Your feedback will be used to celebrate our successes and to create action plans for improvement associated with our return to school. Your input is valuable; please take a few minutes to complete the survey. Thank you for your interest in and support of your child’s education with us. Please contact me if you have any questions concerning the survey.

Picture Take days are quickly approaching. All families should use this link for online ordering, https://orders.schoolandsportpics.com/ordering There will be NO paper order forms handed in or money taken at school this year. Use the drop down menu in this link to select Valley View Elementary 2020-2021. The link will work until one week after the picture dates. Below is the schedule -

oMonday, October 5th for A day students. Pictures will be taken during school.

oFriday, October 9th for B day students. Pictures will be taken during school.

oMonday, October 5th 5:00p-7:00p for ALL our Fully Virtual

*** Valley View students - meaning, if you would normally attend Valley View for in school learning, this is YOU! For our Fully Virtual students, a sign up genius link was sent ONLY to you last week. Please let us know if you didn't receive it.

• PTO Restaurant Night is at Chipotle on October 14th from 4:00-8:00 pm. Mark your calendars!
• A student at Menomonee Falls High School is working on her Girl Scout Gold Award Project, where she created four school supply cupboards that are placed at the four elementary schools within the community, and were created to help those who are in need of school supplies, but are available for everyone to use and donate to. At our school, you can find the cupboard near (and then list where it is; SL: by small playground, BF: by 4K entrance; RS: by nature center; VV: near exit driveway). If you wish to find out more information about her project, how to help, or where the other cupboards are located, please visit her website at: https://communitygivingcupboards.weebly.com/.
• Technology Support: If you are experiencing difficulty with district technology equipment, please contact the below numbers/email for support.

oParent support line - (262) 229–1548 (Parents/students can text or call.)

oEmail support line - techhelp@sdmfschools.org

Thank you for choosing Valley View. If there is anything that I can do to assist, please do not hesitate to call or email me (posntin@sdmfschools.org). It will be a fantastic week!

Respectfully,

Tina Posnanski

Principal

Hello Valley View Families,

I hope you’re enjoying this sunny, but crisp fall day. We will hear more this week about the delay of our transition to fully in person learning and how it will affect Valley View. Our students’ and staff safety is our top priority. Please help out by being responsible around your home and in the community. We need to stay healthy to stay open.

Updates:

• Wednesday is a Group B day. It is also a Blue week which means there will be some minor changes to your classroom schedule. Your classroom teacher will notify you of the changes.

*** Please note the week of October 12th. If we are still in the hybrid model, this is a four day week. Therefore, each group will have two days to be present at school and two days to join virtually.

• Picture Take days are quickly approaching. All families should use this link for online ordering, https://orders.schoolandsportpics.com/ordering There will be NO paper order forms handed in or money taken at school this year. Use the drop down menu in this link to select Valley View Elementary 2020-2021. The link will work until one week after the picture dates. Below is the schedule -

oMonday, October 5th for A day students. Pictures will be taken during school.

oFriday, October 9th for B day students. Pictures will be taken during school.

oMonday, October 5th at 5:00pm-7:00pm for ALL our Fully Virtual

*** Valley View students - meaning, if you would normally attend Valley View for in school learning, this is YOU! For our Fully Virtual students, A sign up genius link was sent ONLY to you last week. Please let us know if you didn't receive it.

• PTO Restaurant Night is at Chipotle on October 14th from 4:00-8:00 pm. Mark your calendars!
• Our PTO is looking to fill Executive Board positions! If you are interested please view the attached nomination form. Elections to be held on October 20th meeting. (Nomination Form)
• Technology Support: If you are experiencing difficulty with district technology equipment, please contact the below numbers/email for support.

oParent support line - (262) 229–1548 (Parents/students can text or call.)

oEmail support line - techhelp@sdmfschools.org

Thank you for choosing Valley View. If there is anything that I can do to assist, please do not hesitate to call or email me (posntin@sdmfschools.org). It will be a fantastic week!

Respectfully,

Tina Posnanski

Principal

Hello Valley View Families,

Last week was another great week at Valley View. Many children arrived to school in their 'fancy' clothes or ready for pictures. The weather was also beautiful so many classes had some special activities outside. The weather this week will be getting a little more fall-like. So remember to send a light jacket for recess. Our PE classes will also be held outside (weather permitting).

Updates:

• Morning supervision begins at 8:30 am. Please plan your morning routine so that students are not dropped off prior to 8:30 am. Students should remain in their cars until 8:30 am when a supervisor exits the front door. Thank you for helping to maintain safety procedures.
• Wednesday is a Group B day. It is also a Blue week. Your classroom teacher will notify you when your specials are.

• Picture Re-Take days: If your child was absent or you would like a picture re-take, below are the dates. If your child is fully virtual and you didn't get your picture taken or want a re-take, there will be a sign-up genius document coming home for you to select a time to come to Valley View for your picture.

oThursday, Oct. 15 for B day students. Pictures will be taken during school.

§Fully virtual students may sign up and come to Valley View anytime on Oct. 15th between 8:45 am - noon.

oMonday, Oct. 19 for A day students. Pictures will be taken during school.

§Fully virtual students may sign up and come to Valley View anytime on Oct. 19th between 8:45 am - noon.

*** Valley View virtual students - meaning, if you would normally attend Valley View for in school learning, this is YOU!

• PTO Restaurant Night is at Chipotle on October 14th from 4:00-8:00 pm. Mark your calendars!
• Our PTO fall submission for Box Tops is soon! If you have any physical Box Tops, please send them to school by Friday, October 23rd. The physical Box Tops are being phased out, so search in your app store for the Box Tops for Education app where you can upload a picture of your receipt...no clipping necessary! When signing up and creating your account, you can select either Shady Lane Elementary or Valley View Elementary. Our schools have raised about $85 so far this year from Box Tops!
• Supercuts in Menomonee Falls has offered to hold a fundraiser for us! Running now through November 8th, if you mention or show this flyer during your haircut, $2 from each haircut will be donated to our PTO! It can be used multiple times, so feel free to share this with your friends and family! Supercuts Flyer
• Our PTO is looking to fill Executive Board positions! If you are interested please view the attached nomination form. Elections to be held on October 20th meeting. (Nomination Form)
• Technology Support: If you are experiencing difficulty with district technology equipment, please contact the below numbers/email for support.

oParent support line - (262) 229–1548 (Parents/students can text or call.)

oEmail support line - techhelp@sdmfschools.org

Thank you for choosing Valley View. If there is anything that I can do to assist, please do not hesitate to call or email me (posntin@sdmfschools.org). It will be a fantastic week!

Respectfully,

Tina Posnanski

Principal

Hello Valley View Families,

I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend!

Updates:

• Wednesday is a Group A day. It is also a Yellow week. Your classroom teacher will notify you when your specials are.

• Picture Re-Take days: If your child was absent or you would like a picture re-take, below are the dates. If your child is fully virtual and you didn't get your picture taken or want a re-take, there will be a sign-up genius document coming home for you to select a time to come to Valley View for your picture.

oMonday, Oct. 19 for A day students. Pictures will be taken during school.

§Fully virtual students may sign up and come to Valley View anytime on Oct. 19th between 8:45 am - noon.

*** Valley View virtual students - meaning, if you would normally attend Valley View for in school learning, this is YOU!

• Our PTO is looking to fill Executive Board positions! If you are interested, please view the attached nomination form. Elections will be held during this Tuesday, October 20th at the virtual PTO meeting. (Nomination Form)
  • Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92555228941?pwd=QVREeE44NHF0QVF3eXVvamo3Nyt5dz09
  • Meeting ID: 925 5522 8941
  • Passcode: SVPTO
• Our PTO fall submission for Box Tops is soon! If you have any physical Box Tops, please send them to school by Friday, October 23rd. The physical Box Tops are being phased out, so search in your app store for the Box Tops for Education app where you can upload a picture of your receipt...no clipping necessary! When signing up and creating your account, you can select either Shady Lane Elementary or Valley View Elementary. Our schools have raised about $85 so far this year from Box Tops!
• Supercuts in Menomonee Falls has offered to hold a fundraiser for us! Running now through November 8th, if you mention or show this flyer during your haircut, $2 from each haircut will be donated to our PTO! It can be used multiple times, so feel free to share this with your friends and family! Supercuts Flyer
• Technology Support: If you are experiencing difficulty with district technology equipment, please contact the below numbers/email for support.

oParent support line - (262) 229–1548 (Parents/students can text or call.)

oEmail support line - techhelp@sdmfschools.org

Thank you for choosing Valley View. If there is anything that I can do to assist, please do not hesitate to call or email me (posntin@sdmfschools.org). It will be a fantastic week!

Respectfully,

Tina Posnanski

Principal