IPSF Afterschool Classroom Enrichment (ACE) Online Classes Now Enrolling

IPSF’s next session of ACE Online offers over 100 fun and engaging after school online classes for students in grades 1-8. They have added exciting new classes including Nintendo Gamemakers, Mystery Science, and Entrepreneurship, to name a few. Registration is now open, and classes will fill up fast! For more information and registration, please click here.

IPSF Enrichment Day – Monday, February 15

IPSF is excited to once again offer in-person workshops during Enrichment Day on Monday, February 15 at Westwood Training Center*. Students in grades 1-8 can spend the school holiday learning new skills like chess strategy, magic routines, sewing, or programming BattleBots.

For more details and registration please click here.

Sacramento Safari 2021 – Monday February 22nd, 09:30 – 12:00 (noon) & Tuesday, February 23rd, 1:00-4:00 PM

All PTA members are invited to join the Sacramento Safari 2021. Registration is free, but you must be a current PTA member to attend. Registration is now open through Friday, February 5 at 12 AM (midnight). For details please refer to the flier. Please click here for registration.

Advocacy Forum – Friday January 22nd, 09:30 – 11:30

All PTA members are invited to join the Advocacy Forum. There is no charge, but you must be a PTA member to attend. Registration will close on Wednesday, January 20th at 12:00 PM (noon). For details please refer to the flier. Please click here for registration.

Cyberbullying and Digital Drama: Keeping Kids Safe, Happy, and Healthy in a Digital Age – January 12th at 5:30pm

All Vista Verde families are invited to join a live presentation by Jacquie Johnson from OCDE on Cyberbullying and Digital Drama, January 12th at 5:30 on zoom. Participants will learn about what cyberbullying looks like, how it affects youth, warning signs to watch for and strategies to prevent cyberbullying. For more details please refer to the flier.

Registration is required.

Cyberbullying Parent Presentation English Flier

Winter Break, Dec. 21, 2020 – Jan. 3, 2021

Winter break is December 21st to January 3rd. The PTA wishes our wonderful community a happy and healthy Holiday Season!

PTA General Assembly Meeting, January 20, 2021

Join the Vista Verde PTA at the next General Assembly meeting and meet newly-elected IUSD Board of Education Trustee, Cyril Yu. Registration is required.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe28VPpCf4eNz_OO2WMDecm9uDWPsqsME2FemJoyt-Ha5CVXA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Reflections Art Contest

Vista Verde Vikings are AWESOME! Out of the 72 students that participated in the Irvine Unified Council PTA Reflections Art program, 4 of our very own placed!

Congratulations to:

Noah Lee, 1st Place, Literature: Middle School

Noah will be moving on to the next level at the Fourth District PTA. Let’s Go, Noah! Let’s Go! You can read his winning poem, “Reasons,” here.

Aron Mostafavi, 2nd Place in Music, Primary (K-2nd). Listen to his original musical composition here.

Haeun Yoo, 2nd Place in Visual Arts, Intermediate (3rd-5th)

Sarah Ida, 2nd Place in Visual Arts, Middle School (6th-8th)

We are extremely proud of our students, and proud to be a part of such an amazing community at Vista Verde. Whether learning through IVA or on campus, we are all Vikings!

Thank you to our amazing Reflections team, Lilli LaBuen, Roxi Carter, and Anny Choe and to all of our wonderful teachers and staff who created a video that inspired so many to participate. And most of all, THANK YOU PTA members, for making this a possibility! Without your memberships and your support, we wouldn’t be able to do this!

May the Arts Be With You!

Interested in joining the PTA Board? Nominations are open!

The Vista Verde PTA is accepting nominations for the 2021-2022 school year. You may nominate yourself or someone else for any position.

For a description of the positions, please refer to the following link:  https://capta.org/pta-leaders/run-your-pta/job-descriptions/.

Below are the positions:

  • President
  • Vice President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Financial Secretary
  • Auditor
  • Historian
  • Parliamentarian (selected by the incoming President)
  • VP Ways & Means /Fundraising Chairman
  • VP Programs /Program Chairman
  • VP Communications
  • VP Membership
  • VP Volunteers / Volunteer Coordinator

If interested, please email Parliamentarian, Kimberly Murry at kimvvpta@gmail.com with your name and the board position(s) for which you are interested no later than January 15, 2021.

REFLECTIONS ART CONTEST

The PTA is excited to share that 4 Vista Verde students placed in the Reflections art program at the Irvine Unified Council PTA!

Visual Arts:

2nd Place Intermediate (3-5th): Haeun Yoo

2nd Place Middle School (6-8th): Sarah Ida

Music:

2nd Place Primary (K-2nd): Aron Mostafavi

Literature:

1st Place: Middle School (6-8th): Noah Lee

Noah will move on to the Fourth District (county-level). Congratulations to all the students!