Reflections Art Program – Thank You for Your Masterpiece

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Thank you to all the students who took their time to create and participate in this year’s Reflections art program, “Heroes Around Me!” We are in awe of their creativity and enormous talent to take a theme and let their imagination and observations do the talking!

Submissions were due yesterday and judging will occur early next week. If your student submitted a piece of artwork, you should be receiving a confirmation by Saturday.

*** You may also receive an email if the submission is missing a consent form or if artwork was not submitted properly. For example, for all visual arts submitted but is not attached to a firm surface, you will receive communication to pick it up and mount it on something that will keep it sturdy. Judging will occur on Monday afternoon. Please make sure to contact us if you have any concerns: reflections@vistaverdepta.org.

Please make sure to visit all of the beautiful submissions in the library next week!

Thank you, once again, for letting your students share their gift of creativity!

Beach Clean Up – October 20 – Saturday

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Girl Scout Troop 3441 warmly invites Vista Verde families

to join them for a morning of community service:

BEACH CLEAN UP

Saturday, October 20 (9:00am – 11:00 am)

Big Corona State Beach, CDM

Help support the girls in earning their Bronze Award!

Rsvp: gstroop3441ofoc@gmail.com

Walk to School Day – October 24 – Wednesday

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Walk to School Day is coming up!

We are going to have our walking or biking to school on Thursday, October 24th!

We would like to create a sense of awareness for the importance of mental health, and the role it plays in preventing future drug abuse! We encourage participants to wear something red! Irvine Police will be present and volunteers will be there to cheer you on!

VV Foundation: Cards for Stars – November 16 – Friday

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The Vista Verde Foundation is thrilled to announce the 5th Annual Cards for Stars Casino Night presented by The Watson Team.

This year’s event at the fabulous Pelican Hill Resort will be a truly spectacular evening of masquerade and Las Vegas style gaming.

Join us Friday, November 16th, 2018. You won’t want to miss out on any of the fun!

Please visit www.CardsForStars.com for ticket and sponsorship information

PTA Coffee Connection – October 12 – Friday – Today

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Interested in finding out more about our PTA? After you drop off your kids, come to our PTA Kickoff Coffee Connection, and let us welcome you to the school year with some hot coffee – on us!

If you’ve been a bit curious about PTA, but have yet to take the next step, this will be a great opportunity to learn more about how our PTA works, ask questions, meet our reps, and chat with other families.

WHEN: Friday, October 12, 8:30am
WHERE: In front of the school, outside of the MPR

All are welcome – we hope you’ll join us!!

Pre-Purchase Your Tickets for Family Fun Night NOW!!!

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Pre-purchase tickets for concessions, game booths, and teacher raffles via PayPal and skip those long lines!

Tickets to FFN activities will be online this year and you may pick up your tickets at Will Call on October 26. All games, activities, and food/drink concessions may be purchased with tickets only. Most items or games will cost between 2-5 tickets.

Price:
Concession/Game Tickets: 5 tickets for $5, 10 tickets for $10, and 25 tickets for $20.
Teacher Raffle Tickets: $5 per ticket or 5 tickets for $20.
In the Shopping Cart page you can specify the quantity of each item you are purchasing.

Children and families may use tickets to purchase concessions (such as hot dogs, candy, snacks), cotton candy, popcorn, drinks, baked goods from Raise the Bar. Carnival game/activity booths this year include Balloon Artists, Face Painters, Game Trucks, Carnival Games with Prizes, Stilt Walkers, DJ and more!!

Based on past experience, 25-40 tickets per child is probably enough for a fun afternoon. You will also be able to buy more tickets onsite.

What are Teacher Raffle Tickets? Our wonderful Vista Verde teachers and staff have generously donated special experiences to the lucky winners in each grade (grades K-5). A few special winners will also get to be Principal For A Day or have lunch with our Assistant Principal. Each student in K-5 will receive one free raffle ticket to enter the raffle, but buying more tickets means more chances to win! Past examples of teacher raffle prizes include a Lunch Date at Ruby’s Diner and a Book from our Kindergarten Team or Popcorn, Popsicles, and Pictionary! with our Third Grade Team. More information about teacher raffle prizes to come!

Keep your PayPal receipt. You can pick up your pre-purchased tickets at our Will Call table on October 26 starting at 3:15 PM. The event is from 3:30-6:30PM.
Thank you for supporting the Vista Verde PTA!

ACE Fall Classes Registration Starts October 13 – Saturday

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Registration will start this weekend 10/13 and ends on 10/21.

Classes offer in this session include:

Young Einsteins: Super Scientiests
SWARM (Tues and Fri)
Code Academy: App & Game Dev
Star Wars Claymation Moviemaking
Cooking, Baking & Savory Creations
Chess
STEM Learning w/ LEGO: Forces of Learning
Fashion Design & Sewing Basics

Any questions please contact Shirin Aframian at vistaverdeace@gmail.com.

Financial Aid is available.

Please click here for brochures.

Red Ribbon Week 2018 – October 15-19th

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Stress, anxiety, depression… we all face pressures in our daily lives. And now, more than ever, our children are faced with the same issues.

Vista Verde School counselors and psychologists and Vista Verde PTA have partnered to create an amazing Red Ribbon Week Program by giving students tools on how to deal with everyday stress through mindful activities! Children will learn all about mindfulness and self-care!

Parents will also learn through daily posts on social media: Facebook, Instagram.

Reflections Art Program ends October 17th!

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The National PTA Reflections Art Program will soon come to an end. This year’s theme is “Heroes Around Me.” Please turn in your artwork at the Reflections table in front of the school on Wednesday, October 17th, either before school from 8:00-8:30 a.m. or after school, from 3-3:45pm. All entries must be submitted within the guidelines and with a completed entry form and a consent form. Incomplete entries will be rejected. You can find the guidelines here: http://www.vistaverdepta.org/reflections. For additional questions, please contact the Reflections Committee at reflections@vistaverdepta.org”

Lilli LaBuen Gillen
llagillen@gmail.com