Join the Vista Verde PTA for our Family Fun-draising events! Give yourself a break from cooking and dine out on February 18 & February 23.
Congratulations to 7th Grader, Noah Lee! This year’s Reflections theme was I MATTER BECAUSE and we offered multiple art categories including dance, film production, literature, music, photography, and visual arts, as well as a newer category: Special Artist.
Not only did Noah place first in the Literature category here at Vista Verde, and Irvine Unified Council PTA, but he just placed first at county level with The Fourth District PTA! NOAH LEE IS MOVING ON TO STATE! The Vista Verde community is extremely proud and grateful to Noah for sharing the importance of words and how it can inspire so many. The following is his artist statement, which is always submitted with entries:
“Literature is a way of communicating to people. In this poem, I used symbolism and metaphors to help the reader more visualize what I was trying to say, and to relate it to other things. The purpose of writing this poem was to communicate to others why they matter. When people are depressed or sad, they can see all the reasons why they matter in the world. Showing the reasons why me, one person in a multi-billion population, matters in the world.”
You can read his winning entry, REASONS, here. Congratulations, Noah! We’re rooting for you!
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.
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.
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.
Winter break is December 21st to January 3rd. The PTA wishes our wonderful community a happy and healthy Holiday Season!
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.
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!
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:
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.
It’s holiday shopping season! The Vista Verde PTA is partnering with Gorjana for a shopping fundraiser on December 3rd & 4th. Shop through this link only, and Gorjana will donate a portion of the proceeds to our PTA.
Please visit https://bit.ly/2SIUun7 and enter code: SP-VVS into the Discount Code section at checkout.
