Vista Grande Elementary School Newsletter

September 4, 2020

Classroom Parent Volunteers

Calling all VG parents!

By now, your classroom teachers should have shared a Classroom Volunteer Sign-Up with you in order to recruit some extra helping hands. Many of the traditional classroom volunteer roles have been eliminated due to the current circumstances, however, it’s more important than ever that we help support our amazing classes and get involved in the larger Vista Grande community if at all possible. We understand that time is limited and bandwidths are stretched thin, so many of the volunteer roles can be shared with other parents and all are roles that are flexible and done from home. Please take a look and sign-up by NEXT FRIDAY (9/11), if you’re able.

Reach out to your teacher or the PTA EVP, Liz Wilson ([email protected]), with any questions. Thank you to all in advance - Go TEAM! (TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE)

Inclusion Book Club

This school year we will be launching a new school wide book club that will focus on educating our children and ourselves on racism/anti-racism. We are looking at books that can help families start conversations at home that will help children to better understand different things that are going on in our world today. We will be choosing a book each month for you to read along with your child/children. This is an in-home project and is not part of the school curriculum.

We will be breaking the school into two different book groups: K-2 and 3-5.

Below are the books we have chosen for the month of September:

For the K-2 group we are reading- “The Day You Begin” By Jacqueline Woodson

Below are some questions to help parents start conversations with their kids:

What is one way that you feel very different than most people around you?

How could people support you?

How could you support others who feel different?

What examples of people's differences did the author highlight in the story?

Below is a link of a read along for the book as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHadax8cKqk

For the 3-5 group we are reading- “Let’s Talk About Race” By Julius Lester

Below are some questions to help parents start conversations with their kids:

How did this book make you feel?

Are you better at something than others (sports, school, art, etc)?

Does that make you better than them as a person?

What does it mean to say everyone is equal?

Below is a link of a read along for the book as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vHymutysWU

Join Our Virtual PTA Meeting!

September 16, 7:00pm

Please join us for our next PTA meeting.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlcuqqqDktEt2If9TNaqh7LJ-Fs4dzuZjk

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Join us for the VIRTUAL Run for Education!

Registration is now open for the 37th Annual Run for Education!

Need an excuse to get the family off of screens and outside? Start training for the Run for Education! This family event can be a great motivator for kids and parents alike…

Your benefits from registration

The low registration price of $25 includes a cape for Mini runners, while Friendship and Virtual runners receive a running buff! You can still order a shirt to keep your collection up to date. Certificates of completion can be printed from September 12 - October 11 if you choose to upload your results.

We are excited about the possibilities this new format offers our school! This is a healthy, family activity we can all enjoy while still observing proper physical distancing AND raising funds to support our programs and people! Register at www.srvef.org/the-run. Questions? Contact Karen Robman at [email protected]

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