Welcome Back VASA Families
Dear VASA Students, Parents & Guardians,
Welcome back to school! All the VASA staff wishes everyone a happy and prosperous New Year!
I hope you all had a wonderful and restful Winter Break.
We all look forward to having our VASA Explorers back in school and getting smarter every day.
It is always a joy to work with your children, thank you for sharing them with us. A few friendly reminders as we get back into our daily routines:
-Breakfast is from 7:30 AM to 7:55 AM.
-School begins at 8:05 AM and is dismissed at 2:45 PM except Thursday’s.
- Thursday’s are minimum day. Dismissal is 1:00 PM
-For the safety of our students and staff, please drop off your students in the safety zone following the traffic flow going South on Glenn.
-Our dress code is navy, white, hunter green, and khaki.
-VASA Spirit Day is Friday’s; don’t forget to buy your VASA tee-shirts & sweat shirts in the office.
-Please keep your children home if they are running a temperature, vomiting and/or diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school.
-If your child is out for three days or more a doctors’ note is required.
-No School January 18, 2010.
As always, thank you for your support!
Ms. Fuerte
Dollar Dress Day
Dollar Dress Day is every Thursday. We ask that VASA Students donate $1.00 if they come in Dollar Dress clothes.
Please keep in mind the appropriate dress and grooming guidelines in the form attached.
Mailing Address Change
Our mailing address has changed due to the limited hours of the Ted C. Wills office.
Please make note of this change for any future mailings.
VASAC/O FUSD
2309 Tulare St.
Fresno, CA 93721
Facts about Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day is always celebrated on the third Monday in January. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States.
He led the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
He spoke out against poverty.
MLK Jr. was a Baptist Pastor.
MLK Jr. had a Ph.D. in systematic theology.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
He delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech in 1963.
He was the first black American to be honored as Man of the Year in Time magazine.
The road to creating MLK Jr. Day was a long and controversial road. Many thought that MLK Jr’s birthday was too close to Christmas and New Years so they compromised with the third Monday in January.
Illinois was the first state to adopt MLK Jr. Day in 1973. New Hampshire was the last state to adopt the holiday in 1999.
Cafeteria Coloring Contest Winners
The Cafeteria’s coloring contest was a huge success!! We had more than 120 entries. The following students won:
Kindergarten/1st Grade: 1st Place – Ki Riley 2nd Place – Remy Janigian
2nd/3rd Grade: 1st Place – Willow Winrow 2nd Place – Daniel Hipwood
4th/5th/6th Grade: 1st Place – Alison Betts 2nd Place – Sandra Diaz
The VASA Parent Organization (VPO) sponsored the prizes. First place winners won a $10 gift card to Toys-R-Us and second place winners won a $5 gift card to Jamba Juice.
Ms. Fuerte provided frames for the First and Second place winner’s creative snowmen.
All of the entries were wonderful and creative!
Be on the lookout for the next VASA Cafeteria Coloring Contest!
VASA After School Program (ASP)
As a reminder, those After School Program parents who are making payments need to make them on a regular basis. Please bring all payments to the office and our staff will make sure you receive a receipt as verification. ASP greatly appreciates your continued support.
V.P.O. Holiday Grams
V.P.O. will be selling Valentine Grams for $1.00 each the week of February 1-5, 2010. They are due in the office no later than February 5, 2010 at 4 p.m. If they are turned in late the money will be returned to you.
The Valentine Grams will be delivered to the classrooms on February 12 at the end of the day.
The order form will be sent home in the upcoming weeks! Be on the look- out!!
100% of the money goes back to the classrooms!
About Valley Arts and Science Academy…
The visual and performing arts enhance student learning by stimulating non-verbal awareness, creating a common bond, and making school more human.
Works of art stimulate verbal skills through discussions and writing.
Singing and/or playing music together, dance, and the dramatic arts are shared experiences that reinforce and enhance each student’s understanding of language, mathematics and cultures.
