Valley Oak Elementary School Wildcat Weekly
Julie Duwe, Principal	Courtney Wicks, G.I.S.

MON. 10/24
	TUES. 10/25
	WED. 10/26
	THUR. 10/27
	Fri. 10/28
	
The Positivity Project Character Strength of the week is: Creativity Red Ribbon Week: Celebrate Life and Live Drug Free!
	
“Rally in Red” Stand up to drugs! Wear Red day!
	
“Sock it to Drugs” Crazy Sock Day!
	
“Team up Against Drugs” Jersey Day!
	“Ka-pow to Drugs” Superhero Day!
*No masks please
	
No Students Today

Choir Rehearsal Gr 5 1:05-2:10PM Gr 6 1:35-2:30PM
	Sixth Grade Hungry Bear Cookie Sales End

Choir Rehearsal Gr 6 10:25-11:30AM Gr 5 10:55-12:00PM

Faculty Club Snack Bar

Student/Staff Volleyball Game 1:45PM
		
				Elementary Conference Day
	
		History Day Applications Due 7:25AM Rm. 5
			
		Science Fair Meeting 7:30AM Rm. 18

No School for
Students Today
	
		Character Counts! Day Wear your shirts!!
			
		Early Release Day! 1st - 6th 8:00 AM - 1:20 PM
KAM 7:50 AM -10:35 AM KPM 10:35 - AM-1:20 PM
			
				Football & Cheer Feeder Night 6:30PM VMS

					
		The Gathering 8:00AM MPR
			
				10/31
No School for Students or Teachers on Monday
	
		Fire Drill 10:45AM

French Toast Sticks - 3 each - OR -
Sausage Breakfast Pizza Strawberry Yogurt
Hash Browns Green Beans
Fruit Cup- Assorted
	Taco Burger - OR -
Cheese Filled Bread Sticks
Marinara Sauce Corn, steamed Dried Cranberries
	Chicken Patty Sandwich - OR -
Arizona Gold Bean & Cheese Burrito
Broccoli, fresh florets Chili Beans
Fruit Cup- Assorted
	Corn Dog - OR -
Cheesy Pull Apart Bread Vegetable - Variety
Fruit - Variety Pretzel Goldfish
	
No School for
Students Today
	
Athletic Dead Week No Sports
	Athletic Dead Week No Sports
	Comp Cheer Try-Outs 3:30-4:30PM MPR
	Athletic Dead Week No Sports
	
No School
	
Principal’s Message

Dear Wildcat Families,

What an amazing evening our carnival turned out to be! I want to personally thank each of you who volunteered, purchased tickets, baked goodies, or just showed up to have a great time with your child. A huge thank you to our Valley Oak Parent Club, who put on yet another amazing event. The monies earned from this event will go back directly to our students in the form of uniforms, musical instruments, or teacher grants. We have one of the most helpful groups of parents I have ever seen.

I appreciate all the families that stayed late and helped pick up after a long evening. It always blows me away at how many hands make light work. Enjoy your hopefully cooler weekend!

With Wildcat Pride,

Julie Duwe Principal
	Math Cats
Rm. 8                    Rm. 13 Skyler H.               Irfan S.

Rm. 9	Rm. 16 Liv K.                   Cambria G.
Daniel S. Rm. 10	Eric P. Myla F.                 Sienna M. Evelyn H.              Daniel S. Aliana B.               Asher M. Elizabeth A.          Sparrow D.

Upcoming Events 10/31 No School
11/01 Costume Parade 11/01 Winter Sports Begin
11/03 Yearbook Picture Retakes
11/03 Athletic and Academic Awards Gr. 4-6 1:30 MPR 11/11 Veterans Day
11/18 Donuts w/Dudes ~ 7:00-8:00AM 11/ 21 ‐ 11/25 ~ Thanksgiving Break

VOPC
Thank you to everyone once again for coming out to our carnival! It is adding up to be a great success. We are also excited to be gathering the results of our silent auction and looking forward to sharing both in our next communication. We are so thankful for so much parent support with these two events. We are spending these funds on various items that support the students and teachers. In addition to what we already have planned, we are looking for any ideas from parents on what the students/school may need so that we can spend our funds on items that you feel are important. Please email us your ideas!
We have a team working on planning a fun (off campus) wine tasting event and they are looking for food trucks and live music suggestions. Please email us with any ideas.
Finally, we are starting our search now for a fundraising coordinator and carnival coordinator for 2023. If you have any interest in volunteering your time to help plan these events we would love to hear from you. As a reminder our email is valleyoakparentclub@gmail.com

LIL’ HOOPSTERS @ CLOVIS WEST K–6TH GRADE BOYS & GIRLS SIGN-UPS Please sign up today for the Early Bird Clovis West Lil’ Hoopsters:
Just go online with Eventbrite and read about Lil’ Hoopsters and then hit “Tickets”. Follow the instructions and fill out the information. You can sign-up today! You can also select 1-3 of your teammates if each player puts down each player’s name.
If you have a son, please go to:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-boys-lil-hoopsters-clovis-west-early-bird-registration-tickets-427876900327
If you have a daughter, please go to:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-girls-lil-hoopsters-clovis-west-early-bird-registration-tickets-432024706527
Please sign up before December 1st, so your son or daughter will be in. After December 1st, we make the teams and then fill in with any open spots. You must sign up before December 1st, to guarantee your child in the program. Price will go up after December 1st so please plan.
For all boys’ questions please email Coach Walberg at vancewalberg@cusd.com. For all girls’ questions go to Coach Campbell at craigcampbell@cusd.com.

Lost and Found
Please check the Lost and Found weekly. Items will be on display on October 27th and 28th. All items not picked up by Friday, October 28th at 3:00PM will be donated to charity. Please be sure to put your child’s name on their belongings ~ lunch boxes, instruments, sports equipment, coats, sweaters, backpacks, etc. This is a great help if something gets lost, it sure helps us get the lost item back to its owner. Thank you!

Positivity Project
Character Strength of the week is: Creativity

WHAT DOES CREATIVITY MEAN? You come up with new and original ways to think about and do things.
Creative people can look at the world in original ways. They are open to new experiences, and have an imaginative and independent thought process. They generate lots of different ideas and can pursue them with energy and enthusiasm. Creativity is a process that takes courage. Anytime you share your original ideas with the world, you risk being criticized or even ostracized.

To help extend the learning in the classroom into your homes, we encourage you to check out the parent resources within the
Positivity Project website https://posproject.org/p2-for-families/ The password is: P2.
	Coastal Art & Poetry Contest for K-12 students
California students in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited
to submit artwork or poetry with a California coastal or marine theme. Application deadline is January 31, 2023. For rules, contest flyer, entry form, and helpful links for teachers and students, visit https://www.coastal.ca.gov/art-poetry/. The instructions, flyer,
and entry form are also available in Spanish @ https://www.coastal.ca.gov/art-poetry/espanol.html.
Up to ten winners will be selected to win $100 to an art store (art winners) or $100 to a bookstore (poetry winners). Each Winner will also receive four tickets to the Aquarium of the
Pacific in Long Beach. Each winner's sponsoring teacher will receive a $50 gift certificate for educational supplies, courtesy
of Acorn Naturalists.

Oral Interpretation
Oral Interpretation is a dramatic presentation of a poem or short story.
Students in grades 2 - 6 interested in joining the Valley Oral Interpretation Team need to complete and return the permission slip the nurses office by Tuesday, November 1st. Permission slips are available in the front office.

Veteran’s Day Art Contest
The Veteran’s Day Art contest winners are in, and Valley Oak
students did an amazing job representing! We had 3 students who placed. Congratulations to Aanya D. for placing 2nd, Gabriel V. for earning an Honorable Mention, and a huge congratulations to Ariana S. for earning Best of Show!!
Thank you to everyone who participated.

Science Fair
Attention all mad scientists! Students who are participating in Science Fair, reminder that your questions are due by October 26th. Once
approved, you should begin working on your Background Research Essay and Bibliography. See you on Wednesday, October 26th at 7:30AM in Room 18 at our next meeting.

Digital Citizenship
Your child is taking part in classroom lessons from Common Sense
Education. Common Sense helps kids learn the habits and skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly in school, at home, and beyond. WHAT IS DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP? Kids today may seem like experts at using technology, but the digital world requires all kinds of skills and habits that kids don’t just pick up as they go. Digital citizenship helps them learn those skills. The Common Sense lessons help kids in grades K–2 develop healthy media habits and learn how to be safe online. Lessons for kids in grades 3–6 continue to focus on screen time and online safety. Older kids also learn about how to recognize cyberbullying, what is and isn’t OK to share online, and how to find credible news and information. Common Sense Education provides resources to help you support your child’s learning. As we teach these lessons in class, we’ll be sending home tip sheets, videos, and activities for you to do with your kids. You can visit the Common Sense website at www.commonsensemedia.org for more