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November 7, 2009
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Dear Parents/ Guardians/ Caregivers:                                                            

 

It is my sincere pleasure to welcome you to the 2009-2010 school year. All of us at Victor Elementary School want to make this a successful year for your child.   Understandably, this cannot be done without the dedication from our teachers and staff, your active involvement, and efforts from all members of our community. This support and cooperation, combined with our best professional efforts will ensure academic and social success for your child.

Even though our district and staff faced some serious challenges during the 2008 – 2009 school year, we were very successful in advancing our students’ achievement levels. Preliminary STAR test data shows that 77% of Victor students in grades 2 – 5 are performing at the proficient/advanced level on California Standards Tests (CST) in Language Arts. Not bad for a school with over 30% of our students being English Language Learners! Even better, 85% of our students in grades 2 – 5 are performing at levels proficient/ advance according to the CST in Mathematics. Not only is this a reflection of our dedicated teaching and support staff, but this is also a credit towards you and the Victor community. Realistically, we will continue to face further challenges and deal with unexpected changes and I ask that we focus on our successes and build upon these accomplishments to bring Victor to the next level this year!

We at Victor devoutly believe that every child can achieve success when they are presented with quality, researched based instructional practices, which recognize, support and maintain high expectations. The school must not set these support and expectations alone. You are an integral part of our school and we implore you to be actively involved in your child’s education. By volunteering, supporting our wonderful PTA, attending Parent Nights and extracurricular events, and maintaining strong communication ties with the school and your child’s teacher, you are ensuring a successful and fulfilling academic experience for your child. Be involved!

Ongoing communication between school and home is critical to a child’s success in school. As you are aware, we have a wonderful and interactive website for Victor Elementary. This resource should continue to be used as an ongoing means to access important news and information about what is taking place at Victor. While here, please be sure to check out our new Bell Schedule. Also, sign up for our EBlast to receive weekly emails. Keep in touch!

The cafeteria will be serving breakfast and lunch on the first day in the cafeteria. Breakfast is served between 8:20 and 8:50 in our cafeteria at a cost of $1.50. The cost of lunch is $3.00, which includes milk and a healthy meal. Please check the website for the monthly menu. Children of course may bring a snack lunch to school. Please be sure to pack healthy lunches and do not send soda or candy. All students now have an automated lunch card that they use to purchase lunch in the café. You may add any amount onto the lunch card at anytime via the internet at www.schoolbucks.com . Forms for this card are available in the office.

Victor will be taking the next step to be more “green” starting this year! One change we will be working on this year is lessening correspondence through the Victor Envelope. Most of our correspondence will be done through our website, Teleparent system and EBlast. Some items may go home via the Tuesday Envelope and it is important that you go over these items carefully. The envelope will be due to your child’s teacher every Wednesday.

Speaking of Wednesdays, we will continue to have minimum days every Wednesday so we can hold our TUSD School Board adopted Professional Learning Communities (PLC). Every Wednesday, dismissal for grades one through five will be 2:27. Kindergarten dismissal remains the same at 2:00. During the week of parent/teacher conferences, dismissal will be at 2:12 Monday through Friday. The dates are in our handbook which will soon be posted on our website.

On the first day of school, please complete the green emergency card for each child in your family. The card needs to be filled out with up-to-date information and must include several numbers for emergency purposes. Please be sure you assigned a person as an emergency contact who can be at school within 15 minutes of notification from us. Emergency Kits and all school paperwork requiring information and/or signatures must be turned into your child’s teacher by Friday, September 18th.

Lastly, I am happy to welcome two new people to the Victor team. Mrs. Pam Williams will be joining us as our Assistant Principal.   Mrs. Williams brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge to this position having worked within our district in several capacities. In addition, Ms. Mary Hoffman, whom many of you may already know, will be rejoining the Victor Family as our new Kindergarten/1st grade Learning Center teacher. Let’s give them a heartfelt welcome into our wonderful community.

As we work together throughout the school year, we invite you to stay in contact and let us know how your children are doing. Please know that all of your questions are important to us and that any amount of volunteer time you are able to contribute is greatly appreciated. Lastly, our doors are always open to you.

 

Sincerely,

 

William Baker  

Principal


  
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Family Math Night

Over 100 families and 300 people participated in our recent Family Math Night for our 2nd and 3rd grade families.  Parents, students, and siblings participated in many fun math activities.  Please click here to see pictures from this wonderful evening.

Adventures In Art

With sponsorship from the Victor PTA and with the support of parent volunteers, Victor students are able to participate in the Adventures In Art program. Our first project of the year involves students painting a Sumi-e poem and creating a brushstroke painting in the style of Japanese Masters.  See how that Masters in Mr. Flanders' 2nd grade classroom and Mrs. Fink's 3rd grade classroom did in creating an ink picture and Haiko poem by clicking here.

21st Century Classrooms

Victor is using the latest in technology to highly engage our students with their learning and to help them grow in our technologically rich world.  Examples of this can be seen in many of our classrooms including Ms. Atkisson's 2nd grade class and Mrs. Ager's 5th grade class.

In Ms. Atkisson's classroom, students use netbooks and a Smartboard to show their understanding of their Junior Master Gardeners program. Please click here to visit Ms. Atkisson's 21st Century classroom.

In Mrs. Ager's class each day a student is chosen to be a Daily Reporter.  Their assignment is to write a short article about the events that occurred during class that day.  Using a computer at home or one of Mrs. Ager's classroom computers, students type their news stories and submit them via email, floppy disc, CD, or flash drive.  This give students the opportunity to write using technology.  To view Room 6's Daily Blog, please click here.

 

Hand N Hand for Reading Day

On Friday, October 9th over 300 Victor Families participated in our annual Hand N Hand for Reading event.  Family members got to eat lunch with their children while enjoying some reading time together.

To view pictures from this wonderful Day, please click here.

Victor API Scores exceed 900!

We are very proud to announce that Victor Elementary School scored 905 on the 2008 - 2009 API scores.  To view a full power point presentation on our school data, please click here.  Congratulations to all teachers, staff, community members, and parents for a job well done!

Victor Elementary Students Excel!!

Preliminary 2009 STAR test data shows that 77% of Victor students in grades 2 – 5 are performing at the proficient/advanced level on California Standards Tests (CST) in Language Arts. Not bad for a school with over 30% of our students being English Language Learners! Even better, 85% of our students in grade 2 – 5 are performing at levels proficient/ advance according to the CST in Mathematics.  Please see the graphs below to see how we compared to the rest of the district.

 

English Language Arts

Mathematics

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. - Friday, November 06, 2009

 
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  • ELMAC Meeting, November 4th
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PTA Parent Handbook

Please click here to see the 2009 - 2010 P.T.A Master Handbook

Next P.T.A. Association Meeting:

All parents and guardians are welcome to join all P.T.A. Association meetings.  Come and see what it is like to be actively involved in your child's school.  If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. DeFabio at ndefabio@verizon.net or Mr. Baker.

Buy Scrip and Support P.T.A. Fundraisers!

Believe this or not, but by buying Scrip, attending our Restaurant Nights, getting a family portrait, and supporting other PTA fundraisers, you are directly contributing to your child's education. A portion of these proceeds goes to funding programs here at Victor.  Please highly consider participating in these events particularly during these difficult financial times. For more details check out the Scrip section on this website or contact Yasuyo Watanabe at yasuyo.wa@sbcglobal.net .


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We are very fortunate to have Golden Spoon and the Daily
Breeze as our Adopt-A-School partners. Victor Elementary
greatly appreciates our Partner's efforts in bringing all
elements of the community together, providing role models
for students, officering career awareness experiences, and
assisting our educators in expanding and making curriculum
relevant to the work world. These are the primary goals of this
program and our partners truly meet these goals. Please
take a moment to check out their websites.
 

 

 
 
 


  
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