Ventana Vistas #11

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ISSUE #1

FEBRUARY 1, 201

Principals Message

A Kind, Caring Community of Kids!

As you know, BE KIND is one of three parts of our Bobcat Code (Be Kind. Be Safe. Be YourBest.). We teach students about kindness at Ventana Vista explicitly throughout the year, andon a day-to-day basis when teachable moments present themselves.

Recently, a school-wide assembly reinforced the message of kindness at our school.Students watched a video about the power of random acts of kindness; they enjoyed a skit puton by staff members with a lesson about giving of oneself; and they heard about our StudentCouncils work with the Bens Bells project (see www.bensbells.org for more information).Every staff member was given some kindness coin necklaces to pass on to students whodemonstrate kind acts. Students are then to be on the lookout for others to pass theirnecklaces onto.

Some specific acts of kindness toward our greater Tucson community to note:

Just before the holidays, our third grade team held a Read-a-Thon. They raised atotal of $1,839.40! The project related to their study of social studies, as well, and thestudents chose to split their proceeds to benefit two local organizations. Theydonated $886.60 to the Community Food Bank and $952.80 to Make Way forBooks. Way to go 3rd grade!

Students in Srta. Acuas kindergarten classes have also recently participated inprojects to benefit our greater community. They collected over 300 toys, books, andDVDs for Casa de los Nios and the Diamond Children's Hospital at UMC inDecember. In January they collected 250 pounds of food for the Community FoodBank. The food collection project related to their study of mathematics. As itemswere brought in, they put the cans in groups of 10, counting their way to 100 (andbeyond!).

Coming up later this monthVentana Vista students will show their kindness toward ourschool. On the afternoon of Tuesday, February, 19 (NOT an early release day), the entireschool will participate in one or more service projects around the school: cleaningclassrooms, picking up trash, shelving books, making signs, etc. We love our school, and allshare the responsibility for taking care of it!

Thank you for all that you do at home to encourage your children to demonstrate kindness atschool, and throughout their lives!

Tucson Festival of Books

We LOVE reading (and will have fun with it during a week-long celebration in March)! The

Tucson Festival of Books on the University of Arizona campus is coming up, as well (March 9-10). Enclosed in this newsletter is the Childrens Schedule of Events during the festival foryour reference. If you plan to go, pick up a free I LOVE CFSD button from our office to wear(available end of February), and stop by to visit us in the main area at booth #473!

Kim BolingPrincipal

[email protected]


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Catalina FoothillsSchool District

Dr. Mary Kamerzell,Superintendent

[email protected]

Governing Board Members

Mary Lou Richerson, [email protected]

Carole Siegler, Vice President529-1379

[email protected]

John Bergan, Member878-6180

[email protected]

Eileen Jackson, Member299-3828

[email protected]

Sherri Silverberg, Member615-9224

[email protected]

State of Arizona LegislativeRepresentatives for CFSD

(please check www.azleg.gov focontact information)

Legislative District 9Senator Steve Farley

Rep. Ethan OrrRep. Victoria Steele

DATES OF INTEREST

Saturday, February 2ndGroundhog Day!

Monday, February 4thScience Fair Projects Due

Tuesday, February 5thEARLY RELEASE

AM Kinder 8:00-10:15PM Kinder 11:15-1:30Grades 1-5 8:00-1:30

Tuesday, February 12thEARLY RELEASE

AM Kinder 8:00-10:15PM Kinder 11:15-1:30Grades 1-5 8:00-1:30

Ventana Vista Night at El Charro

Thursday, February 14thHappy Valentines Day!

Tuesday, February 19thNO EARLY RELEASE

Thursday & Friday,February 21st & 22nd

Rodeo Break NO SCHOOL

Mission Statement

The mission of CatalinaFoothills School District andVentana Vista ElementarySchool is to guarantee that

each student achievesacademic and personalexcellence, becomes alifelong learner and is a

responsible citizen of theworld, by engaging allstudents in meaningful

programs which meet thehighest educational and

ethical standards within acaring, collaborative learning

community.

Office Hours for 2012-2013 are:

7:30 AM 3:30 PM

7:30 AM 2:00 PM(Early Release Tuesdays)

Main Office 209-8000Health Office 209-8004Attendance Line 209-8090FAX 209-8070Durham (Bus) 615-7635

Heads Up for Mathathon!

Be on the lookout forMathathon informationcoming home later in

February!

Volunteers needed forMathathonlunch promoduring 2/25-3/1, 11:50 am-

12:40 pm.

Please contactHui-chenHuang [email protected].

SilverGraphics is Back!

The Art Department and FFOare pleased to be bringing

SilverGraphics back toVentana Vista this year!

Be on the lookout for moreinformation later in February!

Parents For the safety of

all students (and theiryounger siblings!) please

help keep your children OFFof the rocks and landscaping

in front of the school.

Stay on the walkways at alltimes.

Thank you!


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The following students were invited to have lunch with Principal Boling on Friday,February 1st. Each child was recognized for individual classroom achievements.

Daniella Dispenza Hibah IftikharNoah Heard Ava Hrubiak

Hannah Lui Mason LeeDiego Baca Bryn KoepkeQuinn Cohen Helena MusialMercy Yen Jacob SongCalen Givens Gabriel MojicaLangston Campbell Daren RiddleLukas Gunther Mimi NielsenRiley Murphy Delaney Endean

Alex Sachrison Cruz NuezVincent Trujillo Paige PagelRoman Schmit Jenna Derman

Ryan Gerovitz Kiersten BlekoffJose Peralta Ashley RuizRodolfo Robinson-Bours

Dear 4th and 5th Grade Families,

Happy New Year! We know that families have a lot of choices when it comes to educating theirchildren. CFSD offers an exemplary pre K-12 educational experience. We are proud of the well-rounded, comprehensive program that we offer, as well as the outstanding products----our graduates----of our system.

I am happy to invite you to attend an open house at our feeder school, Esperero Canyon MiddleSchool on Thursday, February 7 at 6:30 PM. See the attached flyer for more information. Come findout why we are confident thatthere is no better place for your children than in CFSD.

Kim BolingPrincipal


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Kiva 353 351 349 333 308 310 Story Teen and Author

200 117 48 46 40 48 48 Storyteller Blanket Meeting Place

Jennifer Holm

Maxwell Eaton III

Nancy Krulik

Jessie Hartland

Bradley Carroll

Jennifer Ward

Simon Arizpe

Tucson Festival of Books: Children's Schedule

day, March 9, 2013

College of Education College of Education Mall

Educational Strand

Among the Books:

Missing and Hidden

in Time

Freeze Frame: Film,

Animation, and

Picturebooks

Pop-in: A Pop-up

Workshop for Kids

(Ages 8 and up)

10:30

Not Yet: Behaviors

of Aspiring Writers

that Lead to

Publication

The Fascinating

World of Nonfiction

Books for Children

and Adolescents10:0

0 to

11:3

0

Margaret Peterson

Haddix

Molly Idle

Peter Brown

Chris Gall

Heather Brewer

Lisa McMann

Joanne Levy

Jennifer Nielsen

Tom Leveen

Erin Lange

Holly Johnson

Lauren Freedman

Elise Broach

Sneed Collard III

Robin Brande

Molly Idle

Jennifer HolmLisa McMann &

A.S. King

11:00

Writing Awards

10:00

Nerds, Aliens, and

Other Stuff

The Choice to Make

a Difference

Mystery and

Intrigue: Searching

for Answers

Marshmallows and

Point of View: A

Writing Workshopfor Kids

Imagine That: Your

Family Has a Story

Lester Laminack

1:00 Nancy Kru lik

12:00 Simon Arizpe

Joy and Wonder:

Turning Science into

Poetry

Bullying Hurts:

Healing with Kindness

through Books

11:3

0

to

12:3

0

Got Tails?

11:30 Jennifer Ward

Heather Brewer

& Jennifer

Nielson

Jacqueline Woodson

Jerry Pinkney

Vaunda M. Nelson

Linda Urban Pat Wilson Joyce Sidman

12:30Jos-Luis

Orozco

Margaret

Peterson Haddix

Fantasy Portals:

Entres to Unique

Worlds

No Animals Were

Harmed in the

Making of this

Picture(book)

Overwhelmed! Teens

Facing Difficult

Issues

Flip Out with Flora:

A Flip Book

Workshop

(Ages 6-12)

Creating Suspense in

Children's Fiction

(Workshop for adults)

Elise Broach

Peter Brown

Adam Rex

Lester Laminack

Tom Leveen

A. S. King

Erin Lange

Antonio Sacre

Bruce Coville

Jennifer Holm

Alan Sitomer

Sandy Oglesby

12:3

0

to

1:30

A Mango in the

Hand and Other

Stories from the

Spanish Speaking

WorldThe Challenge of

Engaging Teens as

Readers

Literacy Begins at

Birth: Books for

Babies and Toddlers

1:30

to

2:30

Funny Bone

Stories

1:30Maxwell Eaton

III

Phoenix Storytelling

Group

Prisca Martens

Kathleen Crawford-

McKinney

Yoo Kyung Sung

Bruce Coville

2:00

Alan Sitomer

Meth, Death, &

Trust: DifficultTimes, Difficult

Choices

Science with a Twist

Wonderfully Wacky:

Babymouse MeetsKatie Kazoo & The

Beaver Brothers

Once Upon a Time:

A StorytellingWorkshop

Studio Lesson: A

Demonstration ofWatercolor

Techniques

Dazzling New PictureBooks

Stories and Treasures:Hands-On Storytelling

2:30

to

3:30

Jive and Jiggle,Stories that Wiggle

2:30 LesterLaminack

Anne Lee

Alan Sitomer &Janette Rallison

Jacqueline Woodson

A. S. King

Guadalupe Garcia

McCall

Joyce Sidman

Stephen Swinburne

Alan Armstrong

Antonio Sacre Jerry Pinkney Marilyn Carpenter Hawkeye Richardson3:00

3:30

to

4:30

Music, Stories and

Fun for Everyone

3:30 Peter Brown R. L. Stine

Graphic Novels Are

Great for Kids

Best Children's Books

from Around the

World

Artists, Athletes,

Scholars? Sorting

Out What Matters

Worlds of Fantasy:

Dragons, Monsters,

and False Princes

More than Just the

Facts: Pharoahs,

Pirates, and Harry

Potter

An Ounce of Humor

in a Pound of

Dilemma

4:00 Molly IdleIgor Glenn

Margaret Peterson

Haddix

Lisa McMann

Alan Sitomer

Bruce Coville

Jennifer Nielsen

C. J. Hill

Linda Urban

Joanne Levy

Elise Broach

Janine Schall

Janelle Mathis

Seemi Aziz

Amy Edwards

Susan Corapi4:30

to

5:30

4:30

5:00


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Kiva 353 351 349 333 308 310 Story een and Author

200 117 48 46 40 48 48 Storyteller Blanket Meeting Place

Maureen Kearney

Mira Domsky

Lillian the

Librarian Meets the

Big Bad Boys of

Books

2:30

to

3:30

Core Classic Stories

for Kids Who Love

Books

Tucson Tellers of

Tales

The Journey from

Storytelling to Story

Writing

Antonio Sacre

The Art of Reading

Aloud to Kids

Lester Laminack

Studio Lesson: A

Demonstration of

Taking Away in

Illustrations

Floyd Cooper

Engaging the Wary:

Writing for

Adolescent Readers(Adult Workshop)

Nancy Krulik

Lynne Avril

Mary Casanova

So, You Need an

Agent?

(Adult)

Michelle Parker Rock

Jennifer Ward

Floyd Cooper

Cinda Williams Chima

Keep 'em Reading:

Writing & Illustrating

Series Books (Adult

workshop)

Monika Schrder

Nancy Bo Flood

Vaunda M. Nelson

Juan Felipe Herrera

Confronting Reality:

Writing to Explore

Difficult Issues

Ties That Bind:

Caring Animal

Relationships

Jean Ekman Adams

Stephanie Pearmain

DeAnn Melton

Ellen Cook

Paper Engineering:

Creating Pop-up

Books

Simon Arizpe

Creating Fascinating

Stories About Real

People

Vaunda M. Nelson

Matt Phelan

Jessie Hartland

Studio Lesson: A

Demonstration of

iPhone Photography

Jan Sonnenmair

Cowboy Up! Ride the

Navajo Rodeo

Nancy Bo Flood

Jan Sonnemair

Educational Strand

5:00

10:30

to

11:30

4:00

4:30

to

5:30

4:30

The Barking Mouse

and Other Family

Stories

Antonio Sacre

The Three Javelinas

& Josehphina

Javelina

Northern Arizona

University Players &

Susan Lowell

Mary Casanova

Studio Lesson: A

Demonstration ofDesigning a Graphic

Novel

Matt Phelan

Studio Lesson: A

Demonstration of

Photoshop Techniques

Great Books forYoung Adults

Puppeteer Connie

Galeener

Chris Gall

Mapping Imaginary

Places: A Workshopfor Kids

(Ages 6 and up)

B. G. Hennessy

Jean EkmanAdams

Cinda WilliamsChima

2:30

3:30

Talking with Children

about Death

Elizabeth

Eulberg

12:30Maggie

Stiefvater

1:00Challenging Bullying

through Literature

Floyd Cooper

3:30

to

4:30

3:00 Adam Rex

1:30

1:30

to

2:30

2:00

11:00Midji

Stephenson

11:30

to

12:30

S. D. Nelson

Joy Harjo

Seth Muller

Conrad Storad

Mark Goldman

Sheri Bauman

Maggie Stiefvater

Gayle Forman

Elizabeth Eulberg

Heroes, Adventures

and Family Fun

12:00 Lynne Avri l Gayle Forman

10:00

10:30

Sheri Synkin

R. L. Stine

ay, March 10, 2013

College of Education College of Education Mall

Destiny & Identity:

Girls in Native

American Literature

Making Informational

Books Fun for

Readers

Bringing the Arts,

Literacy and

Technology Together

for Kids

Rome Hammer

Karen Falkenstrom

from Odaiko Sonora

11:30

Charline

Prorfiri

Jordan Hill

12:30

to

1:30

Wild Rides: Tales of

Enchantment, Talesof Adventures

Loves Me or NOT?With Complications

Elizabeth Eulberg

Tamara Ireland Stone

Amy Fellner Dominy

Guy Porfirio

Midji Stephenson

Charline Profiri

Jerry Pinkney

Floyd Cooper

Matt Phelan

Gayle Forman

Tamara Ireland Stone

Cinda Williams Chima

Researching Our Past,

Understanding

Ourselves

Delight in the Desert:New Books for Kids

Kid's Voices: The

Journeys of Children

and Parents to Self-

Publishing

Levi Fallavollita

Grace Anne Remey

with Chantel

Fallavollita and Lisa

Femney

Capturing Dimensions

of Time in YA

Literature

Fear, Intrigue, &

Humor: Engaging

Kids as Readers

Stephan Pastis

Adam Rex

R. L. Stine

The Art in the Art of

Storytelling in

Picturebooks

Tucson Festival of Books: Children's Schedule

Fragile on the Outside-

-Steel on the Inside:

Gutsy Girls

Monika Schrder

Vaunda M. Nelson

James Deem

Racing the Moon: A

Science and Fiction

Collaboration

Alan Armstrong

Peter Smith


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November 1, 2012

To: Parents of Catalina Foothills Students

From: Mary Kamerzell, Superintendent of Schools

Subject: Open Enrollment for School Year 2013-2014

Pursuant to A.R.S. 15-816 Catalina Foothills School District will begin its open enrollment

procedures for the 2013-2014 school year effective December 1, 2012. The law requires every

Arizona school district to follow a prescribed procedure and timetable for admitting out-of-

district transfer students and resident transfer students (those who live in the District but are

attending a school outside the attendance area of their residence). All students who currently

attend CFSD schools and reside in other districts, and all CFSD resident students who are

attending a different school than they would based on their residence, are impacted by this law.

We require that all open enrollment students apply for admission each year.Therefore, if your child is a resident transfer (open enrollment) student and you want him/her to

continue in that capacity, or if your child resides outside of the district and you want him/her to

continue to attend a CFSD school next year, please complete an application form between

December 1, 2012, and February 28, 2013.

Open Enrollment applications and information regarding the application

process are on the district web site, www.cfsd16.org(as of December 1, 2012), orat the district office Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The district office is located

at:

Catalina Foothills School District

J. W. Murphey Administration Center

2101 E. River Road

Tucson, AZ 85718

(520) 209-7537

Applications will be available as of December 1, 2012, and may be completed on line

(www.cfsd16.org), or submitted in person at the district office. Electronic applications must be

submitted no later than February 28, 2013, and hard copies by 4:00 p.m. February 28, 2013.

Decisions about admission, based on capacity, will be made by April l, 2013. At that time, all

applicants will be notified whether their applications have been accepted, wait listed, or declined.

Catalina Foothills Unified School District #16

2101 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718

(520) 209-7500 (520) 209-7570 FAX www.cfsd16.org


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Families with kindergarten-age children* are invited to

visit their neighborhood school to discover the

passion and commitment for early childhood learning

embraced by Catalina Foothills educators.

You will learn about the schools half-day (Kindergarten) andfee-based full-day (Kindergarten Plus) program options and how

we can work together to help ensure your child has a smooth

transition to school.

Children will participate in classroom activities with one of theschools kindergarten teachers.

At this time, in-district residents may register for the optional,fee-based full-day Kindergarten Plus program.

Show and Tell sessions are one hour long, followed by athirty-minute tour of the school.

Please sign up for a Show and Tell session by

contacting your neighborhood school.

Canyon View Elementary 209-7700January 28 OR February 11, 2:00 p.m.

Manzanita Elementary 209-7800January 30 OR February 27, 2:15 p.m.

Sunrise Drive Elementary 209-7900February 14, 2:15 p.m. OR February 26, 3:30 p.m.

Ventana Vista Elementary 209-8000January 29 OR February 12, 2:00 p.m.

Note: Open Enrollment applicant families are welcome to attend.

* If your child will be five years old prior to September 1, 2013, he or she iseligible to attend kindergarten at one of our four elementary schools.

Kindergarten

Show and Tellin Catalina Foothills

School District


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Language Immersion in CFSDIn CFSD, we believe in developing all students cultural competence. World

Language instruction is part of our core curriculum. At the elementary level,

students either participate in our K-5 Spanish program (taught by a specialist

for 120 min./wk.) OR in one of our Language Immersion programs.

Spanish

Immersionat Ventana Vista

started in 2009

Gr. K-4 for 2013-14

Open to K-4 students(students entering gr. 2-4

must meet language criteria)

Mandarin

Immersionat Sunrise Drive

starting in 2013

Gr. K-1 for 2013-14

Open to K-1 students

The overall goals of our Language Immersion programs are for students to:

meet or exceed academic achievement levels in all areas of the district

curriculum;

acquire a high level of communicative and academic proficiency in Englis

and the target language (Spanish or Mandarin);

gain an appreciation of other cultures and a deeper understanding oftheir own culture;

and increase capacity for creative thinking and problem-solving skills.

For more information click on the Spanish Immersion or Mandarin Immersion link in

the Express Lane on the CFSD website: www.cfsd16.org.

Call for dates of any informational evenings for parents

(Ventana Vista - 209-8000; Sunrise Drive - 209-7900), or find them on the schedule

at the Open House/Tour Opportunities link in the Express Lane on the CFSD

website.
http://www.cfsd16.org/http://www.cfsd16.org/http://www.cfsd16.org/


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