December 15, 2017

Thank you for all of the toy donations for Toys for Tots to fill Officer Holecek's squad car!  We truly appreciate all of your donations and support! Thank you, also, for all of the daily smiles and waves we get.  It truly makes our day brighter =)

Over the break we will be making changes to our master schedule due to change in staffing at GVMS.  There will also be changes for students who are in semester long electives.  Please remind and encourage your students to check Parent Portal after the New Year and before we return from Winter Break on January 8, 2018.

Please remember to refill your school supplies over Winter Break!  Make sure binder paper, pencils, etc.  Let's make sure that our Vikings are well prepared when they return on Monday, January 8, 2018!  Thank you!

Please remember that you MUST have an ID to pick up your student from GVMS.  While many of us have known many of you for a long time, it is a requirement that all adults, who are here to check out our students, must be on the emergency card and have ID.  Thank you for helping to keep our precious students safe!

Kindness.  Such an easy word to say and yet such a struggle to encourage kids (and adults) to practice.  Every single day, we remind our students to be nice, kind and caring.  To follow our school rules.  And every day we struggle with some of our students being mean, cruel and downright disrespectful to their peers and the adults.  Please help us encourage our Vikings to PRACTICE KINDNESS DAILY.  Here is an article about the Power of Kindness.  It makes SUCH a difference in everyone's life.

HAVE YOU HEARD?  We are SO excited that our own Green Valley Parent-Teacher Club is signed up for Amazon Smile, where a portion of purchases comes back DIRECTLY to GVMS!  As you are doing your shopping on Amazon, remember to log into Amazon Smile and click Green Valley Parent-Teacher Club to help support GVMS!  Thank you!!

We have a bunch of lost and found in our cafeteria and on our stage.  Please note that all lost and found will be donated on Monday, December 18 to the Clothes Closet at Sullivan Inter-agency Youth Services Center at 2195 Union Ave, Fairfield 94533!   Check out their website HERE!

Ahhh grades.  Grades will be final for this semester on December 20.  These are FINAL report card grades.  Please encourage your student and check Parent Portal WITH them to see any and all missing assignments.  All parents, guardians, and students should have access to Parent Portal to see grades at all times.  While this is a courtesy, our teachers strive to update them as often as possible.

If you need another copy of log in instructions to Parent Portal, Google Classroom or Remind, please reach out to your student's teachers.  Almost 100% of our staff use multiple ways to communicate expectations, assignments, and future assessments.

Wow.  We have NEVER seen so many requests for short term Independent Study (IS) as we have this school year.  It is SO very important for our students to be in school, even if they get the work from their teacher.  The instruction that they loose is way too valuable.  PLEASE, parents and guardians, remember the policies for IS as outlined in our student agenda, webpage, and welcome pamphlet:

• GVMS must be given at least 5 school days advance notice prior to the request
• IS must be at least 5 school days missed or more (weekends and holidays don't count)
• IS will not be granted the first two weeks and the last two weeks of school
• All assignments are due the day that the student returns
• For 18-19, IS may not be granted leading up to a long holiday week break (Thanksgiving, Winter Break, Spring Break)

Hope to see you all there!

*UPDATED WITH ALL NEW PROJECTS!!*  THERE ARE 11 of THEM!

We are ALWAYS thinking outside the box to create effective ways to reach all of our students!  Want to be a part of this??  All donations are TAX DEDUCTIBLE!!!  Check out THIS LINK to see ALL OF the different ideas that our VERY OWN GVMS teachers have come up with!  NEW PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ADDED!!