Dear VAES Families,
As we enter the season of thanksgiving, I wanted to highlight
some of the wonderful ways we are teaching and reinforcing our empathy
initiative.
Earlier this week, I heard from the principal at Smith
Academy in Houston, Texas. We collected
gift cards for them after Hurricane Harvey.
Here is his message to our Voyager family: “Smith Academy in Houston,
Texas is grateful for your amazing demonstration of kindness to help our
families impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Your efforts will go a long in helping
those impacted by floods to return to their homes. Thank you!”
Our counselors, Melissa Meckes and Scott Tribotte have been
using the book We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio to highlight that all
of us want to belong, to be seen as special, and we can all Choose Kind – “Look with kindness and you
will always find wonder”! My hope is
that all of us, students, staff, and parents will try and do this more
often.
Second Grade has completed their “Only One You” empathy rocks
for our empathy path. After Thanksgiving,
in art, other grade levels will begin working on completing their empathy
rocks. We can’t wait until all of them
are completed so that we can design and construct our “Only One You” path! I know it is going to be fabulous!!
Also, Mr. Scott Tribotte designed our Empathy shirt for this
year. Thank you, Scott! This design will be on the front of the
shirt:
The quote "There's only one you in this great
big world. Make it a better place." - Linda Kranz will
be on the back. All of the profits from
our empathy apparel sales are used to fund our K - 3 empathy projects. The empathy apparel will be back in time for
the holidays and will make a great gift!
Within the next couple of weeks, we will be sending
home information regarding our annual VAES Giving Tree to help families in
need.
We have raised $16,500 toward our $20,000 goal. We are so close to our goal that pledging
stayed open this week. I’m hoping that
we will reach our goal! Also, don’t
forget that if we reach our goal, Ms. Hofmann and I will spend the night at
school!!! You can make your pledges at
funrun.com.
The Lost and Found is “out of control”!! PLEASE come and see if your child has a lost
jacket, sweater, coat, lunchbox, etc.
ALL items left in the Lost and Found will be donated to charity on
Tuesday, December 19 at 3:30 PM. See the
picture below.
Last, but not least, a big thank you to our amazing PTO
Hospitality volunteers!! The taco bar
lunch was fantastic!! We truly
appreciate your generosity, support, and of course, the food!! J
Best,
Leslie Paynter
VAES Principal
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FUTURE VAES HOSPITALITY LUNCHEON DATE
Thursday,
December 14th
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VAES YEARBOOK ORDERING
Elementary School (K-3) Yearbooks are now on sale and can only be ordered online. You can order your copy online at www.strawbridge.net. Yearbooks are $23.00 each and must be ordered by January 31, 2018. After this date, there will be a price increase for additional book orders. Visit www.strawbridge.net., click on Pay or Order Online, enter our school code 110322 for Voyager Elementary, then click View Gallery. Choose Yearbook to proceed to your order. Please contact Leslie Jewell (leslieljewell@gmail.com) if you have any questions. Order today!!
Elementary School (K-3) Yearbooks are now on sale and can only be ordered online. You can order your copy online at www.strawbridge.net. Yearbooks are $23.00 each and must be ordered by January 31, 2018. After this date, there will be a price increase for additional book orders. Visit www.strawbridge.net., click on Pay or Order Online, enter our school code 110322 for Voyager Elementary, then click View Gallery. Choose Yearbook to proceed to your order. Please contact Leslie Jewell (leslieljewell@gmail.com) if you have any questions. Order today!!
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IMPORTANT DATES
November:
Mon., Nov. 20 -- 1st
Trimester Report Cards Go Home
Wed., Nov. 22 – Fri.,
Nov. 24 -- Thanksgiving Holiday/NO
SCHOOL
December:
Thurs., Dec. 14 -- Hospitality
Luncheon
Tues., Dec. 19 @3:30 PM -- All items
in Lost & Found donated to charity
Wed., Dec. 20 -- Early
Release at 11:15 AM for the Winter Holidays
Dec. 21 - Jan. 4 -- Winter
Holidays