Category: Academics

Salud Mobile Bus Clinic Visits Spark! Discovery Preschool

All students attending Spark! Discovery Preschool (Spark!) are required to have a General Health Appraisal within the last year. To ensure every child is compliant with this requirement,Spark! Discovery Preschool and the Early Childhood Department of SVVSD has invited Salud Family Health Centers (Salud) Mobile Unit to provide General Health Appraisals to any child who currently needs […]

Childcare Update 11-9-18

The Holidays Are Right Around The Corner! Themes:We are celebrating and learning about Veteran’s Day the first full week in November. The children will be learning about what being a Veteran means and why we celebrate thisholiday. They will be making a Poppy flower, designing a heart flag craft and painting with red, white and blue. […]

Ms. Nicky’s Update 11-1-18

  Ms. Nicky’s and Ms. Julie’s News   Happy November!  We have been having a lot of fun with our STEM Unit of Study on Music.  We did some fun experiments to explore how sound is made, discussed tempo and rhythm, and talked about all of the music families.  Ms. Julie brought in a guitar […]

Ms. Marie’s Update 9-1-18

Ms. Marie’s September 2018 Newsletter                               September 3, 2018 By Marie Bloch   Ms. Marie, Ms. Jessica, & Ms. Toni’s Monthly News   Dear Preschool Families:   We began our school year meeting new friends and learning about our classroom activities, routines and expectations.  In addition, our pre-academics focused on our names, the letters of […]

Communicating Attendance

Communication between schools, teachers, families, students and the district is an essential part of fostering high levels of student growth and achievement. Supporting better attendance through communication is one important way that schools and families can foster increased student engagement and academic success. Read more >> 

Communicating Attendance

Communicating Attendance:  Communication between schools, teachers, families, students and the district is an essential part of fostering high levels of student growth and achievement. Supporting better attendance through communication is one important way that schools and families can foster increased student engagement and academic success.   Read more here >>

Early Kindergarten Entrance Options

SVVSD offers access to early enrollment for kindergarten for highly advanced gifted children under the age of six.  This option is not recommended for the majority of children, however, some children who are academically advanced may benefit.  This option is not appropriate for those children whose birthdays simply miss the cutoff date, as the criteria […]

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