Ms. Kiersten’s Update 9-9-19

I can’t believe the first week of September is gone already!  We’ve been busy learning about how to be part of a group, talking about feelings, and learning all about school.  Now we are ready to take on more challenges.  This week we will dive deeper into our transportation unit by focusing on how people […]

School Standard Response Protocols in St. Vrain Schools

A critical ingredient in the safe school recipe is the uniform classroom response to any incident. Weather events, fires, accidents, intruders and other threats to student safety are scenarios that are planned and trained for by school and district administration and staff. Historically, schools have taken this scenario-based approach to respond to hazards and threats. […]

Risk Taker – Our STEM profile for the month of September 2019

SPARK STEM Profile of the month FOCUS: Risk Taker STEM PROFILES ARE the essence of what we believe STEM programming promotes in the education of the whole child, emphasizing intellectual, personal, emotional, and social growth through the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). In the month of September 2019, we’ll focus on RISK […]

Join the School Accountability Committee for Spark! Discovery Preschool

Our school hosts a School Accountability Committee, and we are looking for parents who are willing to commit to two hours a month outside of school (once a month from 4:00 – 6:00 pm).  This committee helps to monitor and support the development and school readiness of students using school, district, and state quality improvement […]

Join our “OFFICE SQUAD” of Volunteers for the ’19-’20 School Year

Volunteer for the “Office squad” to better assist our teachers in clerical ways (copying, laminating, stapling, sorting, etc).  Sometimes, volunteering in the classroom with your preschooler doesn’t work out (behaviors, separation, etc). We are looking for a volunteer in the office for each session of preschool in the AM and PM Monday through Thursday, for […]

September 2019 Office Update

Information on How to Pay Tuition each Month, from Stacey Petering, Principal’s Secretary Dear Parents and Families:  This school year I will be assisting families of children with tuition and monthly billing.     Tuition is due on the 1st of every month starting September 1st. There was no tuition due for the month of August to […]

Colorado State law: How to Access Sex offender Registry

Sex offender lists available to parents:  State law (C.R.S 22-1-124) requires that all schools annually notify parents of their rights to access law enforcement agency information concerning registered sex offenders.  You may request this list at the law enforcement office governing your address or the address of the school your children attend. You must go in […]

Superintendent’s Update: Continuing to Advance Excellence Across Our Community

St. Vrain Valley Schools is accelerating into the new academic year with tremendous momentum as we continue to advance high-quality learning for all of our students. With so much to celebrate from the past year, the 2019-2020 school year promises to be an even greater moment in St. Vrain’s history. As our students today are entering […]

Join Us: Superintendent Community Meetings

St. Vrain Valley Schools is one of the fastest growing and most innovative school districts in the nation. This is a result of strong leadership and a commitment to strengthening infrastructure, technology, high-quality instruction and overall student achievement. This success is also built upon interconnected partnerships with our teachers, staff, students, families, business and corporate partners, […]

Childcare – Pre-K care Update 8-1-19

Greetings Incoming Spark Child Care Families-    If you are receiving this e-mail it means that you have a child(ren) registered for the Spark Child Care program for the 2019/2020 SY. We are so very excited to partner with you and your family and we are gearing up for the upcoming SY. I apologize about this […]

Tuition-Free Full-Day Kindergarten

Dear St. Vrain Valley Families, We are excited to welcome your kindergarten student next year and continue our partnership to ensure your child’s success. Recently, you may have read information in the news about the passage of additional state funding for full-day kindergarten, and we wanted to share some information regarding the positive impact this […]

Ms. Rachel’s Update 5-5-19

Here are this week’s announcements and reminders:   Concepts: Subitizing 3, 4, 5, triangle and pyramid, white; U, V, W, X, like, you, not Homework in May… Some students have expressed that are not able to complete homework because they are doing other activities and I am okay with this. I know that this time […]

Ms. Marie’s Update 4-28-19

Ms. Marie’s May 2019 Newsletter                   April 28, 2019 By Marie Bloch Ms. Marie & Ms. Toni and Ms. Stacey’s News Dear Preschool Families: *** Reminder – No school Monday, April 29th. *** Also,  For the safety of your children, thank you for keeping your children with you on the sidewalk during drop off and pickup.   […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 4-19-19

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying the long weekend! Thank you to all of the families that came to the Carnival on Friday. We enjoyed seeing everyone there.   A Week in Review: ·      We read books about different people who help in building a building. We talked about carpenters, electricians, plumbers, construction workers […]

Ms. Rachel’s Update 5-19-19

Hello! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Feel Free to keep sending plastic jugs for the igloo through Wednesday. I’ll add the last few on Wednesday afternoon. Thanks so much for the contributions so far! End of the year celebration, Thursday at 10:30 and 2:25! Come say goodbye with a sendoff snack and some […]

Ms. Kiersten’s update 5-5-19

Happy May!  I hope you are getting to enjoy some of the beautiful weather this weekend.  If you do so by the school you might even get to meet some of our class’s guests from this last week.  We’ve been busy observing how caterpillars change into butterflies for the last few weeks and last Monday […]

Ms. Rachel’s Update 5-10-19

Hello! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts: Subitizing 3, 4, 5, cylinder, gray; Y, Z, look, and Wacky Wednesday this week! Feel free to wear some wacky outfits or hairstyles. Things will be a little wacky in the class as well. This is just for fun and totally optional. The last PJ Day […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 5-10-19

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you enjoy the long weekend! Happy Mother’s Day!! A Week in Review: ·      We spilt our class into little groups and worked as a team to build a house for Herman. The teams got to pick what material they were going to use. They needed to make sure that there […]

STEM Profile of the Month – May 2019

Ways to develop Empathy in Children •MOTHERS whose behavior toward their preschool children is RESPONSIVE, NONPUNITIVE, AND NONAUTHORITARIAN have children who have higher levels of affective and cognitive empathy and prosocial behavior (Eisenberg, Lennon, and Roth 1983; EisenbergBerg and Mussen 1978; Kestenbaum, Farber, and Sroufe 1989; and Zahn-Waxler, Radke-Yarrow, and King 1979). •REASON WITH CHILDREN–Even […]

Important Dates May 2019

April 8 – May 10th STEM unit 6 Wed, May 1 Tuition payments due May 1 – 23 STEM Profile focus for April 2019– Empathetic Wed, May 1 Late Start for K-12 – preschoolers have school!  Thurs, May 2, 4:00 – 4:45 pm Tour Thurs, May 2, 6:00 – 7:30 pm Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) Fri, […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 4-19-19

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you have a great holiday weekend!   A Week in Review: ·      We are in our second week of the last STEM unit. This week, we talked about houses in different places. We looked at huts, igloos, adobe houses and strange shaped houses. We also decided that there were 3 things […]

Ms. Rachel’s Update 4-20-19

Hello! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts: Twenty (20), circle and sphere, variations of blue; M, N, O, P, my, do, in Please keep the One Gallon Plastic Jugs (milk, water, juice, etc) coming! I’m hoping we can begin construction this week! PJ Day This Thursday, April 25th! – But save your $1 […]

Ms. Kiersten’s class update 2-19-19

I hope you all had a fun and relaxing long weekend.  The kids came back from the break full of energy and enthusiasm.  The cold weather gave us a great launching off point for our Buildings unit which began this week.  Students strongly felt we should stay inside because of the cold, easily connecting the […]