Dragon Tales 2.18.08
Valley Oak Elementary
Davis Joint Unified School District
Web: www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/voak
E-mail: valleyoak@djusd.k12.ca.us
PTA website: http://www2.dcn.org/orgs/vopta/
PTA email: valleyoakpta@yahoo.com
(530) 757-5470
Week of Feb. 18, 2008
Calendar: February
Feb. 19-22 Black History Week
Feb. 20 Site Council Meeting, 7 p.m. in Room 6
Feb. 25 Incoming 7th Grade Parent Information Meeting, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Holmes MPR
Feb. 27 Incoming 7th Grade Parent Information Night, 5:30 p.m., Harper MPR
Feb. 28 Incoming 7th Grade Parent Information Night, 7 p.m., Harper MPR
Feb. 29 Dr. Seuss Day
Feb. 29 Variety Show permission slips due by 3:05 p.m.
DJUSD School Boundary Changes
Find out the schools for your home address based on the new Davis elementary school boundaries. Use the locator on the District Website to find out your schools by visiting: http://www.djusd.k12.ca.us/District/boundaries/street/index.asp.
California Duck Days Takes Flight
Take your family and friends to Duck Days, the annual wetlands festival on February 23, for a full day of field trips, workshops and other activities. New this year are fishing for kids, a falconry demonstration and live music.
Please go to www.yolobasin.org to get the complete schedule and registration form or call 757-3780 for more information.
Celebrate Black History Spirit Week
There’s lots of fun and educational activities planned this week to celebrate Black History Month.
Today, classes will be decorating their doors. Wednesday is Mix It Up Day, when students will split into groups and “mix it up” with students from other classes in the same grade. On Thursday, students will learn about significant African Americans.
On Friday, the school will celebrate African culture and students are encouraged to dress up as famous African Americans as part of “African American Dress UP” Day. There will also be a school-wide song presentation of “We Are the World” on the playground at 8:30 a.m.
Dragon Bookslayer Volunteers Needed
Our reading incentive program, Dragon Bookslayers, is starting soon, and we need parent volunteers to staff the prize table. Bookslayers will run seven weeks starting February 29 and ending April 18.
The prize table will be open from 1:30 until 2:20 p.m. on Wednesdays and from 2:35 until 3:20 p.m. on Fridays beginning March 12. We will need parent volunteers to award prizes to our readers.
If you can help, please contact Anne Finkelston at 753-1327 or afinkelston@sbcglobal.net.
Valley Oak Charter School Status
The charter school group has filed an appeal with the Yolo County Office of Education asking for approval of the charter school for next year. They hope for a decision in March. The planned charter school will be a free, public school proposed for the Valley Oak site. A number of current Valley Oak teachers are interested in teaching at the new school.
If you would like to know more about the school or work with the charter school group, please visit the Valley Oak Charter School website at www.vocharter.org or you may call Steve Kelleher (757-2934) or Fred Buderi (758-8203) or to speak to someone in Spanish you may call Mary Khan, District EL Coordinator (757-5300, ext. 138).
Birch Lane Information/Registration
Birch Lane Elementary School will hold an informational meeting with Principal Tyzzer and tours of the campus on the following dates:
• Thursday, March 6 from 9 to 10 a.m.
• Monday, March 10, from 9 to 10 a.m.
• Friday, March 14, from 9 to 10 a.m.
The tours are for adults only. Those interested in a tour should contact the Birch Lane office at 757-5395.
The entire family is invited to attend the Open House and Ice Cream Social Thursday, April 10 from 6 to 8 p.m.
To learn more about Montessori, attend the Montessori Information Night Thursday, March 13, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Birch Lane MPR.
Kindergarten Registration is Thursday, March 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the MPR and registration for students new to Birch Lane for Grades 1 through 6 begins Friday, March 21 in the school office.
Your child’s immunization records, birth certificate or passport, proof of residency in the Birch Lane area and, for incoming Kindergartners, a health examination, is necessary for registration.
For more information, call 757-5395.
Leap Into the Arts” with DSAF
The Davis School Arts Foundation is inviting the community to celebrate Leap Year with a month-long “Leap Into the Arts” starting February 29 with the opening of an elementary school art exhibition at the Davis Art Center.
The annual elementary school art exhibition at the Davis Art Center features original student art from Davis public elementary schools on display February 29 through March 20. The public is invited to view the exhibition during the Art Center’s regular hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Teachers are encouraged to take their classes on a field trip to view the exhibition.
The annual Young at Art Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, at the Davis Art Center features hands-on art projects for kids of all ages and music, singing and dance performances. New this year will be a magician and carnival games. Admission and performances are free but tickets will be sold for a small charge for each project or game.
Lamppost Pizza is supporting DSAF during California Arts Education Month by donating a portion of proceeds from all pizzas sold to customers with a DSAF coupon. The coupons will be distributed at Davis public schools and available at the Davis Art Center. Families are encouraged to visit the student art exhibition and go out for pizza.
DSAF is encouraging all K-12 classroom teachers to use the month of March to apply for a Harmony Music grant or Watermelon Gumball Music grant to support a music education program in the 2008-2009 school year. DSAF will award more than $10,000 in grants from $500 to $1,500 each. Applications are due April 4. For details, visit the DSAF website at www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/dsaf.
DSAF is an all-volunteer non-profit organization founded in 1981 to support music and arts education in Davis public schools.
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