Principal’s Desk Warriors Jemez Valley Elementary School December 2010 Issue 4 8501 Highway 4 Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico (505) 834-3306 www.jvps.org December 14……………..PTA Meeting 6 pm—7 pm December 16…………..Fine Arts Night 6pm—8pm December 23—January 7..Winter Break December 10……….Santa’s Workshop 8am-2pm IMPORTANT DATES Be sure to visit Santa’s Work- shop December 10th 8am—2pm in the elementary school gym. You can rent a booth for $20 and sell your crafts and good- ies. For more information call Sissy at 834-3306 Meet our Counselor Mrs. Gazaway Mrs. Gazaway is our new counselor. She moved here from East Texas and has worked as a coun- selor for fifteen years. “I like working for JVPS because Jemez is a beautiful place. I really enjoy the students.” Mrs. Gazaway wants students to know that she is available to help them in any way and is looking forward to getting to know all of the families. Reporter: Jade Photo: Janice Happy December all! This month is filled with many events for the school as well as many events in the classrooms. Please keep in contact with your child’s teacher so we can make sure that all of us (school and families) are on top of things. One of the highlights of the month, school-wise, will be the Fine Arts Night on 16 December from 6 to 8 PM at the JVHS performing arts center. If things seem a little bit different this year, it is because the JVHS GearUP program has graciously taken the lead in running it in the absence of Mrs. Grace. Ms. Amy Eldridge has agreed to be the master of ceremonies. I am looking forward to a grand evening and some wonderful performances by our children. Please plan on com- ing out! We live in the mountains and cold weather is upon us. If we get some bad weather please, parents, use your best judgment about coming to school. We want to enjoy you and your children for years to come! Thank you for allowing us the honor of working with your children and do enjoy the rest of the Holiday season with lots of smiles and laughter! Sincerely, Brad Parker Special Thanks to GEAR UP. The Class of 2012 is helping with Fine Arts Night for their Community Action Plan. Students will be setting up tables, designing programs and working the Elementary and Middle School teachers. You guys are Great!
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Principal’s Desk
Warriors Jemez Valley Elementary School
December 2010
Issue 4
8501 Highway 4 Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico (505) 834-3306 www.jvps.org
December 14……………..PTA Meeting
6 pm—7 pm
December 16…………..Fine Arts Night
6pm—8pm
December 23—January 7..Winter Break
December 10……….Santa’s Workshop
8am-2pm
IMPORTANT DATES
Be sure to visit Santa’s Work-
shop December 10th 8am—2pm
in the elementary school gym.
You can rent a booth for $20
and sell your crafts and good-
ies. For more information call
Sissy at 834-3306
Meet our Counselor Mrs. Gazaway
Mrs. Gazaway is our new counselor. She moved
here from East Texas and has worked as a coun-
selor for fifteen years.
“I like working for JVPS because Jemez is a beautiful
place. I really enjoy the students.”
Mrs. Gazaway wants students to know that she is available to help
them in any way and is looking forward to getting to know all of the
families.
Reporter: Jade
Photo: Janice
Happy December all!
This month is filled with many events for the school as well as many
events in the classrooms. Please keep in contact with your child’s
teacher so we can make sure that all of us (school and families) are
on top of things.
One of the highlights of the month, school-wise, will be the Fine Arts
Night on 16 December from 6 to 8 PM at the JVHS performing arts
center. If things seem a little bit different this year, it is because the
JVHS GearUP program has graciously taken the lead in running it in
the absence of Mrs. Grace. Ms. Amy Eldridge has agreed to be the
master of ceremonies. I am looking forward to a grand evening and
some wonderful performances by our children. Please plan on com-
ing out!
We live in the mountains and cold weather is upon us. If we get
some bad weather please, parents, use your best judgment about
coming to school. We want to enjoy you and your children for years
to come! Thank you for allowing us the honor of working with your
children and do enjoy the rest of the Holiday season with lots of
smiles and laughter!
Sincerely,
Brad Parker
Special Thanks to GEAR
UP. The Class of 2012 is
helping with Fine Arts
Night for their Community
Action Plan. Students will be setting
up tables, designing programs and
working the Elementary and Middle
School teachers.
You guys are Great!
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Grade Level Spotlight
Kindergarten
The kindergarteners had a terrific time at the turkey trot.
The winners are listed below.
1st place - Samantha
2nd place - Jude 3rd place - Alexis
We will sing Must Be Santa and We Wish You a Merry Christmas at Fine Arts Night on December 16. We hope
you can join us for this festive activity.
Miss Northrip
Second Grade
The 2nd grade participated in the Turkey Trot on November 23. Devry Vigil came in 1st
and carried home the large turkey. Marisa Gauchupin was second and carefully carried home the pie.
The box of stuffing was won by Melaila Chinana who came
in 3rd.
On December 10th, the second grade will be selling orna-
ments at the Santa Workshop. We have made our cinna-mon ornaments once again but this year they are in the
shape of a cactus and a chili. We will still have some of our traditional tress, bells and stars. Stop by our table to
buy some of our fragrant ornaments.
On December 16th, the second grade will be singing in the Fine Arts program. We will be performing Santa Claus is coming to Town and Feliz Navidad. We have our tamborines and Santa
hats all ready for the performance.
The second grade has just started
buddy reading with the Kinder-
garteners. We look forward to read-ing to them each Thursday morning.
Mrs. Smith
First Grade
Turkey Trot Winners:
1st Place (Turkey)--Jadrien Sandia
2nd Place (Pie)--Katelyn Toribio 3rd Place (Stuffing)--Jonathon Chavez
Santa's Workshop is Friday, December 10. Please remem-
ber to send money with your child if you would like them
to make purchases at Santa's Workshop.
Fine Arts Night will be Thursday, December 16 from 6-8 p.m. First grade will perform
"All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth” and “Jingle Bells.”
Miss Alton
Preschool
We had a great time running the Turkey trot! Congrats to Ethan Chinena, Rylan
Loretto, and Selena Jaramillo for placing
1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The PreK had so much fun they wanted to run again!
We are moving into our Christmas themes
for this month. We are also practicing for
our Fine Arts Night. We hope that you can join us on the evening of December 16th
for our performance.
Mrs. Antonio
Congratulations to
Mr. and Mrs. Didier!
Their new baby Kathryn was
born on November 8th.
and weighed 6 pounds 2 oz.
Third Grade
I am so proud of all of Third Grade class for trying their best in Turkey Trot Race.
Turkey Trot Winners in Third Grade Class
are Hazel Altheide, Aaliyah Gachupin, and Tanner Stacy. Unfortunately, a couple of students fell
and got hurt, but they were both tough about it. At the end of November, we had our Pizza party for being the
best attendance class for the first Quarter. Thank you,
Mr. Parker and Sissy for the party. It was very nice.
We have a lot of events in December. We are
learning about Hanukah holiday with books
and food with Mrs. Gooris’ 5th grade class on December 6th. We are having a booth at
Santa’s Workshop on December 10th and sell-ing earring the students have been making
with the help of parents – Thank you Leslie Aragon, Kari Dozhier, Katie Riley, and Nancy Wilkins for your help!
The earrings are coming out to be different and beautiful
by the hands of a creative group of children. We are hoping to raise money for the classroom fund. We are
also practicing our three songs – “12 Days of Christmas”, “Christmas Times’ A- Coming” and “Up on the Housetop”
for the Fine Arts Night performance on December 16th.
Finally, before the Second Quarter ends on De-cember 22nd, the Third Grade students are taking the
NWEA MAP’s test for Reading, Math, Language Usage,
and Science during the week of December 6th from 8:30-9:30.
Mrs. Breines
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
The fifth grade had a fantastic time at the
Turkey Trot. Everyone ran hard.
1st place Korrin Williams
2nd place Mia Sando
3rd place Moyrah Lee
Parents we could use your help at Santa ’ s Workshop this
Friday from 8:00-2:00. For Fine Arts Night we will be per-
forming “ A Techno Christmas. ” We are also having a
holiday party and dinner December 21st from 12:30-2:30.
Students should bring a gender specific gift
up to $10.00. Parents Welcome!
Mrs. Gooris
Fourth Grade
We had an awesome time at the Turkey Trot which took place on November 23rd down at
the Jemez Valley Track Complex. I know I was tired after running in four races. The winners in our
grade were Isabella Haarmann-Mijares who won a turkey,
Ezekiel Delgarito who won a pumpkin pie, and Kyanne Sando who won a box of stuffing.
The class is planning on having a Christmas Party on Wednesday, December 22nd. The party will start by having
pizza in our classroom for lunch, with games and Christmas
Music to close out our party. December 22nd is also the last day of the second nine weeks so I will be working closely
with students who are missing assignments to help them bring up their grades.
Lastly, the 4th grade class would like to wish everyone a
safe and happy holiday season.
Mr. Sando
Remember, it is important to keep reading
even during the holiday break.
Please don't forget to return your overdue
library books so that you can take a new
book home to read over the break.
Thanks!
Book Nook
There is a lot of excitement in the 4th
grade classroom. The first reason for ex-citement is because of the iPods that the
students are finally using. I have downloaded a few ap-plications, such as Math Bingo, Math Ninja, Math Flash
Cards, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, Brain
Trainer, Mr. Hat, and Countries as a few educational applications. I also included a few games such as Cut
the Rope, Oregon Trail, Solitaire, Chess, Deer Hunter, and Minesweeper for the students to use when we have
free time.
The other source of excitement is coming from our up-coming performance for Fine Arts Night. The
students will be performing a play called Reindeer Rebellion. The students have all
their roles and are currently practicing their
lines. We all hope that you enjoy our per-formance. I know that I am excited to see
the performance when it all comes together.
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Designed and Created by:
Izze M. and M. P. J.
COLD SONGS FAMILY SNOWMAN
FRIENDS PRESENTS VACATION FOOD
What do you get when you cross a
vampire with a snowman?
Frostbite!
It’s Joke Time! J A K C S Q J T H
P Q F O O D V Q I
R Y R L N O A I H
E P I D G W C S Q
S Q E B S Z A T Z
E J N D J Q T U G
N Y D F A M I L Y
T Q S A W Q O Z O
S N O W M A N T B
WORD SEARCH
What is gray and blue and very
big?
An elephant holding his breath.
COMIC
M.P.J.
Izze
Just another reminder about flu vacci-
nation...I received plenty of FluMist for
the kids and have given several immunizations al-
ready. I am administering them as paperwork
comes in. Some children will need two doses this
year. Please call or come and see me if you need to
pick up the paperwork or have questions.
If your child is one of the many that may need inhal-
ers or nebulizer treatments, please make sure you
see their provider to get current prescriptions. If
these treatments need to be provided at school,
please bring them to the health office and talk to
me.
As always, I welcome your calls, questions, and
comments, and concerns in order to provide the best
care for your children. Thank you!
Nurse Sara 834-3308
Mrs. Sara’s Nurse’s Notes
2010 TURKEY TROT!
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The Turkey Trot was so much fun! Special thanks to Mrs. Gooris and the PTA who put together the event. We
had a lot of (huffing and puffing!) happy kids who got a chance to get out some of their pent up energy. I also
want to thank Mr. Sando and Daniel Gooris for serving as our "turkey" this year.
Thanks to Mrs. Gazaway for helping out with second grade, Nurse Sara for fixing our kiddos boo-boo's AND a
big thank you to our deputies, Deputy Kane and Deputy Hunt for keeping us safe while we crossed the road. I
REALLY appreciate the giving spirit we have here in the valley for our kids.
Mr. Parker
December already? Wow, how time fly's when your
busy! Saturday, December 11 the Jemez State Monu-
ment presents "Light Among the Ruins: Holiday Cele-
bration" from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Monument
will be decorated with hundreds of farolitos, Jemez
Pueblo dancers will perform and there will be tradi-
tional Native American flute music. This event is free
to all visitors. What a lovely opportunity to see the his-
toric ruins.
Be sure to attend the Jemez Valley Fine Arts Night
where students will be performing various holiday
songs and perhaps a skit or two. Each student will
have a work of art displayed as well. I have saved the
majority of the work students have created this year
so that we could choose the best piece to place in this
display. Once the art has been chosen, the remainder
of the work will be sent home.
Enjoy these last few weeks of 2010 and have a won-
