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Principals Message
What Makes You Proud of Ventana Vista?I was recently asked by a teacher-candidate, What are you most proud of at Ventana Vista?Without hesitation, I told her: THE PEOPLE. It is a distinct honor and privilege to come towork every day, knowing that the people with whom I work are passionate, talented,committed, capable, caring individuals; the professionals across Catalina Foothills SchoolDistrict and the members of its Governing Board are intelligent, tireless advocates for allchildren; the community in which I work is highly interested, invested, involved in, andsupportive of, the success of students. And, given all of the above, together with our rigorous,articulated, 21
stcentury curriculum, the students capacity for learning in our school, and in
CFSD, is boundless. I am very proud of THE PEOPLE who make all parts of this systemwork!
Family Survey
As parents/guardians at Ventana Vista, we very much value what you are thinking about ourschool, and your childs experiences here. Every spring, our Site Council administers aFamily Survey. Both the staff and Site Council analyze the results in an effort to continuallyimprove our program.
Please take a few minutes to complete the survey at the following link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YX2XSJW
Thank you, in advance, for your feedback.
Planning for Next YearIt is hard to believe that the end of the school year is fast-approaching! We are pleased toshare with you some of the plans for the 14-15 school year.
In order to best prepare our students for 21stcentury learning skills, CFSD will assign
a new Teacher Leader for Elementary Science and Engineering Practices. Thefirst priority for this position will be to establish a district-wide elementary roboticsprogram at each elementary site. The teacher leader will also support teachers inproviding innovative science instruction that integrates science, technology,engineering and math with a focus on engineering practices. Stay tuned for moreinformation!
Our first group of immersion students will be entering their final year at elementaryschool! As you may know, we have closely monitored the implementation of thisprogram over the last five years, and made adjustments to a variety of aspects of ourentire school, in order to positively impact ALL Ventana Vista students.
One trend that has emerged is that, as they move into older grades, we have fewerstudents in immersion, and more students in the general education program. Thismakes sense, as while enrollment in any grade ebbs and flows, in the generaleducation program, this typically balances out (some students leave, while otherscome). However, in immersion, while some students leave, we rarely have others jointhe program, beyond first grade.
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One way we have successfully responded to this trend is through the Gr.1-2 MultiageProgram for our general education students. Multiage is a research-based model wherechildren from two or more grades are purposefully placed together to create one learningcommunity. The makeup of the class is heterogeneous with regards to learningstyles/strengths, boys/girls, ages, etc.
Resource allocation, including staffing, is dependent upon our enrollment. Thanks to thecreative thinking of a variety of stakeholders at some recent planning sessions, we havea devised a plan that we believe will be sustainable over time and will benefit ALLVentana Vista students. Given our current projections for next year, as well as the ebband flow trend described above, we are planning for the following next year:
RegularProgram Spanish ImmersionProgram1 (or 2) classes of Kdg. 2 classes of Kdg.3 classes of Gr. 1-2 Multiage 2 classes of Gr. 12 classes of Gr. 3 2 classes of Gr. 22 classes of Gr. 4 3 classes of Gr. 3-4 Multiage2 classes of Gr. 5 1 class of Gr. 5
Given our current enrollment projections, we anticipate class sizes ranging from 21-29 ineach of the classes above.
While staffing decisions are still taking shape, we anticipate the following:
The Gr. 3-4 Multiage Immersion classes will continue to be a 50-50 model, in terms ofcore content and time taught in Spanish. However the arrangement and delivery ofinstruction will vary. Three teachers: Holly Knutson, Maria Orozco, and DeDe Plante willteam together to deliver this program. All of the teachers will teach language arts andmath (in addition to the other Gr. 3 and Gr. 4 teachers) in English; Sra. Plante will teachscience and social studies to Gr. 3 students in Spanish; Sra. Orozco will teach scienceand social studies to Gr. 4 students in Spanish. The details of students daily schedulesare developing and will be communicated at a later date. However, this trio of teachers isvery excited about this teaming opportunity, and the benefits it will afford our students!
A new teacher will join the fifth grade team to deliver science and social studies inSpanish. The team will continue its history of working closely together for the planningand sharing of responsibility for students.
In order to plan most accurately and effectively,it is critical that we know whether or notyour child will return to Ventana Vista next year. If you have not already done so, pleaseturn in your registration paperwork or notify the office if you will NOT be returning.Included in this newsletter is an optionalclassroom placement form for parents tocomplete for consideration in the placement process.
Any parent interested in attending a Parent Breakfast to engage in conversationabout the plans described above, or other topics of interest, is welcome to join me onWednesday, May 7 in the Southwest Room at 7:15 AM, just prior to the FFO General
Meeting at 8:15. Please call Avril Buick in the office (209-8001) to RSVP to theBreakfast.
As always, feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Your ongoingpartnership and support is appreciated.
Kim Boling, Principal520-209-8000
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Catalina FoothillsSchool District
Dr. Mary Kamerzell,Superintendent
Governing Board Members
Carole Siegler, President529-1379
Sherri Silverberg, Vice-Preside615-9224
John Bergan, Member878-6180
Eileen Jackson, Member299-3828
Mary Lou Richerson, Membe299-4746
State of Arizona LegislativeRepresentatives for CFSD
(please check www.azleg.govfcontact information)
Legislative District 9Senator Steve Farley
Rep. Ethan Orr
Rep. Victoria Steele
DATES OF INTEREST
Tuesday, April 22nd
EARLY RELEASE
Gr. 1-5 8:00-1:30AM Kinder 8:00-10:15PM Kinder 11:15-1:30
Tuesday, April 29th
EARLY RELEASE
Gr. 1-5 8:00-1:30AM Kinder 8:00-10:15PM Kinder 11:15-1:30
Friday, May 9thSpring Book Fair Family Night
5-7PM
Monday, May 12th
- Thursday,May 15th
Spring Book Fair (see flyerfor days/times)
Saturday, May 17th
End of Year Carnival
Wednesday, May 21stFifth Grade Farewell @ 1:00 PMLast Day of School for Students
Mission Statement
The mission of CatalinaFoothills School District anVentana Vista ElementarySchool is to guarantee tha
each student achieves
academic and personalexcellence, becomes alifelong learner and is a
responsible citizen of theworld, by engaging allstudents in meaningful
programs which meet thehighest educational and
ethical standards within acaring, collaborative learnin
community.
Office Hours for 2013-2014 are:
7:30 AM 3:30 PM
7:30 AM 2:00 PM(Early Release Tuesdays)
Main Office 209-8000Health Office 209-8004Attendance Line 209-8090FAX 209-8070Durham (Bus) 615-7635
Spring MusicalPerformances
First/Second 5/14 @ 1:30
Third 5/15 @ 11:00
Fourth/Fifth 5/19 @ 9:30
School Tool BoxSupplies for 2014!
See the attached flyerregarding information about
ordering your school suppliesfor next year online! You can
start ordering as early as
4/28, and supplies will bedelivered to your home this
summer.
Want to shop for your ownschool supplies instead?Lists will be posted on
Ventana Vista website inearly June.
Spring Cleaning yourclosets?
The health office isaccepting donations of allsizes of clothing to be kept
for spills and otheremergencies.
Thank you,Deborah and MaryVVE Health Office
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April 21, 2014
Dear Parents:
During the spring of each year, a process is begun to place children into classes for thefollowing school year. The goal of the process is to develop balanced classes of children. That
balance includes: total number and gender in each room; consideration of each childs learning styleand level of achievement; particular emotional, social, and physical learning needs; and interpersonal
dynamics among children.
To facilitate this process, a committee comprised of current grade level teachers, the principal, special
education and special area teachers will meet to give input regarding each childs placement for thefollowing year. The purpose of this collaborative effort is to choose a good placement for every one ofour students. Preliminary class lists are developed with no teacher assignment. Information regarding
classroom assignments will be mailed to families in August to accommodate summer enrollment and
withdrawals.
Another dimension of the process is consideration of parent input. If there is anything about yourchilds needs that you would like us to consider in the placement process, please let us know by
returning the form on the reverse side of this letter. Please do not request a specific teacher. Theplacement committee will consider parental input carefully before making decisions. All parent input
is reviewed by those participating in the placement process. That is why it is best to provide as much
specific information as possible on the parent input form. If you would like your ideas included in theprocess, please complete the attached form and return it to the school office by April 30, 2014.Completion of the form is optional; it is simply a communication tool for those who wish to use it.
If you have any questions regarding the placement process, please feel free to contact me or yourchilds teacher.
Sincerely,
Kim Boling
Principal
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Ventana Vista Elementary SchoolCatalina Foothills School District
6085 North Kolb Road Tucson, Arizona 85750 520-209-8000Kim Boling, Principal
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Ventana Vista Elementary School
OPTIONAL CLASSROOM PLACEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
Spring 2014
Return to the school office by April 30, 2014.
Student: ____________________________________________ Current Grade Level: ________
Describe any pertinent information you would like to share regarding your childs
social/emotional/academic/physical needs. Please do not request a specific teacher.
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Parents Backpack Guide to
Arizonas College & Career Ready
Standards
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS
In 2010, the Arizona State Board of Education adopted Arizonas College and Career Ready Standards (AZCCRS) -
English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics (including literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical
subjects at all grade levels) to give Arizona students the skills they need to be successful in post-secondary education
after they graduate from high school. Across the state, full implementation of the new standards began in the 2013
school year. However, the Catalina Foothills School District (CFSD) has been transitioning to them for the past three
years. The standards focus on critical thinking, problem solving, and effective communication skills and will be assessed
through a new summative system, which will be implemented during the 2014-15 school year.
What is the relationship between Arizonas College and Career Ready Standards and CFSD Curricula?
The AZCCRS create clear K-12 expectations for what your student should know and be able to do in the key areas of
reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and mathematics to ensure they are ready for college and
career. However, the new standards are not a curriculum. They provide a framework for designing curriculum. The CFSD
curriculum is a complex combination of the tools, practices, and resources that lead from standards to studentachievement. CFSD educators are collectively responsible for the quality of the curriculum. They have spent hundreds of
hours designing relevant, challenging curriculum and instructional programs that effectively integrate the new standards
with CFSDs 21stcentury skills. The curriculum requires students to analyze more, discuss more, justify more, and explain
their thinking and understanding deeply in varied contexts across disciplines.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA)
The new Arizona College and Career Ready Standards for the English Language Arts make several important changes to
current standards. These changes are called shifts. The chart below shows what these shifts change, what you might
see in your students backpack, and what you can do to help your student.
Whats Shifting? What to Look for in the Backpack? What Can You Do?
Your student will now read morenon-fictionin each grade level.
Look for more reading assignments based on real-life events, suchas biographies, articles, and historical stories. (To be clear, thestandards do require substantial attention to literature at K-12).
Read non-fiction books with yourstudent. Find ways to make readingfun and exciting.
Reading more non-fiction texts willhelp your student learn about the
world through reading.
Look for more concept- and fact-based books that build knowledgeabout the world through texts (content areas like science and thesocial sciences).
Know what non-fiction books aregrade-level appropriate and makesure your student has access tosuch books.
Your student will readchallenging texts very closely,so they can make sense of what theyread and draw their own conclusions.
Your student will have reading and writing assignments that askher/him to reread and retell text, write about, interpret, and/or drawconclusions about key parts of a text, or respond to text-dependentquestions in which the answers require careful attention to text.
Provide more challenging texts foryour student to read. Model how todig deeper into difficult pieces.
When it comes to writing, retelling,summarizing, or synthesizing text,
your student will use evidence
gathered from the text to
support what they say.
Look for written assignments that ask your student to draw onconcrete examples from the text that serve as proof and evidence.Evidence means examples from the text that your student will use tosupport a response, conclusion, or argument. This is different fromquestions that ask for an opinion.
Ask your students to provideevidence in everyday discussionsand disagreements. Talk about textor read the same book and discusswith evidence.
Your student will learn how towrite from what they read.
Look for writing assignments that ask your student to makearguments in writing using evidence from sources and to comparemultiple texts in writing.
Encourage writing at home. Writetogether using evidence anddetails.
Your student will have anincreased academic
vocabulary.
Look for assignments that stretch your students vocabulary andteach them that language is power.
Read often to young children. Readmultiple books about the sametopic.
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MATHEMATICS
The new Arizona College and Career Ready Standards in Mathematics make several important changes to current
standards. These changes are called shifts. The chart below shows what is shifting, what you might see in your students
backpack, and what you can do to help your student.
Whats Shifting? What to Look for in the Backpack? What Can You Do?
Your student will work moredeeply in fewer topics, whichwill ensure full understanding. (Lessis more!)
Look for assignments that require students to show work and explainhow they arrived at an answer. This is important to transfer learningto new contexts inside and outside the mathematics classroom.
Know what concepts are importantfor your student based on theirgrade level and spend time workingon those concepts.
Your student will keep buildingon learning year after year,starting with a strong foundation.
Look for assignments that build on one another. For example,students will focus on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.Once these areas are mastered, they will focus on fractions. Buildingon that, they will then focus on Algebra. You should be able to seethe progression in the topics they learn.
Be aware of what concepts yourstudent struggled with last year andsupport your student in thosechallenging areas moving forward.
Your student will spend timepracticing and memorizingmath facts for fluency.
Look for assignments that ask your student to master math facts(e.g., multiplication tables) and simple calculations with speed andaccuracy so that they have access to more complex concepts andprocedures.
Help your student know andmemorize basic math facts andrequired fluencies. Know all of thefluencies your student have andprioritize learning the ones theydont.
Your student will understand whythe math works and be asked
to talk about and prove their
understanding.
Your student might have assignments that ask her/him to show orexplain their mathematical thinking to talk about and prove whythey think their answer is the right one. Your student is expected toindependently use math and apply appropriate concepts and skills.
Talk to your student about theirmath homework and ask them toteach you new concepts. Help themfigure out ways to explain theirthinking.
Your student will now be asked touse math in real-world
situations.
Look for math assignments that are based on real world applicationsin varied contexts. Your student will also be asked to apply math incontent areas outside of math, particularly science, to ensure that
math is used to make meaning of and access content.
Provide time every day for yourstudent to work on math at home.Ask your student to do the math
that pops up in daily life.
You can find a college and career readiness checklist in the document, My Road Trip to College & Career: K-12 Readiness
Checklist at http://www.azed.gov/azccrs/files/2013/10/k-12collegeandcareerchecklist.pdf
Key Fluencies for Mathematics:
K: Add/subtract within 5
1: Add/subtract within 10
2: Add/subtract within 20 (from memory), Add/subtract within 100 (pencil and paper)
3: Multiply/divide within 100 (from memory), Add/subtract within 1000
4: Add/subtract within 1,000,000
5: Multi-digit multiplication
6: Multi0digit division, Multi-digit decimal operations
7: Solvepx + q = r, p(x + q) = r
8: Solve simple 2x2 systems by inspection
TALKING TO YOUR STUDENTS TEACHER
Talk to your childs teacher if you have questions about the new standards or the shifts in instruction. Try to keep the
conversation focused on the most important topics that relate to your child. This means asking the teacher how your
student is performing based on grade-level or course-specific standards and expectations.
For more information on Arizonas College and Career Ready Standards visit the following website:
http://www.azed.gov/azccrs/. Visit http://www.cfsd16.orgfor more information on the CFSD curriculum.
2014 - CFSD; Adapted from engageNY
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Friday June 27th 7 pm Monday June 30th 1pm
Saturday June 28th 7pm Tuesday July 1st 1pm
Sunday June 29th 1pm Tuesday July 1st 7pm
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Theres STILLTIMEthis school yearfor youto make an
Help the Catalina Foothills School District Foundationreach its fundraising goal!Arizona State funding for K-12 education has been cut $1,000 per student over the last 5 years.
Your donations to the Foundation are essential to the continued success of our schools. Donating to theFoundation is the only way to directly support teaching positions.
Please fill out the form below or donate online at www.cfsdfoundation.org.
YES,count me in to support the CFSD Foundation in attracting andretaining excellent teachers!
Suggested minimum donation Dollar a Day = $365
Family Level $500 per year
Join the Leadership Circle at $1,000 or more per year
Total payable to CFSD Foundation $___________________________
Check #______________
Charge my credit card for a one time donation
Charge my credit card monthly $__________ for ______ months ($30 per month for 12 months min.)
Visa MC CC # __________________________________ Expiration Date __________
Signature _______________________________________________ Date _____________________
Name (Please Print) _______________________________________ Phone _____________________
Address _______________________________ City ________________ State ______ Zip ________
Email ________________________________________
Catalina Foothills Schools District Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit.
Fill out this donation form and mail to:
CFSD FoundationP.O. Box 65150
Tucson, AZ 85728-5150
Donate online at:
www.cfsdfoundation.org
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