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Back To School Coffee
Welcome back!  Come celebrate the first day back to school with coffee and yummy treats! This is your chance to reconnect with friends, and make new ones. You can share Kindergarten jitter stories, or marvel over fifth grade expectations. It’s   great opportunity for Burton Valley parents to come together and start the school year off with a smile!

Holiday Sing
Parents, grandparents, family and friends come celebrate the holiday season with some spectacular performances staring all of our Burton Valley students. Music, families, and yummy refreshment, the Holiday Sing is the perfect way to celebrate our students and the holidays!!!

BVE Family BBQ and Movie Night Under the Stars
Join us for a good old BBQ and movie. Bring beach chairs and blankets, get comfy and enjoy an outdoor movie and popcorn with your kids.  It will be a fabulous night of food, fun, movies and star gazing with your BVE community!

Fall Family Picnic
Fall family picnic is a community building fun day celebrating the fall
With music, carnival games, cake walk, bubble blowing contest, face painting, football toss, sack races, and line dancing. And more! There are activities for both young and old! Some come join us for a hot dog, snacks, and lots of fall family fun and don’t forget to pick up your pumpkins!

TASA (Teacher and Staff Appreciation) 
A chance to thank and celebrate our wonderful Burton Valley teachers and staff, by providing conference week snacks, hosting luncheons and a few other surprises!

Helping Hands
An opportunity to help families in crisis by providing such things as meals, rides, and/or other accommodations as needed.

 

Parent Education
A number of meetings are organised during the year to help inform and advise parents about topics of interest andrelevance to families.  Examples of events for the current school year are:
  • a seminar on October 15th about Financial Literacy - helping parents talk to children about money matters and developing healthy financial habits. 
  • a presentation and discussion about how California schools are funded, including an explanation of the impact and implications of historical measures such as Prop. 13
  
Read Across America
A program of the National Education Association (NEA), Read Across America Day--celebrated annually on Dr. Seuss's birthday, March 2 (unless it falls at a weekend) --generates enthusiasm for reading nationwide and focuses the country’s attention on how important it is to motivate children to read. 
  
Drama Club
Each year 4th and 5th Graders have the opportunity to take part in Drama Club, which meets weekly.  Rehearsals culminate in performances for parents, friends and the rest of the school community.

 

Communications

 

August  Mailer

The mailer provides families with emergency forms needed by the school, as well as information about the upcoming school year. It also provides details about Bobcat Day, where families give their contribution to the PTA and receive their children’s classroom assignments.

 

Bobcat Beat

This is a magazine-style newsletter that gives families more insight into Burton Valley Elementary.  Read articles about educational issues. Get to know teachers and staff through profiles and Q and A’s. And check out samples of student artwork and writing. Traditionally, it has been distributed quarterly through the Friday Folder, but will become an e-magazine this year! Look for the link on this website!

 

Bobcat Day

Bobcat Day is the kickoff of the school year. Traditionally a day or two before the first day of class, families go to campus to get teacher assignments, give a contribution to the PTA, sign up for volunteer jobs and get information on special programs such as Boy and Girl Scouts, LASF and before-school Spanish instruction.

 

Broadcast (e-Newsletter)

The Broadcast is a weekly newsletter that provides detailed information about activities going on at Burton Valley Elementary. The newsletter, which is sent out via email every Friday, tells parents about special events on campus. It also is a forum for advertising things such as music lessons, vacation rentals, and club programs such as Odyssey of the Mind. If you would like to post a notice in the Broadcast, please make a submission by Wednesday morning to Gina Dawson, gdawson@gmail.com. To receive the Broadcast, please contact subscription manager Stacey Bauer, .

 

Directory

The directory is often a lifeline for BVE families! A form in the August Mailer will ask for your address and contact information, as well as request permission for the information to be published in the school directory. The information is not shared with other organizations and is to be used strictly for school business. The directory is free to those who pay to join the PTA, and additional copies can be ordered.

 

New Family Welcome

Families new to BVE can get to Bobcat Day early to take a tour of the campus and get first-hand information about the campus and school traditions. Arriving at Burton Valley after the school year has begun? You can still contact Renee Clever or Kaisa Lyon and request a tour.