➤ Upcoming
Friday, April 26 – No School (unused emergency closure day)
Monday, April 29 – PA Meeting
Friday, May 3 – 1:15 Dismissal for all | May Day @ 5:30 PM
Friday, May 10 – No School
Monday, May 27 – No School (Memorial Day)
Monday, June 3 – PA Meeting
Friday, June 7 – 8th Grade Graduation & Carnival
➤ May Day
Our May Day Festival will be held on Friday, May 3rd. IT IS AN EARLY RELEASE DAY FOR ALL CLASSES.
1:15 – Release Time
**Please use After Care only if necessary.
Ideally students can go home for a short rest and some food.
5:00 – Drop students off in their classroom dressed per teacher’s instructions
5:30 – Festival Start
Please feel free to bring blankets, low back chairs and a picnic dinner. We could use some help making flower crowns and securing flowers. Please check the link and see if you can help with this event.
signupgenius.com/go/10C0E48ADAA2CA7F4C07-48794902-mayday
➤ PA Update
If you are wanting to still join a PA committee or have any questions, please email Laurenracusin@hotmail.com
DATE CHANGE! Next PA meeting is Monday April 29, right after morning circle. We meet in the office.
All are welcome and encouraged to come. We will have coffee and treats and would love for you to join in the planning of upcoming festivals and events at VCS
➤ Yearbooks
Don’t forget to order! Custom pages must be completed by May 17.
treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1014724174042747
VCS Yearbooks are designed by a team of our own middle school students, and professionally printed in beautiful full color on recycled paper by a green certified printer.
Each yearbook comes with 2 customizable pages which are FREE and printed only in YOUR book. Want more custom pages? Each additional 2 pages is just $0.99.
For every yearbook sold, Trees for the Future plants a tree in our school’s name. This grove of trees is planted by local families in countries devastated by deforestation and global climate change. Each year, these trees will replace many tons of pollution from the atmosphere with life-giving oxygen.
To date, VCS yearbook sales have planted 644 trees and counting!
➤ Creek Clean-a-thon!
I wanted to take a moment and reflect on the wonderful team that came together to make the magic happen for an amazingly successful 2024 creek cleanup event!!! We are keeping our legacy alive and improving the experience with each passing year. I am proud of and thrilled by the wonderful event we had and the terrific work we did!
The organizing of, preparing for and action on the ……
Tabling at Olivers
Be the Change jars and fundraising
Deep dive for finding donors/sponsors to support our event/school
Finding and creating the cleanup banner with updated sponsors/logos
Ice cream!
T-shirts (and art “contest” and submissions from the kids!)
Our gorgeous and timely updated website
Day of pop-up shop of non-native plant removal that turned into creating walking sticks for all who wanted
Plus folks who volunteered day off for photography, t-shirting, setup and cleanup, scooping the cream etc…. We had such great success because of all of the work that goes into it! Thank you for making the 10th annual the most successful year so far. We are a beautiful force to behold. I am truly enamored with VCS and each of you who care so deeply and do what it takes to create such a lovely impact on our school community and world!
With great joy and gratitude,
-Stephanie
Thank YOU, Stephanie, for making this such an incredible event. Just because your youngest is graduating doesn’t mean you are free of us! I plan to work together on this project for many years to come!
Did you SEE the AWESOME special edition 10th Anniversary Creek Clean-a-thon t-shirts? Did you miss out on ordering one and are experiencing t-shirt regret? You’re in luck. We’re placing one more order for this year’s commemorative shirt. Send an email to ashley@perfectlyharmless with your size(s) before next Wednesday, May 2 and she’ll make it happen for you. $10 each; Drop payment by the office or scan to pay there.
We are still fundraising! Link to donate and share: creekcleanathon.villagecharterschool.com
➤ CHICKS
Dear Village Families, As some of you may know our class has been incubating chicken eggs the past few weeks. Our hatching date is approaching and I am letting you know that the chicks will be up for adoption. We have 16 eggs from a variety of fancy hens who lay colorful eggs. If you would like to adopt please sign the sheet on the white board outside our room.
The chicks should be ready to go home in a couple of weeks.
Peep-peep,
Miss Malika
➤ SCIENCE CLUB
The science club for grades 1-3 will be starting after school at 1.15 this Wednesday May 1 and will run every Wednesday through the month of May. It will run for about 45 -60 minutes. We will serve snack at the beginning. Please email Bojana at bojana.anglin@gmail.com if you would like to sign up your child and/or would like to help out in some capacity. There is no charge to participate and no need to have a science background to help.