District Announcements
Give Kids a Smile Dental Bus: Bethany for Children and Families is offering free dental care through the Give Kids a Smile program. To provide this care, the dental bus will come to Pleasant Valley schools in the month of October. Submit completed forms to your child’s school nurse, by October 5, 2015. This service may be used to complete the kindergarten and high school dental screening requirement. Please contact Pleasant Valley School nurses with questions. Read about privacy here.
STEM Survey: On October 2nd, students will participate in a survey gauging interest in STEM. The program is funded through the state of Iowa to increase interest and achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Read this letter to find out more about the program and survey. Click here for copies of the survey.
IEP Workshop: The Mississippi Area Education Agency is holding an IEP workshop. IEP means Individualized Education Program and is a legal document that spells out your child’s learning needs, the services the school will provide and how progress will be measured. Lear more about the event here.
October 2nd Football Game: PVHS will be celebrating “Spartan Past and Spartan Future”. The 7th & 8th grade football teams will be recognized between games and the 1985 Pleasant Valley State Champion Football Team will be recognized at half-time of the varsity football game. The Booster Club will have a variety of Spartan Gear on sale and the concession stand will offer a variety of dinner options. We hope to see all Spartans, past , present, and future celebrating at Spartan Stadium!
September 29th Volleyball Game: It’s mini Spartan night at the Pleasant Valley vs. Davenport Central match! Any girl wearing a Pleasant Valley summer camp shirt will receive free admission and any girl attending the game will receive a free gift. JH teams will be introduced and players should wear their jerseys for free admission and a free gift. Come and support the Spartans and enjoy the show!!!
PV Volleyball Club is announcing an informational meeting on Sunday, October 4, 2015. Click here for your age groups time and for the letter of interest. Any questions? Email Lori Hartman and Linda Wood qcpvvbc@yahoo.com
Platinum Dance Fundraiser: Come support the PV Platinum Dance Team on Monday, September 28, 2015 at Pizza Ranch in Bettendorf 5-9 pm! We would love to see you there supporting PVP in their quest for another State title! All tips and 10% of proceeds go to PVP. If you can’t come in and join the dance team members who will be serving, get a take-out order. They also support the team that night.
PV Habitat for Humanity Club Fundraiser: The PVHS Habitat for Humanity Club is holding a fundraiser at Granite City on Wednesday, September 30th. Customers who present this flyer to their server will have 10% of their total bill donated to the club. All funds raised will be used to sponsor a Habitat for Humanity house.
FREE flu shots: Parental consent forms for the FREE seasonal flu shot provided by the Genesis Flu-Free Quad Cities Program will be coming home with your child early next week. Complete the form and return it to your child’s school if you would like your child to participate. If you would like to volunteer at your child’s flu shot clinic in a non-medical role, please contact your school nurse. Click here for more information.
Here is the schedule for the elementary schools:
Hopewell- October 8th from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Riverdale Heights- October 9th from 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Cody- October 12 from 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Bridgeview- October 12 from 12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Pleasant View- October 13 from 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Volunteer for Junior Achievement: Junior Achievement is seeking volunteers for Fall 2015 at Pleasant Valley Junior High. If you are not familiar with the role our volunteers play in Junior Achievement, volunteers from the community help students connect the JA curriculum to real-life experiences. Typically, our volunteers commit to teaching 5-7 classes that are 30-45 minutes long. They can work with the teachers to determine how often they want to have the class (normally 1 per week). We provide you with all the classroom materials at no cost, and they include step-by-step instructions on how to teach each lesson. Volunteers may work alone or in pairs. First-time volunteers will complete a 1 hour training session before entering the classroom. Want a sneak peak of what’s it like to be in the classroom as a JA Classroom Volunteer? Watch this video. Contact Kim McMahill at kim.mcmahill@ja.org to volunteer!
Community Events
Noogiefest: Gilda’s Club is holding a costume event on October 10, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Click here for more information.
Rick’s House of Hope: RHOH groups are for youth with social/emotional needs and the SCK group is for parents of youth with social/emotional needs. Click here for events.
Bridgeview
Bridgeview Bonanza – Bridgeview’s Largest Fundraiser of the year is only 1 week away (Friday, October 2 from 5:30 -8:00) and you can still help:
Volunteer
Donate
Sell (raffle tickets)
Attend
Click here to learn about all of these opportunities!
For additional information about the event’s sponsors and silent auction items, click here!
Family Meeting Kick off Assembly: Bridgeview plans to “kick off” our first family meeting (mixed groups of students from different grade levels) with an all school assembly on Monday, September 28th at 2:30. The theme for the assembly and the year is “Let’s Make it an Awesome Year”. Part of being awesome means being a Bridgeview student of good character. At the assembly, to celebrate the pillars of character (Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship), each grade level is asked to try and wear a particular color to represent the color of that pillar:
K/1 – Red (Caring)
2-Orange (Fairness)
3-Green (Responsibility)
4-Blue (Trustworthiness)
5-Yellow (Respect)
6 – Purple (Citizenship)
If possible, please help your child choose a shirt or sweatshirt, appropriate to their grade level pillar.
Bridgeview and Beyond: Our first round of Bridgeview and Beyond is quickly approaching. We are looking for volunteers to help with a class or to teach one. If you have an idea, great, but if you don’t we have some here! Some ideas of classes we have done are book clubs, crafts, exercising, board games, scavenger hunts, flip books, jewelry making, yoga, and drama. If you are interested, please contact Tara Sitrick, at sitrickt@pleasval.k12.ia.us or call after 3:00 to 332-0215.
Cody
Picture Retake Day is Tuesday, October 6th at 8:30. If your child was absent the day school pictures were taken, their picture will be taken for the yearbook. If you did not purchase a picture package and would like to now, or if you would like your child’s picture retaken, you may have them photographed on this day. In order to receive a picture package, the student must either bring a money envelope with the picture package listed (picture envelopes are available in the office) or return the picture package that was not satisfactory. If you have any questions, please feel free to call our office at 332-0210.
Grandparents/Special Guest Day: On October 9, 2015, we would like to welcome all of our grandparents and special guests from 1:00 PM until 2:45 PM. The afternoon will be spent in your grandchild’s/special guest’s classroom. If you have multiple students you may visit their classrooms at your leisure. During this special afternoon, faculty and staff will welcome input from our guests about what school was like in the past. We feel connecting present-day education to education from the past can be a great learning experience for our students.
Fall Frolic: Cody Fall Frolic is exactly 3 weeks away! Mark your calendar now for Friday, October 16 from 5-8 p.m. As always, the fun includes teacher raffles, games, a bounce house obstacle course, cake walk, food, and to support this year’s Cody Live! theme, we’ve got a makeshift newsroom set complete with real scripts from television newsrooms.
Today: consent forms for raffle tickets are going home with students today. Students must return the consent form signed by a parent before raffle tickets will be distributed. This year’s raffle prizes are cash: $400, $250, $100. The top three students who sell the most tickets will win gift cards.
Silent Auction: If you would like to donate an item to this year’s silent auction, please contact Katie Resig by October 8 at 563.289.2432 or katieresig@gmail.com. Also, if you have empty baskets you don’t need, we can use them to wrap the prizes. Contact Jenel Nels 847.812.7556 or at nellienels78@gmail.com.
How can you help: To make this event a success for students, we need volunteers. Donate your time, baked goods, 2-liter bottles, whatever works best for you. Check out the sign-up sheet online and add your name.
Additional Information: Admission cost for this year’s Fall Frolic is $3/student K-6, $1 for older students, younger students are free, max $10/family. Please note, this is NOT a drop off event.
Any questions, contact Jenel Nels 847.812.7556 or at nellienels78@gmail.com.
Hopewell
Donations: Our health office could use a few donations of boys underwear and shorts in sizes 6-10. Gently used would be acceptable.
Attention Hopewell parents of 4th, 5th, and 6th graders: We would like to invite you to Human Growth and Development parent information meeting on Tuesday, November 3. The meeting will take place in the Hopewell library. We will review the curriculum and watch the videos.
4th Grade Parent/ Guardian meeting – 6:00 – 6:45
5th Grade Parent/Guardian meeting – 6:45-7:45
6th Grade Parent/Guardian meeting – 7:45-8:30
If you have questions please contact the school nurse, Kim Zupancic at zupancickim@pleasval.k12.ia.us
Hopewell Harvest: Be sure to check your child’s backpack tonight! Hopewell Harvest packets (one per family) will be sent home today. The packet includes detailed information about the night, raffle tickets, and the order form. Any questions, contact the Hopewell Harvest co-chairs, Tara Smith-Prybil tsmithpr4@gmail.com or Heidi Moran hmoran@mchsi.com.
Have you signed up to volunteer at the Hopewell Harvest yet? We still have lots of spots to fill! Contact your Room Parent if you can help run a class game. All other volunteer spots can be filled by following this link! http://vols.pt/bpiumd
Thank you to those families and businesses that already donated NINE of the ten raffle items for Hopewell Harvest! We need just one more: an XBOX ONE! Please contact Jill Rubel, rubel.chrisjill@gmail.com, as soon as possible if you are willing to donate this item or make a monetary donation towards the purchase of the Xbox one. A donor acknowledgement form is available for this tax deductible donation.
Quest for Christ: Kids in 3-6th grades can be part of weekly Quest for Christ (formerly called Kids for Christ) meetings before school starting Friday, Oct. 2. You can get more information and register your student here.
Pleasant View
Fall Fest: WE NEED CANDY for Fall Fest! Please place donations in the labeled box in the school lobby. WE ALSO NEED YOU! Please volunteer to help at Fall Fest: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094bafa629a46-2014 Thank you!
Mornings with Mom: Pleasant View Elementary School will host its annual Mornings with Mom event on Friday, October 2nd from 7:30 A.M. – 8:30 A.M. We’re also selling Mums and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts as a fundraiser. Click here for more information about Mornings with Mom and the fundraiser.
Visiting Author Mary Amato: Mary Amato, the author of a picture book The Chicken of the Family as well as chapter books for all ages, will be visiting Pleasant View in November. Students may have books autographed during the author visit. They may either bring a copy of one of Mary Amato’s books that they own or purchase a book using this pre-order form. Return the form no later than Friday, October 2nd.
Riverdale Heights
Walk-A-Thon: The Riverdale Heights Walk-A-Thon will be held on Wednesday, September 30th. Packets were sent home with your children last Friday, but additional information is available on the PTA website at http://www.riverdaleheightspta.com/commitees/walkathon. You can also use this link to donate online. This is the ONLY fundraiser of the year and we appreciate all your generous donations. There are lots of fabulous prizes so be sure to turn in your donation envelope by Friday, October 9th.
Riverdale Heights Directory : The Riverdale Heights Directory Cover Contest forms are now available on the PTA website at http://www.riverdaleheightspta.com/commitees/studentdirectory. The cover contest form and permission slip must be submitted by October 1st.
Pleasant Valley Junior High
Illness during the school day: We are mandated by the state to report various symptoms on a weekly basis to the Scott County Health Department. Therefore, each student must report to the school nurse before being released from school. It is one of the jobs of the health office to ensure students are attending class. Many complaints can be addressed at school. If your student contacts you during the school hours wanting to go home because they are not feeling well, please direct them to the nurse for evaluation. The nurse will contact you if more action is needed on your part regarding their complaint or if the issue cannot be resolved and the nurse deems it necessary for your student to leave for the day. Our focus is on the students’ health and academic success. Please contact the nurse with any concerns regarding your student’s health.
Summer 2016 Washington, D.C. Trip: Spots for the Washington, D.C. trip are filling up fast! If you plan to sign your child up for the trip, you are encouraged to do so soon in order to secure your spot. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sarah Larsen at larsensarah@pleasval.k12.ia.us
Pleasant Valley High School
Attention Seniors! Service Learning Changes: Last June, a Service Learning class message was sent out through campus messenger to inform students, parents and guardians of a change in service learning. Any senior who has not completed and turned in a minimum of 20 hours by the end of 1st semester will not be in good standing. Students who are not in good standing are not eligible for extracurricular activities, parking and school dances. If your son/daughter needs ideas to complete their service hours please have them stop by the service learning office between 7:30 am and 3:30 pm. Feel free to contact Mrs. Jepsen at jepsenemily@pleasval.k12.ia.us if you have any questions.
Illness during the school day: We are mandated by the state to report various symptoms on a weekly basis to the Scott County Health Department. Therefore, each student must report to the school nurse before being released from school. It is one of the jobs of the health office to ensure students are attending class. Many complaints can be addressed at school. If your student contacts you during the school hours wanting to go home because they are not feeling well, please direct them to the nurse for evaluation. The nurse will contact you if more action is needed on your part regarding their complaint or if the issue cannot be resolved and the nurse deems it necessary for your student to leave for the day. Our focus is on the students’ health and academic success. Please contact the nurse with any concerns regarding your student’s health.
From the Pleasant Valley Athletic Booster Club:
PVABC Raffle Tickets – If your student has raffle tickets to sell, they are due October 31. These were distributed to all athletes over the last year. If you have any questions, feel free to contact one of the officers listed below. Tickets can be turned in to the HS main office, the HS athletic office, the Belmont Administration Center, or any PVABC officer.
Spartan Nation Clothing – There are many new 15-16 clothing items at the school store! Clothing sales will be held at all remaining football games, elementary conferences, and the Second Saturday of every month from 10:00-1:00. The next Second Saturday sale is scheduled for October 10.
Night on the Town (NOTT) – This is the Booster’s biggest fundraiser of the year! It’s Saturday, November 7 at Tanglewood Hill Pavilion. For $40, you get drinks, great food, an awesome live band (Identity Crisis), and dancing! We will also have a silent auction, the $10,000 raffle drawing, and many other items to “raffle” off! This is for all PV parents, not just parents of athletes! Bring your friends and family! Contact Missy Dippel at missy.dippel@mchsi.com; Jim Schmertmann at james.schmertmann@lpl.com or Chris Smith at smithchristine@pleasval.k12.ia.us for tickets! If you are interested in donating a raffle item, contact Missy or Jim! Thanks in advance for your support!
Volunteers – We are always looking for more volunteers for our various committees! We are currently looking for someone to fill the secretary officer position and someone to chair the raffle for the 2016-2017 school year. Our next PVABC meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 28 at 6:00 at Caddy’s!
Community Opportunities
The Hunting Ground: Scott Community College is showing the documentary, “The Hunting Ground,” which examines sexual assault on college campuses, on September 30, 2015 at 6:15 p.m. in the college’s Student Life Center, 500 Belmont Road, Bettendorf. For questions regarding the showing at SCC, contact Wilson at 563-441-4016 or lwilson@eicc.edu