We are excited to see our families and friends tomorrow night from 6:30-7:30 in Hoople for Readers Night! Join us on an adventurous safari!
**There will be no change to ESP on Thursday, March 30th. ESP will run as normal until 5:30. Thank you!
Interested in taking part in conversation about the future of education? Tomorrow night we'll discuss future social, political, technological, and economic trends that will impact how we as a school system prepare our students for the future of tomorrow. Join us after the Readers Night event in Hoople at 7:30 PM to be part of the discussion!
Sign your Preschool-6th grade student up here for Tiny Titan Basketball Camp with Kristi Olson Basketball, LLC! Camp will run from May 30th to June 1st. See the times on registration form.
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3rd grade finished their week with board games and a pizza party to celebrate Reading Month!
We are thankful for the recent donation of books to Hoople and Crystal Elementary from the Marine Toys for Tots program!
https://www.toysfortots.org/
The 4th grade students took part in Mr. Tucker’s science classes this week. His high school students lead small groups teaching about coding, circuits, and winches. The 4th graders also learned about the importance of recycling! - Mrs. Magnus
Mrs. Nilson was busy today with the best job ever .....making KUDOS calls! So proud of our students earning positive calls home to highlight their growth and successes!
The high seas have never looked more beautiful.....or been so smart! We’re sailing through our Book Blast adventure to earn as many books as possible for our students, and we’re having fun along the way!
Today, we announced the winner of the iPads! Congratulations, kiddos....Great job!
“Thanks to everyone who has helped make Book Blast such a success for our school! We now have our 4th and final Book Blast Treasure Chest stuffed with cash winner.
This has been a fun first week of rewards and prizes for many of you, and the grand prize drawing for the iPad is next. So, be sure to complete your Treasure Map assignment before midnight. You could be the next winner!”
Come join the team at Lil' Spuds Daycare located at the Hoople School!
What a successful month of reading for our elementary students at VE! Our top minute readers at home from each grade level were celebrated with an Amazon Gift Card from Hoople Farmers Grain!
We appreciate the support from HFG to honor this fun accomplishment during our Reading Month Challenge!
We rocked our socks yesterday to honor World Down Syndrome Day at VE Schools!
The 21st day of March was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication of the 21st chromosome which causes Down Syndrome. Every year on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day is observed to create awareness about Down Syndrome.
It has been QUITE the exciting month of reading at Hoople and Crystal Elementary!!
Our gold coins have been counted in both buildings and we are SO proud of all the amazing reading minutes our students completed at home. In total, our PK-6th grade students read 21,150 minutes!
Our two buildings competed against each other to see who could read the most minutes and the winner of our Reading Challenge is our CRYSTAL Students! They read a total of 10,069 minutes and defeated Hoople students who came in at 10,046 minutes!
Thank you to First United Bank for sponsoring our school-wide Pizza Party for our winners!
Arrrrgh, matey! Our Book Blast has taken us on an incredible adventure, and we now have our 4th and final Treasure Chest stuffed with cash winner. Congratulations!
Shiver me timbers, the grand prize drawing for the iPad is up next! You can still register and enter the contact info for 10+ people who want to support your student’s love of books. These steps will also enter your pirate into the drawing for the iPad. Now get those sea legs moving!
Our VE Playground Fundraiser goods will be delivered to the Hoople School on Tuesday, April 11th. Please be sure to mark your calendars to come to the Hoople School between 1:30-5:30 to pick up your child's items that he or she sold - they WILL NOT be sent home with your child.
An adult MUST pick up these items on April 11th between 1:30-5:30.
All goods not picked up will NOT be stored.
If you are interested/willing to assist school staff on this day with unpackaging and distributing to families please contact Steph Nilson at Stephanie.Nilson@valley-edinburgk12.com
Thanks!
What is better than an afternoon of board games?! Our students in Crystal chose to play board games to celebrate the end of the 3rd Quarter at VE Schools....It is so fun to see all grade levels interact and work collaboratively together!
Arrrgh, matey! Our Book Blast has taken us on an incredible adventure, and we now have our next Treasure Chest stuffed with cash winners. See below!
Shiver me timbers, the grand prize drawing for the iPad is up next! You can still register and enter the contact info for 10+ people who want to support your student’s love of books. These steps will also enter your pirate into the drawing for the iPad. Now get those sea legs moving!
We are looking for cleanup ideas for our schoolwide Community Cleanup Day on Friday, May 12! If you are part of the Edinburg, Gardar, Mountain, Crystal, or Hoople communities and have any cleanup or beautification ideas, please contact Mrs. Hurtt at 701-657-2163. Thanks!
With readers night soon approaching for elementary students, the seniors came to our Kindergarten classroom to help with researching. We had a blast together learning about animals! 📝
The Book Blast voyage to your student’s NEW BOOKS begins today! Please take just 7 minutes to check out the Treasure Map. Simply register for the event and enter the contact info for 10+ people to support your little pirate’s home library. It’s really that easy! After completing those steps, your student will receive ALL 3 rewards and will be entered to win one of four Treasure Chests stuffed with cash and prizes! Also, one lucky winner in your school will win an iPad. Start the voyage to earn all 10 exciting new books on the Treasure Map booklist! Your participation can help other students
at your child’s school build their home libraries, too. Go to http://bookblast.booksarefun.com/Hoople-CrystalSchs and unlock your treasure!
