Dates at a Glance
Monday 5/2-Friday 5/6–Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
Friday 5/6–May Day Festival 5:00 PM start time. Reminder: 1:30 Dismissal
Friday 5/13–No school
Wednesday 5/18–Board Meeting 6:00 PM
Monday 5/30–Memorial Day No School
We need cut flowers (any and all types), rose petals, lavender, leather leaf fern, and long cuts of (not curly) willow branches for our May Day crowns. If you can help, please contact a PA member or Rebecca. Thank you!
May Day Festival: Friday May 6th
💐 School wide dismissal time is 1:15—Please use the time before you return to rest and eat.
💐 Students need to be back on campus and with their teacher at 4:30 to prepare for the 5:00 start time. Your child’s teacher will directly communicate the details about what your child should wear for this event.
💐 IF YOU NEED Extended Care, please notify the office by Wednesday 5/4 so we can ensure proper staffing.
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
Next week is Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week. It’s that time of year when we pause and say thank you to all the staff that make our Village so special.
The following activities have been planned for the week and volunteer opportunities are now open:
Monday
Sweet Surprise made possible by donations from local bakers
Tuesday
Green smoothies
Wednesday
Flower Bouquets and Homemade cards
What a better moment to shower teachers, staff, and extended staff with appreciation letters, poems, and drawings.
These appreciations and artwork can come from kids AND parents.
Thursday
Breakfast served by Village Dads
Friday
Luncheon
If you have any questions, contact Claudia 707-318-5466 or Crisarlin at crisarlin@gmail.com
Thank you in advance for all the gracious help and appreciation you share with our staff; we couldn’t do it without you!
Office
Rebecca Ivanoff
Carolyn Jensen
Teachers
Bonnie Barnum
Malika Harville
Ashley Jarrett
Rachael Parent
Kristen Pearce
Travis Robbins
Aides
Anna Much
Emma Robbins
Francisco Palmerin
Jessica Jensen
Matt Heath
Sage Winter
Resource
Lyanne Melendez – Speech (via Zoom)
Renee Berardi – ISP
Extended Staff
Stephanie Lennox – Science
Rachel Curtis – Music
Benjie Kushins – Music
CREEK CLEAN-A-THON: What a success!
The Creek Clean-a-Thon fundraising campaign officially closes today, Friday, April 29th
Thanks for all your support! We showed up in BIG numbers and CAPTURED massive amounts of trash pollution once again this year!
150 Village School folks cleaned up 343 pounds of trash… What an incredible difference we made to our environment!
We also raised over $10,000–WAY TO GO!
We are Village Charter School, and we love the Earth. We show up and we clean up… What a powerfully caring team we make!
A huge and heartfelt thank you to our event leader Stephanie Lennox, our event co-coordinators Crisarlin Vazquez, Claudia Leiva, and to our other volunteers Emma Robbins, Lauren Racusin, Eva Acker, Stacey Collins, Ashley Hamlett, Amy Tanzman, Carolina Herrera, Dennene Bell, and Amber Napoleon. You all ROCKED IT! Thank you
Summer Camp 2022—June 15-July 29, 8:00-5:00
Coco and Mr. Matt are hoping to offer our VCS Summer Camp this summer of 2022.
Students will be given the opportunity to socialize, learn new skills, and enjoy outdoor adventures and play. Cost: $1,100-full summer; $450-2 weeks or 10 day drop off; $300-single week or 5 day drop off.
We need minimum numbers to make the camp happen, so please to let us know by next Friday if you are interested in having your child(ren) participate.
2022/2023 Calendar
Click here to download the 2022/2022 calendar.
Come Support a VCS Alumni in The Wedding Singer!
Emma Ethington has a lead roll in this hit musical Romcom based on the Adam Sandler movie!
April 28, 29, 30, May 5, 6, 7, at 7:30 PM
April 30, May 1, 7, 8, at 2:00 PM
Tickets may be purchased in one of three easy ways:• Online: CLICK HERE or go to https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu• By Phone: (707) 527-4307• In Person at the Burbank Box Office, which opens one hour before each performance