October 20, 2025
Good afternoon,
Pictured is our Great Pumpkin art hanging in the classroom!
Thank you for the pumpkin donations!
FALL FESTIVAL AND PUMPKIN WALK
The Fall Festival and Pumpkin Walk is this Friday, October 24th. Please have your child dressed in dark pants (black or blue) with fall autumn colors on top and on campus before 5:15pm. The potluck starts at 5:30pm followed by songs and poems.
MAKER PROJECT
October maker project packets are due back on Friday October 31st. Please email any digital maker project to matt@villagecharterschool.com before October 31st.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to email me.
Thank you,
Matt
IMPORTANT DATES
Friday, October 24th – Fall Festival and Pumpkin Walk (Details in Bulletin)
Tuesday, November 4th – Field Trip with Miss Kristen’s Class to the LBC
Wednesday, November 5th – Library Trip with Miss Kristen’s Class (tentative)
Friday, November 7th – Last Day of the Trimester (Stuffy and PJ Day)
Tuesday, November 11th – No School (Veteran’s Day)
October 13, 2025
Good afternoon,
We had a wonderful field trip today to Sonoma Water. Thank you to Lindsey McCracken for taking photos today for us.
Thank you for great conferences last week. As I mentioned, please do not hesitate to reach out to me with any questions.
CLASSROOM POTLUCK LUNCH
We will have our classroom potluck lunch this Friday, October 17th at 12:30pm. Food should be delivered to the classroom in the morning.
FALL FESTIVAL AND PUMPKIN WALK
The Fall Festival and Pumpkin Walk on Friday, October 24th. I am looking for donations of pumpkins for the kids to decorate in class for the pumpkin walk.
MAKER PROJECT
October maker projects packets are due back on Friday October 31st. Please email any digital maker projects to matt@villagecharterschool.com before October 31st.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to email me.
Thank you,
Matt
IMPORTANT DATES
Friday, October 17th – Classroom Potluck Lunch
Friday, October 24th – Fall Festival and Pumpkin Walk (Details in Bulletin)
Tuesday, November 4th – Field Trip with Miss Kristen’s Class to the LBC
Friday, November 7th – Last Day of the Trimester (Stuffy and PJ Day)
October 7, 2025
Good afternoon,
Above are photos of the class taking the city bus to the library on Wednesday. Not only did we have fun, but we received compliments from both the bus driver and librarian for our manners and behavior! The trip to Open Field Farm on Thursday was a great way to finish up the week. Thank you to our farm trip photographer Tom Boss.
CONFERENCES
I am looking forward to our conferences this week. You should have received a reminder of when we are scheduled to meet.
HOMEWORK
HW this week will only consist of the reading log due Friday. October maker projects packets were sent home today. Maker projects are due back on Friday October 31st. Country projects were also sent home. Country and due dates are listed on the cover of the packet.
CLASSROOM POTLUCK LUNCH
We will hold a classroom potluck lunch on Friday, October 17th at 12:30pm. This was voted on by the students as a reward for reaching the first line in the bead jar! The students should know everything about this potluck but please do not hesitate to email me with any questions.
FALL FESTIVAL AND PUMPKIN WALK
In preparation of the VCS Fall Festival and Pumpkin Walk on Friday, October 24th, I am looking for contributions of pumpkins for students to decorate in class.
FIELD TRIPS
Our next field trip is on Monday October 13th to Sonoma Water. Students should again dress appropriately (long pants, shoes/ sneakers only, and dress in layers) and have water and food for the day.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to email me.
Thank you,
Matt
IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday-Friday, October 7th-10th – Conference Week
Monday, October 13th – Field Trip to Sonoma Water
Friday, October 17th – Classroom Potluck Lunch
Friday, October 24th – Fall Festival and Pumpkin Walk (Details in Bulletin)
Tuesday, November 4th – Field Trip with Miss Kristen’s Class to the LBC
Friday, November 7th – Last Day of the Trimester (Stuffy and PJ Day)
September 29, 2025
Good afternoon,
The Maker Projects were amazing last week. It’s clear that everybody worked hard and then did a great job presenting their project to the class. October’s Maker Project will be sent home next week on Tuesday, October 7th and will be due October 31st.
CONFERENCES
Conference will be taking place on October 7th – 10th. If you have not signed up for a conference, please do so by clicking on this link. https://signup.com/go/eGfiDEK
HOMEWORK
Due to this being a short week with two field trips, HW will only consist of the reading log due Thursday. (There are no new spelling words this week. We are reviewing the first five units.)
FIELD TRIPS
This week we are headed out on two field trips. On Wednesday, we will take the Santa Rosa City Bus to visit the NW Branch Library at Coddingtown. Please send your child’s library card with them on Wednesday. On Thursday, we head to Open Field Farms in Petaluma. On Thursday for the farm trip, please have your child dress in layers, with long pants and shoes or sneakers. No slippers, flip flops or crocs allowed.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to email me.
Thank you,
Matt
IMPORTANT DATES
Wednesday, October 1st – Bus Trip to NW Branch Library at Coddingtown
Thursday, October 2nd – Field Trip to Open Field Farm in Petaluma
Friday-Monday, October 3rd-6th – No School (Fall Break)
Tuesday-Friday, October 7th-10th – Conference Week (
LINK
)
Monday, October 13th – Field Trip to Sonoma Water
Tuesday, November 4th – Field Trip with Miss Kristen’s Class to the LBC
Friday, November 7th – Last Day of the Trimester (Stuffy and PJ Day)
September 22, 2025
Good afternoon,
Thank you to everyone who attended our Back to School Night on Thursday evening. I had a great time and I hope you did too.
If you did not attend, please check your child’s blue homework folder for a waiver form for our farm trip. Please fill out the waiver form and return immediately. Open Field Farm will require it for every student to attend our trip on October 2nd.
FIELD TRIPS
Thank you to those who have expressed interest in chaperoning on our field trips. Everyone who is interested needs to please check in with Carolyn and Rebecca (ASAP) to make sure everything you need to chaperone is complete. Also please let me know if you want to chaperone (if you have not already). List of field trips is below in important dates. Thank you in advance.
CONFERENCES
Conference will be taking place on October 7th – 10th and Please use this link to sign up https://signup.com/go/eGfiDEK
MAKER PROJECTS
Maker projects are due this Friday September 26th. Digital projects should be emailed to me at matt@villagecharterschool.com before Friday.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to email me.
Thank you,
Matt
IMPORTANT DATES
Wednesday, September 24th – Make-Up Picture Day
Thursday, October 2nd – Field Trip to Open Field Farm in Petaluma
Friday-Monday, October 3rd-6th – No School (Fall Break)
Tuesday-Friday, October 7th-10th – Conference Week (
LINK
)
Monday, October 13th – Field Trip to Sonoma Water
Tuesday, November 4th – Field Trip with Miss Kristen’s Class to the LBC
Friday, November 7th – Last Day of the Trimester (Stuffy and PJ Day)
September 15, 2025
Impressive pop art we did in class last week!
Good afternoon , here is our weekly update
PICTURE DAY
Picture Day is this Wednesday September 17th. We have scheduled a makeup picture day on Wednesday September 24th.
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Our Back to School Night is this Thursday, September 18th @ 6pm.
FIELD TRIPS
We have several field trips planned in the next few months so please return all needed forms to Carolyn asap. We will also be needing parent volunteers for our field trips. If you are interested in volunteering to chaperone and drive on our field trips, please provide Carolyn with a copy of your updated driver license and auto insurance; and please inform Rebecca that you want to volunteer. Please do all of this asap. We will talk more about field trips at Back to School Night.
MAKER PROJECTS
Maker projects are due back to present in class on September 26th. Digital projects should be emailed to me at matt@villagecharterschool.com before 9/26.
Thank you,
Matt
IMPORTANT DATES
Wednesday, September 17th – Picture Day
Thursday, September 18th @ 6pm – Back to School Night
Friday, September 19th – No School
Wednesday, September 24th – Make-Up Picture Day
Thursday, October 2nd – Field Trip to Open Field Farm
Friday-Monday, October 3rd-6th – No School (Fall Break)
Tuesday-Friday, October 7th-10th – Conference Week
Monday, October 13th – Field Trip to Sonoma Water
Tuesday, November 4th – Field Trip with Miss Kristen’s Class to the LBC
Friday, November 7th – Last Day of the Trimester (Stuffy and PJ Day)
September 8, 2025
Good afternoon,
Here is our weekly update.
Please meet Leo, our classroom Bearded Dragon. Leo is Cheyenne’s pet who will be visiting our classroom quite often. The kids loved having him in class today!
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Our Back to School Night will be on Thursday, September 18th @ 6pm. (Please note that there was a typo in the bulletin. Back to School Night is at 6:00pm on 9/18)
FIELD TRIPS
Please return all needed forms to Carolyn asap. We will also be needing parent volunteers for our field trips. If you are interested in volunteering to chaperone and drive on our field trips, please provide Carolyn with a copy of your updated driver license and auto insurance; and please inform Rebecca that you want to volunteer. Please do all of this asap. We will talk more about field trips at Back to School Night.
MAKER PROJECTS
Maker projects are due back to present in class on September 26th. Digital projects should be emailed to me at matt@villagecharterschool.com .
Thank you,
Matt
IMPORTANT DATES
Thursday, September 18th @ 6pm – Back to School Night
Friday, September 19th – No School
Friday-Monday, October 3rd-6th – No School (Fall Break)
Tuesday-Friday, October 7th-10th – Conference Week
Monday, October 13th – Field Trip to Sonoma Water
September 2, 2025
Good afternoon,
Once again, thank you for having your children prepared and ready for school everyday with proper clothing and enough food. It is hot this week, so please make sure your child brings a water bottle.
FIELD TRIPS
We are planning on going on some field trips this year, including to the library, the LBC, Sonoma Water and others. In order to go on field trips, every family must return your emergency forms to Carolyn. We have a trip planned tomorrow to ride the city bus and go to the library. Carolyn needs EVERYONE to return the emergency forms immediately. Unfortunately, if Carolyn does not receive everyone’s forms by tomorrow morning, we will have to postpone our library trip.
HOMEWORK
Please remember that the HW folder is due back on the last day of school every week. Today, I am sending home the reading log, this week’s spelling words and September’s Maker Projects. Maker projects are due back to present in class on the last Friday of the month. For September, the due date is September 26th. The reading log and spelling words are due this Friday.
Please let me know if you have any questions that I have not addressed.
Thank you,
Matt
IMPORTANT DATES
Wednesday, September 3rd – Library Trip (*Please return all emergency forms to Carolyn)
Sunday, September 7th – Village Fest
Monday, September 8th – 1st PA Meeting
Friday, September 19th – No School
Friday-Monday, October 3rd-6th – No School (Fall Break)
August 25, 2025
Good afternoon,
We certainly had a great first week of school. Thank you for having your child at school on time, ready for the day with plenty of food for snack/lunch and a full water bottle.
As you can see from the attached photo, we have a classroom full of artists!
Homework
Today, I am sending home their first homework packet. HW will be sent out the first day of the week. HW is a double sided paper containing a reading log with prompts and a list of spelling words with a sorting activity. HW folders are due back on Friday with a parent or adult signature.
Library Field Trips
We will be taking the city bus to the library several times this year. Most of our class took the city bus last year to the NW Branch Library with Ms Barnum, Jessica and myself. Sometimes we will be joined by another class. Taking the bus to the library is a great way to supplement our classroom library and learn more about our community services like buses and libraries. There is nothing additionally needed for the students to bring on library days.
Birthday Celebrations
We will celebrate birthdays in class during morning snack time. Your child may bring in a treat to share with the class to celebrate their birthday. All food items need to be cleared by me before you bring them in. If your child has any allergies that you have not shared with me, please do. Please let me know if you have any questions that I have not addressed.Thank you,Matt
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, September 1st – No School (Labor Day)
Wednesday, September 3rd – Library Trip
Sunday, September 7th – Village Fest
Monday, September 8th – 1st PA Meeting
Friday, September 19th – No School
Friday-Monday, October 3rd-6th – No School (Fall Break)