December 2016 Spotlight

1/3/2017

Holiday Craft Fair

Thank you to everyone that came out to support the Holiday Craft Fair! We had a great time and made over $1,000 to go towards new playground equipment for the school.
The Student Leadership group had a great time running their booth and raised money to host some school wide fun.
The Library book fair was also a success and raised over $1,000 to help purchase new books for the library.
Mark your calendars for Saturday December 2nd 2017 for our 3rd Annual Holiday Craft Fair.

Canned Food Drive

Thank you to our wonderful Van Buren Community for coming out to support our Student Leadership's canned food drive. Over 1000 items were donated! Kindergarten and 2nd Grade tied with 250+ items being donated and were both treated to an Ice Cream Party! Our little school beat a larger school in the district also doing canned food drive! Way to go Van Buren!!

Holiday's Around the World

Our fabulous Teachers put on Holiday's Around the World during the afternoon of December 21st. The kids had a lot of fun going from classroom to classroom creating and learning about another holiday's happening throughout the world.

In the Kindergarten classroom kids learned about Kwanza
In the 1st Grade classroom students learned about holiday's in Mexico
In the 2nd Grade classroom students learned about Hanukkah
In the 3rd Grade classroom students learned about Japan
In the 4th Grade classroom students learned about Holidays in the US
In the 5th Grade classroom students learned about holidays in Japan

Kids took home a craft from each classroom, their passport and their suitcase holding all the goodies.

Inspector Magic

PTU Sponsored Inspector Magic to come on Wednesday December 21st to do a magic show but to also talk about finding the hero with you. Each one of us has a hero inside. Kids had fun watching the show and even got a magic trick to take home.

Holiday Books

PTU donated books to each student for the holiday break.

Teacher Spotlight

Mrs. Hanson in 1st grade is doing an outstanding job and deserves a shout out! Mrs. Hanson’s thoughtful and target planning and instruction is cause for celebration….each math unit test has shown 100% mastery as well as their Benchmark B!!!! This is 100% growth in their 1st grade classroom! If you had not had the opportunity to meet Mrs. Hanson I encourage you to do so! She is wonderful and brings amazing energy to our building. Van Buren is very fortunate to have her here!!
Mrs. Hanson in 1st grade is doing an outstanding job and deserves a shout out! Mrs. Hanson’s thoughtful and target planning and instruction is cause for celebration….each math unit test has shown 100% mastery as well as their Benchmark B!!!! This is 100% growth in their 1st grade classroom! If you had not had the opportunity to meet Mrs. Hanson I encourage you to do so! She is wonderful and brings amazing energy to our building. Van Buren is very fortunate to have her here!!