Vista Grande Elementary School Newsletter

April 14, 2021

Inclusion Book Club

“Young, Proud, and Sung-Jee”

by Joyce Y. Lee and Emily Ku

Press on the link above, then scroll down and click on different options available to hear the book read aloud.

Below are some questions to help parents start conversations with their kids:

Why does Sung-Jee have to stay home from school?
Why did kids tell Sung-Jee it was her fault?
How did Sung-Jee feel after she spoke to her family about how the kids made her feel?
What did Sung-Jee do at the park when other kids were rude to her friend?
Did you notice how Sung-Jee was attending school at the end of the book?
How is this similar to your experience in the last year?

“The Name Jar”

by Yagsook Choi

Below are some questions to help parents start conversations with their kids:

Why doesn’t Unhei like her name?
How do you think she felt when the kids on the bus were saying her name?
Why does Unhei want an American Name?
Where did the name jar go?
Why was it removed from her desk?
What name did she end up choosing? Why?

Yearbook

VG Yearbook - Last Chance to Purchase!

Click here to purchase your 2020-21 VG Yearbook. Last day to purchase is April 20th!

Amazing Race

Get Ready... for Vista Grande's Amazing Race

April 29 - May 10

Vista Grande's Amazing Race is a fun-filled scavenger hunt for the entire family! We've hidden Suzy Grande, Vista Grande's mascot, all over Danville/San Ramon! Tickets to enter the race are $100/family. Families will have from April 29 - May 10 to play at their own pace and will earn raffle tickets along the way. Grand Prize is a brand new Oculus Quest 2 and other fun prizes! The first 200 families to sign up will receive a deluxe VG Amazing Race swag bag! Proceeds support TK-5 classroom paraeducators as well as technology, art and music programming.

Purchase Your Amazing Race Tickets here: https://vistagrande.schoolauction.net/auction2021

Vista Grande Online Auction

Coming Soon...Vista Grande Online Auction

May 12-21

Vista Grande's School Auction is historically the largest fundraiser of the year. Proceeds support TK - 5 classroom paraeducators as well as technology, art, and music programming. Help make this year's auction a success by filling out our auction survey: https://forms.gle/BvETcLKPSKGztxXt8

Thank you for your support!

Staff Appreciation Week

It’s that time of year when we give thanks and appreciation to our amazing Vista Grande teachers, paras and staff. This year’s theme is VG Superheroes and our staff is full of them!

We have a fun week of yummy treats planned, but we need your help! Emails will be coming from your room parents and/or class reps with links to sign ups for donations. Anything you can help with is much appreciated!

The gratitude doesn’t need to stop there! We encourage you to personalize special treats, coffee & lunch deliveries and handmade cards not only for your teacher(s) and para, but for any VG staff member your child has connected with.

Lets treat our VG staff like the heroes they are!

PTA Executive Board

Have a few hours to spare a month, join the PTA's Executive Board.

We have the following positions open for the 2021-2022 Executive Board. No experience is needed.

Open Positions:

-Treasurer

-Auditor

If you are interested in learning more about the time commitment, what the job entails, or any other questions, please email Maureen Buttery (vistagrandepta@gmail.com)