PULL FOR RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE

Students in Mrs. Pearson and Mrs. Holmes’ third grade class are collecting pull tabs to support Ronald McDonald House Charities.  The recycled beverage tabs support our local Ronald McDonald House, a temporary ‘home away from home’ for the families of seriously ill children being treated at nearby hospitals. 

On Fridays, students collect all the tabs that have been donated to classrooms throughout NV, sort, and record their new totals. Students are collating numbers, using calculators and making projections. As of the date of this writing, they are approaching 10,000!  Thank-you students and teachers for supporting such a worthwhile cause. 

Students are happily accepting donations!

WALK FOR WATER SAFETY

The New Vistas Girl's Service Club is joining forces with the Cardon Children's Medical Center for the "Walk for Water Safety".  Our service oriented young ladies assisted with the assembly of bracelets and gift bags full of life saving information for local Chandler families.  Way to go girls!!

BE MY VALENTINE

Valentine's Day is a favorite to the young and the young at heart!  Our students and teachers are no exception.  Mrs. Randall and Mrs. Devine's 3rd grade class created Valentine's for their parents.  They wrote letters to their parents, using their best handwriting and good grammar, adding lots of love with the decorations.

Our pictures show the students hard at work writing and decorating with beautiful results.

QUIET AWARDS

Mrs. Peterson, one of our reading teachers and Rizograph professional, has always appreciated when students walk through our school hallways and the office area in a quiet and orderly manner.  When she witnesses this she gives out 'Quiet Awards' to those deserving students.

Mrs. Beckman's first grade class has been so successful with receiving these 'Quiet Awards' from Mrs. Peterson, that their classroom window was full!  Mrs. Beckman asked herself, "How can we reward the students for their excellent choices and behavior?"  A fun and easy answer - a Friday Pizza Party! 

On Friday, February 11th Mrs. Beckman supplied pizza for all of her students!  What a wonderful treat.  Here is a picture of all the students holding their 'Quiet Awards'.

Now that you can see through the window again, the students are working hard to see if they can fill it during the second semester of school.

BEAR ESSENTIAL NEWS REPORTER

Congratulations to Anika Banister, one of our 5th Graders, who was invited by Bear Essential News to interview author Janette Rallison! 

The interview has been published in the February issue and you can read her article on page 17.

100, 100, 100

Math is a big portion of early education at New Vistas.  One event the teachers and students always enjoy is our 100th Day of School. 

Students in Mrs. McSweeney's All Day Preschool class decorated t-shirts with 100 painted dots, colored their 100 day headbands and made Fruit Loop necklaces made with ... you guessed it ... 100 Fruit Loops!

Great job!!



Mrs. Esposito's 3-Day morning class decorated their crowns with '100' dots and then enjoyed showing them off for all to see!   I think that this sweet little girl had 100 dots on her jacket too!

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR

On Thursday, February 3rd many of our students were celebrating the Lunar New Year.  We have just entered the Year of the Rabbit! 

Students enjoy dressing in traditional clothing and here are some beautiful examples! 

Thank you ladies.

CHESS ROCKS

We are so proud of our New Vistas Chess Club and all the beautiful trophies they have won.  It's a math lesson just to count them all.  Enjoy the pictures!!!!