LAST DAY BEFORE WINTER BREAK

Everyone had a spectacular time on Thursday evening at our World's Fair.  Many parents and teachers expressed that they felt it was the 'best one yet'!!

(World's Fair pictures and event information will follow in another post, so please come back to learn more) 

Our last day before Winter break was Friday the 17th!  Everyone was tired after all the work put forth for the World's Fair; however everyone came to school happy and excited to be there.

It was a day for some learning, some sharing and some eating.  Our classes had Secret Book and Sneaky Santa Gift exchanges. 

It was full of pajama parties, goodies (with some healthy munchies too), sharing with all of our friends, thanking parents, students, friends, teachers and staff.  The classes were watching movies, singing, and just plain having loads of fun! 

Some of our preschool and Kindergarten classes made Gingerbread Houses too!

We are sure that with all the wonderful books received as gifts, our students will be reading during the entire winter break.

We hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!  We are excited about our return to school on Wednesday, January 5, 2011!  Enjoy!

NEW VISTAS' SHOW CHOIR

Wow!  Wow!  Wow!  What an awesome performance for our New Vistas Show Choir - the "Note"-ations, at Rockin' R Ranch!!  Friday's performance was so much fun for the students and Mrs. Neff was truly in her element. 

In case you missed that performance you have another opportunity.  On Wednesday, December 15th the "Note"-ations will perform at Joe's Real BBQ on Gilbert Road.  The performance begins at 6:00 pm. 

The "Note"-ations will be on our very own stage during our annual World's Fair on Thursday, December 16th at 6:00 p.m.  Please be sure to stop by to enjoy the show! 

MATH OLYMPIAD TEAM 2010/2011

We are so proud of our 2010/2011 Math Olympiad Team.  This wonderful program helps to stimulate enthusiasm and a growing love for mathematics.  It introduces important mathematical concepts to teach major strategies for problem solving and foster mathematical creativity and ingenuity.  This program is providing satisfaction, joy and a thrill of meeting challenges and is giving our students pride in themselves for a job well done! 

These dedicated students have taken time out of their mornings each week by arriving at school early to meet for an hour with their teacher and coaches to conquer math in creative ways.

We want to take a moment to shout out a great big Thank You to our teacher - Dawnmarie Shipley, and our coaches - Manal Farid, Patricia Labun, Rita LaPier, Bill Patel and Kristie Stanley.

HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE

We are so very proud of our wonderful and giving families at New Vistas!  This picture shows one weeks worth of donated toys that will go to the CAP "Holiday Toy Drive" through the Chandler Community Action Program (CAP) for families who participate and qualify to receive assistance.  The parents are required to attend classes on parenting, finances, first aid and safety.  They receive 'credits' for their attendance at these classes and use these credits to shop for their children at the CAP holiday 'store'.  After shopping, they then wrap the gifts for their children. 

Our families have the most generous hearts and what a wonderful lesson they are teaching their own children.  Wow, thank you!

NEW VISTAS WORLD'S FAIR 2010

We are very excited about our upcoming 2010 New Vistas World's Fair to be held on Thursday, December 16th from 6 to 7:30 pm. 

You will have an exciting journey traveling around the world, collecting coins from all the countries the students have been studying about and viewing the exceptional work these young individuals have created.  You can see the Eiffel Tower, the Swiss Alps, the Arizona desert, ancient civilizations and even Cyber Space!  The entire school will be decorated and the festive evening will surely bring everyone joy.

Santa will make an appearance and talk with all the children about their holiday wishes.  We will have entertainment throughout the campus, with carolers strolling and a Hawaiian Dance Troop.  Our very own "note"-ations will give a performance and many of our talented students will perform a short piano piece.  If you choose, you can have a photo taken and printed at the Magical Memories photo site in our Multipurpose room and then enjoy a bite of Happy Holiday cake!  Sounds yummy!

The evening will be wonderful and we hope to see you there!  (photographs will be posted shortly after the evening.)

A BIG THANK YOU

 

NV Students display the generosity of New Vistas' families who contributed to our food drive in November.  A very special thank you to all who contributed. 

It was such a success and the Food Bank Board of Directors were so appeciative of the help we were able to give. 

THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICKEY MOUSE

Our Kindergarten and Preschool classes celebrated Mickey Mouse's birthday on November 18th!  He was 82 years old and hasn't he held his age well! 

Each year our teachers celebrate Mickey's birthday by dressing up as "Minnie" Mouse!  All of the children enjoy this so much.

SAFARI IN KENYA

Two of our Preschool classes went on an African Safari with binoculars and cameras in hand.  They discovered many wild animals, including giraffes, lions, and zebras!  The children were very excited. No one experienced jet lag and fun was had by all.

PIN THE NOSE ON THE PUMPKIN

Mrs. Esposito's 2-Day Morning class (2 1/2 year olds) learned about the color orange this week which consisted of the fall pumpkin.  They really enjoyed playing Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin and you can see that our pumpkin has many, many noses.

We are always finding creative ways of teaching the students about colors and numbers and they have so much fun doing it.

FIRE SAFETY

We were happy to have Blas Minor, Chandler Firefighter and husband to our great reading teacher, Richelle Minor, conduct a demonstration today for our Kindergarten classes about fire safety ... Stop, Drop and Roll!

As you can see the children enjoyed the presentation completely.  They learned about keeping below the smoke, being careful of hot doors, to not hide under the bed or in the closet when the firefighters enter the home, calling 911 and much more.

We are always finding ways to keep our children safe.

Mrs. Grismore, Mrs. McLean and Mrs. Rogers, Kindergarten Teachers