Blue Valley USD 384

5th grade hosted 4th grade today!

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McCormick Elementary School is counting down the remaining days of school quickly. It has been a great year at MES and the students and staff are excited to finish the school year on a high note. I wanted to pass along a couple reminders for activities we have planned for the end of the week. Our annual MES Talent Show will take place at 12:15 p.m. on Friday in the Old Gym at the High School. The MES students have been busy perfecting many different talents. You will be amazed with tumbling, jokes, poems, and numerous other talents. You will not want to miss it! At the completion of the MES Talent Show, we will hit the track for an afternoon of field events such as the long jump, high jump, and softball throw. MES Field Day will begin 1:00 p.m. or shortly after. Parents and families are welcome to attend. Thanks, Mr.Schreiber

FCCLA members that qualified for Nationals in San Diego will be hosting the meal for the Elementary Music Concert on May 19 which is Tuesday. We will start at 5:45 pm. Come out and support both the Ciarra and Joey as well as all the elementary students.

Blue Valley fifth and sixth grade students had the opportunity to go to Lawrence on Thursday, May 5. Students visited the KU Natural History Museum and Prairie Park Nature Center. Students were complimented on their engagement and great behavior at the museum! Way to represent, Rams!

In Essentials of FAID students learned how different fibers absorbed, resist, and burning. Students learned a lot about manufactured and natural fibers.

Here are the rest of the pillowcases from 8th FACS.

Here are a few skirts that are complete from Apparel Production. They did a really good job.

Fifth grade learned about metacognitive(Thinking about your thinking) today! Fifth grade did a wonderful job of thinking of questions about the reading. Students also learned skills about highlighting important details while reading.

Here are a few more of the pillowcases from 8th grade FACS.

Community HealthCare System of NE Kansas will once again being offer FREE school physicals for all incoming 5th-12th grade students for the 2022-2023 school year. School Physicals will take place on Thursday, May 12th in the Blue Valley Fitness Center. Any student that will be participating in a PE class, Weights class, or extra-curricular activity sanctioned by KSHSAA, will need to have a physical on file before he or she can participate in an activity. Last year, over 65 students and their families took advantage of this great opportunity to knock an item off the summer to-do list early. Please complete the KSHSAA Physical and Concussion Forms listed on the front page of the USD 384 webpage and have your student bring it the day of the physical. Please contact Mr. Schreiber at mschreiber@usd384.org with any questions you may.

5th and 6th graders had a wonderful time today! Thank you Mrs. Ellis for the wonderful field trip!

Reminder: Fifth and sixth grade students will be going to Lawrence Thursday, May 5. The bus loads at the middle school at 8:00 AM. Students were asked to wear Blue Valley gear or a blue shirt. Please have students remember to bring their sack lunch. If students ordered one from the school, we will bring them for those who requested one. Book bags for fifth and sixth graders are not necessary to bring to school tomorrow.

Thursday, the 5th and 6th grade students will be going on their field trip to Lawrence. We will be visiting the Natural History Museum and Prairie Park Nature Center. A letter was sent home with students on Monday with the itinerary. Please contact Mrs. Ellis if you have any questions.

FCCLA is hosting the meal before the Middle school and High School music concert. The meal is walking tacos, brownies, water or tea. This is a free will donation to help offset expenses for the officers conference in August.

Upcoming Concerts: MS/HS choir & band concert is Monday, May 2nd at 7pm and the McCormick Elementary concert is Tuesday, May 10th at 7pm. Both concerts will be in the old gym at Blue Valley High School. A fundraiser meal will be held by the FCCLA students going to nationals this summer before each concert.

5th grade talked about what being a team means, how we can be positive on a team, when you use teamwork at home, how we can show good teamwork, and predicted on what it would look like being on a team when we get older.

Blue Valley USD 384 is Hiring! We are a small dynamic district looking for highly qualified individuals who will work well as part of our Blue Valley family. The candidate must have a passion for working with children and enjoy engaging students in creative ways that challenge their thinking. Please use the link below to see our available position and job descriptions. We look forward to hearing from you! #RAMFAM #BVSTRONG https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wuaa5dhUuvcQECMkPTY_eJD6lF3O5FdVbPtQS_Ph2Bw/edit?usp=sharing

FCCLA is sponsoring a Blood Drive on April 25, 2022 from 9:00am to 2:45 pm. The United Methodist Church in Randolph is the host site. Please use the link to sign up. https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor= You are helping safe alive as well earn a scholarship for one of Senior FCCLA members. Along with saving a life they are doing antibodies test for COVID. If you rather contact Ms.Luhman at bluhman@usd384.org to sign up. We hope to see you on April 25.

8th Grade FACS has been working on their pillowcases for the last month. Here a few that have them completed.