September 23, 2016
Parents & Families, Welcome Fall! As the leaves turn colors and the mornings get a bit chillier, Minnehaha is rolling into high gear heading into our fourth full week of school. Classroom routines are [...]
Sep
2016
Aug
2016
August 17, 2016
Welcome back, students & families! I am so excited to welcome you back to the start of the 2016-17 school year at Minnehaha! Hopefully we will see you all at our Back to School event, [...]
Jun
2016
June 10, 2016
Minnehaha Parents & Families, Wow! How quickly this year went by! It seems like just yesterday we were greeting students and families at our Back to School night last August! Thank you all for the [...]
May
2016
May 6, 2016
Parents & Families, We are in the home stretch! With iReady Spring assessments completed, and Smarter Balanced assessments for grades 3-5 beginning to wind down, our teachers are working to maintain high levels of [...]
Apr
2016
Parent Climate Survey
Every Spring VPS staff and parents have the opportunity to give the district input on how the year has been going so far. Many of us, myself included, usually pass right over these opportunities with the impression that [...]
Mar
2016
March 25, 2016
Parents & Families, I hope you are all having a great March. This is definitely a busy time of year! I wanted to share a few updates/reminders below, and wish you in advance a Happy [...]
Mar
2016
March 11, 2016
Happy Spring! (almost) Can you believe the school year is over 2/3 of the way complete?! Wow how time flies! Next Friday, March 18, your child will be bringing home his/her second report [...]
Feb
2016
February 19, 2016
Parents and Families, Happy 1OOth day of school!!! While the year is flying by (Trimester 2 is over in about 10 days…), our teachers and staff are hard at work continuing the work around [...]
Feb
2016
February 5, 2016
Parents and Families, Welcome to February! We have officially passed the “halfway point” of the school year. The 100th day of school will be upon us soon, and before we know it we’ll be talking [...]
Jan
2016
Jan 22, 2016
Parents & Families, I cannot believe how quickly January is flying by! I hope your children (and your entire family) have had a great transition back to school from Break. The New Year is [...]