Victoria Families Come Back-to-School

Tonight was our annual Back-to-School Night. Despite the 100+ degree weather outside, we had a great night!

Again this year we began the night with a family BBQ/Picnic. Our fabulous PTA slaved over the hot grill and cooked up hamburgers for us. However, rather than eating outside in real picnic fashion, we moved indoors and enjoyed our food in the comfort of the air conditioned cafeteria!

We also had several booths set up inside the cafeteria. The PTA recruited new members and sold Victoria Spiritwear. There was also information describing opportunities for parent involvement, i.e. School Site Council, English Learner Advisory Committee, and Parent Wednesday Workshops. We advertised our after school program that we will start in September and asked parents if they'd like to volunteer to share their talents and hobbies with our kids. (I'll blog more on our After School S.O.A.R. Program in a new post!) RUSD Nutritional Services was there to assist families in completing lunch applications and offered samples from our "Farm Fresh Salad Bar". The YMCA also shared information about their program that meets across the street at the church.

Teachers prepared wonderful presentations to share with families about their classrooms and the grade level standards that they will teach their students this year. They repeated their presentation for families who had more than one classroom to visit tonight.

As many families left to go home, they stopped by the 6th Grade Outdoor Ed. Bake Sale for a sweet treat.

Thank you to all of the teachers for their hard work and dedication to make Victoria an outstanding school. Thank you to all the parents/grandparents/guardians for your continued support. This is going to be another extraordinary school year!