Bobcat Bulletin VIII

​ ​ Bobcat Bulletin VIII January 5, 2025 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Binkley Families, Welcome Back! We hope that your break sends you back to school rested and relaxed; ready to dive into the second half of the trimester. As we return, we will be taking time with our staff, all families, and learners in grades 3rd-6th to complete the YouthTruth Survey. This is our 4th year participating in this county-wide survey and it is an opportunity to share anonymous feedback directly to Binkley leadership about the overall school experience at Binkley. We have gained so much from past surveys, and this is how we learn and grow ourselves. For our learners, this survey will happen in the classroom, lead by their teachers at the time/date in January that they find best. The survey will take, on average, about 30-45 minutes, in the preferred language of the learner. Parent Opt-Out: Students will voluntarily take the survey unless their parents opt them out. If you chose to opt out, please send the letter below with signature to Principal Harvell by Tuesday, January 7th. Parent Letter & Opt-Out - English  Parent Letter & Opt-Out - Spanish For our families, we ask that one parent or guardian from each household participate. Parents/guardians will be prompted to take the survey once for each child enrolled. Aim to survey as many parents/guardians as possible. We had the highest survey participating percentage last year in the district at 86%; let's do it again Binkley families. Takes 15 minutes of your time! All families in the district will use the same URL: Family survey Complete between January 6 and January 31, 2025. Surveys are only online at Family survey BE Safe. BE Responsible. BE Respectful. It's the Bobcat Way! Warmly, Principal Harvell ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ CLICK HERE to take FAMILY SURVEY ​ ​ ​ ​ Survey Opens Monday, January 6th ​ ​ ​ ​ What is YouthTruth? ​ ​ ​ ​   ​ ​ ​ ​ Important Reminders ​ ​ ​ ​ Monday, January 6th - 1:30 dismissal for ALL. Monday, January 6th - 3pm Boys Basketball Tryouts Wednesday, January 8th - WALK & ROLL to School (weather dependent)- Meet at the Rincon Valley Library or the entrance to Tanglewood Park at Greymont and Oak Park for an 8:05 take off Thursday, January 9th - Boosters Meeting at 6pm (in person in the library or join us on Zoom) Friday, January 17th - 5pm Winter Concert Monday, January 20th - No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Holiday Lost & Found: All items were donated over the break. We really do NOT want to fill it up again! The best way to prevent Lost & Found items are to label your child's materials. AND we have a fundraiser for that! Click the Sticker Gal link to order great, personalized labels. https://stickergal.com/binkley/ and the code BINKLEY24 will send 15% of your purchase price back to Boosters! Online Binkley Spirit Wear Store open now!! Order now to show off your bobcat pride. ​ ​ ​ ​ CLICK HERE TO ORDER SPIRIT WEAR ​ ​ ​ ​   ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ We Really Need your Help! ​ The following positions are needed to be filled ASAP at Binkley: Noon Duty Supervisor (M-F, 11:30-1:00). PAID position. PE Coordinator (T-F, 10:30-11:30, 12:45-1:40). PAID position. Fine Arts Day Coordinator for this spring's Fine Arts Day (date to be determined based on coordinator). Hours flexible. PAID position. $300.00 stipend. Art Cart OR Game Cart OR Green Team supervisors - attend any day M-F between 11:30-1:00 OR 1:40-2:00. Volunteer position. You can even do part of the time if you have a grade level preference. Basketball OR Soccer Mentors - come out and play with our learners during their favorite games and keep up the sportsmanship. Any day M-F, 10:00-10:30 OR 11:30-12:30. Volunteer position. School Site Council representative (1-2 adult family members) to meet two times for the remainder of this school year. Complete the survey below. Volunteer position. Contact Principal Harvell if you are interested. Or leave your name and number with Ms. Anderson at the front office. ​ ​ ​ ​ Join School Site Council ​ ​ ​ ​   ​ ​ ​ ​ School Fundraising Opportunities ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​   ​ ​ ​ ​ Resources ​ ​ ​ ​ 2024-2025 Bell Schedule ​ ​ ​ ​ RVUSD 2024-2025 School Calendar ​ ​ ​ ​ Binkley Handbook ​ ​ ​ ​   ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Contact info ​ 4965 Canyon Drive Santa Rosa, 95409 (707) 539-6060 Principal, Harmony Harvell Office Manager, Tahryn Anderson Attendance Clerk, Ginger Outlaw ​ ​ ​

Sunday, Jan 05 2025

See you at the Posada!

We look forward to seeing you all at the Posada/Winter Concert and Family Dance this evening.

Friday, Dec 13 2024

Village Spirit Week is Coming up Next Week!

Hello Village Families! The Village Student Council Spirit Committee has planned and prepared for our first Spirit Week of the year happening next week November 18-22. See the flyer below for details.

Thursday, Nov 14 2024

Bobcat Bulletin VI

​​ Bobcat Bulletin VI November 3, 2024 ​​​​ ​​​​ Binkley Families, We have concluded our first trimester of learning, and hope all enjoyed the day off last Friday as teachers prepared report cards. We will begin family-teacher conferences for all learners, except TK that already held theirs, in order to share with you the progress of your child. Conferences begin this Friday, 11/8 and run everyday until Friday, 11/22. Every day will be a 2:00 dismissal for all. The month of October was busy as we focused on being inclusive with a presentation from Common Ground Society where we learned about visible and invisible differences and how we all want to feel a true sense of belonging no matter how we show up differently than the person next to you. Our entire school came out to send off our athletes and buddies to the Soccer Special Olympics that took place at Montgomery High School. We have two wonderful Adaptive PE Coaches, Deb and Jay who make the inclusion of our neuro diverse and typical peers a priority. Set up in our gym is our Altar de Muertos. We want to celebrate the tradition of honoring our ancestors and passed loved ones. Send in a picture or item with your child if you chose to participate to place on our altar. We will have our altar up all week. I will be placing a picture of my grandfather that I usually keep in my office in order to model for our learners that we all have loved ones that hold a significant place in our life journey. Lastly, but so important - our Turkey Trot Walk-a-thon fundraiser has begun!! We have a $10,000 goal for Under the Oaks and TK/K yard collaborative play space improvements, field trips, 6th grade Outdoor Education, and assemblies. Scan the QR code below to get your child(ren) registered. We have a lot of fun tracking our progress every day; and this principal will dress as a turkey on the day of the trot if we make at least half of our goal! BE Safe. BE Responsible. BE Respectful. It's the Bobcat Way! Warmly, Harmony Harvell, Principal ​​​​ ​​​​ Important Reminders ​​​​ Monday, November 4th is a 1:30 dismissal for ALL. Conferences 11/8 - 11/22; 2:00 dismissal for ALL No School to honor Veteran's Day 11/11 Wednesday, 11/13 - Ruby Bridges School Wide Community Walk (Shake Shake to sponsor hot chocolate) Thursday, 11/14 - BJ's Dine & Donate Thursday, 11/14 - Boosters @ 6pm TURKEY TROT - Thursday, 11/21 (during school hours; all families welcome) Thanksgiving Break 11/25-11/29 - No School Lost & Found: Binkley has several Lost & Found locations. 1) Inside the gym to the left side of the stage, 2) behind the library on the hooks, 3) in the TK/K yard on a blue rack. The best way to prevent Lost & Found items are to label your child's materials. Click the Sticker Gal link to order great, personalized labels. https://stickergal.com/binkley/ and the code BINKLEY24 will send 15% of your purchase price back to Boosters! Online Binkley Spirit Wear Store open now!! Order now to show off your bobcat pride. ​​​​CLICK HERE TO ORDER SPIRIT WEAR​​​​ ​​​​ Upcoming Events ​​​​ ​​​​ ​​​​ ​​​​ ​​​​ School Fundraising Opportunities ​​​​ ​​​​ ​​​​ ​​​​ Resources ​​​​2024-2025 Bell Schedule​​​​RVUSD 2024-2025 School Calendar​​​​Binkley Handbook​​​​ ​​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ Contact info ​ 4965 Canyon Drive Santa Rosa, 95409 (707) 539-6060 Principal, Harmony Harvell Office Manager, Tahryn Anderson Attendance Clerk, Ginger Outlaw ​​ ​

Sunday, Nov 03 2024

Parents Club announcements and upcoming events

We had an AMAZING Read-a-Thon Fundraiser, thank you SO MUCH for your support!  We raised $13,895 - surpassing our goal! Village Students read 32,387 minutes!  The  Top Class for Fundraising  was Mrs. Marcotte & Mrs. Friedman's 2nd Grade Class, well done! To celebrate our success, we will be scheduling an All School Dessert Party soon! THANK YOU AGAIN for all of your Fundraising Efforts, it truly takes a Village! UPCOMING EVENTS: COPPERFIELD'S BOOKS - MONEY FOR SCHOOLS! From  November 1st - 3rd , when you shop at Copperfield's Books, they will donate 20% of your purchase back to our school! Just mention Village Elementary at checkout! This only happens once per year, so be sure to take advantage of it and stock up on any books you need for the Holiday Season! Nov. 8th LOTERIA NIGHT!  Join us for a fun night of Loteria (Mexican Bingo) on Friday, November 8th in the MPR at 6pm. We will have food and delicious drinks for purchase and fun prizes for winners! All are welcome. We hope to see you there!  November 13th - Parents Club Social Hour at Trailhouse at 6pm!  Join us for a quick Parents Club Meeting followed by a Social Hour with other Village Parents! This is an Adults Only Meeting, please leave the kids at home! Please RSVP using this link, so we have an idea of how many folks to expect. https://mailchi.mp/9d577a902716/village-parents-club-meeting-at-trailhouse November 20th - Dine and Donate at Lepe's Taqueria!   Take the cooking load off  and help support the school! Mention Village Elementary School when you order Takeout or when you Dine In! A portion of sales will be donated back to Village. November 21st - Cal Skate Night!   Join other Village Families for a fun night of Roller Skating at Cal Skate in Rohnert Park! The rink will be dedicated to Village Families ONLY from 6pm to 8pm. Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, Oct 29 2024

The Great Shakeout Drill on Thursday, October 17th

Hello Village Families, I am writing to let you know that Village students and staff will be participating in an Earthquake drill on Thursday, October 17th as a part of the Great Shakeout. During the drill, the students will be directed to duck, cover and hold on. They will then hear an announcement in the classrooms directing them to evacuate to the blacktop area where their teachers will take attendance. We will be enacting a scenario which will require our staff, assigned to search and rescue, to locate an "injured" student and reunite them with their class. As with all safety drills, this drill will enable us to put into practice our essential campus safety and emergency protocols.  Teachers will be alerting their students ahead of the drill, and we encourage you to do the same so that students are prepared and assured. Thank you for your support! Amy Taganashi

Monday, Oct 14 2024

Bobcat Bulletin V

​ ​ Bobcat Bulletin V October 8, 2024 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Binkley Families, Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! This month we honor the Hispanic diversity of our learners and families, and share appreciation for the contributions of this community. We have two significant individuals on our campus, Mr. Gustavo Garcia-Rojas and Ms. Diana Ortiz Ramirez who partner with our multi lingual families and learners to ensure a robust education and participation from multi lingual parent groups. With that partnership, we bring to Binkley for the first time LOTERIA Night on Tuesday, October 15th. The evening will be for all our families to enjoy this tradition Mexican game of chance. RSVP below, and we can't wait to see you there! Pictures above are our AAA Safety Patrol Crew who have applied for our program lead by Ms. Renzi. This team supports the safety of our ingress and egress of campus, and we appreciate their work. Please look out for them, they are supported by upper grade teachers at the end of each day, and have the hard job of keeping the flow of traffic moving and our pedestrians safe. Our first Walk & Roll to school is tomorrow! If you walk or roll to school, tally for your class and collect some swag. Bus riders, you are rollers! And if you drive to school but want to be part of our Walking School Bus we have two locations: Tanglewood Park/Oak Paek Way meeting at 8am, and Rincon Valley Library, meeting at 7:50. Lastly, a huge congratulations goes to 6th grader Landon Hildebrandt for being awarded the 'Service Above Self' Rotary Award. We thank Landon for his service specifically with our neuro diverse learners in preparation for the Special Olympics. BE Safe. BE Responsible. BE Respectful. It's the Bobcat Way! Warmly, Harmony Harvell, Principal ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ CLICK HERE - Loteria Night RSVP ​ ​ ​ ​   ​ ​ ​ ​ Important Reminders ​ ​ ​ ​ Thursday, October 10th - Boosters Meeting at 6pm (library and Zoom). Friday, November 1st - Teacher Workday/No Students Monday, November 4th is a 1:30 dismissal for ALL. Lost & Found: Binkley has several Lost & Found locations. 1) Inside the gym to the left side of the stage, 2) behind the library on the hooks, 3) in the TK/K yard on a blue rack. The best way to prevent Lost & Found items are to label your child's materials. Click the Sticker Gal link to order great, personalized labels. https://stickergal.com/binkley/ and the code BINKLEY24 will send 15% of your purchase price back to Boosters! Online Binkley Spirit Wear Store open now!! Order now to show off your bobcat pride. ​ ​ ​ ​ CLICK HERE TO ORDER SPIRIT WEAR ​ ​ ​ ​ Great ShakeOut - Thursday, October 17th @ 9:15 ​ While some areas of California are more likely to have earthquakes than others, all of California is at higher risk compared to the rest of the country. You could be anywhere when an earthquake strikes: at home, at work, at school, or even on vacation. What we do now will determine our quality of life after our next big earthquake. Are you prepared to survive and recover quickly? The Great California ShakeOut is an annual opportunity in the state of California to practice how to be safer during big earthquakes: "Drop, Cover and Hold On." The entire Rincon Valley School District will be participating in the Great ShakeOut, and Binkley will use this opportunity to check our process and supplies for both our learners and staff. We have a small parent group who will support us with practicing our emergency student release. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​   ​ ​ ​ ​ Upcoming Events ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ TRUCK OR TREAT Volunteers Wanted ​ ​ ​ ​ Get to Know ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​   ​ ​ ​ ​ Resources ​ ​ ​ ​ 2024-2025 Bell Schedule ​ ​ ​ ​ RVUSD 2024-2025 School Calendar ​ ​ ​ ​ Binkley Handbook ​ ​ ​ ​   ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Contact info ​ 4965 Canyon Drive Santa Rosa, 95409 (707) 539-6060 Principal, Harmony Harvell Office Manager, Tahryn Anderson Attendance Clerk, Ginger Outlaw ​ ​ ​

Wednesday, Oct 09 2024

Please Join us for STEM Night at Village Elementary ...

Tuesday, Oct 01 2024

Lunch Time Clubs and Student Council Opportunities

Hello Village Families, I wanted to let you know that we have started lunch time clubs for 1st-6th grade Village students. We are working to offer more opportunities for enrichment for students during the school day. These activities will be happening in one of the classrooms 3 days a week, and will be supervised by Ms. Morgan, our student advocate. The following are the days and the activities being offered: 1st-4th grades:   Tuesdays: Legos and Reading Wednesdays: Pokemon Club (students may bring Pokemon cards on Wednesdays but should only bring them out at lunch recess time) Thursdays: Art/Drawing/Craft club 5th-6th grades: Tuesdays: Dungeons & Dragons   Wednesdays : Pokemon  (students may bring Pokemon cards on Wednesdays but should only bring them out at lunch recess time) Thursdays : Art/Drawing/Craft club   We also have the exciting opportunity to work with coaches from the National Academy of Athletics to provide a lunch time intramural soccer program for 8 weeks beginning October 2nd-November 20th on Wednesdays and Fridays. Students had the opportunity to complete a simple registration form today if they were interested. These forms are due on Friday, September 27th . Extra forms are available in the office. Student Council: 4th-6th grade students are invited to apply to be a part of the Village Student Council. Applications will be passed out tomorrow and are due by Wednesday, October 2nd. Please encourage your child to apply to be a part of this important student leadership experience. Two student representatives from each class will be selected.  Thank you for your support! Respectfully, Amy Taganashi

Wednesday, Sep 25 2024

RVUSD Pathway to Progress

RVUSD Community, We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new  RVUSD Pathway to Progress , designed to provide transparency, accessibility, and engagement as we embark on our three-year strategic plan. For Public schools in California this is titled the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). This updated digital platform will serve as a hub for all district-related information and resources on our progress on reaching the goals outlined in the RVUSD LCAP, reflecting our commitment to excellence in education and continuous improvement.  Click here to read more about the RVUSD Pathway to Progress . In particular we want to highlight the recent release of the RVUSD data dashboard of our annual state CAASPP academic assessment results. Our approach to academic data Video overview of how growth is calculated RVUSD CAASPP  Data Dashboard  - ( Using Filters ,   Data Walkthrough )

Tuesday, Sep 24 2024