Daily Bulletin
Daily Bulletin - Wednesday, December 11, 2024
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Finals Schedule - Lunch Will Be Served:
Week Of December 16 - 20
Dec. 16: Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6
Dec. 17: Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6
Dec 18: Finals-Period 1 | 7:30-9:30am and Period 4 | 9:45-11:45am (If you have a period 7 | 12-2pm)
Dec. 19: Finals-Period 2 | 7:30-9:30am and Period 5 | 9:45-11:45am
Dec 20: Finals-Periods 3 | 7:30-9:30am and Period 6 | 9:45-11:45am
Lunch Served at 11:45-12:30pm
Buses leave at 12:37pm
**FRONT OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED AT 1PM ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20. **
WVH Hockey:
Come support your Wolfpack in the last games of 2024 - Students wearing West Valley swag get in free! #wolfpackon3
Thursday December 12th: JV @ 5:30PM against Lathrop and Varsity @ 7PM against Service at UAF
Saturday December 14th: JV @ 9AM against North Pole and Varsity @ 10:30PM against Service at the Dipper
Snack Donations Needed for Finals:
Parents, starting next week, we will graciously accept donations for student finals snacks.
Any contributions would be greatly appreciated.
Please drop them off at the front office.
Latkes at Lunch:
Come join us for latkes and other Hanukkah treats, games, and traditions to celebrate the wonder of light in the darkness of December.
In Ms. Moore's room, 123, on Friday 12/13 at lunch.
Everyone is welcome!
Winter Concerts:
West Valley Band featuring Wolfpack Jazz, Concert, and Symphonic Bands.
December 10 @ 7:00pm
Free Admission
West Valley Performing Arts Center
Bake Sale Benefiting The Music Department.
West Valley Orchestra & Choir Winter Concert Thursday, December 12 @ 7pm in the PAC.
Basket & Art silent auction at 6pm.
Steel Pan Ensemble & Fairbanks Youth Percussion Ensemble
December 17 @ 7:00pm in the PAC.
Student Meeting: Travel to Europe June 2025:
If you would like more information about this opportunity to take a WWII tour of Europe please attend a student meeting in Mrs. Damario room 236 at lunch on Wednesday 12/11.
Also, please visit the website.
This is not a school district sponsored trip.
Click link...
Model UN End of Year Luncheon:
If you have been part of Model UN this year, on Thursday 12/12 in the library at lunch, we will be hosting our final meeting of the year.
Join in the celebration! Consider bringing a dish or dessert to share if you can.
See you Thursday at lunch
Model UN Travel to UAA Conference:
Students interested in traveling to the UAA Conference, please see Mrs. Damario to pick up information about the conference or send an email request for the information.
Parent Meeting: Travel to Europe June 2025
If you would like more information about this opportunity to take a WWII tour of Europe please attend a parent meeting on Thursday 12/12 at 5:30pm in the library.
Also, please visit the website.
This is not a school district sponsored trip.
Click link
AK Native Youth Club:
West Valley AK Native Youth Club will meet Tuesday and Thursday mornings during Extension in Mrs. Hornbuckle's room.
The first meeting is on Tuesday, December 3.
All students are welcome to attend.
Please stop by Mrs. Hornbuckle's room to get an Extension pass or if you have questions.
Attendance Reminder:
Students, this is a reminder to come to the front office and pick up an admit pass if a parent/guardian has called the school to excuse your late arrival. You must pick up this pass before going to class.
Attention Parents and students:
Townpasses:
Parents, we ask if you need to pick up your student early from school, please give the front office a call at least an hour in advance.
We do not always have front office aides to run messages to your student.
Thank you for your patience.
Students, we ask if you know you have a townpass called in, please make sure you come to the front office and pick the pass up to show your teacher you are needing to leave the building.
BUS STOP DEVIATIONS:
ALL Bus Deviation need to be called in BEFORE the last class of the day.
Please know your students bus number and bus stop when calling in for a deviation.
How do I excuse an absence?
ANYTIME a student will be arriving late to school a parent/guardian has to call in to excuse the student and then the student MUST stop into the front office and pick up an Excused Admit Pass (BEFORE going to class).
If the student has a note from a parent/guardian excusing them, trade it for an excused admit in the front office before going to class.
Students will not be excused without checking into the office first and picking up this pass.
If a student is leaving the building a TownPass must be called in by a parent or have a note with specified time of needing to leave the building(students must sign out in the front office in order to get excused.
If the student returns to school, they must remember to check in at the front office before going to class or the missed class will remain unexcused.
Parents can not call in after the fact to excuse their students.
We must hear from a parent / guardian BEFORE the student leaves the building.
If a student is marked AU for classes within the day, and the student did not have a pre-arranged townpass to leave the building, parents can not excuse that AU.
Parents can not excuse a student for not attending a scheduled class to go to another class.
Students must communicate with their teachers and get teacher permission.
AU = Absence Unexcused: Teachers will mark this when students who are either more than 10 minutes late to class or do not show to their class.
TU = Student is tardy to class (under 10 minutes).
Teachers are unable to mark a student Absent Excused.
If a student is planning to be absent the whole school day, a parent will need to call the front office to excuse the absence within 2 school days of that absence.
https://www.k12northstar.org/Page/6948
STUDENTS, YOU MUST CHECK IN AND OUT OF THE FRONT OFFICE AND PICK UP YOUR ADMIT / TOWNPASS.
TRANSPORTATION / BUS CONCERNS:
Please check the Transportation website and click the Find Your School Bus Stop button to find the bus stop closest to you.
Make sure to have your child at the bus stop five minutes before the scheduled time.
ANY BUS CONCERNS PLEASE CONTACT | DURHAM SCHOOL SERVICES:
*Call DURHAM Dispatch for student drop-off/pick-up issues, late buses, missed stops, driver complaints, service issues, and lost items.
*Fairbanks: 907-206-7789 (6:00am-5:30pm)
*Moose Creek/North Pole: 907-206-7789, option 1 (6:00am-5:00pm)
*FNSBSD Transportation Department
*Administrative Center |3rd Floor, Room 338
Main: (907) 452-2000 xOption 4
Vehicle Registration:
If you are driving to school, your vehicle(s) MUST be registered for the 2024-2025 school year.>br>You can find Vehicle Registration forms on the WVH website or you can pick up the form in the front office.
All vehicles with tags from previous years will be asked to remove their tags and re-register.
There is no charge for student parking.
Activities/Athletics and Attendance:
*A student must be in attendance the entire school day (ALL class periods for which they are scheduled, including extension) in order to practice or participate in any extracurricular or co-curricular activity.
*When a student is absent from a class (marked AU) the student cannot participate in any same day practice or game.
*Students who are (10) or more minutes late to any class will be considered absent, not tardy and can NOT participate.
*When students are tardy (10 minutes or less) to class, coaches have discretion to implement consequences related to activity participation.
*For activities or events that are scheduled on non-school days or weekends, students are required to attend every class on the last school day prior to the activity.
*Excused absences MUST BE CALLED IN THE DAY BEFORE in order to participate in an activity.
*Students must remember to pick up their stamped excused admit pass in the front office to bring to their coach / advisor in order to participate.
Open Campus Lunch Policy:
It is a student's responsibility to return from lunch on time and prepared for class.
Students who enter the building late from lunch will need to get a tardy unexcused and will not be allowed to take food or drink into their classrooms or to their lockers.
NO Door-Dash, Grubhub, etc..food deliveries---THE FRONT OFFICE STAFF IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR FOOD DELIVERIES!!
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