Welcome to Vine Hill Elementary School, a member of the Scotts Valley Unified School District in Santa Cruz County.  
> Welcome message - from Michelle Stewart, Principal.

2009 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report
2009 API Growth Report
STAR Report 2009
SARC Report 2007-08
SPSA Presentation

Announcements

Mileage Club Starts February 23
The Mileage Club is a lunchtime running and walking program for fitness and fun and takes place on the upper field two days a week. The program is designed to encourage all students to increase their fitness level while having fun with their friends during the lunch break. This year's Mileage Club returns on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 and continues running on Tuesdays and Thursdays thoughout the spring. Students will be able to run or walk off some of that energy!

More information is available on the Mileage Club page.

Volunteers Needed: We are looking for volunteers to help supervise this program. If you would like to help, we’d love to hear from you! Please contact Christy Borkowski. Thank you!

Kids Can Learn Online How to Stop Bullying Behavior
Check out this online link for kids to help stop bullying at school!
http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/games/default.aspx

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COMMUNITY

District Fiscal Situation
It is expected that the governor will release his proposed 2010-2011 budget at the end of this week, and within the next week or two our district will begin to learn what it might mean for us. The proposed budget will continue to be changed at the state level until it is adopted by the legislature and signed by the governor, which may be as late as next fall - long after our 2010- 11 school year has begun.

Please try to attend the Vine Hill PTA meeting on February
10 at 6:30pm in the Vine Hill Staff Lounge and meet School Board Members, Allison Niday and Michael Shulman. In response to the state and district financial situation for the 2010-2011 school year, our board members want to hear from us, the parents of the school and the general public.

This will be an open forum dialog of what we want to see happen, what we would support, and how we can achieve this. They will not have a set agenda, but want to listen to our ideas and take them back to the board. This will be the first of many meetings with school board members to gather ideas and responses.

Come and see how the current state of the budget will effect all of our children now and in the future.

Resources on this topic:

• EdSource Report - Local Revenues for Schools: Limits and Options in California
• EdSource Web site
• Refer to the Press Banner article written by Brook Knoll Parent, Brian Ruf, on this topic.
• See the Mercury News article on the California schools budget crisis.

SVEF — Always Needs a Few Extra Hands
The Scotts Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is looking for new members to join our team next year. You don't need to take a specific job, just come and be a part of the Foundation's important work. They have many great events each year and are truly making a difference for our schools. For example, SVEF is saving our school libraries this coming school year. Due to the state budget cuts, the funding for all four of our school libraries was going to be cut 50% and now they are restored to 100%. This is just one of the many ways that Scotts Valley Educational Foundation help our schools.

We will be holding our meetings at Mint, 4652 Scotts Valley Drive once a month. The first meeting is Thursday, September 25th at 7 pm. Please mark your calendars and plan to come join us. The meetings are usually the third Thursdays of the month, but September is a busy Open House month.

Tue, Feb. 9
School Site Council Meeting
3:15 pm/Library

Tue, Feb. 9
School Board Meeting
6:00 pm/City Council Chambers

Wed, Feb. 10
PTA Meeting
6:30 pm/Staff Room

Thu, Feb. 11
“Jump for Heart” Event

Fri, Feb. 12
President’s Day/No School

Mon, Feb. 15
President’s Day/No School

Tue, Feb. 16
DLAC Meeting (Rescheduled)
7:00 pm/Staff Room

Tue, Feb. 23
Mileage Club Starts
Lunchtime/Upper Field

Tue, Feb. 23
School Board Meeting
6:00 pm/City Council Chambers

Wed, Feb. 24
Round Table Pizza Night
5:00pm-8:00pm/Scotts Valley Round Table Pizza

Fri, Feb. 26
2nd Elementary Grading Period Ends

> school calendar

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