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Meet the Teacher Night is Thursday, August 3
All Laveen students and their families are encouraged to join us on Thursday, August 3rd for Meet the Teacher Night.
Participants will receive their class assignments and have the opportunity to meet their child’s teacher, learn about the classroom, and gather any other information needed to start the 2023-2024 school year. Families are welcome to stop by their child’s school between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Laveen Schools Launch New Communications Platform
The Laveen School District is transitioning to a new communications platform for the 2023-24 school year.
ParentSquare is a robust communications platform that combines tools such as email, text, classroom updates, sign-ups, scheduling, and updates into one easy-to-use platform.
Laveen families can download the app or log in to the dashboard. From there, you will see secure messages from your child’s teacher, classroom updates, classroom photo galleries, and school event calendars. You’ll be able to sign up for conferences and volunteer opportunities. If you have multiple children in our schools, you can see all these notifications at once or toggle between children to see relevant information for each individual child.
Learn more at www.LaveenSchools.org/Parentsquare
Laveen Schools Place at State-Wide MESA Competition
Several Laveen teams competed in the recent MESA Day held at Grand Canyon University. Thirty three teams from across the state competed in the annual Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement competition.
Two of Rogers Ranch’s teams took 1st place in the MESA Attack Vehicle and Sustainable Skyscraper challenges. Vista teams also took 1st Place in the Hack Attack
challenge, 2nd Place in the Attack Vehicle challenge, and 3rd Place in the Sustainable Skyscraper challenge.
Free Meals for Children Distributed this Summer
Laveen Child Nutrition Services will be serving free breakfast and lunch to children in the Laveen community at all nine Laveen schools through the Summer Meal program.
Children 18 years and younger may enjoy a nutritious breakfast and lunch in our school cafeterias. All kids’ meals are free. There are no income requirements and you do not need to register. Children do not need to be enrolled in a Laveen school to participate. The summer meal program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Summer meal service begins May 30, 2023. Meals will be served in the school cafeteria on select dates and times. Curbside meal pickup is no longer offered due to the expiration of federal waivers that permitted this practice. Adult meals are available for purchase; breakfast is $2.50 and lunch is $3.50.
Visit our Summer Meal page for the schedule and more details.
For the most up-to-date summer menus, nutrition information, and allergens please visit Nutrislice.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Summer Schedule for School and District Offices
All school and district offices will operate on a summer schedule starting on May 22 and running through July 17.
All offices will be open Monday – Thursday from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. except on holidays. All offices will be closed on Fridays throughout the summer months.
School Newsletter for May
View this month’s school newsletter. Archived issues can be found under the “About Us” tab.
Vista Students Spearheads Mural Project
Bathrooms at Vista del Sur now feature uplifting messages in the form of murals – thanks to the leadership of one of their students.
Keely Lotz spearheaded the project to install messages of kindness. For this work, she was selected as an Uvalde Foundation for Kids Arizona Student Ambassador. Ambassadors represent the Foundation’s mission to end violence.
12 News ran a story on this project. Watch it here: https://www.12news.com/article/life/heartwarming/valley-student-paints-positive-messages-on-school-bathroom-walls/75-223dd967-158c-474a-b3fc-ce840b21e5a0
Vista del Sur 7th graders recently participated in the Youth Frontiers Courage Retreat
The retreat is put on by Youth Frontiers, based out of Minnesota. The end goal is for students to learn how to act with courage to build a positive school culture and climate.
Vista also had several student volunteers from Cesar Chavez High School support with small group facilitation. These high school students were chosen by their teachers based on their academic merit, athletics, and leadership skills.
Join Laveen Schools for an Open House
Interested in enrolling your child in one of Laveen’s outstanding schools? Prospective families are invited to visit the Laveen school of their choice during our annual spring open house events.
Visit our Open House page to learn more about our schools and reserve a space for the campus tour.