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360.575.7502
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360.575.7503
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360.575.7513
2644 30th Ave
Longview, WA 98632
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CVG summer 2017 information
Last day office is open: June 30, 2017
Summer programs: Summer school, July 10-July 28, 8:30am-12:30pm
Meals for Longview kids:
- Northlake Elem, 2210 Olympia Way
Monday – Friday, June 26 – August 18 (no meals July 3-7)
Breakfast 8:30 – 8:45am, Lunch 12:00 – 12:15pm - Kessler Elem, 1902 Kessler Blvd
Monday – Friday, June 26 – August 18 (no meals July 3-7)
Breakfast 8:30 – 8:45am, Lunch 12:00 – 12:15pm - CVG Elem, 2644 30th Ave
Monday – Friday, July 10 – July 28
Breakfast 8:30 – 8:45am, Lunch 12:00 – 12:15pm - Mint Valley Elem, 2745 38th Ave
Monday – Friday, July 10 – July 28
Breakfast 8:30 – 8:45am Lunch 12:00 – 12:15pm - Monticello Middle School, 1225 28th Ave
Monday – Friday, July 10 – July 28
Lunch 12:00 – 12:15pm - Archie Anderson Park, Between 21st and 22nd Ave
Monday – Friday, July 10 – Aug 18
Lunch 12:00 – 12:30pm, Snack 3:00 – 3:15pm - Longview Teen Center, 2121 Kessler Blvd
Monday – Friday, July 10 – Aug 18
Snack 3:00 – 3:30
Office opens in fall: August 23, 2017
First day of school: August 30, 2017
Kindergartners to Start Smart for school success
The 2017-2018 school year begins on Wednesday, August 30 but the district’s incoming kindergartners will Start Smart by transitioning gradually to their school experience.
Kindergarten students will not be attending school August 30-September 1, 2017. Instead, individual “get to know me” meetings will be scheduled with students, families, and teachers. Kindergarten families will be contacted by their elementary school to schedule their appointment on one of these three days. At this meeting, students will meet their teacher and see their classroom.
The following week, September 5-8, kindergartners will be attending half days, either morning or afternoon, in small groups. This will support students as they get to know their teacher and peers, and learn daily routines. Northlake and Columbia Heights kindergartners who ride the school bus will be transported to and from school on these half days. Columbia Valley Gardens, Mint Valley, and Robert Gray students who ride the school bus will be transported one way only. Morning kindergartners will ride to school on the bus and families will pick-up at mid-day. Families will drop afternoon kindergartners off at mid-day and students will ride the school bus home. Kessler, Olympic, and St. Helens are not served by buses, and families will ensure their student gets to and from school.
Kindergartners will attend school full days beginning September 11.
Share your thoughts on the building plan
Here’s another chance to share your thoughts about your school district!
Through Tuesday, June 6, community members are being asked to provide comments on the district’s plan to replace three elementary schools, provide safety improvements in the district and determine plans for housing the special education preschool currently at Broadway with HeadStart classes.
It’s easy to participate in the process–called “Thoughtexchange: Join the conversation.” Just sign up to receive a personal invitation to share your thoughts on the building plan and to ask any questions. Participation can be day or night–whatever is convenient for people’s busy schedules.
Following the comment period, everyone has a chance to see comments and prioritize those that are most meaningful. At the end of June, the community will be able to discover the predominate thoughts obtained in the process.
This is the second community engagement process this school year. To discover what priorities rose to the top this winter, click here.
District seeking community advisors
Longview Public Schools is currently seeking applicants interested in serving on three advisory committees. The committees help provide essential community input to the district and help ensure that the schools reflect the public’s wishes.
Committee members must be residents of the Longview School District and have an interest in long-term improvement efforts for our schools.
To find our more about the Facilities Advisory Committee, the Instructional Materials Committee, and the Strategic Plan Review Committee, please visit Advisory Committees.
To apply, you may:
- Complete the online application and submit it electronically, or
- Download the application and return it to the District office, 2715 Lilac St, Longview WA 98632.
Applications are due by June 15, 2017.
Families, teens invited to view ‘Screenagers’
Between social media, video games, academics, socializing and other pursuits, the average youth spends 6½ hours a day looking at screens.
When physician, filmmaker and mom Delaney Ruston learned this, she set out to explore the impact on young people and their families, including her own. The result is “Screenagers: Growing up in the Digital Age,” a film that tells the stories of students and their families.
Exploring the impact of digital media on human development—including insights from psychologists, brain scientists and other researchers—“Screenagers” offers families strategies for finding balance in the digital age.
Longview Public Schools and the Longview Police Department are presenting “Screenagers”—with Spanish subtitles—at 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 30, at Kessler Elementary, 1902 E. Kessler Blvd., Longview. The movie is free and open to the public—and the Pioneer Lions Club will be providing free kettle corn.
For more information and to register, visit https://impactflow.com/event/presented-by-longview-police-department-2910.
Sun and Shine help illuminate the “CVG Way”
Caleb Pierce, Jayne Poole and Clara Prothero use their alter egos, Sun, Ray and Shine, to teach and encourage CVG students. Watch a video of their antics here.
A fast drumbeat and cheery tune kick off spirit assemblies at
Columbia Valley Gardens Elementary. A video lights up the gymnasium’s giant screen, where “Sun” and “Shine”—two characters in yellow and blue T-shirts—march in time to the music and demonstrate the catchphrases that define the CVG Suns:
Safety first
Understands responsibility
Nothing but your best
Shows respect
As the video winds down, the real Sun and Shine—a.k.a. third-grade teacher Caleb Pierce and kindergarten teacher Clara Prothero—stride into the auditorium to a cacophony of excited screams. It’s time for the day’s skit.
“They’re like our mascots,” explains Logan, a fifth grader.
“They tell us what to do and what not to do, like on the swings,” adds classmate Reece.
“They’re teachers,” says Aiden, also a fifth grader, with an impish grin, “but they’re really nice.”
Sun and Shine have been bringing their show to CVG assemblies for the past three years—often with their sidekick, Ray—math coordinator Jayne Poole.
Their March skit focused on following directions, using several young audience members to help Sun teach Shine
that following directions the first time is important, because in case of an emergency, that’s how you get to safety.
“We focus on these expectations as a school at all times,” explains principal Aaron Whitright. “Sun and Shine provide an interesting way of spreading the word of what it means to do things the ‘CVG Way.’”
Prothero says Sun and Shine appear to have had another impact on school assemblies: building community.
Last fall, Sun and Shine added a new trick—“the CVG Slide,” a special school dance. Now assemblies finish with everyone—staff and students—doing the Slide together, giving students the opportunity to have fun with their teachers.
“I feel like there’s a lot more joy. It’s not just going to an assembly,” Prothero says. “When you show the kids we’re in this together, they’re more excited to get on board.”