What's the View?

Summer is winding down and believe it or not, in less than three weeks, Vieau School will be humming and drumming again with the sound of your children getting back to the business of learning.

There will be many new things in store for your children this year and at Vieau, we want to be able to communicate with the parents of Vieau in as many ways as possible.

If you aren't aware of the Vieau School website, make it a favorite on your computer desktop.  Information about our school is always available but perhaps the most important information is the posting of daily homework and the links to all of our fantastic computer-based programs that your children can link into from home.  The link to our homepage is:

http://ww2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/vieau/English/index.html

We also have a Facebook page that you might like to LIKE and check into for our daily news feeds.  We frequently post pictures of the amazing events we have at Vieau and you might see pictures of your Vieau School student occasionally. There are also great links to other pages and articles that we feel are helpful to parents and students as they navigate through the educational system. The link to our Facebook page is below.  Please encourage your friends to "LIKE" us and spread the word.

www.facebook.com/EscuelaVieau

So what's "The View?"  Why have one more thing to read?  As the school counselor, I have managed the Facebook page since we started it but every once in a while, we have more information than Facebook will allow us to post.  I also like to share important information on subjects that will help your child excel academically, socially, emotionally, and in the area of career development.  So I'm going to TRY to start a blog that is specific to counseling issues.  We'll see how it goes. As the school year progresses, it becomes more difficult to for me to think and write, but I do think it can be a valuable communication tool if I can keep up with it!

One thing that I like about this blog site is that it has a translation feature that allows you to translate into Spanish.  I'm hoping that Google knows how to translate as well as our teachers at Vieau do.

If you have questions, comments, or topics that you would like to see covered, you can communicate through the comment section.

One last reminder about important upcoming dates:

OPEN HOUSE: Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 from 5:30 - 7:00

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR K5 - 8TH GRADE STUDENTS: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013

STAGGERED START DATES FOR K4 STUDENTS: Watch your mail to find out when your K4 student will attend for his/her first day.  First day for some students will be Tuesday, September 3rd and Wednesday, September 4th will be the first day for others.  ALL K4 students will attend on Thursday, September 4th.

Set your alarm clocks a little earlier this year . . . there is a new start time for students . . .7:35!  That means more time to learn!