Union Valley Elementary

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What time is it? It's Laps for Learning TIME! Please watch this video and learn ALL ABOUT Laps for Learning and how your family can help! https://tinyurl.com/37f48552 Your child will come home TODAY with his/her fundraiser packet :-) Let's go!

Check out the fall sports opportunities from Hutch Rec! Register in person at 17 E. 1st or online at hutchrec.com

We had a great first day of school at Union Valley! Let's make it a great week and cap it off with a POOL PARTY at the Salt City Splash on THURSDAY from 6:00-8:00 PM! Admission is FREE and the Splash will be serving concessions at their regular prices. We will also have friends from Plum Creek and Buhler Grade there for some ELEMENTARY AWESOMENESS!

Happy first day of school, UV staff, students and families!!!! We’re ready for ya ;-)

We are so excited to welcome our students back tomorrow morning! This message is to communicate to parents and students that due to Federal Law all individuals riding in a school vehicle including busses are required to wear a facemask. If your student is using our transportation, a facemask will be required before boarding the bus.

School starts TOMORROW! Make sure you have our new app! Personalize the app by selecting schools your students attend as favorites and allow push notifications. Lunch menus, events, news, and live feed all in one spot! Download the app on Android: https://bit.ly/3cEXStU or iPhone: https://apple.co/3zmElrI.

NEW TEACHER FEATURE: Abby Knoblauch, Elementary Art at all three elementary buildings! Mrs. Knoblauch grew up in Colwich, KS, and has taught in both Colwich and Maize. Mrs Knoblauch splits time between living in Colwich and her fixer upper vacation home/studio in Hutchinson! She married her grade school/high school/college crush Greg, and raised a handful of kids Hailey, Carly, Hunter, Bo, and Maggie! Her favorite subject to teach: Art, of course!! She has two hobby horses and four dogs.  She enjoys just about any outdoor activity and EVERYTHING she does with her three grand girls! Her message to parents: “I promise to bring out the best in your child and they will bring out the best in me!  We will learn A LOT as we explore, create, and critique ART together.  So excited to get this party started!” Welcome, Mrs Knoblauch, to UV!

So thankful for these Buhler Crusaders! They spent some “summer” with our staff sharing how their 313 experience has launched them as learners and Positive World Changers!

Join us on Facebook Live at noon tomorrow, Thursday, August 12th to hear the most recent updates regarding our back to school plan. This will be on our main district Facebook page. If you would like to review the plan ahead of time or are unable to watch live click here: https://sites.google.com/usd313.org/buhlernavigatingnext/safety-plans-at-a-glance

Good morning! In the Announcements vid in Seesaw, we discuss DISMISSAL as our procedure of the day. DISMISSAL is similar to last year in that busses will dismiss from our north parking lot and parent pick-up will be from our south parking lot. DISMISSAL will be different from last year in that it'll be 10 minutes earlier. We now dismiss at 3:05 PM. For parent pick-up, please park INSIDE or SOUTH of the first light pole if you are parking and walking up to pick up your child/children. If you are driving up to pick up in our lanes, please enter the lanes (I'll help you, I'm there daily) OUTSIDE or NORTH of the first light pole. We have a LOT of kids (biggest elementary in Reno County) with a lot of students being picked up from our south parking lot. It's very important we follow these directions/procedures for dismissal to be efficient. You all do a GREAT job following our staff out there. Let's keep it up in 2021-2022! Please comment with any questions :-) See you soon! ~Dr. Erickson

Good afternoon! Families, please check out our Announcements videos in Seesaw! I will recognize birthdays, read aloud a book, and cover a school-wide procedure daily. Today's procedure was Arrival. The quick version of Arrival is as follows: Doors will open at 7:30 AM each day. Students may eat breakfast in our cafeteria at 7:30 AM as well. When arriving to school or when finished with breakfast, students will sit in the hallways outside their classrooms, supervised by a TON of support teachers and aides. Teachers will welcome students into rooms at 7:55 AM, which is our start time from 2019-2020. We are returning to 7:55 AM after starting 10 minutes earlier last year. Again, continue to connect with Seesaw for more Announcements and videos :-) We can't wait to see our students next week!!! ~Dr. Erickson

Today's NEW TEACHER FEATURE highlights Clint Simmons! Mr. Simmons is teaching third grade this year! Mr. Simmons grew up in Wichita, graduating from Heights High and Wichita State University. Mr. Simmons also earned his master's degree at K-State. Mr. Simmons has taught for six years. His first three years of teaching were spent in Japan, teaching English in middle and elementary schools there. Mr. Simmons taught at Wichita Friends School the last three years, teaching a variety of elementary grades. Mr. Simmons's favorite subject to teach is Math. He's very excited to meet everyone at UV and have a great year together! He's also very adventuresome, as you call tell in his picture, scuba diving in Columbia!

Today's NEW TEACHER FEATURE is Heather Patton! Mrs. Patton is joining our Union Valley Elementary School Community as an Interrelated Teacher! Mrs. Patton grew up in Anthony, KS, and currently resides in Hutchinson. She and her husband, Sheldon, have one daughter, Avery. See the awesome pic below! Mrs. Patton LOVES teaching reading! She has previously taught first grade so she has a rock-solid background in helping students LAUNCH as readers! Outside of school, Mrs. Patton is usually spending time with family or reading. Imagine that! She wants YOU to know that she is VERY excited to start the school year serving students and launching them as learners!

Please welcome Chelsea Clough ("ough" is pronounced as "ow") to our Union Valley Elementary School Community! Mrs. Clough will be teaching fourth grade this year at Union Valley after previous stints in 6th Grade and Pre-K! Chelsea and her family live in Hutchinson. Her husband is Josh and her three kiddos are Parker (8, 3rd Grade), Connor (5, Kindergarten) and Declan (1). See the beautiful picture below! Other family members are their two dogs, Ella and Shadow, and their cat, Cheeto :-) Mrs. Clough's favorite subjects to teach are math and science, as she loves the AHA moments when students make connections as to how and why things work! Outside of school, Mrs. Clough loves spending time with family and friends, typically outdoors, as her family loves to walk the dogs, bike, or just hang out in the backyard! She and her boys also love to bake and cook! One thing she really wants YOU to know is that she is super excited to work alongside such an amazing staff at UV, creating opportunities through real-world experiences and seeking answers to each student's curiosities and passions! Please welcome Mrs. Clough to UV!!! We will have more new staff members to feature daily. Stay tuned!

We want to remind you that school breakfast and lunch will continue to be FREE for ALL Buhler PreK-12 students during the 2021/2022 school year! We are excited that this will continue to be available! (This institution is an equal opportunity employer)

School start and end times have changed slightly this year. See the attached image for updated times. Keep those enrollments coming! We are excited to see our students!

Please join us for a Facebook Live(on the main district page) on Tuesday, July 27th at 12:30pm. We will share a few updates from the summer and a few things we are looking forward to this school year. We are so looking forward to seeing our students again starting August 17th! Have a great last few weeks of summer!

Please join us for a Facebook Live(on our main district page) on Tuesday, July 27th at 12:30pm. We will share a few updates from the summer and a few things we are looking forward to this school year. We are so looking forward to seeing our students again starting August 16th! Have a great last few weeks of summer!

The Reno County Health Department will be holding immunization clinics for students on Saturday, July 24th and Saturday, August 14th from 8am until noon. Walk-in or call 620-694-2900 to schedule an appointment.