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Villa Voice March 30, 2015

Villa Montessori, Villa Voice Pg. 1

Dear Parents, With testing right around the corner in April, we would

like to update you on some of the changes that are

taking place this year. First, AZMERIT is replacing the

AIMS Reading, Writing and Mathematics and will be

taken by grades 3-8. Second, AIMS Science will still be

taken by grades 4 and 8. Testing will all take place

the week of April 14-17, with make-ups April 20-24.

The most important thing that you can do for your

child during testing is make sure that he/she comes to

school on the days they have tests. Making up a

missed test means time out of class and losing impor-

tant learning time that cannot be made up. In addition

to attendance, your child will do his/her best on the

tests if they:

• Get to bed early the night before to be well-rested

on the day of the test

• Have a good breakfast each morning

• Come to school on time

• Be adequately hydrated

We understand some schedules may interfere with this

testing schedule; if you know that your child will not

be available to take the test during the outlined dates,

please be sure to speak with the appropriate program

level director to make accommodations.

Thank you for supporting your child and our school

during this testing time.

Margo O’Neill

Head of School

Letter from

Head Of School, Margo O’Neill

LIVE AUCTION ITEM SNEAK PREVIEW!

• Golden Retriever Female Puppy – She

is now 8 weeks old. She comes with a crate, large play pen and toy’s galore!

• Prime parking spot for 1 year at the

Administration Office visitor’s lot, 2802 E. Meadowbrook Ave.

• Dinner for 10, cooked by a personal

chef in your home! All food and wine are included

• Vacation for two to San Francisco –

Includes: 1. Southwest Airline Gift Card for two

Roundtrip Tickets 2. Three night’s hotel accommodation 3. Fine Dining - Dinner for two 4. San Francisco Bay Cruise for two on

the Red & White Cruise Lines 5. Two Passes to Ripley’s Believe It Or

Not at Fisherman’s Wharf

Meet Lucy, our Golden Retriever puppy to

be auctioned off on April 25th at our Annual Auction! You won’t want to miss the chance to win this sleeping beauty!

See page 4 for more Auction details!


AzMERIT FAQ

Why is there a new test? In 2010, The Arizona State Board of Education adopted new standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics. With the adoption of the new standards, a new assessment was necessary. What is AzMERIT? In November 2014, the Arizona State Board of Education adopted the new statewide achievement test Arizona’s Measurement of Educational Readiness to Inform Teaching (AzMERIT), which will replace the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test, except for the science component. Arizona part-nered with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to develop the test. Who will take AzMERIT? Students in 3rd grade through high school will take AzMERIT. Students in 3rd through 8th grade will take an assessment in English Language Arts and Mathematics. AIMS Science will continue to be administered to students in the 4th and 8th grades. When will the test be given? The testing window for students taking the computer-based AzMERIT assessment is March 30th-May 6th. The testing window for students taking the paper-based assessment is April 13th-24th. At Villa, all students will take the AzMERIT paper-based assessment; testing will start on Tuesday April 14th and end April 16th. AIMS Science will be paper-based and will be administered on April 17th for all students in 4th and 8th grades. Will the scores on AzMERIT be the same as AIMS? While AIMS had four score levels - Exceeds, Meets, Approaches and Falls Far Below, it is still undeter-mined how many score levels AzMERIT will have and what they will be called.

Parent Education Night on AzMERIT Villa will be hosting a parent education night to give parents more information on the new state assessment AzMERIT! The clinic “Transitioning to the AZ Merit Test- What Parents Need to Know” will be presented by Villa parent and clinical Psychologist, Trisha Lavigne. This informational session will take place April 9 from 6-7pm in room #207 on the Elementary Campus. An Evite was emailed out Monday March 30th to all parents with children in grades 3-8th; please look for that invitation in your inbox and let us know if you plan on attending. You can see the invitation by following this link: http://www.evite.com/event/03C9KUC7YF46DMJWWEPE24JEBQVOJQ We hope to see you there!


Spring is here!! The next 8 weeks of school are going to fly by, so hold on to your hats! Villa has many exciting events coming up!

Hopefully you have already heard about the 50th Birthday Bash on April 11th! It is going to be an awesome family celebration, so be sure to RSVP! The Villa Green Team will be conducting an e-waste collection—look for the flyer in Thursdays email blast for a full list of items they will be accepting! • Next up...the Villa Auction on April 25th!!! Line up your babysitters, this is a fun "parent-night-

out"....great company, dinner and fun items to bid on! Come support our fabulous school. • Coming in May...Teacher Appreciation week is May 4th-8th. More info to follow, but mark your cal-

endars! Special thanks to Kristi Lockwood and her team of parent volunteers for putting to-gether a memorable celebration for Margo last week! If you haven't seen the video (compliments of Harley Bonham, E1 parent) check it out on our Facebook page. They pulled off a fantastic surprise! Finally, Villa t-shirts are for sale in the Admin Office. There are 4 design options and many

colors...place your order before this Wednesday for delivery by the Birthday Bash! Any or-ders received after Wednesday, will be delivered in May.

Look forward to seeing everyone's smiling faces at all the upcoming fun events!!

PTO UPDATE


“VILLA MONTESSORI SPARKLES & SHINES” 50 GOLDEN YEARS OF GROWING GREATNESS

APRIL 25TH – 5:30 TO 11:30 AT CHAPARRAL SUITES 5001 N Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ

We are celebrating our 50th Year Anniversary and being chosen 2014 Charter School of the Year!

DATES TO REMEMBER: APRIL 15TH - BASKET ITEMS MUST BE TURNED INTO CLASSROOMS BY 6PM APRIL 17TH - ALL ITEMS MUST BE TURNED INTO THE VILLA OFFICES APRIL 17TH – AUCTION RESERVATIONS ARE DUE APRIL 22ND - WINE FOR WINE WALL MUST BE IN MAIN OFFICE RAFFLE WILL BE SOLD UNTIL 8PM ON AUCTION NIGHT! PLEASE GET ALL OF THE ABOVE ITEMS IN AS SOON AS YOU CAN! PICTURES FOR THE SLIDE SHOW - Please send your class photos to [email protected]. We prefer on campus classroom photographs. We will be using these photos for a continuous slide show during the silent auction closings in the ballroom. Please let us know which class and students are in the photos, if possible. BASKETS – We need every family to donate one item to your child’s classroom basket. If you don’t know your classroom theme, ask your teacher or your classroom coordinator. We will be picking up the items on the morning of April 16th! RAFFLE TICKETS – Please help us sell $40 per family in raffle tickets. We will be sending them out through your child’s classroom and we will announce the winners at the event. You do not have to be present to win. Also, raffle tickets will be sold during the event! WINE WALL – We are accepting wine in exchange for parent volunteer hours. We know how busy everyone is so this is a great opportunity to help the school by giving a bottle of wine worth every hour you have not been able to volunteer at the school. Each hour is worth $20. Please no bottles under the value of $10 = one-half hour. We will these wrapped bottles of wine for $20 each. EXAMPLE: Let’s say you still need to volunteer five hours. Purchase a $100 bottle of wine or two $50 bottles or four $25 bottles of wine, turn it in at the Villa Main Office, attach your name and a receipt, pick up a donation receipt for your taxes and you will be given credit for five volunteer hours. This works for any amount of hours to any amount of wine! IT IS THAT SIMPLE! PLEASE DROP OFF YOUR WINE BY APRIL 22nd!

LIVE AUCTION ITEM - SNEAK PREVIEW!

Golden Retriever Female Puppy – She is now 8 weeks old. She comes with a crate, large play pen and toy’s galore! Prime parking spot for 1 year at the Administration Office visi-tor’s lot, 2802 E. Meadowbrook Ave.

Dinner for 10, cooked by a personal chef in your home! All food and wine are included

Vacation for two to San Francisco – Includes:

1. Southwest Airline Gift Card for two Roundtrip Tickets 2. Three night’s hotel accommodations 3. Fine Dining - Dinner for two 4. San Francisco Bay Cruise for two on the Red & White Cruise Lines 5. Two Passes to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not at Fisherman’s Wharf

FIXED EVENTS WANTED: Let us know if you have any new ideas for a Fixed Event party. This is an item we sell at the auction with a set amount for a set number of attendees. It can be a couple party, a child’s party, father & son outing, etc. Please share any ideas you have with us. We are currently trying to put together a wine tour, with limo from Phoenix to Sedona. Let us know if you have any connections to any of the fine wineries in Sedona. You could also underwrite the cost of the wine tasting! LIVE AUCTION ITEMS STILL NEEDED: Hotel Points for three nights in San Francisco Dinners for two in San Francisco Valuable Jewelry piece for live auction SILENT AUCTION ITEMS STILL NEEDED: Vacation cabins, condos, beach houses for a fun family or couple getaway Limo and Sedona winery connections for a fun tour for ten from Phoenix Restaurants – as many as we can get Foursomes of Golf Please keep those great items coming in for the silent auction! There are extra donation forms and ex-tra invitations in every Villa office. You may also make a copy of our donation form and our general ask letter on our Villa website. If you have any questions or need anything concerning the auction call Sue Watson at (602) 363-5006.


AUCTION ITEMS— UNDERWRITING NEEDED* (*designates totally or partially underwritten):


Appetizers for Dinner $2,500

Auctioneer $500

Materials for classroom projects $1,000

Construction cost for class projects $800

*Table Centerpieces $1,500 – Paid in full ~ Katie Easley (former parent - Lux Wedding Florist) will provide the centerpieces!

*Classroom Baskets & Decorations $300 — Paid in full ~ Sue & Vince Watson (grandparents) under-wrote baskets and basket decorations!

*Postage $392 — Paid in full ~ Melissa Coborubio has donated the stamps for mailing the invitations!

*Raffle Tickets $320 — Paid in full ~ David and Lisa Barrett (parents) have un-derwritten the cost of raffle tickets!

Auction Catalog $500

Invitation, Banner & T-shirt Design $350

Logo development $350

*Banners at each campus $1000 – Paid in full ~ Equity Sign Group owned by parents Rob Frazier & Erin Lieeherr underwrote the beautiful auction banners that will be displayed at each campus!

Letterhead & Second sheets $850

Donation Forms (3-part) $800

Invitations $1,800

Bid Sheets (3-part) $500

Invoices (3-part) $300 — Paid in full ~ Jeff and Jill Zimmerman (parents) have underwritten the total cost of invoices!

Security $350 — Paid in full ~ Arizona Precision Security, owned by par-ents Eric and Nicole Maas will donate the security for the auction!

*Photo Booth $1000 — Paid in full ~ Keith Pitts Photography owned by parents Melissa Madden & Keith Pitts will donate the photo booth!

*Puppy for Live Auction $800 — Paid in full ~ Neal and Jennifer Bookspan (parents) have underwritten the total cost of the live puppy auction!

Engraved Wine Glasses $500

*Cash Donations for Items Above $200 — Donated for items above by Kenny and Amy Sims — Thank you!!


March 30 Summer School registration forms

available to the PUBLIC

April 2 E2 Parent Education Series— Timeline of Humans, 7PM

April 3

Professional Development for Staff: Early Dismissal at 11:30AM

Infants & All Day Contracts Only

April 4 Lego Building Course, 1-4 pm

April 11 Villa Birthday Bash, Family Movie Night

Doors at 5:30pm—Movie at 7:30pm

April 13-17 Testing Week!

April 14 — 9AM:

ELA Writing (45-90 minutes) April 15 — 9AM:

ELA Reading Part 1 (45-75 minutes) and Math Part 1 (60-85 minutes)

April 16 — 9AM:

ELA Reading Part 2 (45-75 minutes) and Math Part 2 (60-85 minutes)

April 17 — 9AM:

AIMS A SCIENCE (120 minutes)

April 20-24 Testing Make-up Week

April 21

E2 Parent Education Series— The Great River, 7PM

April 25 Villa Annual Auction Dinner

‘Sparkle and Shine’ is this year’s theme

DATES TO REMEMBER

Free Community Events For parents, kids ages 11+

May 12—Substance Abuse July 15—Unhealthy Relationships Location: 5230 E. Shea Blvd., Suite 100 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Time: 7-8:30 pm RSVP: Please contact Jansen Neff at [email protected] or 602-652-0163

Hello Parents! You are invited to this week’s E2 Parent Edu-cation on the Cultural History Curriculum. This Thursday—April 2nd, the presentation will be centered on the Timeline of Humans. The location for this presentation will be in Leticia Hector’s classroom - #204 on the Ele-mentary 2 Campus. The presentation will be-gin at 7 pm and it is expected to be an hour long. We ask that you please attend without children, as this presentation is focused on teaching you, the parent! To RSVP, please follow this link: http://www.evite.com/event/03C9HHWN7RO6QYH4AEPE2G4HNAIFQ4?gid= Hope to see you there!

Villa Chess Team Earns Top Spots in Tournament

Congratulation to the Villa E2 Chess Club! This group of studious chess learners took first place in the Under 600 section in the Knights Fork tournament held in Chandler over the weekend. They received a nice tro-

Throughout the month of March, Elemen-tary students have been gathering dona-tions and working on their jumping skills through the Jump for Heart program to benefit the American Heart Association. During P.E. time, students have been prac-ticing jump-roping techniques, including single and group jump, double-dutch, long jump, and also classic games such as “Miss Mary Mack” and “Ice Cream Soda”. Just this week, the students honed their long jump skills on the field, and worked hard on getting their jump-roping hours in before the end of the month. Some stu-dents jumped as far as 11 feet! Their sup-port of each other, and of the charity, was an uplifting sight to see. Check out the awesome picture below of a student practicing the long jump.

Elementary Students JUMP ROPE FOR HEART


Come join the Play-Well TEKnologies Lego Camp on Saturday April 4th for a day full of building inspiration and fun!

For grades 1-3, the class available is “Construction Vehicles and Machines”, and for grades 4-6, the class is “Mine, Craft, Build Using Lego”. The camp runs from 1-4 pm and cost $28 per child. The event will take place on the Elementary Campus in the Davis building.

Play-Well TEKnologies Lego camp helps build problem-solving skills, provide an op-portunity for creative expression, foster a greater appreciation of how things work, and encourage the qualities of inquisitive-ness, self- reliance, and self-confidence in children. Hope to see you there!

The Villa Wall of Wine

Donate a bottle of wine to the auction dinner and earn valuable volunteer hours. The

higher the value of wine donated, the more volunteer hours earned.

Wine Donation Volunteer Hours Chart – One hour = $20 value

$10 wine bottle = ½ volunteer credit hour

$20 wine bottle = 1 volunteer credit hour

$40 wine bottle = 2 volunteer credit hours




$200 wine bottle =10 volunteer credit hours

There will be a wine wall near the entrance of the auction that will display all the wine

donations received. The wine will range from as little as $10 a bottle to over $100.00 a

bottle. All donated wine will be cleverly disguised in unique packaging. For a $20 dona-

tion, pick your favorite mystery package and then reveal your wine selection. There are

NO losers! You will likely be the winner of a much higher valued bottle of wine than

your donation. Whether you’re a casual drinker or a wine connoisseur, this is one wine

sampling not to miss.

Please deliver all wine to the Administration Office, Early Childhood Office or either

Middle School Offices. Please bring your receipts if possible and put your name on it so

we know whose family gets the credit for hours.

Volunteer hours will be assessed based on the average wine price displayed at wine-

searcher.com. Proof of price with receipt will also be accepted. All wine donations must

be turned in to Villa by Tuesday, April 21st.

P.S. YOU CANNOT DRINK THE WINE AT THE EVENT! IT MUST STAY CORKED!

Thank you,

The Auction Committee


It takes a VILLAge!

Support our Villa Community

In keeping with the community spirit of the “Villa Family,” we would like to help support those Villa families that own or operate businesses. If you own or operate a business, have a child at Villa, and

would like your business listed, please contact Barbi Smith at [email protected]. We will list the name of the business, phone number, Web site, and your name.

ADVERTISEMENTS:

Business Name Business Phone Business Web site Parent Name

Air Sports Trampoline & Tumbling 602-400-6876 airsportstnt.com/ Scott & Jean Larson

Beautycounter 623-229-0222 galwillmore.beautycounter.com Gail Willmore

Bricks Dance Studio 602-954-5200 Bricksstudio.com Mandy Durante

Celebrations International Travel 480-272-6020 celebrationsinternationaltravel.com Adrienne Mitra

FastFrame on Camelback Road 602-522-1701 fastframe.com Kate Matsler

Laundry land 480-457-0322 laundrylandaz.com Kristi Lockwood

LuxyMod Upholstery & Re-imagined Furniture 480-358-8382 luxymod.com Tanya Hamilton

Phoenix Weight Loss 602-274-3438 PhxWeightLoss.com Brent & Debbie Gear

Rankbull Apparel, a Country Lifestyle Clothing Store

602-391-4523 rankbullapparel.com Shane & Mira Stirmers

Rodan + Fields Independent Consultant 602-549-0711 mscolville.myrandf.com Melanie S. Colville

Rose Law Group 480-240-5585 Roselawgroup.com Ryan Hurley

Scottsdale Air Heating & Cooling 480-945-7200 ScottsdaleAir.com Michael & Shelly Cross

Simon Consulting, LLC 602-279-7503 simonconsulting.net Peter S. Davis

StemEdge 602-614-5801 stemedgeplus.com Glenn Appell

Zachar Law Firm 602-494-4800 zacharassociates.com Barry Shalen

Brain Gym Instructor 602-418-7030 braingym.com Mary Ann Beebe

B&B Printery 602-861-3737 bbprintery.com Lisa Bartholomew

Elephant Road—Eco Friendly Baby Store 480-421-7583 elephantroadbabystore.com Aaryn Green

Lacy Metals 800-977-5229 lacymetals.com Jessica Lacy

Simplicit Financial 602-717-2011 simplicitfinancial.com Kate Seastone

Advertising in the Villa Voice is available to Villa parents as a way to support our community and celebrate each other’s successes. If you are interested in placing an Ad, please contact Barbi Smith at [email protected].

Disclaimer:

All information contained in any classified Ad is the sole responsibility of the individual advertiser. Villa Montessori is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of said information. Villa reserves the right to review each Ad submitted, and to reject or discontinue, revise, and/or reclassify any Ad at any time for any reason. Individual advertiser is responsible for all proofreading and verifying of all information of the Ad.



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My name is Barry Shalen. I’m a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney with over 20 years of experience. I can

help you with your property damage claim as well as finding the appropriate medical care (on a lien if neces-

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There is no risk to you as we only get paid if there is a settlement, when there is a settlement, and from the

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