Green Valley Elementary

Upcoming Dates :

January 25 : Kindergarten Registration, Online 

January 25 : Pre-order from Picked Blooms and Halo's Bakery 

January 26 : Minimum Day / Monday Bell Schedule

January 26 : SRVUSD Board of Education meeting at 7:00 p.m.

January 27 : Melos Fundraiser

January 27 : Last day to order Los Cerros Spirit gear

January 28 : PTA Board Meeting at 3:30 p.m. 

January 30 : SRV Council of PTA's presentation at 10:30 a.m. 

February 1-5 : Words Matter Week - Wishing Tree

February 1-9 : Order Valentine Treat Bags from Sweet Street 

February 12 : Teacher Workday, No School

February 15 : Presidents' Day Holiday, No School

February 17 : Minimum Day / Monday Bell Schedule

March 2 : Read Across America Day

Although Kindergarten will not start until August 2021, the time to register is quickly approaching! Kindergarten registration in the San Ramon Valley Unified School district will open on

MONDAY, JANUARY 25TH

Current 5th Grade parents of (soon-to-be) Los Cerros 6th Graders...Need a gift idea for your 5th Graders promotion? Check out the Los Cerros Middle School spirit wear. All items will be shipped directly to you. The store closes on Wednesday, January 27th, so get your orders in now - and welcome to los Cerros! https://www.bsnteamsports.com/shop/LCMSGEAR

Words Matter Week 2021 - please contribute to our Wishing Tree with some words or phrases that LIFT PEOPLE UP! 

WORDS MATTER -The Wishing Tree (we began this project back in October) is requesting that every person in the GV community write down words or phrases that LIFT PEOPLE UP! We have all had moments of feeling down this past year and we could all use some positive reinforcement. 

What is your word of 2021 that will lift you up?

Believe, hope, unity, trust, integrity, fairness, acceptance, patience, perseverance, compassion, empathy, love...pick your own word for the new year.

Brightly colored Wishing Tree Tags will be distributed in your packets. Please write down your words or phrases that LIFT PEOPLE UP and return the tags back to school at the next supply pick up and we will hang them from the Wishing Tree for all to see! 

Other kind ideas - Write a compliment to a teacher, coach, mentor, friend, parent, sibling, new student, or to yourself!

Order Melo's for Dinner -- THIS WEEK!              

Wednesday, January 27th 4 - 8 p.m. Just make sure to mention the Green Valley Fundraiser when you order and 20% of Melo's sales will be donated to the Green Valley Learning Fund! 

Hello Green Valley artists! Below are some guidelines and instructions for you to follow.  Your theme this year will be Rainbow Art!  You can copy this link in your computer browser and watch the instructional video. Feel free to let your creativity loose...

Easy Rainbow Art Project for Kids (Video)

You can use whatever you have at home:  markers, paint, oil pastels and paper collages all work great!  Once you complete your Art work make sure you write on the back of the paper your First and Last name, Teacher’s name and your grade.  Place your completed artwork back in the protective sleeve and return it to the Green Valley Office or during a designated school supply pick up. 

Below I have listed out the criteria for the project:

• Artwork can be either horizontal or vertical.
• You can practice on a plain piece of paper first before you draw on your final copy of card stock
• Completely cover the paper with color minimizing white space to produce the most stunning results.

Some suggestions that make a big difference.

• Paint, markers, oil pastels, and paper collages are all very effective.
• Avoid light pencil, light crayon and fluorescent or reflective/metallic materials.
• Artwork must be flat, NO 3-DIMENSIONAL ITEMS!
• NO GLITTER, SALT OR SAND!
• KEEP IMPORTANT ELEMENTS AT LEAST 1/2’’ FROM THE EDGE OF THE PAPER.  Slight cropping occurs on some products.
• VERY IMPORTANT: make sure you write on the back of the paper your FIRST & LAST NAME, TEACHER’S NAME and GRADE.                                       

Green Valley Teacher/Staffer Spotlight: Another wonderful teacher from the 4th Grade Team is up this week -- Meet Lori Ransdell! 

Mrs. Ransdell has been teaching for almost 30 years! She's taught at Green Valley for 13 years, and taught 3rd grade at GV before moving to the 4th Grade Team. She began her teaching career in Orange County, where she grew up, and moved to the Bay Area in 1999. Mrs. Ransdell has a daughter, Ellie, at Cal State Fullerton, and a daughter, Mia, who is a sophomore at Monte Vista High School, and a wonderful husband, Jeff, who gets to live with all these crazy gals! And she cannot forget her yellow lab, Chrissy, who is definitely the queen of the Ransdell home. 

When asked about her favorite part of her job, truly, this sentiment is best answered in Mrs. R's own words: "OMG! I LOVE my job. I often say that I am one of the lucky ones who gets to go to a job I thoroughly enjoy. There is so much I enjoy about teaching, but some of my favorites are: getting my students excited about reading - having them enter the world of WILD READERS! I love reading to my students and talking about a book. I love making my students laugh and I love special classroom traditions."

One of Mrs. Ransdell's favorite memories or traditions at GV is the 4th Grade Gold Rush Day at the end of the school year. The fourth grade class spends a day at Oak Hill Park putting on and enacting the Gold Rush! They mine for "gold" (in the volleyball pits) and take their haul to the market to trade for lunch and other fun items. This is such a wonderful day for the fourth graders! Mrs. Ransdell always brings her special water gun to squirt at unsuspecting fourth grader gold miners and prospectors. 

Since the pandemic started, Mrs. Ransdell has enjoyed taking long walks with her dog, and spending more time honoring her craft of baking artistic bread. If she could choose one person to be quarantined with, she would choose Iron Man! Mrs. Ransdell's students know how she has a big crush on him. The spot for her quarantine with Iron Man would be her happy place: San Clemente Beach. Something Mrs. Ransdell has enjoyed about remote teaching is realizing how much she has learned in such a short amount of time -- she and technology are really close buddied right now!

When this pandemic is over (Mrs. R says we are getting close!), Mrs. Ransdell cannot wait to het together with her friends. She misses get-togethers very much! She is also looking forward to flying down to Orange County to see her sister when it is safe to do so. And...she is really excited to eat out at a restaurant again. 

Mrs. Ransdell says to the kids at GV: "I am impressed. i am so impressed with waht you have done since March, 2020. You are doing what you need to do every day to move through this pandemic. I have seen so many students do this with grace, and you have amazed me. i have we can celebrate together some time soon."

Check out these examples of Mrs. Ransdell's amazing artistic bread!

Please consider grabbing a few extra toiletry items on your next shopping order/trip and donating to the PTA Toiletry Drive benefitting the families of our sister school, Heights Elementary. Such a small effort can go a long way in providing these basic comfort items during stressful times. Thank you! Collecting through January 29th.

10% Giveback - We are excited to partner with Farm Fresh To You, a family farm growing organically since 1976. 

Farm Fresh to You offers organic produce, meat, dairy, eggs and so much more (over 800 grocery items). No Commitment, No Contract, Payment is made after delivery so goods can be inspected, No Delivery fees or Service fees. You Pick it or Skip it and you always pick what you want. They pick and pack with gloves and delivery to your door at night (contactless delivery). 

Receive fresh, organic produce conveniently delivered right to your home or office while earning 10% for Green Valley Learning Fund. 

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