DATES TO REMEMBER December
Dec 6 WVMS Spirit Night @ Chili's Pellissippi Location
Dec 22 9 weeks Celebration - 10:15 AM; Half day - Dismissal time 12:00 PM
Dec 23-Jan 6 Winter Holiday - No School |
January
Jan 3 WVMS Spirit Night @ Chili's Pellissippi Location
Jan 9 Return to school
Jan 16 School Holiday
Jan 30 PTSA Parent to Parent Lunch Chat - Teens & the Internet |
WEST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL PTSA NEWS
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The December issue of The Howl can be accessed in the documents folder below. Newsletters were distributed to students the week of December 19th.
Thank you to all the parents who helped make the
Holiday Teacher Luncheon so special!
WVMS PTSA Presents
Parent to Parent Lunch Chat
You are invited to join other WVMS parents to discuss topics relevant to your teen or pre-teen. Monthly lunch chats will be held in the lecture hall
at noon. Please bring your lunch and a drink. The scheduled topics are as follows:
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| October 31 |
Getting Connected at WVMS |
| November 28 |
Talking to Your Teen |
| December 19 |
Social |
| January 30 |
Teens and the Internet |
| February 27 |
Teen Dating |
| March 26 |
Peer Pressure |
| April 30 |
Social |
WEST VALLEY RECYCLES
West Valley has joined the TerraCycle Recycle Brigade! TerraCycle offers national programs (Brigades) to collect previously non-recyclable or hard to recycle waste. The Brigades that WVMS participates in receives a donation for each piece of garbage that is collected. Most wrappers/packaging is awarded a donation of $0.02 per piece. Digital cameras and laptops may be rewarded up to $2.50 and $5.00 per item. WVMS participates in the following Brigades:
- empty candy wrappers (any size, any brand)
- empty chip bags (any size, any brand)
- empty gum packages (multipack bags, foil packs, exterior wrappers, etc)
- empty juice drink pouches (Capri Sun, Kool-Aid, Honest Kids, etc)
- empty/clean spread tubs (butter, margarine, cream cheese, etc)
- empty tortilla or tostada packaging (any brand)
- empty coffee bags (any brand)
- clean/used "Ziploc" type bags and containers (any brand)
- paper product plastic wrappers (paper towels, napkins, toilet paper, etc)
- writing instruments (pens, mechanical pencils, markers, highlighters, etc) NO WOODEN PENCILS
- cell phones
- digital cameras
- laptops
- MP3 players
- inkjet cartridges
These items can be brought to school and placed in the designated bins located outside the school office. Thank you for your participation in this "BE GREEN" initiative. For more information, please visit www.terracycle.net/en-US/brigades.
      
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2011-2012 TENNESSEE PTA CONTESTS & THEMES
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Citizenship Essay (Preschool - Grade 12)
"I am a good citizen because.....
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Safety Poster (Preschool - Grade 8)
"Playing it safe in the car"
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Safety Multi-Media (Grades 8 - 12)
"Arrive Alive... Don't Text and Drive"
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Entry forms & guidelines can be downloaded from the PTSA documents files below. Entry deadline for all contests is Friday, November 4.
2011-2012 REFLECTIONS CONTEST THEME
| "DIVERSITY MEANS..." |
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Students may submit works in any of the six art areas:
- Dance Choreography
- Film Production
- Literature
- Musical Composition
- Photography
- Visual Arts
HELP WEST VALLEY EARN REWARDS
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Register your Target card with Target's Take Charge of Education Program at www.target.com/tcoe. WVMS will receive 1% of purchases made with the Target RedCard or the Target Visa card. |
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Clip Box Tops logos found on hundreds of products and send to school with your child. Each box top is worth 10 cents. This year's goal is $1,415. |
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Each Tyson Project A+ label is worth 24 cents! Just clip and send in the entire 1-2-3 A+ label found on participating Tyson products. Please go to www.tyson.com/projectaplus for more information. |
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Go to www.mycokerewards.com to donate points found on Coke products. WVMS can use these points to receive art supplies, PE equipment, and much more! |
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Office Depot will give WVMS 5% back on qualifying purchases! When making a purchase at Office Depot, give the cashier WVMS's id number 70093047. |
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With the Campbell's Labels for Education program, you can sign up and link your shopper's card (e.g. Kroger, Food City, etc.) and each participating product purchased earns 1-point to WVMS's Labels for Education account. You can still clip and send in to WVMS the participating product UPCs to earn additional points for your school. Go to www.labelsforeducation.com for participating products and linking your shopper cards. |
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On the first Tuesday of each month from 11 AM to closing, Chili's @ Pellissippi will donate 10% of sales when a WVMS flyer is presented. Carryout orders are also included! Please print out the Chili's flyer listed under the PTSA documents below and present to your Chili's server. |
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Under Project Classroom, Prestige Cleaners will donate a percentage of retail sales revenue to individual schools each year. To participate, write WVMS on the back of your Prestige receipt when picking up your dry cleaning and drop in the designated Project Classroom collection box. |
Chilis Giveback Needed Flyer 2010-11 WVMS Informational Guidebook |
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