Village Leadership Academy

In honor and gratitude to our VLA school board members, June 2022 is School Board Appreciation Month in Idaho. This annual event provides each of us with the opportunity to honor the important role and dedication of our local school board members and express our thanks and gratitude for their public service.

School Board Recognition Month honors the countless hours of service made by our unpaid elected volunteers who serve our school. These leaders give their time and energy to tackle budgets, oversee the management of VLA, and serve our students, teachers, staff, administration and families. THANK YOU!
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8th grade graduation is a special tradition at VLA. On the last day of school we gathered family, friends and students to honor and celebrate our graduates. Each grade level presents the 8th graders with "Gifts from the Heart". That can include songs, poems, pictures and handmade gifts. Miss Coles kindergarten class presented them with a Leadership Survival Guide. It was full of decorated hearts to remind them how loved they are, along with a few other things. Mrs Affleck's kindergarten class presented them with paper airplanes to help them soar into the future. These are just a few examples. We love our graduates and wish them a happy future as they venture into high school. We are grateful for the positive impact they have had at VLA.

Field day tomorrow and 8th grade graduation on Thursday. Plus, the last day of school is on Thursday. It is a busy, but exciting week at VLA. We have had a successful year and now it is time to celebrate our accomplishments. We wish our young leaders and families a wonderful and safe last week of school.

It is hard to believe we are approaching the end of the school year. VLA students and families have so much to celebrate from this school year. To help us celebrate, we have several end-of-year events coming up that you are invited to.
May 26th: School Carnival & Art Auction (after school)
May 30th: No School (Memorial Day)
June 1st: Field Day
June 2nd: 8th Grade Graduation
June 2nd: Kinder Celebration
June 2nd: Report Cards
June 2nd: Last Day of School
August 15th: First Day of School

***Enjoy the pictures from Mrs Cox first grade class. They show a brief snapshot of some learning this school year.

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We have spots available in our Kindergarten class for fall 2022. We look forward to helping your child discover their genius!

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The fifth grade class at VLA has completed their service learning project for this school year. Their project focused on the needs of our local community. The CityHope Pantry, which is one of our neighbors, was in need of food cans and other dry food items. The whole school was invited to participate, with weekly collections from the 5th grade students. As a school, we collected a total of 3,345 items, significantly beating our goal of 2,001 items. The pantry volunteers were grateful for our donations because they were low on food. Thank you to our VLA students and families for donating generously.

It is National Teacher Appreciation Week! At VLA we have amazing teachers and staff who work hard for our students and families. Take time this week to thank them for their amazing work and dedication. They are leading these young minds to become kind, respectful, proactive and brilliant human beings now and in the future. These pictures spotlight just a few of our teachers and staff sharing their positive energy on a daily basis.

VLA recently held their Leadership Day. This event is held annually and is student-led. The planning process takes several months, which provides students an opportunity to practice and develop their leadership skills. This event highlights successes from the school year, as well as builds trust, unity and community. The ultimate goal of our Leadership Day is to communicate each students worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.

VLA Middle School students had the opportunity to learn the paper art of marbling! Steve Pittelkow is an artist and bookbinder from Florida that came for a week of art. Steve teaches marbling and bookmaking extensively at book arts centers and at colleges and universities throughout the US and Europe. Each middle school class and the MAC classroom had the opportunity to explore and create marbled paper. Students marbled over 300 pieces of paper in multiple techniques! Many thanks to Steve for his time, materials, patience, and creativity!

Did you know there is an 8th Habit?
It is FIND YOUR VOICE AND INSPIRE OTHERS TO FIND THEIRS.
When you combine your talent, passion, and conscience in a way that meets a need in the world, you find your voice. Once you find your voice, you are able to help others find their voice. How have you inspired others to find their voice? At VLA we continue to use our service learning opportunities to help with the needs in our community. Be watching for updates on several of our recent service activities.

Find Your Voice and Help Others to Find Theirs.

Families: Please don't forget that we return to school from Spring Break on Monday, April 4th. We look forward to seeing everyone! Please don't forget the essentials on Monday:
**To wear school appropriate uniform items.
**To pack a good lunch (or order a lunch), snacks, and a water bottle.
**To be on time for school: Start Time is at 7:45am for 6th-8th and 8:15am for K-5th.
**Please pick up your students on time as well. Release times are 3:45pm for 6th-8th unless they are waiting on a younger sibling and 4:15pm for K-5th.

Spring Break is the perfect time to focus on Habit #7: Sharpen the Saw. VLA encourages maintaining a balance between body, mind, heart and spirit. Do you have a favorite way to keep your "saw sharpened"? Please share below. We wish all of our staff, students, families and community members a safe and happy spring break. We will be back in class on Monday, April 4th.

It is Student-Led Conference time at VLA! Student-Led Conferences give students, families, and teachers the perfect opportunity to have a purposeful conversation about learning.

The Leadership Notebooks are used as the cornerstone of the Student-Led Conference. Our student-leaders will report their progress on academic or personal goals, scores, grades, reflections and assignments they have collected throughout the year.

These conferences provide our student-leaders an opportunity to practice organization and communication skills. Selecting work samples and preparing Leadership Notebooks prior to conferences takes time, practice, and skill. Students hone their communication skills when they role-play conferences, anticipate questions, prepare answers, and conduct the conferences.

Engaging students in the educational process is an integral piece of student leadership and development. After all, the ultimate leadership role for students in our Leader in Me School is to be the leader of their own learning.

Kindergarten-8th grade: March 17-18, 2022
If you have not scheduled your conference time, please reach out to your student's teacher.

Celebrating Read Across America Week at VLA brought out the fun of dressing like your favorite book character, spending time with our reading buddies in K-2nd grade and fun with Cat in the Hat. We love books and reading! Readers are leaders!

Village Leadership Academy just completed their first season of middle school basketball. We are proud to have a boys team and a girls team. Both teams are led by our amazing PE teacher, Coach Porter! We appreciate all the support from our VLA community. We are already looking forward to next year.

Leadership qualities are learned and demonstrated in all grade levels at VLA. Our 8th graders are excellent leadership buddies to our kindergartners. This meaningful opportunity provides increased responsibilities and connection, while helping our youngest students build relationships, feel supported, and develop social skills.

YM WS KHC 2021-2022 WO-44252: Village Leadership Academy - Kids Heart Challenge - American Heart Association

Our students are Kids Heart Challenge Heart Heroes. They are raising funds for the health of all hearts. Our PE teacher, Mr Porter, is helping the students move with fun activities. He is also teaching them about keeping their hearts and brains healthy, while feeling great about helping others.

This is our 3rd year participating in the American Heart Association's Kids Healthy Heart Challenge. Our school goal was to raise $3,000 dollars for the organization. WE HAVE SURPASSED OUR GOAL! Currently we have raised $4,970, with a few days left.

We are proud of our student leaders, who are officially Kids Heart Challenge Heart Heroes.

YM WS KHC 2021-2022 WO-44252: Village Leadership Academy - Kids Heart Challenge - American Heart Association The American Heart Association offers programs for the classroom and for the gym to get help kids healthy and performing better in school.

During School Choice Week, our school leaders wore their yellow scarves and happy faces. Mr.Porter (PE teacher), Mr.Noteboom (Adminstrator) and Mrs.Hansen (Music teacher) welcomed the students to school in their school choice scarves on a cold, winter morning. We have the best students, families and staff at our leadership-focused school. School Choice makes that possible for us.

Our annual lottery is open for just a few more weeks! Our lottery draw will be held on March 4th at 1:00 pm. Names will be randomly drawn, then placed in order on a waiting list.

We are looking forward to each new student we will get to welcome in Fall of 2022.

Call our office today to learn more or schedule a school tour.
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Village Leadership Academy is a public charter school and Leader in Me community providing high-quality educational opportunities for all.  Leader in Me is a research-validated comprehensive process designed to address social emotional needs, college and career readiness, and the development of a strong leadership culture.

Together we create a safe and nurturing environment where knowledgeable and collaborative professionals focus on learning; challenged, motivated and engaged students achieve to the best of their abilities; and an actively involved and informed community contributes to the ongoing educational success of children.

Call our office or email us today to schedule a school tour!

Our annual lottery is open for one more month! Our lottery draw will be held on March 4th at 1:00 pm. Names will be randomly drawn, then placed in order on a waiting list.

We are looking forward to each new student we will get to welcome in Fall of 2022.

Call our office today to learn more or schedule a school tour.
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It is National School Choice Week! Each year we celebrate the freedom for families to choose the school that best meets their children's needs. Because of the School Choice movement, free public charter schools like Village Leadership Academy can exist to serve students in our community and Develop Today's Leaders.

How can your family get involved in the events this week? Here are several ways:
1. Poster Contest: Students can complete a poster answering the statement: "I love my school because..." Posters are due January 27th. Students who wish to participate can get the poster template from their teacher.

2. Learning the National School Choice Week Dance.
Version 1: https://youtu.be/WvcnN33U0nE
Version 2: (simplified) https://youtu.be/_RayqhWs_uo

3. Share the reason you love Village Leadership Academy by emailing a picture and/or 2-3 sentence description to [email protected] with the subject line "WE LOVE VILLAGE".

https://schoolchoiceweek.com/

Home Page National School Choice Week - Celebrate School Choice during National School Choice Week 2022, January 23rd - January 29th 2022.

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"Thank you Dr. King. ❤️💚💙"

Our lottery is now open! We are accepting students in grades K-8th.

The lottery will be open through February 25th, 2022.  Our lottery draw will be held on March 4th, 2022 at 1:00 pm.

Call our office for more information or schedule a school tour!
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Our lottery is now open! The lottery will be open through February 25th, 2022.  Our lottery draw will be held on March 4th, 2022 at 1:00 pm.

Call our office for more information or schedule a school tour!

Here at Village Leadership Academy, our teachers have access to tools designed to teach leadership to every student, create a culture of student empowerment, and align systems to drive results in academics.

By offering a four-day school week, your student will be in class Monday through Thursday learning and growing. Every Friday, your student gets to learn at home (or spend time with one of our childcare partners) and every Friday, your child's teachers will spend the day improving their classrooms.

It's a win-win, we believe that as your student's teachers become better teachers, student's education experience will improve!

Call our office to schedule a school tour or learn more!