05/28/2026
What a beautiful day of joy and tears. A marathon run. A finish-line reached. All of us changed from the journey. What a blessing to be able to run the race together.
To room 131,
Thank you for holding our department together for another stunning year. You can rest now so you are ready to welcome the new and excited 6th graders as well as the returning leaders that will guide next years journey. Your colorful walls were the best of safe spaces for making art.
05/07/2026
Vocal Banquet Orders w/ payment due FRIDAY, May 8th. Paper must be handed in on Friday. No emails.
04/08/2026
Hello LaVilla grads! We'd love for you to come back and speak with our students about life in the "real" world as an artist, or how your arts training brought you to where you are now. Drop a DM if you may be interested in visiting in May!
04/01/2026
Today many of the kids pranked Mr. Pendry by being mini-Pendry’s lol. What a great group of humans❤️
03/31/2026
Please vote for the wonderful Mrs. Valdez. Do a daily vote when you check your social media :-)
Is ARIELA VALDEZ America's Favorite Teacher?
Teaching is about helping kids find joy in learning. I get to be part of that. I can make their day brighter and remind them they're loved.
03/28/2026
Thank you to our wonderful volunteers for our help over the last few night of Showcase. Our parent board is just the best:-) If any one has pictures of the incredible student organization that also came to help last night, please send them to me so I can add it to the post!
03/26/2026
At LaVilla, we take 150 kids to MPA’s one week and all receive superior or excellent. The next week we get on a plane and take the tour choir to Costa Rica for our international tour. The week after that we open a show with a WORLD PREMIERE of a choral work with the actual composer playing the piano with the students. There is no place like LaVilla.
03/20/2026
Made it to our connecting flight to Jacksonville! see you in a few hours!! 🤩