December 2015 Volume 19, Issue 5

Bernice Vossbeck Elementary

Christmas Vacation

Are you ready for Winter Break?

There will be NO SCHOOL

December 21st - January 1st.

Students and staff will return on

Monday, January 4th! The B.V.E. family

wishes all the best to you and your family for

a safe and happy holiday season!

Scholastic Book Fair Update

Inclement Weather (Flooding, Snow, Ice)

Once again, Winter is creeping up on us! With

that brings icy roads, school delays or

closures that wreak havoc on our schedules.

Please be sure to tune in to TV: Ch 13 KCPQ,

Ch 4 KOMO, Ch 5 KING, Ch 7 Kiro, Ch 2 NW

Cable News, Radio: KGMI AM 790, KPUG AM

1170, KISM FM 92.9, KAFE FM 104.1 & KWPZ

FM 106.5. Along with School Messenger,

Inclement weather announcements are made

EVERY fifteen minutes on the above stations

and on the district website at

www.lynden.wednet.edu, beginning at 6:00 a.m.

so PLEASE tune in for

the safety of your child!

This Year’s Book Fair sales

were an all-time record! I

want to thank each and

every Family, Student,

Grandparent, and Community Member for

their wonderful and generous support!

Your generosity truly is appreciated!

While the Grand Total is still being

calculated, I wanted to let you all know

that the profits from Scholastic will go

100% back into the Bernice Vossbeck

Library for new books! I will be replacing

many well loved books as well as increasing

our Science, Technology, Fiction and Non-

Fiction sections with new and updated

materials. I would also like to mention how

wonderful it was to meet so many new

Parents and catching up with Students

and Families from the past and present! I

feel truly blessed to be your child's

Librarian! Special Thanks goes out to

Janice Morrison, Owen Morrison, Judy

McKenzie, and Michael McKenzie for all

of their help!

Sincerely, Mrs. Fiebig

Principal’s Message

...from Mrs. Midboe As we express our gratitude to Mrs. Karb this month for her years of service as our PVT Coordinator, it is the perfect opportunity to communicate the various ways that our families and the community are involved at BVE. Take a look at the flowchart below, and THANK YOU from the depths of our hearts. We are blessed and better because of you!

BVE 2015

Family-Community-Pre-Service-Internship Involvement The volunteerism and involvement of families, extended family, community members, and attendees of local

colleges and universities is thriving at Bernice Vossbeck Elementary. Listed below, are a number of ways

that our vital contributors support the learning, achievement, and school spirit of our students and staff with-

in our school culture:

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B.V.E. Marathon Finishers 2015

We would like to

take a minute to

thank Mrs. Deanna

Karb for her time

served on our

Bernice Vossbeck

Elementary School

Parent Volunteer

Team!!

Deanna served as

the PVT

Coordinator from July 2013 to October

2015. She had many fond memories of her

time served but her greatest memory of all

of the events she helped coordinate, were

the smiles on the faces of our Students.

Whether they were at a book reading, bingo

night, carnival, or jog-a-thon, She will

always remember the smiles and joy that

our Families had together.

“Get involved by volunteering. Whether it’s

in the Classroom, helping with the Marathon

Club, or organizing an event, I encourage

you to get involved. Your kids will love it

and it makes your heart feel good!”

~Deanna Karb

“Everyone can do something.”

~Mother Teresa

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * We are currently looking for a highly

organized individual that would like to take

over the open position of PVT Coordinator.

If you or someone you know is interested in

this important part of our school culture,

just let us know! Mrs. Karb was able to

develop a ‘well-oiled’ process with her

ability to delegate certain aspects; so, it

truly is a “Coordinator” role.

Congratulations to all of our Marathon Club Participants! We

are VERY proud of all of your for making the choice to be more

active at recess time!! This year was our BIGGEST YEAR EVER

with 124 Students finishing an entire Marathon.

WAY TO GO BVE!!! - Mrs. Lee and Mr. Hanson

Kinders: Kyler Price, Logan Anderson, Gavin Lagerwey, Jack Williams. 1st Grade: Donte Noll, Julia Sharton, Arav Singh, Clara Harrell, Samantha Martin, Tyson de Ruyter, Kaden Heerspink, Cody O’Connor, Oliver Ralston, Saul Quiahua 2nd Grade: Elise Aakre, Spencer Adams, Ivan Garcia, Brody Price, Fernando Quiahua, Jules Slayton, Maren Baldwin, Faith Groeneweg, Lily Miller, Kayla Rentas, Taryn Blankers, Cooper Oliver, Dane Marti, Jayden Vis, Brady Stewart, Aaron Wurtz, Evan Bajema, Logan Keen, Natalie Lukyantes, Miguel Zaragosa 3rd Grade: Aiden Castaneda, Beckett Cooke, Camden Keen, Lane Sorenson, Addisen Stuart, Ty Alderliesten, Jaydin Oaks, Maliah Palmer, Maggie Rider, Parker Williams, Mickie Faber, Katherine Grace, Luke Puderbaugh, Eugenio Sotomayor, Addisen Vanderveen, Evan Vanderveen, Noah Buchmeier, Addysen Decker, Alex Rodriguez, Chloe Stewart, Tayla Travis, Kyle Tucker, Ryan VanBerkum 4th Grade: Faith Baldwin, Angel Cartagena, Rylee DeKoster, Grace Fleming, Jose Lopez, Hailey Marti, Rylee Petersen, Danny Romero, Ava Stewart, Lizzie Vanderveen, Brady Elsner, Dominic Fowler, Jaxon Heutink, Micah Kroon, Charlotte Martin, Lupita Martinez, Noah Miller, Aden Owsley, Deven Roebuck, Ethan Rogers, Katie Weeks, Sadie Wilson, Xander Bates, Jennifer Franco-Ortiz, Ella Moormeier, Carter Reynolds, Ashley Shumate, Monica Garcia, Angela Garcia, Denise Herrera, Haylee Koetje, Crew Price, Hannah Saur, Jared McCrory, Preslee Stauffer, Jesse Stewart, Weston VanDalen, Tess VanLoo, Yahaira Villa, Lauryn Wynstra 5th Grade: Joe Giblin, Kalin Isbell, Andrew Klem, Lauren Larrabee, Brooklynn Stauffer, Anna Ellis, Levi Fullner, Jasmine Johnson, Yahdira Jose, Eli Migchelbrink, Natalie Oliver, Tawni Price, Dylan Travis, Kylie West, Ethan Williams, Kobe Baar, Gillian Bennett, Laura Gallegos, Marianna Lukyanets, Alex Matthews, Lissa Metz, Jillian Moren, Coston Parcher, Grant Reamer, Gabriella Rodriguez

Special Thank You!

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Bernice Vossbeck Elementary

Jammie

Day!