7/8 conferences will be happening on Fri, 2/12. 5/6’s will be in session and K-4’s will have NO SCHOOL, as teachers will be in professional development. As a result of this schedule, there will be no pizza on 2/12.
Our 5/6 classes had lunch while listening to the amazing music of the Boulder Philharmonic. 
BVSD Parent Snapshot Surveys coming in February (online) and March (mailed)
Dear Families,
As you may have already noticed,
BVSD surveys students, parents and staff each year in order to gather information that can be used to guide efforts to improve schools. The survey of parents is called the “Parent Snapshot Survey” and parents will be receiving it in the next few weeks. We hope all parents and guardians will take a moment to complete and return this survey. The more parents who participate, the more accurately the survey data will reflect parents’ perceptions and opinions. The survey results are reviewed by school staff to determine what programs and processes are working and which ones need improvement. Consequently, the survey results can have a significant impact on school operations.
The Parent Snapshot Survey will be administered online for all parents who have provided an email address to their student’s school and who receive all communication in English. This supports a greener and more cost effective process by reducing the amount of paper used, mailing cost, and data entry required. We also hope this will increase the parent participation rate. Online surveys will be sent by email the week of February 2 to only one email address per household. If you don’t see an invitation in your “inbox,” please check other email addresses you have given the school.
If there is not an email address associated with your household or if your primary language is Spanish, you will receive a survey via U.S. postal service consistent with last year. Paper surveys will be mailed at the beginning of March.
Our annual Pancake Breakfast community-building, fun, festive, enjoyable and tasty event is on February 5.
It begins at 7:00-7:15 AM (okay to start lining up ahead of time) and we serve until students need to be in classes at 8:20 AM. The menu consists of regular and gluten free pancakes as well as a peanut free offering, turkey sausage, fruit compote, butter, maple syrup and a full beverage cart- coffee, decaf, tea and orange juice.
Let us serve you and your children! This is a great way to start the day, especially if your student is having a winter sports day! Feel free to wear your jammies.
If you have any questions, call Hope.
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Horizons K-8 is now registered with Amazon Smile.
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Stay tuned for more details!
“The Food Services Department will be holding their Annual Iron Chef Event this Spring, and we are looking for entries from Middle School teams. The theme for this year’s event will be: Chicken Dishes that reflect a distinct Nationality or Ethnic cuisine. Teams of 2-4 students will submit recipes in accordance with our department’s cost and nutrition requirements, and the 6 final teams will compete in a live Iron Chef cooking event on April 13th. The winning dish will be adapted for use on the school lunch menu in 2016-2017. The deadline for entry is Friday, March 4th. For parameters and more information about the competition, please email Stephen Menyhart, District Manager of Food Services, at Stephen.Menyhart@bvsd.org . Thanks!”
⅞th graders involved in the songwriting project week class were visited by singer-songwriter Wilson Harwood this week. He worked with them on song form, writing lyrics, and arrangement, and gave a special performance of his own songs. Check out more of his great work at www.wilsonharwood.com. More about our exciting week and ArtsFest will be coming soon…
Jazz artist Jerry Granelli made a surprise visit to sing with and instruct our choir.
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