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Kyle Chambers, JAV Assistant Principal, talked to first graders about the care and characteristics of mammals. He brought a furry friend, his pet ferret - George, to demonstrate. |
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Two students at JAV won the Box Top Award for the year, a ride in a Midlothian Fire Department truck! Annalynne J. and Shawnnon O. All of the JAV First graders got to explore and take pictures with the fire truck |
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JAV Students were treated to a Summer Safety Workshop by the Midlothian Fire and Midlothian Police Department.
Deputy Chief, Dale McCaskill talked to the students about outdoor and water safety. Sergeant Brian Woolery spoke to the kids about stranger awareness. |
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JA Vitovsky Art Society visited the House of Blues in Dallas, last week. The students were treated to a presentation, a tour, lunch and they got to work on their own masterpieces. JAV Art Society is led by, art teacher Amy Ballard. |
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JAV First grade students in Mrs. Garrett's and Mrs. L. Smith's class, stopped by to say thank you to the office staff. |
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JA Vitovsky students celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a festive parade. Many students wore traditional outfits for the festivities. |
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JA Vitovsky 5th Grade Teacher, Mrs. Johnson, takes a pie to the face. She made a deal with her students, if they did well on their TAKS testing she would let them put a pie in her face. JAV Fifth grade scores were out of this world!! Way to go guys! |
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Many JA Vitovsky students recently participated in the MEF Art Contest. Vitovsky had several place winners in the Pre-K through 2nd grade division. Isabel M. won for MOST CREATIVE ILLUSTRATION with her "The Flower" drawing. Zachary M. took MOST CREATIVE PHOTO with "The Texas State"; and Merit B. was the overall GRAND CHAMPION with her "Garden Flowers".
In the 3rd-5th Grade division, JA Vitovsky student, Charly C. won MOST CREATIVE SCULPTURE with "Speed". |
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Vitovsky 3rd graders listen to "Chief Bag and Tag," "Chief Show Your Work," "Chief Take Your Time," "Chief Read It Twice" and "Chief We Believe in You" at the 3rd Grade Pow Wow. |
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Students in Mrs. Henke's 3rd grade class work to graph the JAV census results. |
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JA Vitovsky students participated in Earth week art projects.
Picture 2: Charly C. and Abel M. show their efforts at recycling and keeping the earth beautiful. |
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JAV 4th Graders are building endurance in reading and cooperative group work. |
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JA Vitovsky Chess Club members participated in the Plano Spring Chess Open Tournament this past weekend. Payne A. won a second place trophy in the Novice section. |
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JA Vitovsky 3rd grade bilingual class learned about animal adaptations in the arctic....specifically polar bears. Video |
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JA Vitovsky has some new friends in 1st grade. Mrs. Smith's class is hosting tadpoles this Spring. 1st graders will be learning about the life-cycle of the frog. |
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JA Vitovsky had their TAKS Pep Rally this week. The MHS students did not disappoint! JAV students were led around the school by the Panther Regiment Drum Line and then they got to go thru the Panther Head! The MHS Cheerleaders and the Pantherettes lined up to cheer them on as they passed through. The cheerleaders did a special cheer that they wrote for JAV and the Pantherettes did a wonderful routine. |
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JA Vitovsky students get a preview of what might happen at the JAV PRIDE Bingo Night, on April 23, 6-8PM. |
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JAV First graders in Mrs. Brannon's Class enjoy learning all about insects. The Insect Unit, consisted of lots of fun activities, including making and eating their "own" insects. |
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JA Vitovsky's 2nd grade participates in their annual Spelling Bee. Winners of the JAV 2nd Grade Spelling Bee are Dianna S., Makayla H, Lucas S., and Brandon A. |
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JAV Pentathletes Win Medals
First grade students, Jzadai W. won a Bronze medal and Saige H. won a Silver Medal.
Division I Math Pentathlon was held in Round Rock this past weekend. |
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JA Vitovsky was one of the school hosts for the 2nd Annual Senior Citizens Tour. The tour began with a warm welcome from the Student Council. The Seniors' first stop on the tour was a continental breakfast in the library. They enjoyed a slideshow with the history of JA Vitovsky, presented by Vitovsky Principal Cherie Wagoner.
The Tour continued throughout the school building, with the Seniors stopping at different classes and joining the students in their studies and activities for the morning. Some participated in a science experiment with the fifth graders. Others enjoyed making arts and crafts. Some of the seniors also enjoyed reading and being read to, by the Kindergarten classes. |
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Ms. Stewart's 2nd grade ESL class shown here donating books to the Bippity Boppity Book Drive being held District Wide. |
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Madison M. from Mrs. Wall's 2nd Grade class is using her technology skills to research information for her Texas studies. |
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J.A. Vitovsky's Title 1 Math night, Sail into Spring Break, was a treasure chest of adventure. We think all the mateys that came had a great time. Shipmates who sailed the seas with us enjoyed such activities as computation ducks, walk the plank, peg leg jumping, treasure map grid, rowboat races, float your boat and cannonball toss. Shipmates also played with sea slime, made pirate hats, and helped draw a geometric pirate ship. Captains, first mates, and their crew filled their noggins with mathematical knowledge. We estimated, measured, made predictions, and used math in a recipe. Each shipmate received some pirate treasures. Captain Kidd and Captain Cavender directed the evening. |
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JAV's Family Math Night was a huge success. There were over 150 students in attendance learning and using math skills, through different activities. |
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THEN & NOW ~ JAV 1st Grade performed in the Annual Patriotic Play on March 4th, 2010. Featured here are George Washington and The First Lady (Cody Z. and Sophie M.) alongside with the current President and First Lady, the Obamas (Jaylon P. and Payton J.)
Picture 2 - JAV 1st Grade Patriotic Program featuring the Statue of Liberty (Lynsie T.) |
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The JAV Fairytale Parade was held today, March 4th. There were many characters floating around the foresty halls. Here we have Fiona's (Mrs. Boniol) 2nd Grade class ready for the festitivities to begin. |
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JA Vitovsky February Box Top Winners! Chloe Y., Jordan A. and Justin C. (not pictured). |
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JA Vitovsky's Captain Kidd and Captain Cavender are recruiting new mini-pirates for a math adventure as they SAIL INTO SPRING BREAK on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 6:30-7:30 at J.A. Vitovsky Elementary School. Fun will be had by all and each student that attends will receive a pirate treasure. |
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Kindergarten artists become Kings and Queens in Mrs. Ballard's art class at JAV. |
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1st grade ESL pull-out students at JAV in Mrs. Huff and Miss Stewart's classes competed in a week long olympic-style competition, working on their English sight word reading skills. They are all ESL Reading Olympic Champions! Juan C., Brando C., MaryLou G., Clarissa G., JP G., Miguel T., Jiovanni M., Alexis H., Eduardo C. |
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3rd gr. ESL students at JAV in Mrs. Huff and Miss Stewart's pull-out classes wrapped-up their Solar System unit by designing and creating a scale-model display of the planets in our Solar System, including a factual report on each.
Adrian L., "Saturn, where are my rings?" |
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Ruben D., "Making Earth is serious business!" |
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Amy C., Janette V., Charly C., Ricardo A., Ruben D., Francisco C., Yaneli B. Team work is great! Especially for the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter. |
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Picture 1 - JA Vitovsky student Alec M., one of the many winners at the Semester Perfect Attendance Party.
Picture 2 - JA Vitovsky students enjoy playing bingo at their Semester Perfect Attendance Party.
Picture 3 - JA Vitovsky Kindergarten student D'marko Y., shows his excitement during the Semester Perfect Attendance Bingo Party. |
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JA Vitovsky Chess Club earns Third Place at tournament. Pictured are Daniel L., Harvey C., Jacob C., Peter S., Hayden B., Payne A., Nadia A. Congratulations to our Chess Club for all their hard work. |
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JA Vitovsky second graders classify rocks.
Lucas S., Zeriah B., Makayla H. observe sand through a hand lens. |
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JA Vitovsky students held a "Living Museum". Visitors walked down the halls and listened to the stories of historical figures told in the first person. The students had to learn about the character they were representing and dress the part. Pictured are "George W. and Laura Bush". |
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JA Vitovsky students enjoyed a Christmas Music concert put on by Walnut Grove Middle School Band. |
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JA Vitovsky 1st graders celebrate their Polar Express Parade. |
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JA Vitovsky First grade students are gearing up for Multi-cultural Night Celebration. They are learning all kinds of things about Greece, including how to make Kourambiethes, snowball cookies. |
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JA Vitovsky students are given the opportunity to shop for their families and loved ones right here at school, at the Penguin Patch. Students have a "Preview Day" where they can see the items and decide what they want to buy. It's an opportunity to learn budgeting and independence. Penguin Patch is provided by PRIDE, the JAV Parent Volunteer Organization. |
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JA Vitovsky 4th grade students study the Art of Snow, with JAV Art Teacher -Mrs. Ballard and Ready, Set, Teach student -Alyssa Bedrick. |
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J.A. Vitovsky fourth grade students celebrate Thanksgiving with the Kindergarten classes. |
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JA Vitovsky students enjoy the Field of Readers held at Midlothian Multi-purpose Stadium.
(Picture 3) JA Vitovsky 1st grade student, Sophie M. wins a prize at Field of Readers. |
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JA Vitovsky Kindergarten students learn about Veterans Day. They had fun trying on different military clothing that our troops use for day to day life. Mrs. Andersen, a teacher at J.A. Vitovsky, came and spoke with them about her husband Cpl Ryan Andersen. |
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J.A. Vitovsky student, Logan B. shown here with his NED prizes. NED the Yo-Yo guy teaches the students Never give up, Encourage others and Do your best! |
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J.A. Vitovsky students were treated to a show from NED the Yo-Yo Guy. NED had lots of great stuff to share with the students, Never give up, Encourage others, Do your best! |
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Community mentor Mr. Juergens working with children in Mrs. Zell's 3rd grade class at J.A. Vitovsky. Pictured are Bryanna F., Jordan R. and Nova T. |
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J.A. Vitovsky 4th graders create chemical changes in science class. |
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J.A. Vitovsky 3rd grade students learning with pumpkins and having lots of Fall fun! They integrated different learning skills such as measuring, weighing, and sequencing. |
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J.A. Vitovsky celebrates "Voices of Vitovsky", our annual Family Literacy Night, with all grades participating in different readings of stories, poems and prose. |
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J.A. Vitovsky 1st grade Art students use chalk pastels to create still life compositions. |
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J.A. Vitovsky students and staff participated in "Walk Away from Drugs", during Red Ribbon Week. |
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Mrs. Lowman, a Title I Reading teacher at J.A. Vitovsky, recently earned her Master Reading Teacher certification. This is a very difficult certification to obtain and it involves taking graduate level reading courses, as well as, passing a very difficult exam. Congratulations Mrs. Lowman!!!! |
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J.A. Vitovsky Kindergarten students went on a field trip to Green Meadows this week. Hannah H. enjoys petting a baby goat at one of the many stations. |
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The Chick Fil A cow visits with sisters, Emma and Kate C. from J.A. Vitovsky. Every third Tuesday of the month is J.A. Vitovsky night at Chick Fil A in Cedar Hill; we receive 20% of net sales for the night when patrons return their receipts to the cashier. |
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Hayden G., one of the many Box Top Winners from J.A. Vitovsky, pictured with Mrs. Caballero. Mrs. Caballero is our Box Tops Coordinator. |
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Two of our JAV students got a special treat this week when their dad, Hubert Loper, who had been stationed overseas serving in the military, stopped by their class for a surprise visit upon his return to the states. |
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J.A. Vitovsky students enjoy playing a game with their Art, Music, and PE teachers to demonstrate healthy eating choices and the difference between "go" and "whoa" foods. |
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Bilingual third graders perform The Ant and the Grasshopper and La Orquesta de los Animales (The Animal Orquestra) to Ms. Homs and Ms. Vents first and kinder students. |
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JAV Kindergartners had lots of great professions portrayed at their Annual
Kindergarten Community Helper Parade. |
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JA Vitovsky Kindergartners, in Mrs. Brantley's class, learn how to mail letters through the post office. |
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Mrs. Dodson's second grade class learned how to make butter the "old fashioned" way. Shown here, Lizzie S. and Ivy B. shaking up cream into butter. |
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Mrs. L. Smith's 1st grade class, from J.A. Vitovsky posing with the "Best Place to Work Award"
(Bottom picture) JAV Kindergartners showing of their school pride with "The Best Place to Work Award" for MISD. |
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Mrs. Curry, a JAV Student Council sponsor, pins one of the newly appointed student council members during their induction ceremony this past Thursday. |
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Mr. Mendoza's 5th grade social studies class enjoys reviewing for their states and capitals and geography quiz by playing jeopardy using buzzers in teams. |
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Mr. Griffith, JAV Music teacher, com"posing" while the sharks dance above, at the Dallas World Aquarium. |
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