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 Valley Oaks Mission Statement

Valley Oaks education is challenging, exciting, and relevant to the needs of our students.

Collaborative efforts help children reach their fullest potential by producing critical thinkers, academic risk-takers, problem solvers, and life-long learners. Every member of our learning community takes pride in Valley Oaks--a place where students are responsible for their actions, have positive self-esteem, and demonstrate a high regard for others.

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Awards and Celebrations

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Neighborhood Involvement

Valley Oaks has proudly served Spring Branch for over 40 years. It offers all advantages of a neighborhood school: proximity to home and child care, the opportunity for parents and children to develop friendships and associations in local Scouts, sports teams and other leisure activities, and real roots in a community instead of just a location in a big city. This "sense of place" fosters an attitude of belonging for our students.

Valley Oaks enjoys a high level of neighborhood and parental involvement in PTA and volunteer roles. Projects which support the school include

 

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Special Programs

Parents new to Spring Branch schools are often surprised by the many services that are available without charge.

A variety of grouping strategies are being implemented at Valley Oaks in order to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of each student. Homeroom classes are heterogeneous with "mixed ability grouping." The teacher can flexibly organize small clusters of students for appropriate skills instruction. Children who need additional help spend part of their day with a support teacher.

Primary gifted students work with a specialist 3-4 hours a week; upper elementary gifted students attend an off-campus program one day each week.

Students who primarily speak Spanish are placed in bilingual classes until they are proficient in English.

Valley Oaks's differentiated instruction model aims at providing a multitude of " hands-on-minds on" opportunities at every grade level.

Integrated thematic units are combined with high order thinking skills to challenge all learners. We find that we are creating Velcro® students, covered with tiny "hooks" of interest: the more content we expose them to, the more they notice and pursue connections to other disciplines, the daily news, and literary sources.

As teachers utilize the creative and challenging strategies recommended for gifted students, the performance of every child in the classroom improves.

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Valley Oaks Dress Code for 2004-2005

The Campus Improvement Team met in May 2004 and determined the following dress code will be enforced beginning in the 2004-2005 school year.  When purchasing new school clothes for your children, make sure the clothes purchased follow the new guidelines.

**Items worn which disrupt the learning environment are considered against dress code.  The administration reserves the right to determine if students meet dress code criteria.

 Codigo  de Vestuario de Valley Oaks por 2004-2005

 El Equipo de Mejoramiento del Campus Escolar se reunion en mayo y decidierón el siguiente codigo vestuario para el año escolar 2004-2005.  Cuando van a comprar ropa escolar para sus hijos asegurese de que la ropa comprada esté de acuerdo con los nuevos requisitos.

      ** Objetos usados que interfieren con el ambiente de aprendizaje serán considerados contra el codigo de vestuario.  La adminstración reserve el derecho de determinar si los alumnos cumplen con el codigo de vestuario.

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