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Show Valley View Students Celebrate Grandparents Day X W ; f; ; .iVjV : ; , by Cyd LeMone Valley View Elementary students celebrated a very special spe-cial afternoon on Grandparents Day held on Friday, March 4, by inviting their grandparents to visit the school and their classroom. class-room. Many teachers welcomed the grandparents with cards made by their students and were excited to have them in the classroom. Students showed their grandparents projects they had been working on, some read books together, others completed complet-ed an art project together and many just visited and enjoyed the time together. Several classes were involved in-volved in a volleyball tournament tourna-ment at the time of the visit, and the grandparents jumped in on the action and played a game against the students. Kindergarten Kindergar-ten student, Trey Houghton, was excited to see his grandparents. "It was good since my grandparents grandpar-ents came. I talked to them and showed them what I do. Getting my picture taken with them was my favorite thing. In first grade, I want them to come again and visit me," he said. Students that didn't have a grandparent available were The Valley View "Hawk " posed with Roxlene anil Doug Weight ami their grandchildren during Grandparents Day celebration. p,ok, courlcsy of Cyd LeMone invited to bring another special person that day. Siblings, parents par-ents and honorary grandparents came and showed support for their students as well. After visiting the classroom, class-room, grandparents and their students were welcomed into the lunchroom for a treat and picture with the Valley View Hawk mascot. Although grandparents grand-parents had been invited to Val ley View in the past, this was the first time for an official visit into the classroom. Melissa Finch, grandmother to students in second and fifth grade, was honored to have been invited. "I loved seeing my second . grade grandson's artwork and read a special letter he had written writ-ten for us. With my fifth grade grandson, we played volleyball. volley-ball. Something I hadn't done in years. It was a special day!" she stated. The event was sponsored by the Valley View PTA as part of Family Month. Each Friday Fri-day in March, Valley View will have an activity celebrating the school families. Grandparents Day kicked off Family Month and because of the success of the event, will definitely be a new tradition! |