Vail Farm Elementary School

Principal

Mrs. Claudine Khare

2013-2014 Educational Plan & Budget Arlington Central School District Budget Page Please join us 2013-2014 Educational Plan and Budget “Moving from a system of schools to a School System” Community Budget Forums March 5 & March 19 6:00pm Arlington Central Office 144 Todd Hill Road, LaGrangeville

2013 BUDGET INFORMATION
Dutchess County Board of Elections
May 21, 2013 VOTING DAY
If you live in the VFES attendance area, your polling place for school board budget voting is here at Vail Farm. VFES is NOT the polling place for general elections. Any questions, please call the Dutchess County Board of Elections at (845) 486-2473.

LATE NIGHT VOTER REGISTRATION - MAY 14TH 4:00 TO 8:30PM
Are you registered to vote? Have you changed your address? Do you have anyone in your home who is over 18 years old and wants to register? Come to the main office any day between 7:30 AM and 4:00 PM for registration forms. Late night voter registration is once a year, seven days prior to the District Budget Vote on May 14th till 8:30 PM for anyone unable to make it to our office during normal business hours. Forms can also be downloaded and mailed in by going to the Dutchess County Board of Elections website. Questions? call 486-2473.

EARLY DISMISSAL INFORMATION

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMEREGENCY EARLY DISMISSAL, VFES WILL DISMISS ACCORDING TO PARENTS' PREARRANGED EARLY DISMISSAL PLANS AS DESCRIBED ON EACH STUDENT'S EMERGENCY CARD.

EMERGENCY EARLY DISMISSAL: Even children with "permanent pick up" or "daily" notes, will be sent home according to their EARLY DISMISSAL PLAN, unless your note specifically says "in the event of an early dismissal".

School Messenger is the automated phone call system that allows the district to quickly broadcast information to parents. Another great source of information is WWW.CANCELLATIONS.COM for e-mail notification of closings or delays.

Arlington Adult Education Continuing Adult/Community Education

Cram The Classroom Arlington Central School District In an effort to continute to cultivate the "all in" spirit throughout the Arlington community, we are pleased to announce the "Cram the Classroom" drive. This is a district-wide food and supply drive to help our neighbors in need. All donations will go to Dutchess Outreach.

Vail Farm Elementary School Event Calendar http://www.dcboces.org/webevent?cmd=opencal&cal=cal55 Click on the link and select Vail Farm Elementary School to see our up-to-date event calendar.

STOP & SHOP A+ REWARDS PROGRAM GIVES VFES $$$$
A+ School Rewards - Stop & Shop
Vail Farm Elementary School has great ways that families can help fund raise. Families must register their courtesy cards every year. Please register today. An added bonus to registering and raising money for Vail Farm is reduced prices at some gas pumps!

1. Simply register your Stop and Shop card on line and select Vail Farm Elementary School. Shop as normal and Vail Farm will receive a check at the end of the program. Amount donated is a percentage of the total grocery bill.

2. Box Tops for Education: Keep on sending in those Box Tops. Each one is worth $.10. Each Box Top worksheet is worth $1.00. It all adds up to supplies, equipment and extras for your children.

3. Price Chopper and Tools for Schools - Parents register their Price Chopper card on line or at the store and VFES earns points that can be redeemed for free equipment for our school.
http://www2.pricechopper.com/toolsforschools/

SCHOOL MESSENGER Arlington continues to use School Messenger as the fastest way to inform parents of important information. Please be sure to keep the office up to date with phone numbers so that we are always able to provide you with timely messages.

My Nutri Kids
Click here to log on
MySchoolBucks.com is your link to your students school lunch program. Check account balances, make payments, check menus. This website provides a number of key features you will find beneficial
including:

. Scheduled recurring payments
. Automatic deposits when your child's account balance runs low
. Extended purchase history for the past 90 days
. Low balance email notifications

You will receive an introductory email message from mySchoolBucks that provides basic instruction on how to use the website.

Your existing username and password for MyNutrikids.com will remain the same at mySchoolbucks.

The convenience fee for cafeteria account deposits will be $1.95, which will cover all deposits made within a single transaction. To help answer some of your questions about this transition, we compiled a list of commonly asked questions in the provided link below:

http://www.learnmyschoolbucks.com/Parent/faqs.html

Thank you,

The MyNutrikids.com Support Team

NEWS from the ARLINGTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION
www.aefny.org
The Arlington Education Foundation is excited to announce the date for our 4th Annual Spring Benefit “Casino Royale”.
Please save the date of Friday, March 8, 2013 from 7-11 pm. The benefit will once again be held at The Links at Union Vale.
Each year this event gets bigger and better. We hope you will consider joining us for a fun-filled evening in support of
Arlington’s students!

I would greatly appreciate your assistance in ensuring your building’s website calendar reflects this event.
We are hoping to avoid conflicts with PTA activities and other school events. Our Spring Benefit is open to
the entire community!

Web site of the Arlington Education Foundation
This site is your resource for Foundation supported programs and activities. AEF invests in educational excellence by funding innovation in the classroom and scholarships for Arlington students.

DUTCHESS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFENDER WATCH PROGRAM click here. The DC Sheriffs office has launched an Offender Watch Program that has an e-mail notification system that enables residents or schools to sign up for and received e-mail notification of registered sex offenders moving within a one-mile radius of any location. For your information, the direct link to this site is listed above.

CODE OF CONDUCT Code of Conduct Parents: Important information. Please click and read.

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