Dear Buena Vista Families,
This weekend, students are bringing home a morning and bedtime routine activity as part of our **Building Better Habits** theme.
Please work with your child to either review the routines your family already uses or create new ones together. Talk through the time your child needs for homework, reading, dinner, bathing, getting ready, and sleeping. Then try the routines and revise them as needed so they realistically fit your family’s home life.
The goal is not to create a perfect schedule. We want children to begin taking ownership of the habits that support their success while continuing to accept guidance, boundaries, and encouragement from their grown-ups.
Please return the completed routine plan to school on Monday. Thank you for helping our Bobcats build strong habits—one small choice at a time!
Dr. Samantha Tedford-Oxley
Principal
Buena Vista Elementary
This weekend, students are bringing home a morning and bedtime routine activity as part of our **Building Better Habits** theme.
Please work with your child to either review the routines your family already uses or create new ones together. Talk through the time your child needs for homework, reading, dinner, bathing, getting ready, and sleeping. Then try the routines and revise them as needed so they realistically fit your family’s home life.
The goal is not to create a perfect schedule. We want children to begin taking ownership of the habits that support their success while continuing to accept guidance, boundaries, and encouragement from their grown-ups.
Please return the completed routine plan to school on Monday. Thank you for helping our Bobcats build strong habits—one small choice at a time!
Dr. Samantha Tedford-Oxley
Principal
Buena Vista Elementary
Reminder!
📢Join Alamogordo Public Schools on Thursday, September 17, at 5 p.m. at the HUB, located at 805 12th St., for our 101: Understanding Our School session.
✨Learn how to navigate the essential tools every APS family uses, including:
▪️PowerSchool Parent Portal
▪️District Communications - "Rooms"
▪️School Websites and Mobile App
▪️Student Access to Technology
▪️Best ways to stay informed throughout the school year
👨💻Learn more at: https://www.alamogordoschools.org/o/aps/page/parent-university
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1EU5c6sibo/
#SavetheDate #BeHere #ParentInvolvement
📣 Have you checked out the NEW APS Community Information HUB?
Looking for local events, programs, and activities for you and your family? The APS Community Information HUB brings together information from around our community to help connect our students and families with local opportunities.
Check it out here:
🔗https://www.alamogordoschools.org/page/community-opportunities
*COMMUNITY INFORMATION NOTICE: Alamogordo Public Schools permits this material to be made available solely as a community-information service. APS does not sponsor, endorse, supervise, recommend, or independently verify the sponsoring organization, activity, program, service, fees, safety practices, or representations. Participation is voluntary and is the responsibility of the parent or guardian.*
#GoodNewsAlamogordo #APSCommunity #CommunityResources #BeHereAlamo
Looking for local events, programs, and activities for you and your family? The APS Community Information HUB brings together information from around our community to help connect our students and families with local opportunities.
Check it out here:
🔗https://www.alamogordoschools.org/page/community-opportunities
*COMMUNITY INFORMATION NOTICE: Alamogordo Public Schools permits this material to be made available solely as a community-information service. APS does not sponsor, endorse, supervise, recommend, or independently verify the sponsoring organization, activity, program, service, fees, safety practices, or representations. Participation is voluntary and is the responsibility of the parent or guardian.*
#GoodNewsAlamogordo #APSCommunity #CommunityResources #BeHereAlamo
Our 9/11 Remembrance Breakfast is this Friday, September 11th, from 8:00-8:30am!
Please register ASAP: https://forms.gle/djiMFa5Mrkk1dSWJ6
Please register ASAP: https://forms.gle/djiMFa5Mrkk1dSWJ6
Tomorrow is BE HERE DAY! 🐾 The materials are ready—are YOU?
Come build, create, & BUILD BETTER HABITS! 💙💛
📢New Mexico Statewide #BeHereDay is TOMORROW! 🚌
While we always aim for strong attendance, Be Here Day is an opportunity to remind everyone why being present matters! Don't miss the fun and #BeHereAlamo! 100% attendance is our goal!
#BeHereNM #AttendanceMatters
While we always aim for strong attendance, Be Here Day is an opportunity to remind everyone why being present matters! Don't miss the fun and #BeHereAlamo! 100% attendance is our goal!
#BeHereNM #AttendanceMatters
Get ready to DROP EVERYTHING AND READ!📑📚
We want to invite the entire community to celebrate International Literacy Day tomorrow, September 8th, with a 15-minute D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) activity at 9:30 a.m.!
Whether you are at home, at school, or at work, stop everything you are doing, grab a book, and enjoy 15 minutes of reading.
#DEAR #BeHereNM
We want to invite the entire community to celebrate International Literacy Day tomorrow, September 8th, with a 15-minute D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) activity at 9:30 a.m.!
Whether you are at home, at school, or at work, stop everything you are doing, grab a book, and enjoy 15 minutes of reading.
#DEAR #BeHereNM
🍫 BOBCAT CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER!
Our World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser is underway! Participating students are selling chocolate bars for $2 each, with 30 bars in each box.
🏆 TOP SELLER PRIZES
🥇 Nintendo Switch + Principal for a Day!
🥈 LEGO® Set
🥉 $25 Book Fair Gift Card
📅 Fundraiser ends September 16th!
Ready for another box? Families can pre-pay for additional boxes so their Bobcat can keep selling!
Every chocolate sold helps support Buena Vista. 💙💛
Sell chocolate.
Win BIG.
Support our Bobcats!
New Mexico Statewide #BeHereDay is on Tuesday, September 8th! 🚌🎒
Be Here Day is a statewide celebration reminding students, families, educators, and communities that being present matters. Every day in school is another opportunity to learn, connect, grow, and move closer to achieving our goals.
#BeHereAlamo #BeHereNM #NMPED
Be Here Day is a statewide celebration reminding students, families, educators, and communities that being present matters. Every day in school is another opportunity to learn, connect, grow, and move closer to achieving our goals.
#BeHereAlamo #BeHereNM #NMPED
🏗️ BE HERE DAY is coming to Buena Vista this Tuesday, September 8!
We’re BUILDING BETTER HABITS at Buena Vista—and one of the most important habits our Bobcats can build is showing up to school every day!
To celebrate Be Here Day, every grade level will get 30 minutes of special building time in the cafeteria!
Students will work together, create, problem-solve, and have FUN with:
🧱 Jenga
🏗️ Building blocks
🧲 Magnetic tiles
🏠 Building challenges
✨ And more!
It’s a fun day with an important message: great habits are built one day at a time—and being at school matters!
💙💛
Bobcats, we can’t wait to see you Tuesday!
SHOW UP. BUILD UP. BE YOUR BEST.
🐾 Be Here. Build Better Habits.
🏗️ BE HERE DAY is coming to Buena Vista this Tuesday, September 8!
We’re BUILDING BETTER HABITS at Buena Vista—and one of the most important habits our Bobcats can build is showing up to school every day!
To celebrate Be Here Day, every grade level will get 30 minutes of special building time in the cafeteria!
Students will work together, create, problem-solve, and have FUN with:
🧱 Jenga
🏗️ Building blocks
🧲 Magnetic tiles
🏠 Building challenges
✨ And more!
It’s a fun day with an important message: great habits are built one day at a time—and being at school matters!
💙💛
Bobcats, we can’t wait to see you Tuesday!
SHOW UP. BUILD UP. BE YOUR BEST.
🐾 Be Here. Build Better Habits.
UPDATE! After Friday, September 4th, PTO can only accept cash for our chocolate fundraiser.
Starting Tuesday morning, September 8th, they can only accept CASH.
So sorry for the mixup!
Let me know if you run into issues with this.
- Dr. Tedford
✨Parent University: Partners in the Journey!✨
📢Join Alamogordo Public Schools on Thursday, September 17 at 5 p.m. at the HUB, located at 805 12th St., for our 101: Understanding Our School session.
✨Learn how to navigate the essential tools every APS family uses, including:
▪️PowerSchool Parent Portal
▪️District Communications - "Rooms"
▪️School Websites and Mobile App
▪️Student Access to Technology
▪️Best ways to stay informed throughout the school year
👨💻Learn more at: https://www.alamogordoschools.org/o/aps/page/parent-university
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1EU5c6sibo/
#SavetheDate #BeHere #ParentInvolvement
📢Join Alamogordo Public Schools on Thursday, September 17 at 5 p.m. at the HUB, located at 805 12th St., for our 101: Understanding Our School session.
✨Learn how to navigate the essential tools every APS family uses, including:
▪️PowerSchool Parent Portal
▪️District Communications - "Rooms"
▪️School Websites and Mobile App
▪️Student Access to Technology
▪️Best ways to stay informed throughout the school year
👨💻Learn more at: https://www.alamogordoschools.org/o/aps/page/parent-university
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1EU5c6sibo/
#SavetheDate #BeHere #ParentInvolvement
❤️ HEROES AMONG US ❤️
**A 9/11 Remembrance & Grandparents Celebration**
Buena Vista families, we invite the heroes in our students’ lives to join us for a very special morning!
Join us by registering for the event at this link: 9/11 Breakfast - Guest Registration link
Friday, September 11
8:00–8:30 AM
Buena Vista Cafeteria
As we remember September 11 and prepare to celebrate Grandparents Day on Sunday, September 13, we want to recognize the people who show our children what courage, kindness, service, love, and helping others look like.
Grandparents, we especially hope you’ll join us! Grandparents and grandparent figures play such a special role in the lives of our Bobcats, and we would love to celebrate you alongside all of the heroes who make a difference in our students’ lives.
Our students are creating artwork and special projects about heroes, and our cafeteria will be transformed into a Heroes Among Us Gallery for our guests to enjoy.
Students are welcome to celebrate the heroes in their lives—grandparents, parents, family members, first responders, community helpers, military members, teachers, caregivers, and other special people.
🥐 Can You Help With Breakfast?
To help us provide breakfast for our visiting heroes, we would greatly appreciate donations of store-bought breakfast items, such as:
- Muffins
- Donuts
- Breakfast pastries
- Mini muffins or donut holes
Other individually portioned, store-bought breakfast treats
Donations may be brought to school Thursday, September 10 at afternoon pick-up or Friday, September 11 at morning drop-off.
Thank you for helping us make this a meaningful morning for our students and the people they love!
Come enjoy breakfast, visit our student gallery, and allow us to celebrate the Heroes Among Us. ❤️
🍂Welcome to September! 🍂
Please enjoy the September edition of the Alamogordo Public Schools monthly community newsletter, filled with important information and valuable resources.
https://app.smore.com/n/b45ny-aps-community-newsletter-september
#BeHereNM #BeHereAlamo #September
Please enjoy the September edition of the Alamogordo Public Schools monthly community newsletter, filled with important information and valuable resources.
https://app.smore.com/n/b45ny-aps-community-newsletter-september
#BeHereNM #BeHereAlamo #September
⏰September is National Attendance Awareness Month! As we kick off the new school year, our focus this month is Be Here & Build Great Habits. Establishing consistent morning and evening routines helps set our students up for success, ensuring they arrive on time and ready to connect, learn, and grow every single day.⏰
✨To support your family at home, we have built easy-to-use tools to help track progress and stay on target:
▪️Rise & Shine Habit Tracker: A simple daily routine checklist to help students build great morning and evening habits, as well as set goals.
▪️Attendance Matters! Year-long Absence Tracker: A visual guide to help you keep track of missed instructional days throughout the school year.
Additional tools and resources can be found on our website at: https://www.alamogordoschools.org/page/attendance
#BeHereAlamo #BeHereNM #attendancematters See less
✨To support your family at home, we have built easy-to-use tools to help track progress and stay on target:
▪️Rise & Shine Habit Tracker: A simple daily routine checklist to help students build great morning and evening habits, as well as set goals.
▪️Attendance Matters! Year-long Absence Tracker: A visual guide to help you keep track of missed instructional days throughout the school year.
Additional tools and resources can be found on our website at: https://www.alamogordoschools.org/page/attendance
#BeHereAlamo #BeHereNM #attendancematters See less
Buena Vista Families,
September is full of exciting activities for our Bobcats! Please save these important dates:
• September 7 – Labor Day; no school
• September 8 – Be Here Day and DEAR Day; our entire school will Drop Everything and Read from 9:30–9:45 AM
• September 11, 8:00–8:30 AM – Heroes Among Us Breakfast and Student Gallery
• September 17 – Constitution Day
• September 21–25 – Scholastic Book Fair
• September 22, 5:00–6:30 PM – Buena Vista League Literacy Night
• September 24–25 – Parent-Teacher Conferences; no school for students
Looking ahead, the Alamogordo Homecoming Parade is expected to be held Friday, October 2. The time and participation details will be shared once confirmed.
Please review the attached reminder and watch for additional information as each event approaches.
We look forward to a wonderful month with our Bobcat families!
📢APS Drop-Off/Pick-Up Lane Reminder!
To help keep traffic moving, we ask that parents/guardians using the drop-off/pick-up lane remain in their vehicles. If you need to get out of your car to assist your student, please park in a designated parking spot rather than stopping in the drop-off/pick-up lane. For the safety of all students, please ensure your student always exits/enters the vehicle on the sidewalk side. This is essential to prevent students from stepping into traffic or active driving lanes. 🚗🚘
Thank you for helping us keep our drop-off/pick-up routine safe and efficient!💛🥰
#BeHereNM #BeHereAlamo #safetyfirst
Get ready to DROP EVERYTHING AND READ!📑📚
We want to invite the entire community to celebrate International Literacy Day on September 8th with a 15-minute D.E.A.R. (drop everything and read) activity at 9:30 a.m.! Whether you are at home, school, or at work, stop everything you are doing, grab a book, and enjoy 15 minutes of reading. Snap a photo of you taking part in our D.E.A.R. activity and share with the hashtag #APSDEAR
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1D4cNr8iut/
#BeHereDay #BeHereNM
We want to invite the entire community to celebrate International Literacy Day on September 8th with a 15-minute D.E.A.R. (drop everything and read) activity at 9:30 a.m.! Whether you are at home, school, or at work, stop everything you are doing, grab a book, and enjoy 15 minutes of reading. Snap a photo of you taking part in our D.E.A.R. activity and share with the hashtag #APSDEAR
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1D4cNr8iut/
#BeHereDay #BeHereNM
Reminder! 🍊🥔
Stop by the Riner Steinhoff Soccer Complex today, September 2nd, at 2:30 p.m. for the Roadrunner Mobile Food Pantry! 🍊🥞
*For APS Families and staff*
Stop by the Riner Steinhoff Soccer Complex today, September 2nd, at 2:30 p.m. for the Roadrunner Mobile Food Pantry! 🍊🥞
*For APS Families and staff*
