At your next home movie night (or anytime), share these videos with your kids (or kids share these with your parents). Bill Gates, along with other tech leaders, present in short videos the basics to understanding computers which are found in those devices we have come to love and cherish as essential companions in our lives.

Click here for the introductory video followed by the series on How Computers Work or watch below.

P.S. Code.org also has a series on How the Internet Works.  Click here to check them out.

Who doesn't love pizza?  Or try the gilled vege salad, yummm! Help Vintage with this fun and easy way to help Vintage's PTA raise money for our school.  Bring the family out of delicious food and Vintage will get 20% percentage of the sales.  This event is taking place at the California Pizza Kitchen located on Tampa outside the Northridge Mall Wednesday, January 17th.  Remember to tell them you are from Vintage.  See link for flyer below.  Thank you for helping make our school special by participating in PTA's fundraising events.  

Vintage Magnet Elementary School is currently accepting applications for the position of Community Representative for the 2017-2018 school year.  The Community Representative works in the Parent Center and coordinates parent meetings and school activities in addition to other duties.  It is 10 hours a week.
 
If you are interested please pick up an application and job description from the Main Office.  Applications are due Monday, January 22nd.  Thank you.

​Vintage Magnet Elementary School está aceptando solicitudes para el puesto de Representante de la Comunidad para el año escolar 2017-2018.  Si usted está interesado(a) en aplicar para el puesto por favor pida una aplicación en la Oficina Principal.  El Representante de la Comunidad trabaja en el Centro de Padres, coordina juntas, talleres para los padres y otras actividades. 
 
Si está interesado(a) por favor venga a la oficina principal para llenar una aplicación.  Gracias.

Vintage is pleased to announce that we have been selected to participate in Councilman Mitch Englander's Making Movies that Matter grant for a 3rd year.  This program will be held after school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays  starting January 30th through May (date TBD). Applications go out Tuesday, January16th and are due back no later than Monday, January 22 (no late submittals will be accepted). Twenty-four students will be selected to participate.

This free, unique art program partners participating schools with an experienced film making Artists-in-Residence (AIR) who will teach students the basics of filmmaking and the art of storytelling. Students will experience shooting videos using an iPhone and editing in iMovie creating original films in four possible categories: animation, documentary, public service announcement and live action. Vintage students will work in small groups to produce videos to submit to the MMtM Short Youth Film Festival which will take place in May (to be announced). 

Click here for Application and Letter to Parents

For more information about the program click here: Councilman Englander's - Making Movies that Matter 

Examples of winning elementary school videos:

Making Movies that Matter: "OMG Is That a Tornado" by VINTAGE STEM MAGNET (2017 Winner of the Best PSA at the Elementary School Level)
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Making Movies that Matter: "Countries To Countries" by Plummer Elementary (2017 Winner of Best Documentary Film at the Elementary School Level)

​Making Movies that Matter: "Trash Trouble" by Mayall Elementary"  (2017 Overall Best Film Winner for Elementary School Level)

Making Movies that Matter: "What Does This Button Do" by Carlos Santana Arts Academy (2017 Winner of Best Animation Film at the Elementary School Level).

For a full list of movies submitted to the 2017 festival, click here.

Ticket to Read is a web-based reading program that provides practice for students. Students are motivated to have fun while learning. Vintage has purchased licensing for each of our students.  Your student's classroom teacher can provide the student's user name and password. Many teachers have sent home this information. If you are missing this information, please contact the teacher.  Although this is optional, we encourage students to use this program at home as well as at school. 

The program increases practice time in fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension based on student need. Ticket to Read is available anytime students have access to a computer that meets the minimum system requirements listed below. It is recommended students use Ticket to Read at least three times a week in twenty minute increments. There are two components to Ticket to Read: phonics (Toy Shop) and reading (Clubhouse). 

CLICK HERE FOR SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

CLICK HERE TO GO TO TICKET TO READ WEBSITE

To learn more about Ticket to Read, click the .PDF files below.  
Quick Reference (Reading Component) for Parents (English)
Quick Reference (Reading Component) for Parents (Spanish)
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Quick Reference (Phonics) for Parents (English)
Quick Reference (Phonics) for Parents (Spanish)

Vintage Magnet's PTA is proud to announce that we are selling World's Finest Chocolate as this spring's fundraiser.  With your help and enthusiasm, we can make this fundraiser a great success!  Support our school's efforts to continue to provide our students with the extras that make Vintage a great place to learn.  Funds raised help to provide staff in the labs (computer, library, and science), classroom aides, technology, field trips, miscellaneous supplies, and so much more.  

Here are the details for this fundraiser:
OUR GOAL:  $20,000!
That's Just $25 Per Student…We Can Do It!
 
WHAT:     The items to be sold include $1 milk chocolate-and-almond bars, milk chocolate-and-crisp bars, milk chocolate-and-caramel bars, and solid dark chocolate bars.
 
WHEN:      Our sale begins on Wednesday, January 10 and ends Wednesday, January 24.  All money must be returned to the school no later than January 24.
 
                 IMPORTANT:  Orders will be filled ONCE approximately 1 week after the sale ends.
 
HOW:       Payment can be either cash or check, with checks being made payable to "Vintage Magnet PTA."
 
TIPS:        To help your child get to the top quickly, here are some ideas of who to sell to:  Friends, relatives, co-workers, neighbors, coaches, teachers, doctors, Girl or Boy Scout leaders, church members, babysitters, etc.  Please do not allow your child to sell chocolate on the street or door-to-door. 
 
BMX STUNT SHOW BONUS! In the spring, all students, regardless of their sales, will attend a BMX Stunt show live at the school!  We are hoping that each student sells at least $10 or more to help us reach our goal and
cover the cost of the show.
 
SELL $50 OR MORE - Sit in the V.I.P. Section at the Show!
SELL $100 OR MORE - Autographed Stunt Team Poster!

Check out the photos from last year's BMX show by clicking here.
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Estimados Padres:
 
La PTA de la Escuela Vintage se enorgullece en anunciarles que estaremos vendiendo chocolates World's Finest Chocolate para la recaudación de fondos de la primavera.  ¡Con su ayuda y entusiasmo, podemos hacer de esta recaudación de fondos un gran éxito!  Aqui estan los detalles:
¡NUESTRA META: $20,000!
$25 Por Estudiante…¡Nosotros Podemos Hacer ESTO!
 
QUÉ:         Se venderán una variedad de chocolates por $1.00 cada barra de chocolate con almendras, chocolate con caramelo, chocolate crujiante, y chocolate amargo sólido.
 
CÚANDO: Nuestra venta comienza el miercoles, 10 de enero y termina el miercoles, 24 de enero.  Todo el dinero debe de entregarse a la escuela a mas tardar para el 24 de enero.
 
                 IMPORTANTE:  Los pedidos se llenará UNA VEZ aproximadamente 1 semana después de la venta.
 
CÓMO:    El pago puede ser en efectivo o en cheque pagadero a "Vintage Magnet PTA."
 
SUGERENCIAS:  Para ayudar a que su hijo/a venda rápidamente, aquí hay algunas ideas a quien venderles: a los amigos, parientes, compañeros de trabajo, vecinos, entrenadores, maestros, doctores, guías de Boy Scouts (niñas o niños), miembros de la iglesia, niñeras, etc.  Por favor no permita que su hijo/a venda chocolates en la calle o de puerta a puerta.