Principals' Corner - Champlain Valley Educational Services

Principals’ Corner

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. “
– Maya Angelou

Daniel Valenzuela & Jenn Christiansen, Principals
William A. Fritz Center – Plattsburgh

Dr. Grace Stay – Principal
Mineville Campus

Dear CVES Families & Community,

Happy Holidays! It has been a fun filled 10 weeks here at the CVES Plattsburgh campus! First quarter report cards have been sent home. Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions. It is our hope that during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, you have a wonderful holiday with family and friends. As the Holiday season comes around, we would like to thank you for your continued support and safe travels to all during the Holiday season.
Jenn Christiansen, Principal, Elementary and Life Skills

Dan Valenzuela, Principal, Austism, High School, ITSP

2018 Sept/Oct WAF Newsletter

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It’s been a very busy start to our school year here in Mineville! We have a few new staff members I would like to introduce: Heidi Wells is our new Counselor, joining James Anderson; our new Speech Therapist, replacing Cindy Haley, (retired), is Liz Hoffman; our new Teacher for our elementary Life Skills class is Molly Rascoe; Liz Theeman is our new Physical Therapist, Mary Murphy is our new Occupational Therapist, joining Eileen Goralzyck, and our new Art Teacher is Roxana Palmer. We welcome them to Team Mineville, and are already impressed with how well they have acclimated to and embraced our school.

In addition, we also now have two individuals preparing meals in the kitchen. Lynsay Roberts and Adele Huchro were both with us last year, although at that time Adele was working with the Head Start program. They continue to prepare both breakfast and lunch for our students and staff, as well as the Head Start program, from SCRATCH! When you open the refrigerator in the cafeteria, you find vegetables, cheeses, eggs – real food ingredients! We find that our students are very enthusiastic with the changes, and it is really nice to see them eating salad, fruit and vegetables. The meals are colorful, healthy and the students have choices.