School Overview
Veva Blunt Elementary School
1119 South Chinowth Street
Visalia, CA 93277
(559) 730-7793
Our School
Veva Blunt Elementary School serves approximately 500 students in grades TK-6 including a Specialized Learning Center. Our teachers and staff are dedicated to ensuring the academic success of every student and providing a safe and productive learning experience. The school holds high expectations for the academic and social development of all students. Curriculum planning, staff development, and assessment activities are focused on assisting students in mastering the state academic content standards, as well as increasing the overall student achievement of all subgroups.
Our Mission Statement
The staff at Veva Blunt Elementary School embraces the opportunity to provide a high quality education for all students. Our mission is to ensure that all students develop a strong connection to school through opportunities for academic success, appropriate social interaction, and becoming student scholars who have a love for learning.
- We have made a commitment as a staff to provide a safe, positive climate in which all students can reach their fullest potential both academically and socially.
- We will accomplish this by providing a highly qualified teaching staff who will deliver a rigorous instructional program using the research based, adopted instructional material.
- We will maximize instructional time and provide prompt intervention when students fail to learn.
- Parents and community members will be involved in the instructional process.
- We are engaged in Professional Learning Communities in order to collaborate on student achievement, intervention, extension and consider all elements of supporting the students of Veva Blunt to be successful.
- We will provide a variety of extra-curricular programs to help students grow and excel in other areas of interest as they progress through the grade levels.
Opportunities for Parental Involvement
Parent involvement and communication are essential to our school success. Veva Blunt Elementary School continually strives to involve parents by sharing information that helps parents understand and support school programs and by providing opportunities for parent participation in school activities.
There are numerous and varied opportunities for parent involvement, including but not limited to, attending school functions, participating in parent-teacher conferences, becoming a member of the Parent Teacher Organization, volunteering in classrooms, and chaperoning field trips. Parents may also serve on advisory committees and leadership teams, including, but not limited to, the English Learners Advisory Committee (ELAC), School Safety Committee, and School Site Council (SSC).
Additional opportunities for parental involvement also exist at the district level.
Parents who would like more information on how to become involved may contact us at (559) 730-7793.