Paula van Klavern

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Howdy, families!

WOW! Summer sure did zip on super fast! I am very excited for school starting and to have your student in class! I hope y'all had a fabulous summer.

Friday Bulldog Folders: Parents, please take out all classwork / papers from Friday folders and have your student return the folder on Monday. If there are any graded papers with a grade BELOW 70%, students are encouraged to make corrections and can earn up to a 70%. They must return it corrected in a preferably w/ colored pencil.

Snacks: Students will have snack from Students may bring 1small snack; NO large bags or candy please. IF you are able, you may donate snacks for the class for students who are unable to bring their own snacks. Please be mindful of students w/ peanut allergies.

Water Bottles: PLEASE have your child bring a water bottle to school every day, especially now when it is so hot outside.

Homework: Homework will consist of reading for 15 minutes nightly and 15 minutes of studying math facts. I will also send home a weekly Math HW page on Monday. Students who complete it and return it to me on Friday morning will be rewarded with 5 tickets (to be used to buy Campus wide prizes AND a prize from my treasure chest, AND lunch with me in the classroom on Monday. Students will NOT be penalized if they do not do the HW.

Good Choices: Tickets will be given to students for good behavior, following classroom AND school-wide expectations, reading, completing all daily / weekly assignments, and compliments from other staff members. These tickets can be used to win prizes from the campus wide prize boxes.

Poor Choices: Students are given 3 verbal warnings regarding their behavior choices; on the 4th warning, a recess consequence will be given. The first consequence will be walking our track for the first 10 minutes of recess. The next consequence if behavior continues will be lunch detention (sitting at a separate table not by their classmates). Referrals will be delivered for more major behaviors and after the 4th warning of the same behavior.

Absences: Please remember if your student is absent, he / she is given 1 day per day missed to complete any work missed while they were absent. I will put absent students' missed work in a folder for them upon their return w/ detailed instructions for completion and due date.

Absences: Also, if your child is going to be absent for more than 3 days (illness, surgery, vacation, family emergency, etc), please email me to let me know so I can get the classwork (from both Mrs. Stuckey and I) that will be missed.

Classwork: Students who do not finish classwork in class may be required to work on / complete it during Activity time (Library, Art, or Music).

Theme Days dress code (I encourage students to participate as I will (not mandatory):

Mondays: Motivation Mondays

Tuesdays: Teacher Team Tuesdays

Wednesdays: College Team Spirit

Thursdays:

Fridays: Burnet Bulldog Spirit

Need to contact Me?: You may contact me by email at pvanklavern@ burnetcisd.net. My conference time is 8:30am-9:15am. You may also contact me via Class Dojo.

Class Schedule:

7:45am-8:00am Habit Huddle Time

8:00am-8:30am Math (Mrs. V HR)

8:30am-9:15am Activity (Mrs. V conference time)

Monday: Library

Tuesday: P.E. (wear tennis shoes)

Wednesday: Art

Thursday: P.E. (wear tennis shoes)

Friday: Music / P.E. (wear tennis shoes)

9:15am-10:00am Intervention

10:00am-11:40am Math cont'd (V HR)

11:40am-12:05pm Science (Mrs. V)

12:05pm-12:10pm Switch to Stuckey (ELAR / SS)

12:10pm-12:40pm Lunch

12:40pm-1:10pm Recess

1:15pm-2:40pm Math (Stuckey HR)

2:40pm-3:10pm Science (Stuckey HR)

3:10pm-3:15PM Switch back to HR

3:15pm- Dismissal

Important Events

Monday, August 11: Meet the Teachers Night (4:00pm - 5:30pm)

Wednesday, August 13: 1st Day of School

Sports:

If your student plays sports (baseball, softball, volleyball, football, basketball, etc.), please email me their game schedules. I would like to attend games if / when able. I live in Liberty Hill, so I can attend games in Liberty Hill, Bertram, or Burnet depending on my family plans / schedule. Please note that I will not be able to attend all games.

I would need the following information: date of game, time of game, location (city and field name) of game, team colors and team name.

Name: Paula van Klavern
Position: 3rd Grade Teacher
Email: Send email

About Mrs. V

I am super excited to be here at RJ Richey Elementary School to be your child's 4th grade HR teacher. This year I will teach Math and Science.

Mrs. Stuckey will be your child's Language Arts and Social Studies teacher.

This is my 7th year as a classroom teacher (4 years in 4th Grade & 2 years in 3rd grade-- all at RJ Richey).

I was a substitute teacher for several districts (Burnet, Liberty Hill, Georgetown, and Leander) for 5 years I was then and Instructional Assistant in Leander ISD (Whitestone Elementary) for 6 years and a substitute teacher for several districts (Burnet, Liberty Hill, Georgetown, and Leander for 5 years) before starting at RJ.

I (from Wisconsin) have been married to my husband, Todd Sr. (from Michigan) for 35 years. We live in Liberty Hill.

We are both graduates of Hawaii Pacific University (Associates Degrees) and Grand Valley State University (Bachelors Degrees).

We are both also U.S. Army Veterans (met in Pensacola), Fla, and stationed in Hawaii for 2 1/2 years!

We have 2 wonderful children. Todd Jr. is 26 years old. Allison is 24 years old. They both graduated from Texas A&M in May '2023! Gig'Em Aggies!

I have a great 10 year old Maine Coon / Calico cat named Callie.

I am a HUGE baseball fan! I am a super fan of the Milwaukee Brewers, as I grew up in Wisconsin. Go Brew Crew!

I enjoy watching Texas A&M Aggies college football and Houston Texans NFL football.