If you need to enroll a student for the first time in Valley View,
visit the Administration Center located at 801 W.
Normantown Rd. in Romeoville. The Admin Center is open Mon-Fri 7:30 a.m.- 4 p.m.
The first day of school is Wed. August 15.
It was 50 years ago that Ridge View Elementary School opened to serve the students and community in
Romeoville. The school now known as Irene King Elementary is throwing a party to celebrate their golden
anniversary on Sun. Aug. 26 from 3-5 p.m. at the school.
There will be a bike rodeo for which students will decorate their bike and parade it along the back circle
drive, “touch a truck” exhibit provided by the village of Romeoville, tours of the school, and many other
family activities. There will also be free food, ice cream and cake.
All community members are welcome, especially the students who through the years called Ridge View and
Irene King Elementary School home.
Plan Ahead Now for School Physicals and Immunizations. VVSD Student Health Services and all our school nurses remind all parents and guardians of VVSD that students have the necessary immunizations and physicals for the start of the 2018-19 school year. School physicals and immunizations are due to the building School Nurse no later than Mon. Oct. 15. Students needing physicals and immunizations include pre-school, kindergarten, 6th grade and 9th grade.Students going into 12th grade must also receive a meningococcal vaccine. For more information, including the necessary forms, visit the VVSD Student Health Services web site and
scroll down to “Student Health Forms”.
The VVSD Back to School Resource
Guide is available at www.vvsd.org
Just go to our web site home page and
click the “Back to School” banner and
you’ll be connected with a wealth of
information.
Elementary and middle school families
should check out the latest convenience put
together by the wizards in our IT Department.
It’s called TeacherLists and it allows you to
purchase the list of school supplies online
from Amazon. To access, go to your
school’s site and click on the photo similar to
the one you see to the left.
We’re excited about our new on-line and mobile app
student information system coming into use when the new
school year begins.
The next meeting of the Valley View School District Board of Education is on Monday, August 13 at
John J. Lukancic Middle School, 725 W. Normantown Rd, Romeoville IL. The meeting will be called to order at 6:30
p.m. and the Board will vote to go into Executive Session. The Public Session of the meeting will begin at 7 p.m. In
accordance with the Open Meetings Act, the Agenda for the meeting will be posted no later than 48 hours prior to the
start of the meeting. Click here to view the Agenda
The Bolingbrook HS Cheer Team will be conducting their annual Cheer Camp in the BHS Field House Fri, Aug. 17 6-
8 p.m. and Sat. Aug. 18 Noon- 2 p.m. with a camp performance in the Stadium on Sat. Aug. 18 at 3:30 and 5 p.m.
Cost of the camp is $40 and includes a t-shirt. To obtain a registration from, contact Coach Shannon Price at
pricese@vvsd.org.
Upcoming Important School Calendar Dates
Mon. Aug. 13 Teachers Return to School
Wed. Aug. 15 First Day of School for Students
Wed. Aug. 29 Early Release (H.S. 12:43, MS 1:20, Elementary 2:15)
Events for the Coming Week
Thu. Aug. 9 FireUp 2018 Family Event Lukancic Middle School 5:30 p.m.
Sat. Aug. 11 Bolingbrook HS Jazz Band Performance at Promenade Noon
Mon. Aug. 13 Pioneer Elementary Meet & Greet 4-5 p.m.
Wood View Elementary Meet & Greet 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Hermansen Elementary Meet & Greet 5-6 p.m.
Tue. Aug. 14 Independence Elementary Meet & Greet 2-4 p.m.
Oak View Elementary Meet & Greet 2-4 p.m.
Salk Elementary Sneak Peek 2-4 p.m.
Hill Elementary Sneak Peek 3-4 p.m.
McGee Elementary Meet & Greet 3-4 p.m.
King Elementary Sneak Peek 4-5 p.m.
Ward Elementary Sneak Peek 4-5 p.m.
Wed. Aug. 15 Oak View Elementary Boo Hoo Brunch for Kindergarten Parents 9:30 am
Thu. Aug. 16 Early Childhood Meet & Greet 3-4 p.m.