Mrs. Hinson’s students had some pretty amazing reasons why she is our 2023 Teacher of the Year! 🎉She’s always radiating that Sunshine State of Mind!

Thank you to the Valrico Elementary PTA, our fabulous volunteers, supportive teachers, and fun-loving students for a super successful Color Fun Run!!!

You did it Hawks! Thanks for another amazing year!!! Have a safe and happy summer. We’d also like to say… Peace Out 5th Graders!!!✌🏼💙 Middle school awaits, and we know you’re ready!

🥳Congrats winners of our #TeacherAppreciationWeek Gift Card Giveaway:

🏆Frank Lane Durant High School
🏆Yesenia Montefusco Valrico Elementary
🏆Shelley Ramsamooj-Simmons Belmont Elementary School
🏆Dawn Rogers Twin Lakes
🏆Malissa StClair Cleveland Elementary
Each teacher won a $100 Amazon gift card!

Where does the time go?! We are celebrating our youngest AND most recent HS graduate Hawks! Best wishes to each of you as you turn the page and begin your next chapter!

Valrico is Poppin’ and Rockin’ at Relay for Life!

Thank you to all of our Valrico Families and PTA for all of the good vibes you shared with teachers and staff during Appreciation Week!☮️💙

Fish, and turtles, and crabs-oh my! We are enjoying our K-5 immersive undersea glow show! Mrs. Jackson sure has some talented artists!

We are so lucky to have Ms. Gauley as our VES Media Specialist! She works hard every day to promote literacy & positive multimedia experiences for students while managing tech & resources for faculty & staff. She is always smiling too! Congratulations!!!

We are so proud of Ava for her participation & achievement in the 4-H Public Speaking Contest! She was a District Finalist and presented her speech, “Why Big Brothers are the Best”, on Thursday evening. We’d like to give a shout out to her ELA teacher, Ms. Hall, as well!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Students at Valrico Elementary learned how much science ROCKS during a recent field trip where they mined for gems & learned about rocks & minerals!🪨💎Check out this video some of the students & their teacher, Estela Velazquez Estela Velazquez, put together to show their appreciation.

Best of luck to our 4th and 5th grade semi-finalists, Ava and Belle, as they share their writing and public speaking skills with an even bigger audience! We are so proud of you!!✨

Heads up! Valrico 3rd graders are brushing up on science vocabulary!🤩 HAEST

Congratulations to Mrs. McLafferty’s 1st grade Math Bowl Team for earning the 3rd place trophy!!!🏆 They worked hard together and we’re proud of them!

Check out our 2nd grade scientists checking out the primary STEM Fair projects! These are some hardworking Hawks! 🔎✏️📊😃

3rd, 4th, and 5th grade scientists created these amazing presentations of their STEM projects, and proudly displayed them for other Hawks to enjoy. Way to go Valrico Scientists!

What a beautiful evening for our PTA Holiday Cheer event! We had a fabulous turnout for hot chocolate, candy canes, and popcorn-compliments of PTA-along with music performed by our Valrico Singing Stars!🌟

What an amazing day!!! We are so thankful for our Great American Teach In guests!✨Here are just a few snapshots of the fun we had learning about so many different careers:

We have made the decision to close schools tomorrow, Thursday, November 10th due to impacts from TS Nicole. To preserve our Thanksgiving break, the make up day will be January 9th. Please remember Friday, November 11th there is already no school due to Veterans Day.

We’d like to give a special shout out to Ms. Beatriz Carithers, our Valrico Elementary Support Employee of the Year!🎉Ms. Betty, as she is know to students, always wears a smile & works hard as SNS Production Coordinator. She has such a positive impact on our campus!!!