Welcome to the 2024-2025 School Year!

Staff Appreciation Week – May 5–9, 2025

We’re getting ready to celebrate our amazing teachers and staff, and we’d love your help!

Let’s show our staff how much we appreciate all they do for our kids every single day!

Throughout the week, we’ll be treating them to:

🥞 A delicious brunch

🍪 Snacks and sweets to keep the lounge stocked

🎁 A special gift: new staff shirts

🍛 A catered Thai Mama lunch buffet

Thanks to your PTA donations, we’ve got part of it covered—but we’re counting on our community to help make it extra special!

Here's how you can help:

✅ Sign up to bring food or snacks:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0844AFA72CAAF85-56353435-staff#/

✅ Volunteer to decorate, set up, or serve food: Please email us at vmspta@carlsbadusd.net if you can lend a hand.

Teacher Wish List Hub

The VMS PTA is thrilled to support our teachers beyond on our mini grants by helping bring all their classroom dreams to life! Explore our teacher wish list hub and play a part in making a real difference for our students and educators. Every contribution helps make these wishes a reality!

Visit the Wish List Hub HERE

Thank you to our sponsors!

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A message from the City of Carlsbad

Safer Together
Whether you are driving, biking or walking, we all have a role to play in traffic safety. Here are some top safety tips that the City of Carlsbad would like to share with you and your students:

Make sure to allow extra time to get where you need to go.
Eliminate distractions and put your phone away.
Look both ways (and then look again!) before crossing the street.
Slow down and watch your speed when driving or riding a bike/e-bike.
Look out for and yield to pedestrians.
Bicyclists and e-bike riders must follow the same rules of the road as people driving. Join the Carlsbad Police Department for an upcoming safety class to help middle and high school students learn the rules of the road.

Get more tips and find upcoming safety classes at carlsbadca.gov/saferstreets.