Welcome to Tahoe Valley Elementary
At Tahoe Valley Elementary, we are committed to providing the highest level educational experience possible while infusing the Arts into our daily curriculum. We believe this can only be accomplished through the collaborative efforts of our dedicated staff, families, and students working together. We welcome everyone with open arms!
Tahoe Valley Vision:
Developing well-rounded students who embody 21st Century Skills through the Arts.
Tahoe Valley Mission:
Provide ALL children with learning experiences that will enable them to:
• Develop character, creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Appreciate the aesthetic values in the Creative and Performing Arts
• Become self-confident, motivated, caring, and socially conscious citizens
About Tahoe Valley Elementary:
Tahoe Valley Elementary School is located in a mountainous, rural, year-round resort area.
The school is located in the “Y” area of South Lake Tahoe, in a hub where access toward the lake's west shore, Sacramento, and south shore converges.
Tahoe Valley maintains an enrollment for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) through 5th grade of approximately 402
students and enjoys a diverse ethnic composition. It is a school within a school and contains three out of the district's five TK
classrooms. The economic base of the school is diverse with some students living on the lake shore in Tahoe Keys homes and
others living in quiet neighborhoods, apartments, motels, trailer parks and low income housing.
• 68.2% of our students are identified as socio-economically disadvantaged
• 21.1% of our students are identified as English Learners
• 45.8% of our students are identified as Hispanic or Latinx
• 42.3% of our students are identified as White
• 11.9% of our students are identified as other ethnic backgrounds or multi-ethnic
• 13.7% of our students are identified as Students with Disabilities
• 3.5% of our students are Identified as Homeless
• 0.7% of our students are identified as Foster Youth
• Currently student/teacher ratios are: TK at 12:1; K-1 22:1, 2-3 at 24:1; 4-5 at 26:1
• Full-Day Kindergarten has been implemented since 2006 and Transitional Kindergarten (modified 4-hour day
schedule) has been implemented since 2012
• Reading Intervention for Kindergarten is supported by Transitional Kindergarten teachers in the afternoon during
their student contact hours daily
• Tahoe Valley has implemented Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) as our school focus. Students attend
weekly choral/instrumental instruction along with P.E./Dance instruction, both taught by credentialed teachers. Every
year, students in grades 1 through 5 also perform in a public musical performance. In 2019-
2020, we implemented general music theory instruction for all students in TK through 5th grade along with
instrumental instruction (Drumming to TK-K; Boomwhackers to 1st; Handbells to 2nd; Recorders to 3rd; Ukuleles to
4th, and Keyboarding to 5th grade students).
• The District administers the iReady local assessments to grade K through 5 students. The iReady assessments are
administered at the beginning of the school year and twice throughout the school year to provide data to drive
instructional practices and interventions and monitor student growth.
• Current adopted core curriculum is McGraw-Hill English Language Arts and English Language Development,
McGraw-Hill My Math for Mathematics, School Specialty Foss for Science, and Savvas for Social Studies