News & Views

• Tuesday, September 3, is the first day for kindergartners, elementary school students, 6th-graders and 9th-graders.
• Wednesday, September 4, is the first day for students in grades 7-8 and 10-12.

• If you are registered for busing this fall, you will receive an email during the last week of August with stops, buses and times for each student registered. Students in grades K-12 will also receive a bus pass in the mail near the end of that week.
• Busing information will be added to ParentVue on August 27.
• Kindergarten bus passes will be handed out at the open houses on August 28.
• Early Childhood information will be emailed to parents by September 3.

Mounds View Public School District participates in the Minnesota Free School Meals Program. All students are offered one breakfast and one lunch meal at no cost each day at school.

• Student Breakfast Meal: $0.00

• Student Lunch Meal: $0.00

• Adult Breakfast or Second Student Breakfast: $2.40

• Adult Lunch or Second Student Lunch: $5.00

Parents, you can add your child's cell phone number to ParentVUE so they can receive text messages and robo-calls about school closings, significantly delayed school buses, emergencies and other alerts. To subscribe your student to these occasional urgent messages, read the easy instructions here.

Registration for fall activities is open now! Check out the electronic catalog and register at mvpschools.org/RegisterCommunityEd.

The Minnesota Department of Revenue offers two valuable tax benefits for parents who purchase school supplies for their K-12 students: the K-12 Education Credit and the K-12 Education Subtraction. These benefits can reduce parents’ taxes or increase their refund, but they are only available to those who keep their receipts. Purchases for most school supplies, field trips, and musical instruments for school bands are eligible.

Most Minnesota parents qualify for the K-12 Education Subtraction, which reduces their taxable income. Parents within certain income limits may also qualify for the K-12 Education Credit, which can refund up to 75% of their costs—even if they don’t owe any taxes. For more details, visit the Minnesota Revenue website.

Visit our website to find guides for using ParentVUE, including instructions for activating your account, updating your notification preferences, checking grades and more.

Scroll down to the "ParentVUE instructional guides" section for a selection of helpful videos.

What is ParentVUE?

Parents of elementary school students can view attendance records, test history, schedules, report cards and personal information. Parents of middle and high school students can view attendance records, test history, schedules, grades, assignments and personal information. Personal Learning Plans can be accessed on ParentVUE and parents can make payments for meals and activity fees. High school transcripts are also available on ParentVUE.

Mounds View Public Schools is committed to protecting the privacy of each student. The technology department provides access to free and subscription-based digital resources for beneficial services, such as providing high quality instructional resources and increasing efficiency in school operations. Learn more about student data privacy here.

The Mounds View Schools Education Foundation (MVSEF) is happy to announce they are putting the "Rock" back into "Rock the School House" - the Foundation's flagship fundraising event will have a live band! Join us at Silverwood Park in the Great Hall on November 9 at 6 p.m.

This event, synonymous with fun, is also the Foundation’s primary source of revenue - the more money we raise, the more our students benefit! The MVSEF’s support has funded initiatives ranging from 3D printers all the way to post-secondary support of the Equity Promise Scholarship Program. Get ready for an excellent live and silent auction and bring your friends!

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