MVES Newsletter

October

14- NO SCHOOL- Teacher Work Day

15- 2nd Grade to Back Home on the Farm 9:00-1:00

16- Unity Day- Wear Orange

22- Kindergarten Field Trip to Back Home On the Farm 8:45-12:45

23-2nd Grade Field Trip to Court Square Theatre 9:30-11:30

24- International Night 5:30-7:30

24- End of 1st Grading Period

25- NO SCHOOL- Teacher Workday

October 28-November 1- Book Fair

Being a parent is hard. The good news is, you are not alone: we're all in this together!

As you know, I’ll periodically post resources to help parents navigate these exciting years of development.

October is officially known as “Bullying Awareness and Prevention Month.” I’ve always preferred to call it, “Standing Together Month” because the word “bullying” is both misused and could be prevented if we all- including adults- tried harder to “stand together” on common ground in a world with too much darkness. As principal, my hope is that each of your children would bring light into our school, into our community, and into our world. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.”

This week Ms. Ray and I have been reading the book One by Kathryn Otoshi to students to emphasize the importance of standing together. You can find a synopsis of the text here. Please ask your kids what it means to stand up instead of standing by!

As part of “standing together month,” next week (October 14-18), our counselors will be talking to students about bullying. Topics covered include the definition, types, and how to stand up against bullying. Below is a helpful resource to educate parents further on this topic. On Wednesday, October 16th, the MVES community will wear orange to unite for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. Our goal is to send a visible message that no child should experience bullying.

The book fair is returning to Mountain View! Classes will be shopping Monday, October 28 - Friday, November 1st. The last day the book fair will be set up will be for Parent/Teacher conference day on Monday, November 4th (12pm-7pm).

More information can be found here.

If you have any questions please reach out to lschiffres@rockingham.k12.va.us

If you are interested in volunteering at the book fair the week of 10/28 - 11/1, please contact the office for availability!

Thank you!

The Duke Dog Reading Program is back for the 2024-2025 school year! The reading goal for students in grades K-3 is 5 books and the goal for students in grades 4-5 is 3 books. Once students have reached their goal, parents fill out the submission form at dukedogreading.com and students will receive 3 digital tickets for each of the following games, which admit the student and 2 additional guests to this season's Duke Dog Reading JMU Basketball Games:

Women's Basketball: December 29th, 2024 vs Troy
Men's Basketball: January 4th, 2025 vs Arkansas State
Women's Basketball: February 15th, 2025 vs Old Dominion

More information can be found in the attached parent letter!

Fall pictures were today. If your child was absent we will have make up and retakes on November 20.

The following link allows you to sign up to receive updates via email regarding your child's school portraits. These updates include promotions, additional deals and the ability to order more pictures at a later time. When entering your child's information, be sure to enter your child's name as it is on file at the school.

https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/clients/mountain-view-elementary-school-1/fall-pictures-10-11-2024-43/optIn

Don't forget, every Tuesday and Thursday (rain or shine) is Walk/Bike to school! Deputy Custer (Our School’s Resource Officer) will be stationed at that intersection from 7:55-8:10am to help students cross Route 33 safely. We are planning to continue this until the weather turns in mid/late October.

If your child is going to be absent from school, please call the office at 540-438-1965 or email mvesattendance@rockingham.k12.va.us. If you are planning to take a vacation or your child will be out of school for an extended period of time, please contact the office. Thank you!

Be sure to check out updates from our Fine Arts here Fine Arts News.

All transportation changes must be made by 2:00pm. Please contact the office at 540-438-1965 or you may send an email to mvesattendance@rockingham.k12.va.us with your change. If you’ve notified your child’s teacher please be sure to notify the office as well.

The parent portal is an online portal accessible anywhere on the web that parents can log in to and see all of their children in one place, their grades, assignments, scores, attendance, schedules, and teacher comments for each school your children attend.

Parents need to contact the school to get access information to create an account in PowerSchool.