The Bear Bulletin

Welcome to what promises to be your best and final semester at MVHS! The senior sponsors want to help you be prepared for what’s coming up this semester (see FAQs attachment), so please mark your calendars for the following events & activities.

Remaining Senior Treat Dates (during ALL lunches)

• April 22-26 - Senior Week with Friday being the Senior Breakfast/Walk

Senior Letters - Senior Letters are a great way for family and friends to show love to seniors. We invite you to start sending in your letters to MVHS. Please visit the senior website for detailed information. We will accept letters January 8, 2024, but no later than April 22, 2024. See attachment.

Memory Boards - These blank boards will be handed out to seniors in March. You can decorate & return them as early as 4/8. They will be displayed in the Commons from April 8-26, 2024. See attachment

Graduation Practice will take place on Thursday, May 23 from 8a-10a in the MVHS Commons. Attendance is mandatory in order to participate in the Graduation ceremony. You will receive your tickets (quantity TBA) at practice. **If your senior elects not to participate in the ceremony, they will need to bring $25 CASH ONLY to Mr. Owens for the Diploma/Cover. He will issue a receipt.**

Graduation for the Class of 2024 will take place on Monday, May 27 @ 2pm at the Gas South Arena. More information (parking, schedule, etc) will be shared as we get closer to this event.

We have so much planned for our seniors and we hope that you will take part in all the fun!

Finally, please remember that participation in the Graduation Ceremony and the different activities/treats depends on when graduation fees are paid. Fees are $180 and are paid via an outside vendor (NOT mypaymentsplus). See the senior website for more information.

If you have any questions, please contact the senior sponsors!

Amy Holcombe - Amy.Holcombe@gcpsk12.org

William Owens - William.Owens@gcpsk12.org

Jody Teague - jody.m.teague@gmail.com

On March 26-30, 2024, our MVHS Performing Arts traveled to Disney World to participate in Disney's Imagination Campus Workshops. Our performing arts trip will go down in history as a truly memorable time! Select band, chorus, dance, orchestra, and theatre students performed incredibly well in our many Disney Workshops. Some students had the unique opportunity to sightread choral/instrumental music that they later professionally recorded to a popular Disney movie. Other students learned dance moves and recorded voiceovers as they worked with professional Disney cast members who guided the educational workshop experience.

Many thanks to our chaperones for your wonderful support during our performance trip. Our performing arts students continue to perform at a high standard while proudly representing our school with excellence. Go Bears!

Why are library media centers so critical to the success of each and every student?

1. Students read more and learn more when they can choose what they read. First, we must teach children to read, but then we want them to LOVE to read.
2. The media center is a mental and physical safe space that welcomes all who want to read to learn, to explore or to be entertained.
3. The library media center is a kitchen (you stay and create), not a grocery store (you grab something and go).

Thank you Mrs. Bird and Mrs. Bleicken for always being there for our students!

If you are continuing in the arts in your postsecondary life, please fill out this form to register yourself as an honoree at Fine Arts Signing Day 2024! The ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 25 at 2:30 pm and will present students with an opportunity to sign the Fine Arts senior banner and enjoy some refreshments with family and friends!

We hope that you will join us!

As we continue to Expect Excellence in Everything, we want to give families advanced notice that students with parking decals are required to pass ALL classes, including any online or dual enrollment classes. Students must also be on track to graduate. This requirement begins in July 2024, so it is important for students to pass all classes in Spring 2024 to qualify for a student parking decal. We will continue to have behavioral and attendance standards for parking as well. Parking is a privilege that is earned. Students who do not meet these requirements may ride the bus or have their parents drop-off and pick-up through our car rider line. Parking decals will be issued to seniors who meet requirements first, then juniors who meet the requirements. Freshmen and Sophomores will not be granted parking decals regardless of age.

We are excited to share our cluster video and web story with you! GCPS TV did an incredible job capturing the spirit of the K-12 experience in the Mountain View Cluster. This video premiered at the Board of Education meeting last week, and we are pleased to get to share it with you today. There is also a wonderful companion piece in the form of a web story. Please click the link below to see the web story and to watch the cluster video.

It’s great to be a Bear!

Web Story

Mountain View Cluster K-12 Experience - video

You may register online. After your student's online registration is complete, you will need to complete the enrollment process at your school.

Who needs to register? All kindergarten students and all new students enrolling in Gwinnett County Public Schools.

Click the attachment below for detailed information from the county!

If you have not already joined PTSA, click the link below:

Join PTSA

A list of scholarships can be found on the "Den Calendar" under the Counseling website. There are scholarships for everyone! You must apply to be considered! Deadlines come and go each month.

There are many scholarship resources available including:

https://www.gcpsk12.org/domain/7411

https://www.standoutcollegeprep.com/georgia-scholarships/

Click Here for an Appointment to the Career Center.