Marengo Valley School Newsletter

May 2025

Hello Marengo Valley School Families,

Happy May! It’s hard to believe we’re in the final stretch of the school year. The halls are buzzing with excitement as students and teachers prepare for end-of-year activities, and soak in these last weeks together. Thank you for your continued support and involvement in making our school a wonderful place to learn and grow!

Please make sure to check out all of the end of the year activities we have scheduled. We'd love to have you join us on Friday, May 16 for our Walkathon Day and on Thursday, June 5 for our Field Day!

May 5-9: MVS Staff Appreciation Week: Let’s show our incredible teachers and staff how much they mean to us! Mrs. Erickson will share these notes with staff during the week! Thanks to those who have already shared some notes of appreciation:)

MVS Staff Appreciation Form

May HSA Meeting: Please join us on Wednesday, May 7 at 6:30 for the April Home & School Association Meeting.

4K and Kindergarten Registration: Registration has started for the 2025-26 school year for our 4K and Kindergarten students. Please register students using the QR code link below or click on these links: 4K Registration or Kindergarten Registration. If you have questions, please call Katie at the MVS office.

Warm Regards,

Principal Erickson

Box Tops in Education for MVS

We are so close to earning $500 this school year! We are at $482.80.

Please check out the May bonus poster below to see how you can earn bonus Box Tops for MVS.

It's never too late to join, check on the link further down with more information.

Box Tops-Help Raise Money for MVS

Referral Code to Sign Up for Box Tops!

Use this referral code to sign up for Box Tops: YSVO90H7. Using this code earns our school 25 Bonus Box Tops once you scan your first receipt!

Check out the calendar with all of our scheduled events. If any more pop up, we will let you know!

MVS School Goal-Student Sense of Belonging

Goal: At MVS more students will feel a sense of belonging and experience an environment of respect and rapport in the school, allowing them to thrive as individuals and members of the school community.

We have had a schoolwide focus on respect this school year and had students share if they feel respected in a variety of places at school. Here are the results of the respect survey:

98.2% of students feel respected in the lunchroom.
96.3% of students feel respected in the classroom.
92% of students feel respected on the playground.
89.6% of students feel respected during gym, music, art, library and guidance.
84% of students feel respected on the bus.

It's great to see that our students are feeling respected in the different places at school. We have been reviewing bus expectations with all students so that we can improve on how students are feeling on the bus. Some students have needed reminders about staying in their seat while the bus is moving and keeping hands and feet to themselves on the bus.

State Superintendent Visit

Dr. Jill Underly, our state superintendent and Sara Knueve, our assistant deputy state superintendent, joined Mr. Prater and Mrs. Erickson for a tour of MVS this week. They were able to check out some student learning in a few classrooms and meet some of the staff.