Eagle Newsletter

November Observances

• November 3: Daylight Savings Time (Fall Back One Hour)
• November 11: Veterans Day/No School
• November 28: Thanksgiving Day
• Native American Heritage Month

December Observances

• December 7: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
• December 16: Las Posadas
• December 21: Winter Solstice (First Day of Winter)
• December 25: Hanukkah
• December 26: Kwanzaa
• December 31: New Year's Eve

Mesa Verde Events

• November 18: Teddy Bear/Stuffed Animal Drive Starts
• November 19: MVMS ASB Dine Out Night at the Kebab Shop
• November 25-29: District Recess/No School
• December 7: Teddy Bear Toss Night with the San Diego Gulls
• December 23-January 3: District Recess Winter Break (No School)
• Every Friday: School Spirit Day! Wear your Eagles Eagles Eagle t-shirt

MVMS would like to thank the National Charity League, Inc. Poway Chapter for decorating our administration office with these beautiful Poinsettias. The Poinsettia is considered to be a holiday flower, and many people give them around the holidays to symbolize good will and community spirit

Mark your calendars—the Book Fair is happening the week we return from break, December 2nd–6th! Students can visit before school, during lunch, and after school. Students can pay with cash, check, credit card, or eWallet (Set up your eWallet ahead of time using December 2nd–6th! Students can visit before school, during lunch, and after school. Students can pay with cash, check, credit card, or eWallet (Set up your eWallet ahead of time using this link!). Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to explore and purchase your favorite books. Set up your eWallet by Monday, December 2nd, and get ready to shop till you drop! Happy shopping! 🌟

Please consider signing up for a time slot to volunteer at the book fair!

Use this link to choose your time and join us in making the event a success for our students.

HELLO MV COMMUNITY!

Please join MVMS for Teddy Bear Toss Night with the San Diego Gulls on Saturday December 7th! Tickets are $25 plus taxes and fees. A portion of each ticket is donated to MVMS ASB! All fans are encouraged to bring a teddy bear or stuffed animal. They will be thrown on the ice during the game and then donated to various organizations for the Holidays! Click here to get your tickets today!

This is a family event and we encourage everyone to attend. Parents/Guardians must accompany students to the game. There are no permission slips or transportation to the event.

Again, parent/guardians are responsible for attending the game with their students.

Additionally, MVMS ASB will be having a Teddy Bear/Stuffed Animal Drive November 18th - December 6th and all "stuffies" donated will be brought to the game for MVMS families to grab and throw on the ice! Thank you for supporting MVMS ASB!

Thank you MVMS to all of you who donated candy. Mesa Verde collected 97.7 lbs. of Halloween candy, earning $50.00 for our school. The Candy collected will be shipped to US troops overseas

through the Soldiers Angels program. Thank you to Sunray Pediatric Dentistry for partnering with MVMS and making this a successful fundraiser.

A Big Congratulations to Vanessa Wang and Grace Onishi for making the All State Honor Groups! Vanessa plays the violin and is in the top string orchestra. Grace plays the flute and is in the top band! You both worked so hard and deserve the spotlight by celebrating this amazing accomplishment!

If your student is not feeling well, please read through the Poway Unified School District’s Illness Guidelines before sending your student to school. Click here for the guidelines.

We are thrilled to share that the solar energy project that was initially scheduled for last year has now officially restarted! After some delays, we are excited to see this important initiative moving forward, and we wanted to take a moment to update you on the progress and the steps we're taking to ensure the safety and well-being of all our students, staff, and families.

Over the past several months, we’ve been working closely with the construction crew, as well as our dedicated facilities and maintenance teams, to ensure that every detail of the project is carefully planned and executed. We are fully committed to following all necessary safety protocols to minimize disruptions and keep our school environment as safe as possible for everyone. We understand that construction can be a bit of an inconvenience, but please know that we are doing everything we can to keep the process smooth and efficient.

Construction is expected to continue through to late April, and we want to reassure you that we are prioritizing the needs of our students every step of the way. In particular, we’ve been in close collaboration with our Physical Education teachers to make sure that our students will continue to have a fulfilling and enriching experience in PE, even while work is ongoing around the campus. We are finding creative solutions to ensure that PE classes can continue in a safe and engaging manner, with minimal impact from the construction.

We understand that change can sometimes feel overwhelming, but please know that our entire team is working diligently to make this project a success for the benefit of our school and the environment. The addition of solar energy to our campus will not only help us become more energy-efficient but will also teach our students the importance of sustainability, which is something we are truly excited about.

Thank you so much for your continued support and understanding as we move forward with this project. We are so grateful for the patience and flexibility of our community as we work to make Mesa Verde an even better place for our children to learn and grow.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re here to keep you informed every step of the way.

Please complete this Google Form to share your thought and ideas about the MVMS library. Your responses will be taken into consideration as we go through the process to update the space.

Thank you!

All students who ride ebikes, bicycles, scooters, and skateboards will need to take the online MVMS safety quiz and turn in the MVMS permit application to the front office. The safety questions are a priority! Please click here for the correct link to the online quiz.

Enforcement for bicycles, e-scooters, scooters and skateboards will begin by campus security/supervisors Monday, October 14, 2024.

Enforcement for ebikes will begin by campus security/supervisors Monday, January 6, 2025.

A Bike Permit will be required for all ebike, bicycles, scooters, and skateboards. Ebikes will have the permit/sticker from the SDPD Safety class and the number must be added to the MVMS application.

Bicycles, scooters, and skateboards will have the MVMS non-motorized permit/sticker.

Click here for the application and information on the bike permits. Click here for the online quiz.

Please pick up MVMS bike permits at the front office before school.

Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 7:30am-8:00am

Wednesday: 8:30am-9:00am

Thank you!

PUSD has partnered with local enforcement to provide classes this Fall

In response to community requests and a desire to address a student safety need, PUSD has partnered with local enforcement to provide mandatory safety classes for all ebike riders. If your child rides their ebike to and from school, they must attend the one-hour class with a parent or guardian as this will be a requirement to park their ebike on campus. This new requirement will be enforced starting January 6, 2025.

One additional class will be scheduled in October (date and location TBD).

One parent or guardian must attend with their child. At the class, you will be asked to register the make and model of the ebike, VIN#, and student ID, so please come prepared with that information. Topics covered will include following the rules of the road, proper helmet usage, the safe operation of ebikes, and more.

Once you register your ebike at the meeting, will receive a sticker to place on your ebike and your school will receive a record that you attended the safety class. We appreciate your partnership in taking this important step toward keeping our students safe.

The Poway Unified School District

The MVMS School Counselors provide an open space for students during the school day and at lunch. Students have access to items to help with emotion regulation during the day and games and activities at lunch. The Eagle Center is an alternative space for students who are looking for a quiet and relaxing space at lunch time. We would love your support in offering a variety of fun, relaxing, and sensory activities for students. Click here for the Wishlist.

The MVMS 2024-2025 Yearbook is on sale now! Books are sold online only.

CLICK HERE to place your order. The last day to order your yearbook is Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Yearbooks are $45 (plus a small service fee) and will be delivered at the beginning of June.

We do not always have extra yearbooks in our final shipment. The only way to guarantee your student receives a yearbook is to order before the January deadline.

Yearbooks sold in June are $55 cash or check.

Please contact Shawn Tran with any questions (stran@powayusd.com).

The Mesa Verde library is looking for parent volunteers to help out during our busy lunch hours.

Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday: 10:50 am to 12:35 pm.

Wednesdays 11:40 am to 1:05 pm.

We mostly need help directing students to sign in/out and where to go for assistance.

You can volunteer every week, every other week or once a month. No experience necessary, flexible schedules - you can choose to volunteer once a week or once a month!

All Volunteers will need to update their information and fill out new volunteer forms.

Megan's Law Background Check

PUSD Volunteer Application - Megan's Law background check - Level I Clearance

• 2024-2025 Volunteer Application
• PUSD Code-of-Conduct
• PUSD Code-of-Confidentiality_FERPA
• Copy of Driver's License
• Copy of TB Test

Please click HERE for more information.

If you are interested, please contact Heather Ryan : hryan@powayusd.com for more information.

Thank you for your time and energy you contribute to the students and staff at MVMS.

The difference between a guest, a visitor and a volunteer as per the PUSD board policies.

Visitors are individuals visiting a classroom as a guest lecture, college representative, and those helping with an event. Staff preapproval is required and please be sure to bring a photo id with you when you check-in at the front office on your day of arrival.

Volunteers are individuals that help on campus on a regular basis and have completed the required volunteer paperwork to become a volunteer.

All visitors and volunteers visiting campus must be prearranged by a staff member contacting the administration office prior to the visit. All visitors and volunteers are required to sign in at the front office and wear the printed name tag each day you are on campus. This will help us to identify people on our campus in maintaining a safe campus.

Once you have connected with a staff member in need of a volunteer, the next step to become a volunteer is to complete the required forms.

1) Megan's Law background check Volunteer Application form (annually)

• 2024-2025 Volunteer Application

2) Provide a current TB test (valid for 4 years from the Read Date), including chest x-rays. X-rays over 4 years old MUST be accompanied by a California School Employee Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Questionnaire, that is valid for 4 years, as well.

3) Code of Conduct form (annually)

• PUSD Code-of-Conduct

4) Code of Confidentiality form (annually).

• PUSD Code-of-Confidentiality_FERPA

5) Copy of current Driver's License

Bring all requested documents to the front office along with your current driver license or passport. Your Megan's Law background check Volunteer Application form will be submitted to the PUSD district office for processing. Once all documents have been processed, you will be ready to begin volunteering. If you are a current volunteer at another PUSD school or are a current PUSD staff member wanting to become a volunteer, please complete all of the required volunteer forms as each school site is required to have their own current volunteer documents.

Attention Mesa Verde families!

MVMS ASES sports is back for the 2024-2025 school year. If you are interested in participating in any of our sports (Cross Country, Flag Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer), please fill out the ASES Sports Registration Packet prior to the start of the sport season. Due dates for the packets can be found on the flier, as well as on the second page of the Registration Packet.

Sports Registration Packets can be found HERE. Information about skills assessment dates, and the practice/game schedules will be sent out to families who have submitted completed packets.

Filled out packets can be turned into Room 301 (before school and during lunch) or turned in through the google form link HERE (Note: A google account is required to submit through the form). They can also be sent via email to psobhani@powayusd.com and abaker@powayusd.com .

Please note that the front office and coaches will not be accepting completed packets.

MVMS Ultimate Frisbee Club is here! Ultimate Frisbee is a fast paced, non-contact team sport, with a strong focus on fun, teamwork, and sportsmanship. All levels and genders are welcome in this club which will be coached by MVMS math teacher Mr. Buckman. There are no fees to participate. Please have your student meet down on the field by the PE lockers. Practices will be every Tuesday and Thursday from 2:45-4:15. Students can participate as often as they want. We will set up games against other teams in the future and share potential tournament opportunities as well.
Hope your student can join in the fun this year!
Please click here if your child is interested in participating.

San Diego Badminton Academy is offering an after school Badminton Club for all ages and skill levels.

Our district’s Caring Connections Parent Education website has new and exciting courses being offered this Fall. Each term we have different parent education courses, therefore, feel free to periodically check the website at the beginning of each term for the new courses offered to parents, families, and our school community. Beginning next week, click HERE to view the PUSD CCC Parent Education Fall Courses.

If a student forgets an item at home, such as homework, P.E. clothes, band instruments, phones, lunch money, or lunches, parents are permitted to bring those items to school; however, we will not deliver the item or a message about the item to students. Students may check in at the office during passing periods or lunch to retrieve a forgotten item. This is to encourage students to be responsible for the items they need on a daily basis and keep our student’s classroom interruptions to a minimum. At no time will individual or group online/call-in food orders be allowed for delivery.

Did you know that PUSD provides free breakfast and lunch daily for all students!

Students can pick up their breakfast in the cafeteria after 7:30am.

Please have your student memorize and/or write down their student ID number in order to get breakfast or lunch. This will help the lunch lines move quickly!

All students are encouraged to eat lunch first and then wait to be released down to the donut area and Eagle Center. Please remind your child to throw their trash away in the trash can and encourage others to do the same. This will help keep our campus looking exquisite and inviting.

Thank you for your support!

In an effort to better secure our campus, we have installed a door bell/buzzer system at the front door of our administration building. We are a closed campus and our front door will remain locked at all times. MVMS staff, students, parents, and visitors will need to ring the door bell to be buzzed in. If no one is at the front desk when you first arrive, the doorbell will let the office staff know you are waiting and we will buzz you in.

Reporting an Absence

In order to better serve our families and record and track absences, we will be asking parents to report absences via a Google Form as opposed to calling them in to our attendance office. Only parents/caregivers may complete the form and the email and phone number listed must match those in Synergy. Please click on the link below, which can also be found on our website and the included Contact List.

Attendance Reporting Form

Off Campus Passes (Early Release)

Student safety is a major concern for us. Students must be signed out at the attendance desk before departing early. Students are not allowed to wait in front of the school to be picked up during school hours.

If your student needs to leave early from school, please send a note with your student (see needed information below). Notes should be given to the Attendance secretary, NOT your student's teacher, BEFORE school. If you forgot to send a note with your student, please call the Attendance Hotline (858-538-5692) at least 2 hours in advance of the pickup time to have an off-campus pass sent to your student in advance so you are not waiting and to minimize interruptions to the classrooms.

When writing a note, please indicate:

1. Your student's first and last name
2. Reason for the early departure
3. The time your student needs to leave school
4. Whether or not your student will return that day

Please meet your child at the attendance desk to be signed out at the time of departure. Be prepared to show your identification when checking out your child.

If your student returns to school after being picked up early, please have him/her check back in at the Attendance desk before heading to class.

Tardies

Students are required to be on time to class, ready to learn. After the bell rings at 8am (or 9:03am on Wednesdays), students must enter through the front office and check in at the attendance office to receive a tardy slip. If students are tardy and arrive to class without a tardy slip, they will be asked to return to the attendance office to check in. The following consequences will be in place for students who are tardy to the first period of the school day:

• Up to 5 in a school year: automatic reminder phone calls and/or emails
• 6 in a school year: phone conference with parent or legal caregiver
• 7+ in a school year: one after school detention per subsequent tardy

Please see the Eagle Agenda or school website for additional information on excused and unexcused tardies, as well as tardies that occur during the school day.

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If you are unsure of who to contact about a matter, please email us at MVMS@powayusd.com and your message will be answered or forwarded to the correct person.

7:30am-3:00pm (M, Tu, Th, F)

8:30am-3:00pm (W)

Email: MVMS@powayusd.com
Website: https://www.powayusd.com/en-US/Schools/MS/MVMS/Home
Location: 8375 Entreken Way, San Diego, CA, USA
Phone: (858) 538-5478
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mesa-Verde-Middle-1493083354314112
Twitter: @MesaVerdeMS