MARK YOUR CALENDARS
May 21: STEM Night - 6:00 - 8:00pm
May 22: Volunteer Breakfast 7:30am
Reading Incentive Assembly - 9:00am
May 23: PTA Association Meeting - 7:00pm
May 24: Caldecott/Newbery Ice Cream Social
May 27: Memorial Day Holiday - No School
June 5: Last Day of School - Minimum Day DismissalK @ 12:20pm; 1st-3rd @ 11:54am; 4th-5th @ 12:14pm, 6th @ 10:30am
MONTE VISTA LIBRARY UPDATE
All library books are now due. Please return any library materials ASAP.
The Caldecott and Newbery Club reward assembly is a BMX stunt bike show to be held on Wednesday, May 22 during school. The Caldecott and Newbery Club Ice Cream Social will be held on Friday, May 24 during school lunch. Thank you, PTA, for providing these exciting celebrations for good reading throughout the year!
The annual MV Library Used Book Sale will be held the week of May 28, Tuesday through Friday. Students will visit the library on their regular library day and time to shop for used books. Everything will cost $1. This is a great time to stock up for summer reading! If you have gently used books taking up space on your bookshelves and would like to donate to our used book sale inventory, we would be THRILLED! Please send them to the library between now and May 31. The sooner the better. Thank you!! All proceeds will be used to buy new books.
We welcome any parent volunteers to help on your student’s used book sale shopping day! Thank you for all of your support! Reading makes you SMART!
BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS
There are 12 days left of school! Although we are approaching the end of the school year, students will continue to be held accountable for following our school’s PAWS expectations. Please remind your child/children to:
Practice Kindness
Act Responsibly
Work and Play Safely
Show Respect
CVHS COMEDY SPORTZ
JOIN CV FOR THEIR FINAL COMEDYSPORTZ MATCH ON FRIDAY, MAY 24 AT 7:00 PM IN THE UNDERGROUND THEATER.
What is ComedySportz? - Not Comedy about sports - Comedy PLAYED as a sport! ComedySportz: HSL is the award-winning interactive comedy show where two teams of high school "act-letes" compete for audience laughs and points while improvising scenes, games, operas, and musicals based on YOUR suggestions. The audience is always a part of the show, voting for the winners and sometimes even winding up on stage. Clean, family-friendly entertainment for ALL ages! Come find out what all the BUZZ is about!
All tickets are $10 and seating is limited. Tickets are sold at the door. Come watch as this is the SENIOR MATCH and we always send our senior players off with an awesome match!
STEM NIGHT | MAY 21, 2024
Grab the whole family and come join us for our 2024 STEM Night! Like last year, this year we will be bringing more experiments and demonstrations to Monte Vista! There will be multiple booths to explore where you can learn STEM concepts, see some exciting demonstrations, and even do your own experiments! A drawing will be held at the end of the night with STEM related prizes. Please see the attached Stem Night Flier
When: May 21, 2024 6-8 PM
Where: Monte Vista Auditorium
Please RSVP here to help us get a count for supplies:
https://tinyurl.com/MVStem2024
Questions? Email: montevistastemday@gmail.com
LAST ASSOCIATION MEETING | MAY 23, 2024
Please join us for the last association meeting of the year on Thursday, May 23rd, as we reflect on the past year and look forward to the new school year! We will be installing the new 2024-2025 Executive Board! Help us also thank the 2023-2024 Executive Board and our Committee Chairs for all they have done for the school and community. We will also be reviewing the budget for the upcoming school year.
Please see the top 5 classes in the lead for participation points! Remember, your attendance at the May 23rd meeting counts toward the competition so bring yourself and any other member in your household that are PTA members! We will announce the class winner at the meeting! The winning class gets their choice of class party!
Teacher Name - Participation Points
Lee - 27
Widholm - 26
Tahk - 25
R Kim - 22
Stephan - 21
PTA REIMBURSEMENTS
Please submit all reimbursement forms and original receipts by Tuesday, May 21. The only exception is for any 6th grade related activities and STEM Night.
Here's the link to the form: http://downloads.capta.org/toolkit/forms/PaymentAuthorizationRequestforReimbursement.pdf
Payments cannot be made with gift cards. Reimbursements will not be issued if this is the case.
Please email MV PTA Treasurer Geny Kim if you have any questions. geny.kim@gmail.com
Thank you!
About Us
Monte Vista Elementary serves students in grades K-6. We are a National Blue Ribbon School offering one of GUSD's DLI programs in Korean. Recently, Monte Vista has been selected as a 2023 California Distinguished School!
Website: https://www.gusd.net/montevista
Location: 2620 Orange Avenue, La Crescenta, CA, 91214
Phone: (818) 248-2617
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