MVES Newsletter

March

4- Dominos Spirit Night

5- Pre-K & Kindergarten Registration 9:00-6:00

6- Pre-K & Kindergarten Registration 9:00-2:00

17- Marcos Spirit Night

19- IRW SOL

Scholastic Book Fair March 17-21

Registration will be on March 5 from 9:00-6:00 and March 6 from 9:00-2:00.

PRE-K

Children who will be four (4) years old on or before September 30, 2025

The following information is required:

-Birth Certificate

-Proof of Residency

-Proof of Income for everyone working in the household

Once all information is provided, you will receive a scheduled screening appointment for a later date to see if your child qualifies for our program.

KINDERGARTEN

Children who will be five (5) years old on or before September 30, 2025

We encourage families to complete the registration online using the link that will be provided on our website or you may use the link below starting February 22 (Be sure to select 2025-26 school year). If you are unable to access the online registration form, you may stop by Mountain View on March 5 from 9:00-6:00 or March 6 from 9:00-2:00.

Required paperwork due upon registration:

-Birth Certificate

-Proof of Residency

Please provide the information listed above on the designated dates and times or you may submit it to our registration email mvesregistration@rockingham.k12.va.us

NOTE: A copy of a current physical examination form and a complete immunization record MUST be provided before a child begins school.

Register here:

https://www.rcps.net/o/rcps/page/student-enrollment

JMU team takeover visited us on Thursday and was a touchdown! The JMU Football players worked, played, danced, and talked with our students! Everyone had an amazing day. These eagles are definitely JMU fans for life! Visit our Facebook page to see more photos.

A special thank you to Shirley's Gourmet Popcorn for donating bags of Duke Dog Crunch for the players to take home!

Scan the QR code or you may use the following link to purchase items.

2025 Mountain View Elementary School Webstore

Feb. Week 4: Ocean Currents

Observation: Oceans are HUGE and the water is moving all the time.

Question: What happens when warm and cold water meet?

Materials: (You’ll need an adult for this one!)

• 4 c. Hot, Boiling Water

• Cold, Ice Water

• Food Coloring (Red & Blue)

• Ocean animals

• Large Bowl or 9x13 Disposable Tin

Investigation:

• Fill the baking dish ⅓ full of cold water. Add 1 to 1 ½ c. of ice & add a few drops of blue food coloring 1 at a time (it should be very light blue) and allow the ice to melt.

• As the ice is melting, boil 4 c. of water on the stove and add red food coloring - make this color darker than the blue.

• Place the ocean animals or land replicas in the cold water tin.

• When both sets of water and dye are ready, carefully pour the boiling water into the corner of the tin pan.

• As the hot water moves faster through the cold water, you will see currents straighter lines and swirls (Eddies) begin to form. The faster, hotter (red water) demonstrates the currents in the ocean like the East Australian Current (Finding Nemo).

Results:

• Take a picture of your experiment and submit it to your teacher on SeeSaw!

Reflect:

• Note how the water moves around the pieces in the tin and how this might affect the water currents when you go to the beach and the ocean.

References:

https://lifeovercs.com/ocean-currents-science-experiment/

Yearbook Online Order

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!

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.