We have five full days of school this week before we head into Thanksgiving Break next week (no school). We continue to focus on our November Character Trait of Kindness and recognize students for meeting our school wide expectations and demonstrating kindness with positive behavior referrals and Wildcat Cash they can spend on Fridays at the Wildcat Exchange Store during lunch times. Kindness and gratitude are important themes for November and December.

We are about 3 weeks away from the end of the trimester, this is a great time to check ParentVue and StudentVue for missing assignments and summative assessments that can be re-taken/submitted for credit. Please reach out to teachers in class, before school or after school, or through email etc. if there are any questions or concerns. Counselors and administrators are also able to provide help and support.

We want all students to be successful and finish the first trimester strong!

Thursday December 5th- Last Day of Trimester 1 For All Students

Friday December 6th- Grade Prep Day No School For Students

Monday December 9th- 1st Day of Trimester 2

Below are some Important Dates, Updates, and Frequently Asked Questions.

Please contact Principal Jennifer Bailey (baileyj@newberg.k12.or.us) or Assistant Principal Lindsay Kopacek (kopacekl@newberg.k12.or.us) if you have any questions or concerns.

November 2024

• 22- Vision Screening
• 25- No School Furlough Day
• 26-29 No School Thanksgiving Holiday

December 2024

• 2- MVMS Student Planner Grade Check In All Classes
• 3- NDSD Jazz Concert, 7:00pm- NHS Auditorium
• 5- MVMS Monthly All School Assembly SOTM November- PM Activity Schedule
• 5- 1st Trimester All School Dance, 6:00pm
• 5- LAST DAY OF TRIMESTER 1 for students
• 6- No School For Students- Grade Prep Day for Staff
• 9- Picture Re-take Re-take Day (We needed to add an additional day due to errors made in retake day.)
• 12- MVMS Family Game Night & Parent Chat, 5:30pm
• 17- MVMS Winter Concert (6:00pm Beg Band/Beg Orch/Int Band, 7:15 Adv Orch/Adv Band/Choir)
• 20- MVMS November/December Tracker Party/Mixer- PM Activity Schedule

Greetings MVMS Parents and Guardians:

It is that time of year that we ask our MVMS community to participate in the Youth Truth Survey! Youth Truth is a nonprofit organization that supports hundreds of schools and districts across the country – to conduct anonymous surveys to collect stakeholder feedback.

Mountain View Middle School is asking for your participation in this survey. We value parent and guardian perspectives and know that stakeholder feedback can have a positive impact not only on the climate and culture of our school but also on a range of elements related to student achievement, including attendance, discipline and social/emotional learning.

The survey opens on October 28th, 2024. Please take a moment to complete the family survey before it closes at midnight on November 22nd, 2024 by clicking this link: ytsurvey.org/newbergfamily24

Here are some important things to note when taking the survey:

• The survey needs to be completed in one sitting.

• We ask that one member of each household fill out the survey.

• If you have more than one child who attends the same school, you may respond to the survey multiple times - one time per child.

• If you write any comments, please do not include your name or anything else that might identify you. Your responses are anonymous, and they will be combined with the responses of other parents and guardians before being shared back with school and district leadership.

We sincerely thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback.

We will also be surveying our staff and students in the month of November. If you would like to OPT out your child, please fill in this form.

If you have any questions on how this anonymous survey will be used, please contact Holly Miele at mieleh@newberg.k12.or.us.

All 1st Period Classes reviewed expectations and code of conduct Monday November 18th. We review these multiple times a year. We encourage each family to review these expectations with their child as well to help support our school to home connections and communications.

MVMS Expectations & Code of Conduct REVISIT & REDIRECT 2024-2025

This year our mission at Mountain View Middle School is to deepen our partnership with all our families and our community. We are committed to educate all students to achieve their full potential. Our SITE Council will be highlighting our goals and data throughout the year but wanted to tell you about two of our goals this year that align with our Newberg Dundee School District's Strategic Plan in literacy and attendance.

• LITERACY: Each of our classrooms (Humanities, Dual Language, Math, Sciences, PE/Health, Electives, etc.) are highlighting literacy this year as we know that foundational core literacy skills such as reading, writing and speaking are critical to a student's success in all speaking, listening and areas in school. All teachers are focusing on informational text.
• Ways You Can Help At Home:
• Engage in conversations
• Offer books, magazines etc.
• Go to the Newberg Public Library.
• Talk about school, or current events.
• Ask them what they are reading and discuss the books.
• Have a lot of age-appropriate and grade-level reading material around your home.
• Model good literacy behavior by reading regularly yourself.

• ATTENDANCE: Our school goal is 95%, this is a new month and we are at about 92.9% for the month of November already.
• Ways You Can Help At Home:
• Ensure your child goes to school every day unless they are truly sick
• Avoid scheduling vacations or doctor’s appointments when school is in session.
• Talk to teachers and counselors for advice if your child feels anxious about going to school.
• Work with teachers and counselors to develop a plan to support academics, social, emotional needs.
• Develop back up plans for getting to school if something comes up. Call on a family member, neighbor, or another parent to take your child to school.

Please be mindful if you have received a letter in the mail or an email reminding you that your child will need to update their Immunization Shots. These do need to be done before December 20th. If you have any questions please call 503-554-4500 you can speak with our Registrar Mika Wada Camp wadacampm@newberg.k12.or.us or Secretary Anna Boronda borondaa@newberg.k12.or.us.

Attention ALL Parents and Guardians!!

Want to see your child's Schedule? Grades? Attendance? Have you signed up for ParentVue yet? ALL parents/guardians MUST sign up for ParentVue as we use this to verify student information, and report grades and attendance with ParentVue/StudentVue (https://parent-newberg.cascadetech.org/newberg/PXP2_Login.aspx).

Parents who do not have access to ParentVue can email Secretary Alba Gomez: gomezpinedaa@newberg.k12.or.us

All students will also work with their teachers the second week of school to access StudentVue.

YES! We are partnering with A Family Place. Contact Person: DawnDee Walraven dwalraven@lcsnw.org and Assistant Principal Lindsay Kopacek kopacekl@newberg.k12.or.us. Classes will be held at Mountain View Middle School. OR Contact one of our School Counselors Elisa Hoelter hoeltere@newberg.k12.or.us or Maddie Kozloff kozloffm@newberg.k12.or.us.

• Curriculum: Active Parenting of Teens (Spanish & English Groups)
• Who Can Participate? Families with children at Mountain View Middle School & Area
• Dates of classes: Thursday Evenings, January 23–March 13, 2025
• Times: 5:30pm-7:15pm
• Desired outcomes the class: Strengthen the family/school/home connection; build a sense of community and togetherness for NDSD & Mountain View families; support parents with growing stronger relationships with their children and increasing knowledge, skills, and abilities regarding age appropriate discipline, boundary setting, and other parenting topics.

If you are interested in being volunteering in some way big or small here at MVMS. Every little bit counts, even if you are able to volunteer once a month, and we appreciate all your support! Please click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTuf0cTsLIsqOOL53AJQToMew7zb4lRJWiXB0mWF_RbsPbcw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Absolutely!! Our After School Homework Club starts the week of 9/23/24.

• Students can attend Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday or just a day.
• After School Homework Club runs from 3:20pm - 4:30pm.
• After School Homework Club Meets in the Library.
• There is an Activity Bus available to take students home that live within city limits.
• Space is limited so sign up fast! We will send parents/guardians an email Monday 9/23/24 confirming which day/days your child is able to attend.
• Parents/guardians need to sign up their children here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWfluWfoVZBzd3PjgJGE-v2kZwmYC_HsSmIhtOkj48Kpg65Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

Yes there is! See attached.

Make sure that you are prepared for the changing weather with our helpful checklist. If you need one or all of the items, feel free to reach out to us via email: mvmsresourceroom@gmail.com or text: 971-226-5348. We can arrange a time for you and/or your student to shop our space for their current needs. As always, we are in search of new or very gently used shoes that will keep feet dry and warm. Donations can be dropped off in the Resource Room collection bin in the front office.

Email: mvmsresourceroom@gmail.com

Lacey Turner, Resource Room Coordinator

971-226-5348

First Student bus routes are available on our district web page. See web page link, and MVMS as of 8/30/24 in PDF and image forms below.