Mar Vista Parent Newsletter
Week of May 24, 2021
Dear Families,
I hope you're all enjoying this beautiful sunny weekend! Thank you all for participating in this year's Virtual Open House! It was great to see students and families celebrating the many accomplishments of the year. I hope you enjoyed it too! I continue to be so impressed by how resilient our students are, how much they've learned, and how they've made the most of a challenging year!
We also celebrated the raising of the Progress Flag at our school and across the district to recognize our LGBTQ+ community. Dr. Michelle Rodriguez stated, “We at PVUSD want to leverage this important opportunity to increase awareness, equity and safety for LGBTQ+ students. We are inspired by the work that students and staff do during this time and throughout the year to highlight the way in which communities can come together to support our youth and provide a welcoming environment for all.” See photo of our flag being raised on Friday, May 21.
And finally, only two weeks to go for the 20-21 school year! Here's a bit about what's coming up this week...
The Talent Show is set for May 28 and will be an asynchronous virtual event. The link will be shared this week.
Kinder registration is still open, so if you know of neighborhood families or younger siblings who turn 5 on or before September 1, please have them register asap! Our numbers continue to climb in K, so thank you for spreading the word!
6th Grade Promotion will be held in person for immediate family or guests of promoting students. Live streaming will be available for our other students and extended family and friends. This link will be sent out next week.
Summer School Session 1 Family Engagement Activities are available to all. Summer School Session 2 at Mar Vista is by invitation. Please check your emails for upcoming information. See links below for Summer School flyers.
Thank you,
Stephanie Monroe, Principal
Mr. J's Academic Coordinator Update
Hi, Families.
Thanks for your help with doing the health symptoms pre-screening before bringing your children to school for in-person learning. This form can be found on the Mar Vista website. This makes the arrival process much quicker for everyone!
Thanks for your help on the MAP test. 2nd-6th grade students will receive their parent report with the scores next week.
All students attending in-person will receive a “summer learning kit” next week and will bring it home with them. This includes a pack of books and a STEM kit. For those not attending in person, these will be available at distribution on June 1st from 8-10 or 3-5, or by appointment in the front office that week.
Thank you to everyone that has sent in pictures for the spirit days! This is one way we are trying to maintain connection and community, so it is appreciated. This week is backward! Take a picture of you in your backward outfit and send in a picture to be featured on the Mar Vista News.
Most students will be continuing Unit 8 in our language arts curriculum, Benchmark, this week.
Danny
Summer School Information
Spirit Theme: Backward Day!
Upcoming Events
This Week's Spirit Theme: Backwards Day!
May PBIS Theme is Compassion
Monday 5/24:
Packet Distribution 8-10 and 3-5
Library Book Distribution 3-5 pm
Thursday 5/27:
PVUSD Innovator Virtual Award Ceremony 6:00 pm (Link coming soon)
Friday 5/28:
9:00 Student Council
Talent Show goes live!!! (Link will be shared on 5/28)
____________________________
Last Day of School is June 4 (distance learning in the morning and in-person in the afternoon)
Summer School Session 1 begins June 14
Summer School Session 2 begins July 14
Congratulations to our Mar Vista Innovators of the Year!
20-21 Yearbook Information
Yearbooks can be purchased! See dates below!
5/14 - 5/27: After Deadline Ship to School - Parent/student will have to pay for shipping and books are shipped to the school.
5/28 and later: After Deadline Ship to Home - Parent/student will have to pay for shipping and books are shipped to their home.
6/3: Delivery Date - The latest date all books that include free shipping will arrive at our school.
Go to: www.Treering.com/validate
School Passcode: 1016159089144969
The 2021 Mar Vista Virtual Talent Show
Mrs J's Library Updates
All the read a thon prizes have been distributed. If you did not get your's make sure you come to drive through distribution on Monday!
Keep a look out for information coming about the various Summer reading programs you can take advantage of.
https://mar-pajaro-ca.schoolloop.com/mvlibrary
831-761-6177 ext. 7184
“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.” ― Maya Angelou
School Counselor's Corner
Here is a link to a webinar for all to address our well being after COVID. Hope you enjoy it!
Take care,
Natalie Hanneman, LMFT, PPS
Socio-Emotional Counselor/Student Services
Pronouns: she/her
Phone 831-244-3712
District Office (831)786-2100 Ext. 4695 to leave message
Mar Vista Elementary, (831)761-6177, Mondays
Mar Vista Parent Club
We need you! The Mar Vista Parent and School Club (MVPS) is a non-profit group of parents, teachers, and the school Principal who work to promote the education and welfare of our students by: organizing fundraisers and events, providing technology equipment, art, music, assemblies, and basic school supplies, and supporting our library, classrooms, teachers & school improvements. We are always looking to bring in new energy into this important group, and incorporate the skills and strengths of our talented community. We want to hear from you! Even if you aren't able to attend monthly meetings, you can still help out by offering up your skills sets for various projects and events. Please complete this short survey and we will follow up on how you might be able to contribute to support our students this coming school year.
Mar Vista Parent Club Interest Form
For more information contact us at Aptos-MVPS@gmail.com or follow us on Facebook @MarVistaElementary.
Technology Support
Please call the school office and arrange a time to exchange your device. (831)761-6177
Call the Help Desk at (831) 786-TECH (8324)
Use this option if you need immediate assistance.
The PVUSD Help Desk is open from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm every school day and the help desk technicians can remotely assist you just like being with you in front of your computer.
District Links:
Please see below for additional links about our return to In-Person learning:
Return to In-Person Instruction Timelines and Schedules /Spanish Version
PVUSD Parent Engagement Newsletter #15
PVUSD School Meals - 2021
School meals are served daily at Aptos Jr. from 7:00-10:00 am. Click here for details.
As a reminder, PVUSD now has two afternoon meal pick up locations to support those families who are not able to access meals during earlier meal pick up times. Please note that families can pick up meals for their children for the seven days of the week on the one pick up day. Also, Second Harvest Food Bank distributes groceries during most weeks during these afternoon meal pick up times.
Here are the links to the flyers with details for afternoon meal pick up times :
Mar Vista Distance Learning Webpage
Virtual Recess - See new times below!
TK/K - 10:30-10:45. Storytime/Social Time Link
1st-3rd - 10:45-11:00 Storytime and Social time (sharing and talking) Link
4th-6th - 9:30-9:45 Social time Link
We hope students will find a time to connect, chat, share and just hang out in a safe, monitored environment supervised by Mar Vista yard duties.
Daily Instructional Schedules
Contact us
Website: marvista.pvusd.net
Location: 6860 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA, USA
Phone: (831) 761-6177
Facebook: facebook.com/marvistaaptos
Twitter: @MarVista_Aptos