MEA Monday Message

Tuesday, May 14

• 7:47 AP English Lang Exam - Auditorium
• 8:05-3:05 Music with Mr. Johnson - B-15
• 9:00-11:00 Mini Olympics (Gr. K, 1, 3)
• 9:30-10:15 Coop Group - Chicken Coop
  
• 12:00-12:30 Create and Connect - Elementary Yard

• 7:45 AP World History Exam - Auditorium
• 12:00-12:30 Ally Action - Room 6
• 12:00-12:30 Create and Connect - Elementary Yard
• 12:30-2:30 PALS - Room 6

• 7:45 AP Spanish Exam - *Off Site*
• 9:00-11:00 Mini Olympics (Gr. 2, 4, 5)
• 9:30-11:30 PALS - MakerSpace
• 11:45 AP Biology Exam- Auditorium
• 12:00-12:30 Create and Connect - Elementary Yard
• 12:00-12:30 Ally Action - Room 6

• 9:00-11:30 PALS - MakerSpace

• 12:30-2:30 D&D Quest Club

• 6:30-10:00 Masquerade Prom

• End of Month 9

Upcoming Events:

• May 20-23 CAASPP/SHEP
• May 20-24 Mental Health Matters
• May 24 Family Picnic
• May 28 Kindergarten Promotion
• May 29 5th/8th Grade Promotion Luncheon
  
• May 29 MEA Farmstand
• May 30 Senior Graduation Rehearsal
• May 31 Senior Graduation

We want to take a moment to express our sincerest gratitude to each and every one of you for your generous outpouring of love and support during Staff Appreciation Week. Your support, kindness, and recognition mean the world to us.

We've been deeply touched by the thoughtful gestures, kind words, acts of appreciation , food, and gifts we've received from students and families alike. Your recognition of our efforts reminds us why we do what we do every day—to make a positive difference in the lives of our students and their families.

Your encouragement fuels our passion, your trust strengthens our resolve, and your unwavering support inspires us to strive for excellence each and every day. Together, we form a community dedicated to fostering growth, learning, and mutual respect.

Thank you again for making Staff Appreciation Week truly special.

1. Advanced Placement (AP) Exams:

• Dates: May 8th - May 16th
• Details: AP exams will be administered according to the schedule provided below. Please ensure that you are well-prepared and arrive promptly for your exams. Note that the AP Spanish exam will be administered at another school site.

2. California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Testing:

• Grades: 3rd-8th & 11th
• Dates: May 20th-May 23rd
• Details: CAASPP testing is a crucial component of our educational program, providing valuable insights into student proficiency in various subjects. Students in grades 3-8 and 11 will participate in these assessments, which include English Language Arts/Literacy, Mathematics, and Science (grades 5, 8, and 11).

3. Student Health and Education Plans (SHEP):

• Grades: 8th-10th
• Dates: May 20th-May23rd
• Details: The Sexual Health Education Program's (SHEP) mission is to empower students to feel comfortable with their bodies and make informed decisions about their sex and sexuality, including whether or not to be sexually active. For more details visit https://www.sandiegounified.org/departments/sexual_health_education
  
  

We kindly ask for your cooperation in ensuring that students are present, well-rested, and prepared for these assessments. They play a crucial role in our commitment to providing high-quality education and personalized support for every student.

If you have any questions or require further information about the testing schedule, please don't hesitate to reach out to mteverest@sandi.net.

Join parent Sarah Aghajanian and create a weaving project to hang on your wall and beautify any space. Try your hand at this relaxing and therapeutic art form using a simple cardboard loom. This event will be held on May 14, 15, and 16 from 12-12:30 at the tables in front of the elementary classrooms. All ages are welcome, though parent assistance is required for kindergarten and first graders.

This event is co-sponsored by MEA’s wellness committee in our continuing efforts to “create and connect” or “gather and grow” off a device or screen.

D&D Quest Club will be hosting the last adventure of the year. If you have wanted to try D&D, but your schedule this year just didn't work out, we invite you to come this Friday, share a story and roll some dice with us. We will be having some interactive game play with the Wheel of Monsters, perfect for new and veteran players alike. We will also be doing some giveaways. Feel free to bring snacks to share.

Event is for students in Gr. 6-12

We celebrate our last Tuesday and Thursday class sessions the week of May 14th with a student mini-Olympics.
Students rotate through fun outdoor events like the 50 m. dash and the long jump.
Please send in a water bottle with your child and have them wear appropriate closed-toe shoes.
We will have pizza and fruit at 11 a.m. If your child cannot have pizza, please send in another snack for them.

We do not hold the Olympics on Wednesday, so Kindergartners are invited to join the first and third graders on Tuesday, and the 5th graders are welcome to join the second and fourth graders on Thursday.
Wednesday classes will be held as usual.
Please complete this form if you would like your Kindergartner or 5th grader to attend until 11 a.m. that day.
Kinder or 5th Grade Mini-Olympics R.S.V.P. Form

• Tuesday, May 14th Mini-Olympics for grades K, 1, 3 (K: 9-11am; 1st, 3rd: 9-12pm)
• Wednesday, May 15th Class as usual for grades K, 5
• Thursday, May 16th Mini-Olympics for grades 2, 4, 5 (5th: 9-11am; 2nd, 4th: 9-12pm)

Looking forward to a fun day of physical activity!

All High Schoolers are invited to attend MEA's 2024 Prom! Prom is THIS FRIDAY, May 17th, and purchase your tickets now!

Each MEA student may invite ONE non-MEA guest and purchase a ticket for the guest online with your ticket's purchase. The guest needs to complete his/her own permission. The permission slip for your guest is available at the office.

How to purchase tickets?

• Tickets are sold only online. No cash sale. Tickets are now $70

• Please sign in to your account or use QR code to purchase the tickets for students and guests. The item is available under the student’s name.

• All tickets are non-refundable.

• Please keep your receipt to show at the door. A screenshot of the ticket is acceptable.

• No ticket will be sold after midnight on May 16th.

We are fast approaching the end of the year! Many fun activities are yet to come as well as due dates during months nine and ten. Watch for updates on the following information as we approach the Mini-Olympics and CASSPP testing in May.

All K through 11th graders may return any/all materials except for Chromebooks and complete enrollment paperwork on:

• May 20th through the 22nd @8-11 and 12-3 p.m.
  Location: outside room 4 (Book Room) on tables; not at the library

• May 23rd ONLY SENIORS @8-11 and 12-3 p.m. Seniors must complete their graduation checklists on May 23rd and turn in your Chromebooks.
  
  Seniors, please look for your calculators, etc. now or be prepared to cover any lost material expenses on the 23rd. If you’ve lost anything, ask about replacing items ahead of the 23rd for an easy sign-off process required for graduation. Check your items in Destiny.

Parents: On the 24th due to our off-campus all school picnic, there will not be any material collections. All staff will be at the picnic! Check your Monday Messages for more news!!

• Leftover Returns: Kinder through 11th grade
  June 4-5th: all remaining materials outside room 4 (Book Room) on tables

This year, MEA has implemented a new tool enabling us to send text messages to families, ensuring a secure and rapid means of communication. Initially, this system was exclusively available for communications with parents/guardians. However, for the remainder of the year, MEA will be participating in a test group, extending this communication channel to include students. To facilitate this expansion, we kindly request that students with cell phones complete the following form.

MEA will be welcoming a new mural later this month, painted almost entirely by MEA students (teachers are also invited to help)! You are invited to help paint this new mural on Wednesday, May 22nd and Thursday, May 23rd from 11:30 to 1:30 on the wall outside the Maker Space. Please fill out the form so we can have an idea of how many people to expect at which times/days.
ATTENTION SECONDARY STUDENTS: if you are interested in helping to paint the mural beyond student paint days, please indicate that on the Google form or email emmabaxter376@gmail.com.

Missed the deadline to purchase a yearbook to be sent to the school? No problem!

You may still purchase a yearbook and design your customized pages to be shipped directly to your home.

Link to Purchase Yearbook

For those who did purchase a yearbook by the deadline, we will let you know as soon as the school yearbook order has arrived!

Thank you for your orders!

Please see the list of tasks below that need to be completed to secure your spot for your student's return to MEA in the 2024-25 school year. If your student is not returning to MEA in 2024-25, kindly email Ms. Mihoko at mikeuchi@sandi.net with your student's name and the name of the new school.

Please join us for our final MEA Farmstand for the school year. Ms. Shannon will be at the front of school on Wednesday, May 29 from 1:30 to 2:30 (immediately following the 5th and 8th grades promotion luncheon).
We will be offering whatever is harvestable from our gardens, including flower arrangements in mason jars. We will also have seed packets and compost bags available —get going on a productive summer garden with these items!
As always, items are offered on a donation basis/“pay how you feel.” The Farmstand accepts cash and PayPal, which goes into our Foundation’s account. All proceeds directly benefit our continued garden production and support for Cleopatra. We appreciate the support!

As part of Mental Health Matters Month, San Diego Unified is recognizing mental health all week with the 3rd Annual Mental Health Matters Spirit Week from May 20 - 24, 2024.
Monday 5/20: Wear Green for mental health awareness!
Tuesday 5/21: Inside Out Day Wear your clothes inside out to show that what we see on the outside might not always reflect what's going on inside!
Wednesday 5/22: Jersey Day Wear your favorite team or player's jersey or your own!
Thursday 5/23: Twin Day Twin with a friend or group of friends that you're thankful for
Friday 5/24: Pajama Day Wear your favorite comfy pajamas

MEA FAMILY BBQ - Sponsored by the MEA Foundation

Friday, May 24th / 11:00-1:30pm

Mission Bay Crown Point Shores North

The MEAF will provide hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, buns, and condiments.

• Guests please bring a dish to share (complete the Sign Up Genius)

• Sign up to let us know you are coming, with your preference of Meat or Veggie.

• Bring reusable water bottles. Paper plates, napkins and utensils will be provided.

• Bring chairs and blankets to sit on.

Celebrate the completion of a terrific school year and welcome summer vacation!

Join in the activities and games, or sit on the grass, enjoy the food and chat with friends.

If you purchased a yearbook, pick it up at the picnic. Have your friends sign it, so don’t forget a pen!

Please note that the MEA campus will be closed Friday, May 24th as the staff and Foundation prepare for the picnic, funded by the MEA Foundation.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or California Dream Act Application (CADAA) determines a pupil’s eligibility for financial aid to assist with a pupil’s attendance at a college or career school. California Education Code (CEC) § 51225.7 requires a local educational agency to confirm each 12th grade pupil’s completion and submission of a FAFSA or CADAA unless the pupil is determined to be exempt or an opt-out form is completed by a pupil who is a legally emancipated minor, a pupil who is 18 years or older, a legal guardian, or parent, or a local educational agency on a pupil’s behalf.

This opt-out form permits a pupil to opt out of the completion of a FAFSA or CADAA form.

END OF THE YEAR BOOKMARKS entries have been sent off to JLG (aka: Junior Library Guild)! Thank you for your entries, and drop by the library May 14-17th to request 1 bookmark you'd like to have from the collection for yourself (1 only per student). Those will be ready May 21-23rd.

We still have a few 8-12th grade Graphic Comics left from the World Comic Book day! Come to the library if you'd like a free copy. (Marvel or Kodansha publishers)

End of the year Sharing! Please bring a photo or a color/black & white print to put up and share your "Brief & Spectacular Moments" in the library on the "moments" door inside. Try to guess which photos belong to whom, or, write a small note to post next to the photo!

Diorama Season is Here! Drop by the library anytime this week to enjoy the elementary projects—but hurry, they won't be available for long.....

For month 9, our school's focus is the 8th Habit: Find Your Voice and inspire others to find theirs. It is about fulfillment, passionate execution and significant contribution.

Voice is our unique personal significance which lies at the nexus of talent (natural gifts and strength), passion (things that naturally energizes, excites, motivates and inspires us), need (including what the world needs enough to pay us for), and conscience (that still, small voice within that assures us of what is right and prompts us to do it).

When we engage in work that taps our talent and fuels our passion – that rises out of a great need in the world that we feel drawn by conscience to meet – therein lies our voice, our calling, our soul’s code. - Stephen R. Covey

Click here for some Family Activities for the 7 Habits.

Mt. Everest Academy students have the opportunity to reschedule their tests, outside of scheduled class time, to be proctored by a staff member in B15. Students will require permission from their class teacher, before requesting to test in B-15. Requests should be made no later than 24 hours before your requested testing time.

To reschedule your exam, please visit MEA Testing Room Website.

UCSD Tutor information can be found at https://mrssinkmea.weebly.com/avid.html

Join us for PALS , peer tutoring and schoolwork collaboration, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at MEA! PALS is available to all students in grades K-12. Elementary parents need to complete the PALS Check-in form and provide it to the PALS supervisor. This form lets our tutors know what assignment or skills you wish your student to work on while attending PALS.

• Wednesday 12:30-2:30 @ Room 6 (Nielsen)
• Thursday 9:30-11:30 @ Auditorium
• Friday 9-11:30 @ Auditorium

Need to meet with Mr. Rubin?

His door is always open to current MEA students and families, but to ensure he is available when you can meet, make an appointment at the link https://calendly.com/mt_everest_counseling/meeting

College/Career Opportunities

The link below has some great opportunities for students in grades 9-12.

https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/ccte/student-opportunities

Please send any information for the Monday Message using the Google form by end of day Thursday for upcoming message. If you have any question please contact Mrs. Keck at mkeck@sandi.net.