Eagle Newsletter

December Observances

• December 7: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
• December 16: Las Posadas
• December 21: Winter Solstice (First Day of Winter)
• December 25: Christmas
• December 25: Hanukkah
• December 26: Kwanzaa
• December 31: New Year's Eve

Mesa Verde Events

• December 7: Teddy Bear Toss Night with the San Diego Gulls
• December 6-12: Winter Party Tickets on Sale During Lunch
• December 13: ASB Presents....Winter In New York
• December 19: Rubio's Dine Out Night (All Day)
• December 20: Winterfit Spirit Day
• December 23-January 3: District Recess Winter Break (No School)
• Every Friday: School Spirit Day! Wear your Eagles Eagles Eagle t-shirt

Help a Mesa Verde family this holiday season! Please drop off gift cards to Mrs. Wexler at the front office. We are accepting gift cards to assist with groceries, gas, stores, restaurants, etc.

Donations will be accepted until the end of the school day on Wednesday, December 18th.

Thank you!

Please come to Rubio's Carmel Mt. on Thursday, December 19th!

Please see the flyer for more information!

Home for the Holidays Concert: MV Performing Arts students will sing with Mount Carmel Choirs Dec.18 at 7 pm at MC

MV Performing Arts students will be singing with the MC Choirs next week at MC’s Holiday Concert, Wednesday, December 18.

Please join us for a night filled with beautiful holiday music!

Click here for the ticket link. $10/$15 presale, $15 at the door.

Performers do not need to purchase a ticket.

Earlier this year, we hosted parent nights about the teenage brain and about cyber-security/social media. We are looking to offer additional parent nights in 2025 and would love to gather feedback from our families about the topics they’d like to learn more about. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey linked below by Friday, December 20.

Please click HERE for the survey.

It’s time to sharpen your spelling skills—our annual Spelling Bee is just around the corner! In January, ELA classes will hold classroom spelling bees, and each winner will represent their class in the MVMS Spelling Bee on January 30th.

We encourage all students to start practicing now. Whether you’re a seasoned speller or ready to try something new, this is your opportunity to shine and have fun! Practice resources are available on the library webpage and the library Canvas page.

Let the words inspire you—good luck!

The MVMS 2024-2025 Yearbook is on sale now! Books are sold online only - CLICK HERE to place your order. The last day to order your yearbook is Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Yearbooks are $45 (plus a small service fee) and will be delivered at the beginning of June.

We do not always have extra yearbooks in our final shipment. The only way to guarantee your student receives a yearbook is to order before the January deadline.

Yearbooks sold in June are $55 (cash or check only).

Please contact Shawn Tran with any questions (stran@powayusd.com).

PUSD is excited to announce the upcoming E-Bike Class for students and their parents/guardians, aimed at promoting safe and responsible e-bike usage. The class will take place in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at Mt. Carmel High School on Wednesday, January 8th at 6:00pm. Please mark your calendars. Attendees are highly encouraged to arrive at 5:30 so they have enough time to find parking and the PAC.

All students who ride E-Bike, bicycles, scooters, and skateboards will need to take the online MVMS safety quiz and turn in the MVMS permit application to the front office. The safety questions are a priority! Please click here for the correct link to the online quiz.

Campus security/supervisors have begun enforcing proper permits for bicycles, e-scooters, scooters and skateboards.

Enforcement for E-Bikes will begin by campus security/supervisors Monday, February 3, 2025.

A Bike Permit will be required for all E-Bike, bicycles, scooters, and skateboards. E-Bikes will have the permit/sticker from the SDPD Safety class and the number must be added to the MVMS application.

Bicycles, scooters, and skateboards will have the MVMS non-motorized permit/sticker.

Click here for the application and information on the bike permits. Click here for the online quiz.

Please pick up MVMS bike permits at the front office before school.

Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 7:30am-8:00am

Wednesday: 8:30am-9:00am

Thank you!

Thank you, Mesa Verde families for reaching out to the City of San Diego regarding the traffic concerns on Sedorus Street. Due to the numerous requests received from families and staff, the City of San Diego has informed us that they will be making the following changes to help ensure our students safety at the back gate:

• Add three (3) No U-turn signs

• Paint a center line where the street curves

• Replace the School sign as it is faded

Work orders have been submitted and they are hoping to have these jobs completed by January 2025.

If your student is not feeling well, please read through the Poway Unified School District’s Illness Guidelines before sending your student to school. Click here for the guidelines.

Please complete this Google Form to share your thought and ideas about the MVMS library. Your responses will be taken into consideration as we go through the process to update the space.

Thank you!

PUSD has partnered with local enforcement to provide classes this Fall

In response to community requests and a desire to address a student safety need, PUSD has partnered with local enforcement to provide mandatory safety classes for all ebike riders. If your child rides their ebike to and from school, they must attend the one-hour class with a parent or guardian as this will be a requirement to park their ebike on campus. This new requirement will be enforced starting February 3, 2025.

One additional class will be held January 8, 2025 at Mt. Carmel High School in the Mt. Carmel Performing Arts Center (PAC) at 6:00pm.

Address: 9550 Carmel Mountain Road, San Diego 92129

One parent or guardian must attend with their child. At the class, you will be asked to register the make and model of the ebike, VIN#, and student ID, so please come prepared with that information. Topics covered will include following the rules of the road, proper helmet usage, the safe operation of ebikes, and more.

Once you register your ebike at the meeting, will receive a sticker to place on your ebike and your school will receive a record that you attended the safety class. We appreciate your partnership in taking this important step toward keeping our students safe.

The Poway Unified School District

The MVMS School Counselors provide an open space for students during the school day and at lunch. Students have access to items to help with emotion regulation during the day and games and activities at lunch. The Eagle Center is an alternative space for students who are looking for a quiet and relaxing space at lunch time. We would love your support in offering a variety of fun, relaxing, and sensory activities for students. Click here for the Wishlist.

We have included a new date in the MVMS 6th Grade Camp Letter.

All 6th grade classes will be going to camp from April 28th- May 2nd. Update: Parents are invited to attend the 6th grade camp presentation on February 11th at at 8:59 am in MVMS gym.

The Mesa Verde library is looking for parent volunteers to help out during our busy lunch hours.

Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday: 10:50 am to 12:35 pm.

Wednesdays 11:40 am to 1:05 pm.

We mostly need help directing students to sign in/out and where to go for assistance.

You can volunteer every week, every other week or once a month. No experience necessary, flexible schedules - you can choose to volunteer once a week or once a month!

All Volunteers will need to update their information and fill out new volunteer forms.

Megan's Law Background Check

PUSD Volunteer Application - Megan's Law background check - Level I Clearance

• 2024-2025 Volunteer Application
• PUSD Code-of-Conduct
• PUSD Code-of-Confidentiality_FERPA
• Copy of Driver's License
• Copy of TB Test

Please click HERE for more information.

If you are interested, please contact Heather Ryan : hryan@powayusd.com for more information.

Thank you for your time and energy you contribute to the students and staff at MVMS.

The difference between a guest, a visitor and a volunteer as per the PUSD board policies.

Visitors are individuals visiting a classroom as a guest lecture, college representative, and those helping with an event. Staff preapproval is required and please be sure to bring a photo id with you when you check-in at the front office on your day of arrival.

Volunteers are individuals that help on campus on a regular basis and have completed the required volunteer paperwork to become a volunteer.

All visitors and volunteers visiting campus must be prearranged by a staff member contacting the administration office prior to the visit. All visitors and volunteers are required to sign in at the front office and wear the printed name tag each day you are on campus. This will help us to identify people on our campus in maintaining a safe campus.

Once you have connected with a staff member in need of a volunteer, the next step to become a volunteer is to complete the required forms.

1) Megan's Law background check Volunteer Application form (annually)

• 2024-2025 Volunteer Application

2) Provide a current TB test (valid for 4 years from the Read Date), including chest x-rays. X-rays over 4 years old MUST be accompanied by a California School Employee Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Questionnaire, that is valid for 4 years, as well.

3) Code of Conduct form (annually)

• PUSD Code-of-Conduct

4) Code of Confidentiality form (annually).

• PUSD Code-of-Confidentiality_FERPA

5) Copy of current Driver's License

Bring all requested documents to the front office along with your current driver license or passport. Your Megan's Law background check Volunteer Application form will be submitted to the PUSD district office for processing. Once all documents have been processed, you will be ready to begin volunteering. If you are a current volunteer at another PUSD school or are a current PUSD staff member wanting to become a volunteer, please complete all of the required volunteer forms as each school site is required to have their own current volunteer documents.

Attention Mesa Verde families!

MVMS ASES sports is back for the 2024-2025 school year. If you are interested in participating in any of our sports (Cross Country, Flag Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer), please fill out the ASES Sports Registration Packet prior to the start of the sport season. Due dates for the packets can be found on the flier, as well as on the second page of the Registration Packet.

Sports Registration Packets can be found HERE. Information about skills assessment dates, and the practice/game schedules will be sent out to families who have submitted completed packets.

Filled out packets can be turned into Room 301 (before school and during lunch) or turned in through the google form link HERE (Note: A google account is required to submit through the form). They can also be sent via email to psobhani@powayusd.com and abaker@powayusd.com .

Please note that the front office and coaches will not be accepting completed packets.

MVMS Ultimate Frisbee Club is here! Ultimate Frisbee is a fast paced, non-contact team sport, with a strong focus on fun, teamwork, and sportsmanship. All levels and genders are welcome in this club which will be coached by MVMS math teacher Mr. Buckman. There are no fees to participate. Please have your student meet down on the field by the PE lockers. Practices will be every Tuesday and Thursday from 2:45-4:15. Students can participate as often as they want. We will set up games against other teams in the future and share potential tournament opportunities as well.
Hope your student can join in the fun this year!
Please click here if your child is interested in participating.

San Diego Badminton Academy is offering an after school Badminton Club for all ages and skill levels.

Our district’s Caring Connections Parent Education website has new and exciting courses being offered this Fall. Each term we have different parent education courses, therefore, feel free to periodically check the website at the beginning of each term for the new courses offered to parents, families, and our school community. Beginning next week, click HERE to view the PUSD CCC Parent Education Fall Courses.

A three-part live webinar series covering topics that include raising responsible teenagers, raising competent teenagers and getting teenagers connected, adding to your parenting tool kit to help in the most important areas for a teenager’s development: home life, school life and life in the wider community. The strategies shared can set you up to handle (or prevent) the stress, drama and unpredictability of this different and difficult stage.

Wednesdays, January 8th, January 15th, and January 22nd, 2025 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm

If a student forgets an item at home, such as homework, P.E. clothes, band instruments, phones, lunch money, or lunches, parents are permitted to bring those items to school; however, we will not deliver the item or a message about the item to students. Students may check in at the office during passing periods or lunch to retrieve a forgotten item. This is to encourage students to be responsible for the items they need on a daily basis and keep our student’s classroom interruptions to a minimum. At no time will individual or group online/call-in food orders be allowed for delivery.

Did you know that PUSD provides free breakfast and lunch daily for all students!

Students can pick up their breakfast in the cafeteria after 7:30am.

Please have your student memorize and/or write down their student ID number in order to get breakfast or lunch. This will help the lunch lines move quickly!

All students are encouraged to eat lunch first and then wait to be released down to the donut area and Eagle Center. Please remind your child to throw their trash away in the trash can and encourage others to do the same. This will help keep our campus looking exquisite and inviting.

Thank you for your support!

In an effort to better secure our campus, we have installed a door bell/buzzer system at the front door of our administration building. We are a closed campus and our front door will remain locked at all times. MVMS staff, students, parents, and visitors will need to ring the door bell to be buzzed in. If no one is at the front desk when you first arrive, the doorbell will let the office staff know you are waiting and we will buzz you in.

Reporting an Absence

In order to better serve our families and record and track absences, we will be asking parents to report absences via a Google Form as opposed to calling them in to our attendance office. Only parents/caregivers may complete the form and the email and phone number listed must match those in Synergy. Please click on the link below, which can also be found on our website and the included Contact List.

Attendance Reporting Form

Off Campus Passes (Early Release)

Student safety is a major concern for us. Students must be signed out at the attendance desk before departing early. Students are not allowed to wait in front of the school to be picked up during school hours.

If your student needs to leave early from school, please send a note with your student (see needed information below). Notes should be given to the Attendance secretary, NOT your student's teacher, BEFORE school. If you forgot to send a note with your student, please call the Attendance Hotline (858-538-5692) at least 2 hours in advance of the pickup time to have an off-campus pass sent to your student in advance so you are not waiting and to minimize interruptions to the classrooms.

When writing a note, please indicate:

1. Your student's first and last name
2. Reason for the early departure
3. The time your student needs to leave school
4. Whether or not your student will return that day

Please meet your child at the attendance desk to be signed out at the time of departure. Be prepared to show your identification when checking out your child.

If your student returns to school after being picked up early, please have him/her check back in at the Attendance desk before heading to class.

Tardies

Students are required to be on time to class, ready to learn. After the bell rings at 8am (or 9:03am on Wednesdays), students must enter through the front office and check in at the attendance office to receive a tardy slip. If students are tardy and arrive to class without a tardy slip, they will be asked to return to the attendance office to check in. The following consequences will be in place for students who are tardy to the first period of the school day:

• Up to 5 in a school year: automatic reminder phone calls and/or emails
• 6 in a school year: phone conference with parent or legal caregiver
• 7+ in a school year: one after school detention per subsequent tardy

Please see the Eagle Agenda or school website for additional information on excused and unexcused tardies, as well as tardies that occur during the school day.

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1/8/2025 Team MVMS PTSA/Foundation Meeting

2/12/2025 Team MVMS PTSA/Foundation Meeting

3/12/2025 Team MVMS PTSA/Foundation Meeting

4/9/2025 Team MVMS PTSA/Foundation Meeting

4/26/25 OR 5/3/2025 Team MVMS Spring Fling & Silent Auction (Adult Only) TBD

5/14/2025 Team MVMS PTSA/Foundation Meeting

If you are unsure of who to contact about a matter, please email us at MVMS@powayusd.com and your message will be answered or forwarded to the correct person.

7:30am-3:00pm (M, Tu, Th, F)

8:30am-3:00pm (W)

Email: MVMS@powayusd.com
Website: https://www.powayusd.com/en-US/Schools/MS/MVMS/Home
Location: 8375 Entreken Way, San Diego, CA, USA
Phone: (858) 538-5478
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mesa-Verde-Middle-1493083354314112
Twitter: @MesaVerdeMS