Mountain Avenue Thursday Update
3/24/2022
The Great Kindness Challenge
Do as many kind acts as you can, and drop your flyer in the raffle box located in the front office.
During Friday Flag Ceremony on April 1, we will randomly select 10 names for a KIND surprise!
Let's flood our campus and community with Kindness!!
Friday Flag Ceremony
ZOOM LINK: https://glendaleusd.zoom.us/j/88239188776
Friday, Mar 25, 2022, 08:15 AM
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Math Club for Grades 4 - 6
The flyer is available in Thursday Folders today. This club is for 4th - 6th grade students and is limited to the first 50 students with signed permission slips. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Hickman, the advisor, at bhickman@gusd.net.
Hey Mountain Avenue—IT’S TIME FOR MOVE-A-THON!
Registration for the 2022-23 school year began on February 22! Families who live within Glendale Unified School District boundaries and will have a child entering Transitional Kindergarten or Kindergarten next year should visit www.gusd.net/Enroll or contact their school of residence for more information.
Helpful Enrollment Resources:
- Find my school of residence
- Registration information and documents
- Permit Information (for students who would like to attend a school other than their school of residence or students who live outside Glendale Unified boundaries)
Transitional Kindergarten is Expanding!!
We are excited to share changes to our Transitional Kindergarten (TK) enrollment process that will allow more students to qualify for TK! Students who turn 5 between September 2, 2022 and February 2, 2023 may enroll in TK for the 2022-23 school year.
Learn more, at www.gusd.net/TK.
Yearbook and Lovelines ARE ON SALE NOW!
Purchase your Yearbook starting on March 1st for only $25!! Preorders are available from March 1st to May 1st.
Check out our Yearbook Website: mountainavenueyearbooks.org!
Love Lines (known as BOOSTERS) are now available for purchase!
Love Lines (BOOSTERS) are $5. GREAT news, with our NEW yearbook vendor, Love Lines has new features!
Important Disclaimer about Boosters: Please add the recipient’s name in your message and double-check your spelling and grammar. The yearbook committee will only copy and paste your message onto the page.
Need to clear an absence?
- Email the Health Clerk, Ms. Salcedo at ESalcedo@gusd.net
- Call (818) 248-7783
- Complete this online form: CLICK HERE for the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScM09O8rtz7108GRRVeRHaH24tKuVxOrfWu3shYNigfy31dPg/viewform
Student Placement and Teacher Requests for 22-23
Dear Mountain Avenue Families,
Each year, the office receives a handful of student placement/ teacher requests for the new school year. As we begin to plan for the 2022-2023 school year, we would like to make you aware of our student placement policy that is referenced when forming classes.
Classroom teachers and Principal Scott collaborate on the placement of students. Student placement is taken seriously and is initiated according to a process involving time and careful thought concerning the best interest of every child in each classroom. In order to create balanced classes of students, the following factors are considered: gender, ability levels, student needs, behavior concerns, and special program needs. Please note that the final decision on all student placements rests with the administration.
Requests are not encouraged but are considered. Parents can optionally complete a student placement request to Principal Scott at jrscott@gusd.net by April 29, 2022. Parents have this opportunity to provide information regarding their child and any special circumstance that might need to be considered. We ask that you carefully read this information and make a note of the deadline for submitting your letter, if you choose to do so. Only letters that have followed the guidelines below will be considered. There is no guarantee that a request will be granted.
Acceptable letters include:
- Issues relating to learning disabilities will be considered (testing from a psychologist and/or doctor diagnosis required and test results on file in the student’s permanent record).
- Issues relating to medical need or physical impairment will be considered. (Documentation required in health room records)
- Emotional issues which dramatically impact the learning environment will be considered.
- Requests for a particular teaching style that would best match your child’s learning style.
- Parents of multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) may submit requests to have their children together in one class or separated into different classrooms, based on student need.
Letters that will NOT be considered, and will be discarded:
- Requesting or “unrequesting” a teacher by name.
- Requesting that two students be placed in the same class unless there is a documented, valid need for special consideration.
- Requesting an “experienced” teacher or “first year teacher” (all teachers are highly qualified at Mountain Avenue Elementary).
Thank you for your partnership!
Go Bears!
Principal Scott
Mountain Avenue Elementary School
#GoBears!
Email: mountainavenue@gusd.net
Website: www.gusd.net/mountainavenue
Location: 2307 Mountain Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge, CA, USA
Phone: 8182487766
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