Monte Vista Blue Jay Community News
Monte Vista 2023: August 28th-September 1st
Weekly Recap
1) Our grades 7-8 soccer team practices kicked off as we determined who would make up our Junior Varsity and Varsity teams among the 26 players who came out to participate.
2) Our grades 6-8 Show Choir began rehearsing as they began go explore the vision and purposes of this future community performing group.
3) Our grades TK, Kindergarten, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, and Seventh Grades got to participate in their first Literacy Articulation Day last week. Grade levels got to dig deeper into literacy curriculum, further look at literacy data, and conduct and reflect upon literacy walks in colleagues' classrooms around phonics, shared reading, and/or writing. They also continued to review and refine their inquiry arcs through the lens of literacy. Finally, we got to further explore high leverage literacy practices for our schoolwide problem of practice.
4) Our PTO had their monthly board meeting online, fine tuning planning of future events and programs support.
5) School Site Vision Council parents were finalized and voted on their first upcoming meeting date. Meanwhile, student council and soul patrol applications were released and came rolling in by the dozens. Classroom speeches for student council are Monday or Tuesday this week. Both participant lists for these leadership opportunities will be finalized this week.
6) Invites/sign-ups were sent out to parents to prepare for Back to School Connections as our staff met together to better norm for this event. Our staff also learned more about this year's coaching supports and further developing our schoolwide problem of practice.
That's just six things...probably a small fraction of what we accomplished on campus this week. Stay tuned for next week's packed recap.
Jay jay, chirp chirp!
Announcements for the Week
1) Back to School Connections conferences are coming up from August 30th to September 8th. Please be sure to sign-up for a time to attend via the Parent Square message sent out by your child's teacher last week. These connections will be after-school slots since school will end every day at 12:50PM from August 30th-September 8th. Also, we will have one evening session available schoolwide on Tuesday, August 5th. Our goal is for every family to attend and share their needs, desires, questions, and hopes for this school year with their child's teacher.
2) Please note Grades 3-8 Student Council and Grades 4-8 Soul Patrol interest forms are due on Monday, August 28th (student council speeches delivered in class on that day as well). Go student leadership!
3) Here is a link to the MPUSD 2023-2024 Parent/Guardian and Student Information Handbook which provides annual notifications to parents, guardians and students of their rights and responsibilities.
4) College Wear Spirit Day will be our first Monte Vista Spirit Day of the school year. See flier below. Students can wear certain college colors, mascot, or college labeled attire on Friday, September 1st. We celebrate a college-bound/option/going culture here at Monte Vista.
5) First dining out night is this Wednesday, August 30th at California Pizza Kitchen (at the Del Monte Center Mall). Dr. Ashby (in his chef coat) and Mrs. Larson will be visiting different tables, and if we are lucky, we may have a dough tossing contest around the 5PM hour or so. Percentage of profits go towards our school. Hope to see you there of you can make it or if you end up doing take out!
PTO News
We will be hosting a quick PTO meeting on Monday, August 28th at 6pm to amend our budget for the year. The PTO Board has amended the 23/24 Budget because new fundraisers were added. We will need to reapprove this budget as was mentioned in our first meeting in August. Please join us for a quick meeting, as this will be our only topic. The amended budget and agenda are shown below for your reference. Looking forward to seeing everyone online.
Zoom meeting link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75831874901?pwd=kOid9vEdRtgUFrsu34zWm9SkbQpbDf.1
Helpful PTO Links:
Volunteer with PTO
Join our Facebook Community
Visit our Website
Fliers from the Announcements
Important Dates to Come
August 30th| Monte Vista Dining Out Night at California Pizza Kitchen (11AM-9PM window)
August 30th-Sept. 8th | Back to School Connections with Parents (early dismissal days at
12:50PM--teacher will send sign-ups as time draws closer)
September 4th | Labor Day Holiday (No School)
August Staff Birthdays
August 3rd- Thomas Gregory (2nd grade)
August 18th- Sandra Rose (Nutrition Manager)
August 23rd- Katy Weller (4th grade)