Monday, January 28, 2019

MLM 01/28/2019

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Principal's Message

Good evening Mountain View families,

Thank you for a great start to 2019. We are incredibly excited about the direction our school is moving and the investment we see each day from our students. We are thrilled to welcome our class of 2024 to our Future Mountain Lions Night this Wednesday at 6:00 pm. This evening event is open to any new student, or returning family, who would like to learn more about our school. We will begin the evening in the auditorium with a brief introduction before transitioning into the New Gym. We have built time into the evening to allow families to walk around, explore their future school, and gain a shared appreciation for our campus.

At this time of the year, our team is busy planning the vision for each department and the course offerings that support our mission. We are proud to offer a student driven master schedule, which places a significant influence of our course schedule on the requests that our student body makes. We are responsive to student preferences and look closely at trends and the need for new courses. This year we are proud to offer several potential new courses including American Sign Language, Football Strength and Conditioning, and Honors Physics 3-4 among others.

In order to support this process, our counseling department has been actively visiting our feeder schools and meeting with our students to assist in course selection. We strongly value the role our families play in helping students choose the academic and elective path that is most appropriate for them as individuals. Please engage with your student about their choices for next year. Their course selection sheets are a great conversation starter and should be signed by their parent or guardian. We strongly encourage dialogue about their interests, their reasons why they are selecting specific courses, and honest conversations about balanced work load. Students will have to Summit classes on February 11th and 12th to have teacher assistance to enter their selections for the upcoming year. At any time during this window you have the opportunity to work with them on their StudentVue account to makes sure that classes were entered correctly. If you have any questions about this process, or questions related to your student, please don't hesitate to contact our administration team or our counseling department. School year 2019-2020 is going to be fantastic.

Have a great week and thank you for supporting our great school.

Todd Garelick
Principal
Mountain View High School
(520) 579-4427

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Things to Know

Join the Marana team...your future awaits! Save the date, and plan to attend the MUSD Job Fair on Saturday, February 2 from 10am to 1pm at Mountain View High School (Gymnasium), 3901 W. Linda Vista Blvd. 

The Marana district is recruiting for teachers, aides, health office, food service, transportation, support staff, substitutes, and other positions.

  • Competitive Salaries - salary increases for professional growth
    • Holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
    • Stipends for hard-to-fill positions, hard-to-fill schools
    • Employer paid medical insurance, Health Saving Account contribution, Dental, Vision*
    • Employer paid short term disability program and group term life insurance*
    *Subject to eligibility and position status

Applicants can bring resumes, meet with Administrative team members, and complete applications on site. Additional information is available at 520-682-3243 or search available jobs year-round www.maranausd.org/employment.

 From the MVHS Front Office,

All students should have their student ID with them at all times. If your student needs one, they can get one in the Bookstore.

Office Hours for Mountain View are 7:00 AM to 3:45 PM

Students and Parents - The D-wing gate is now open in the morning, please pull forward to drop off your student. Students without a Zero Hour will be allowed on campus at 8:00 AM. Students arriving late after last bell will need to go to the front office to enter campus.

With our increased security measures, students being picked up early need to enter the office near the library rather than the back office doors. 

Please do not park in the first 10 stops in front of the JTED building. Those are reserved for the preschool. Also, please do not make any U-turns in that area.

Parents:
Just a friendly reminder that any ill student that needs to go home must report to the health office before calling a parent. They can call their parent from the office.
We will not send passes up if parent arrives before the student reports to the health office.
Student may ask their teacher for a health office pass.

Parents, if your child is ill and you call them out as such, please keep them home. This will keep the germs from spreading. 

A Note from the Attendance Office

When a student's absence or late arrival may be excused, the parent/guardian should communicate with the Attendance Office so that the absence or late arrival will be appropriately recorded.

"STUDENT ABSENCES"

In order to request that an absence be excused, the parent/guardian must call and leave a message on the Attendance Line within 24 hours of the absence. The Attendance Line voicemail is available 24/7 at 520-579-4444. If a "request to excuse" message is not received, the attendance clerks will attempt to contact the parent/guardian so they may properly record the student's absence(s). If no response is received from the parent/guardian the absence(s) will be recorded as unexcused.

"STUDENT LATE ARRIVALS"

Unless excused, a student's late arrival(s) are recorded as "Unexcused Tardy/Late". If a parent/guardian would like to request that the late arrival(s) be excused, the parent/guardian must either come into the school with the student and provide the late excuse to the Front Office staff, or call the Attendance Line voicemail at 520-579-4444 and leave a "request to excuse" message for the late arrival. Please note: the Attendance Office does not contact parents/guardians regarding late arrivals.

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College, Career, Counseling  
 

Parents/Guardians (IMPORTANT COURSE REQUEST INFORMATION),

 Counseling met with all of our MVHS students last week in regards to course selection for the 2019-2020 school year. These presentation included information on new courses, grad requirements, university entrance requirements, summer school, credit recovery options, course entry deadlines, 0 hour request, TA request, & internship application processes. 

  • Deadline for course request entry is February 12th, 2019 both online (StudentVUE) and in hard copy form (submitted to summit teacher) (requires student & parent/guardian signatures). Please do not have your students turn in their hard copy form prior to the 12th, as they will require the form to enter their courses online.
  • Deadline for 0 hour, TA request, and internship applications is no later than February 20th, 2019. These classes are filled on a first come/first serve basis with priority given to juniors and seniors . Contracts and applications can be picked up in counseling. Please pay careful attention to the new 0 hour attendance requirements.

 We encourage you to talk to your student(s) about what courses can support their post-high school plan or explore interests they may have. Course books are posted on your student(s) graduating cohort, google classroom for reference (ex. Class of 2020).

 All junior students will be meeting with their counselor and the College and Career Center during the week of January 28th. This meeting will present important information and timelines that juniors should be following, as well as one-on-on meetings between your student(s) and their counselor in regards to their post-high school plan and senior year course requests. 

  • Junior Advisement during the week of January 28th

If following these presentations, your student(s) continues to have questions in regards to their 2019-2020 course requests or beyond, we encourage them to talk to their counselor.

Students may schedule one-on-one appointments regarding course requests beginning January 28th.

Please see attached newsletter.

PSAT scores update: Please come to the counseling office to pick up your test book and paper score report if you have not already done so. Contact Ms. Kati at B.J.Kati@maranausd.org if you have any questions.

College and Career Center (January 28th , 2019)

Parents of Seniors!  Do you need help interpreting Award letters/Financial Packages?  Come to our presentation on February 6th at 6:00 in the CCC!  Contact Lori Wray for more information.

l.a.wray@maranausd.org or 579-4400 ext 4474.

The HEFAR GROUP will be here March 6th at 6:00 in the CCC.  Come to get some financial tips to help you and your students to prepare for Post High School life!

SUMMER ASU OPPORTUNITY!- Joaquin Bustoz Math-Science Honors Program-Please see link for more information or contact Lori Wray(see above).

https://jbmshp.asu.edu/

Scholarship deadlines

Marana-Foothills Optimist Club – Jan. 29th

The AZ Elk Society Scholarships – Jan. 31st

The ASU Tucson Alumni-Feb 8.  Click link for more info.    

The Valley Foundation Scholarship-March 1st

Davis-Monthan Officers' Spouses Club (DMOSC) Scholarship-March 1st http://www.dmosc.org/scholarships.html.   

The 14th annual Hughes Federal Credit Union Scholarship-March 10th  Click link for more info.

ASU deadlines

Jan. 1: ASU's FAFSA and Obama Scholars Program priority filing date. For Obama Scholars consideration, students must submit a completed application, the application fee (or application fee waiver, if eligible) and the FAFSA.
Jan. 6: Regular decision deadline to apply to Barrett, The Honors College. Students don't have to be admitted to ASU to apply to Barrett.
Jan. 15: Obama Scholars Program document submission deadline. Official transcript and test scores (if applicable) must be submitted for students to be considered.

UA deadlines

The deadline for Arizona Assurance is January 31st.

The BAIRD Scholarship deadline is January 17th

Test scores will be accepted up until May 1st

Deadline to apply May 1st

YOUTH JUSTICE CAREERS EXPO

Feb. 13, 2019

12:30-4:00

  • Free event for youth ages 16-24
  • Youth interested in justice and law enforcement-parents welcome

Must register by Jan. 25, 2019

registration@tucsonyouth.org

Facebook.com/TucsonYouthDevelopment (click events)

(520) 623-5843

JTED Program Showcase at JTED Master Pieces

2855W. Master Pieces Dr. Tucson, AZ 

Saturday Feb. 2nd 10-2:00pm  

pimajted.org

CCC Events

GCU Jan. 22nd 3rd period

UA App/Next Steps workshop Jan. 24th  3rd period

UA App/Next Steps workshop Feb. 27th 3rd period

UA App/Next Steps workshop March 14 3rd period

UA Admissions presentation to Juniors April 23 3rd period

Award letter interpretation and financial aid questions answered Feb. 6 6:00 PM

ASVAB Score interpretation Feb. 8th 2nd period

Pima Community College (PCC Honors College) Feb.26th 3rd period

THE HEFAR GROUP-March 6 at 6:00pm

College Application Resource Event March 30th 8-2:30

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Clubs & Athletics

Spring Sports Starting
Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, and Boys Volleyball all start their seasons officially next Monday, February 4th. Please be sure to have your students cleared on RegisterMyAthlete.com prior to the start of practice. If you are having any trouble logging in, please do not create a new account. You can contact RMA's customer service or the MVHS Athletic Department for assistance. 

 

Football Parent/Player Meeting
When: Thursday Jan. 31st 6pm
Where: MVHS Lecture Hall

 

Mountain View High School graduates from 1998 through 2017 are coming back to their alma mater to entertain the community with a variety of acting, musical, and comedy performances for a special one-night only event on February 2nd, 2019, at 7 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the MVHS 2020 musical, Newsies! Tickets are available in advance in the MVHS bookstore for $10, or at the door on the night of the show for $15. Please join us for what is sure to be an amazing showcase of talent and memories. See attached flyer. 

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Grad Night Info

Grad Night 2019

Attention all Mountain View families! 

We are gearing up for this year's Grad Night for the Class of 2019! We provide an all night celebration for the Seniors the night of graduation. It is a fun-filled all night celebration that lets the Seniors celebrate their graduation with their friends in a fun and safe way that is drug and alcohol free!

Grad Night 2019 admission can be purchased at the counseling office. See Lois Sims for registration and payment. Register before the end of the first quarter to have your name entered into a drawing for a FREE Grad Night! 

January 28th, 2019
Upcoming Events

Mon. Jan. 28th

Tue. Jan. 29th
Boys Soccer @ Empire
Girls Soccer vs Empire
Boys Basketball @ Desert View
Girls Basketball vs Desert View

Wed. Jan. 30th
Future Mountain Lion Night 6-8pm Auditorium/New Gym

Thur. Jan. 31st
Boys Soccer vs Rincon
Girls Soccer @ Rincon
Boys Basketball @ Cholla
Girls Basketball vs Cholla

Fri. Feb. 1st

Sat. Feb. 2nd
MUSD Job Fair 8am-2pm New Gym

Mon. Feb 4th
Spring Sports practice starts

Tue. Feb. 5th
Boys Basketball @ Flowing Wells
Girls Basketball vs Flowing Wells

Wed. Feb. 6th

Thur. Feb. 7th

Fri. Feb. 8th

Sat. Feb. 9th
Cheer Booster Yard Sale 7am-1pm
Winterguard Competition Buckeye High School

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Phone: (520) 579-4400

9th & 10th Grade Attendance: (520) 579-4443
11th & 12th Grade Attendance: (520) 579-4405
 
Counseling: (520) 579-4450

Athletics: (520) 579-4428
 
Bookstore: (520) 579-4422
 
Monday – Thursday
8:20am to 3:10pm

Friday
8:20am to 1:55pm
 
3901 W. Linda Vista Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85742


Attachments:
Grad_Night_Reservation_Form19_PDF.pdf (247.1 KB)
January_Week_2_Newsletter.pdf (310.8 KB)
Alumni_Show_Flier_final.pdf (205.2 KB)

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