Monday, February 4, 2019

MLM 02/04/2019

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Principal's Message

Good evening Mountain View families,

On Friday we had to say goodbye to our family dog, Scout. That was a painful event and one that truly impacted our entire family. Watching my children and our family process this event was extremely hard. This morning, as we were heading to school and work, we again talked about Scout and shared our stories. It is in the stories that we carry our fondest memories. Each day at Mountain View our students also encounter challenges and each of these help shape their own stories. When our Mountain Lions complete their four years of high school I hope they have tremendous stories that they can use to help carry them through the rest of their lives. This year I have often referenced grit and the tenacity of our students to thrive in the storm. For our family that time was this weekend. For our students that time is now and we hope to provide an education and experience that they will forever remember and grow from in their lives.

Last week we had a guest speaker in Mr. Long's class who has joined the Peace Corps. A former Mountain Lion,  she is heading to Tanzania to serve for the next 2 ½ years. She shared with the class that the inspiration for her joining the Peace Corps came from her experiences in Mr. Long's World History class. We are proud of Hayla Stewart and thank you for being a great steward of Mountain View.

This week our winter sports head into the state tournament. Best of luck to all of you and represent Mountain View well.

Our Academic Decathlon team finished 2nd this past weekend. That is a tremendous accomplishment. Great job.

Our FBLA students had a fantastic weekend and brought home a lot of hardware. Congratulations Lions.

Friday we kicked off our book study. The book, Grading From the Inside Out by Tom Schimmer, details methods for evaluating the grading process and ensuring equity and accuracy in grading. As I mentioned a few weeks back, if you are interested in doing a book study with the administrative team please let me know. The book is available on Amazon and we are really excited that Mr. Schimmer will be at Mountain View this coming August.  

Thank you to all of our staff, students, families and community for all you do each and every day for Mountain View.

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

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Things to Know

Attention Families of Juniors

BreakDown Tucson Performance

On February 13, we are hosting a special Junior assembly from BreakDown Tucson.  BreakDown Tucson is a group of local teens who bring a powerful, dynamic message to their peers. They do this through relevant drama scenes, contemporary and hip-hop dance, and state of the art sound, lighting and visual media.  BreakDown Tucson educates by promoting personal health and by proposing ways to prevent health problems through honest dramatizations about drug use, alcohol use, teen pregnancy, date-rape, sexually transmitted infections, depression, suicide and more.  Parents are welcomed and encouraged to attend this engaging performance. If you would like to learn more about BreakDown Tucson, please follow the enclosed link.  

Attendance at this assembly is completely voluntary.  Please take some time to talk with your student about this presentation. Students who do not wish to attend will remain in a classroom or will have a quiet study time in the library.  If at any time during the presentation, a student feels uncomfortable with the presentation or the topic, the student may leave the presentation and go to the library for study time or to the counseling office to meet with one of our counselors.

The performance begins at 11:15a.m, and ends in time for lunch at 12:31p.m. 

If you have questions or concerns regarding this presentation, or if you prefer that your student not attend this event, please contact Associate Principal Robin Meece R.C.Meece@maranausd.org, Prevention Coordinator Allyson DiPietro A.J.DiPietro@maranausd.org or Prevention Wellness Coach Karina Duarte K.M.Duarte@maranausd.org.

https://www.breakdowntucson.com/

 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

Course request entry into StudentVUE will take place during Summit on February 12th. Students will be shown how to enter their course requests into StudentVUE during summit on Monday, February 11th.  Students must turn in their signed hard copy course request form to their summit teachers, as well as enter their course requests into StudentVUE no later than Feb 12th.

  • 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).
  • 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), as well as in their StudentVUE under course request. 

If your student(s) have questions in regards to their 2019-2020 course requests or beyond, we encourage them to make an appointment to talk to their counselor. Students will quick questions can also attend speed advising in the counseling office during lunch, 2/4-2/8.

College and Career Center (2/4/2019)

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.
Can't come? Join our webinar by clicking here.

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
The ASU Tucson Alumni-Feb 8. .
The Valley Foundation Scholarship-March 1st
Davis-Monthan Officers' Spouses Club (DMOSC) Scholarship-March 1st .
The 14th annual Hughes Federal Credit Union Scholarship-March 10th
The Dove Mountain Rotary Scholarship-March 29th
The Trico Electric Cooperative-April 15

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

CCC Events
Award letter interpretation and financial aid questions answered Feb. 6 6:00 PM
UA App/Next Steps workshop Feb. 27th 3rd period
UA App/Next Steps workshop March 27th 3rd period
UA Admissions presentation to Juniors April 23 3rd period
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
Davis-Monthan Air Force A-10 Demonstration Team-March 13th 4th period
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 started their seasons today. 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. 

Girls Soccer
Congratulations to our Girls Soccer team who is currently ranked 11th in the 5A Conference. This guarantees them a home match this Thursday to get into the State Tournament. 

Basketball
Both the Boys and Girls battle tomorrow with berths into the Conference play-in game on the line. It is the Girl's Senior night here at MVHS, come show your support! Students get in for $1 with ID!

 

MVHS FBLA Region 1 Results – 2019

On Thursday January 31, MVHS FBLA traveled to Eastern Arizona College to participate in the FBLA Region 1 Conference.

16 Awards
22 students attended
5 – 1st Places
4 – 2nd Places
7  - 3rd Places

3rd Place in Region 1 for the Online Testing Tournament -MVHS
1st Place  Computer Applications – Nathaniel Van Detta
1st Place Computer Game Design – Team of Noah Wilson, Sam Croll, Matt Mares
1st Place Computer Problemsolving – Noah Wilson
2nd Place Computer Problem solving – Sam Croll
2nd Place Cyber Security – Noah Wilson
2nd Place Cyber Security – Hannah Carver
3rd  Place Digital Photography – Heather Harline
2nd Place Digital Photography Commercial Portfolio Team – Heather Harline, Bella Palmiero
1st Place Entrepreneurship – Team – Reese Thrush, Alek Sepulveda
1st Place Hospitality – Team - Max Robles, Halley Tellez, Jayden Clark
3rd Place Insurance and Risk Management – Olivia Holloway
3rd Place Introduction to Business Communication – Christaian Mireles
3rd Place Introduction to IT –David Sepulveda
2nd Place Publication Design – Ryan Hunt
3rd Place Web Design – Jeffrey Payne

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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! 

February 4th, 2019
Upcoming Events

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
Girls Soccer vs TBA 6pm
Girls Basketball TBA Home or Away 7pm

Fri. Feb. 8th
Possible Boys Basketball game @ TBA 7pm

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

Mon. Feb. 11th

Tue. Feb. 12th

Wed. Feb. 13th

Thur. Feb. 14th

Fri. Feb. 15th

Sat. Feb. 16th
WGAZ All Day Campus Wide

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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


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