MLM 07/29/2019

A Community of Empowered, Innovative and Engaged Citizens Mountain Lion Monday Principal's Message   Good evening Mountain Lion family, Thank you all for your patience and understanding with regards to Mountain Lion Days last week. We ran into the figurative perfect storm on Tuesday and by Wednesday, literally had a storm knock out our ability to get students registered. However, our staff was extremely appreciative of all of you for showing them grace and helping us all get through this together. This week is a busy week as well on the 40 acres. We have ELEVATE, our 8th grade transition camp, on Monday and Tuesday and our New Student Orientation on Thursday (Please see the attachment for a more detailed explanation and schedule). We will also have our second attempt at hosting our Parent Information Night regarding our grading philosophy and changes. (also knocked out by the storm last week…) The parent meeting will be in the Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. A reminder that the first day of school is August 5th. As in past years, Linda Vista can become quite a traffic jam that day. Please consider carpooling or coming a little earlier than usual to help with the number of cars in the lot on Monday. We do appreciate your help with this and know it is not the most ideal situation but we will continue to work with Pima County on our intersection and the issues associated with it. Have a great last week of summer and we look forward to seeing you all on Monday. Todd Garelick Principal Mountain View High School (520) 579-4427 Things to Know    From the MVHS Front Office, Parents and Students, There will be some new requirements for parking permits and off-campus passes for next year, please see below: Parking Permits: To be eligible for a parking permit for the 2019-2020 school year:  1) Meet all parking privilege expectations; 2) Have no more than 10 tardies in your first scheduled class of the day during the 4th quarter. Students who are not initially eligible for a 2019-2020 parking permit due to tardies, may become eligible by demonstrating on-time behavior during the first quarter of the school year. Any students who has 10 or more tardies during the during the first quarter, will have their parking permit revoked. Off-Campus Passes: To be eligible for an off-campus pass for the 2019-2020 school year:  1) Meet all off-campus pass expectations; 2) Have no more than 10 tardies in periods 2-6 during the 4th quarter. Students who are not initially eligible for a 2019-2020 off-campus pass due to tardies, may become eligible by demonstrating on-time behavior during the first quarter of the school year. Any students who has 10 or more tardies during the first quarter, will have their off-campus pass revoked for three-weeks.   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 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.  "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. College, Career, Counseling   Dear Mountain Lion Parents/Guardians and Students, Welcome back to the start of our 2019-2020 school year! In an effort to streamline the schedule change process, we wanted to send you some information to address common schedule change questions. Schedule Change Process: The following schedule changes are high priority. Please make an appointment in the counseling office for August, 2nd to have your schedule corrected (once you have picked up your schedule during Mountain Lion Days). • Class was completed in summer school • Missing period (for example, missing a 4th period class 1,2,3,5,6 ) • Missing a core class (English, math, science or social studies) • Two classes in one period (for example, two classes scheduled in 3rd period) • Schedule contains a "see counselor" code (xxxcounseling office) For all other schedule changes, requests will be taken now and during the first week of school. Please fill out the blue schedule change request form. As Mountain Lion Days are now over, you can pick up this form in the Counseling office. This form must be signed by the student and parent/guardian and returned to the counseling office no later than FRIDAY, August 09, 2019. • Change of mind about an elective • Level up or level down (move to or from an honors or AP class) • Add/Drop additional class Please understand that first semester schedule change requests will be addressed from August 2nd through August 9th, 2019 with the following considerations: priority will be given to requests turned in during Mountain Lion Days, by grade level, and then on a first-come first-served basis. Changes are contingent upon class balance and size, class availability, and administrative approval. Students who have requested schedule changes: Counselors are working diligently to get submitted requests for schedule changes processed prior to the start of school. If you have turned in a "request for schedule change" form, please check your StudentVUE this weekend to see if changes have taken place. If we were unable to process your request prior to the start of the school year but are able to make the change, we will send your updated schedule to you once school starts. If we were not able to accommodate your request, you will receive a denial form with the reason(s) why during the first week of school. Thank You, MVHS Counseling Department 579-4450 Clubs & Athletics It is never too early to register for sports for next year. Registration for the 2019-2020 school year is open at www.registermyathlete.com Please remember that you need a new physical every year and that you must use the forms from the AIA. Forms are available at RMA.

July 29, 2019 Upcoming Events  Mon. July 29th    ELEVATE -                    8:30 am Auditorium (Registration closed) Tue. July 30th      ELEVATE -                    8:30 am Auditorium (Registration closed) Wed. July 31st Thur. August 1st        New Student Orientation and tours 10:45 am Auditorium (see attachment)  Fri. August 2nd Cheer tryouts 4-7pm Old Gym Sat. August 3rd Mon. August 5th First Day of School! Tue. August 6th Wed. August 7th Thur. August 8th Fri. August 9th Girls Volleyball meeting 3:15 Lecture Hall Sat. August 10th Stay Connected Get Involved   MVHS Website MVHS Facebook MVHS Twitter Handbooks: District & School  MUSD Connection/ParentVue Online Payment System   My Lunchtray Menus Food Service Online Payment MVHS PRO   Let's Talk! Counseling Newsletters Community Flyers Az Tax Credit Donation   Get our free App!   Get Away Today     Contact Us 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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New_Student_and_Family_Orientation_Welcome_Event.pdf (116.5 KB)

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