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December 12-16, 2016

Thank you for your participation in Spirit Week last week.  In case you missed it, here were the dress up days as modeled by Sang.  

A Monarch in need of support

MV Senior Gerardo Espinosa is in the hospital battling cancer. Our staff has done a phenomenal job standing behind struggling students and their families in the past; we now have another opportunity to do so.  Gracia is willing to take cash or check donations through the MV Student Sunshine Fund (100% of proceeds go to his family) or staff members are welcome to donate with a credit card to his GoFundMe.com page (roughly 10% is lost to the site, but will be generously redonated by the person who set up the page)  If you have any questions about Gerardo please see Kathy Hunter-Clark.  She has been amazing in keeping in contact with the family and visiting Gerardo.  

What’s New

• The district is upgrading the phone system at Monte Vista on Wednesday, Dec 14.  They will begin at 1:00 p.m.  After the upgrade, in order  to make an outbound call first DIAL 5 and then the phone number.

Reminders

• All ASSETs programs will be open December 1 - 16 EXCEPT for Wed. Dec. 14. For the week of Finals - December 19, 20, and 2; All ASSETs programs will be CLOSED EXCEPT for the morning homework center.
• We are NOT handing out schedules to students when we come back from winter break and start 2nd semester. All students must look up their 2nd semester schedules on their Chromebooks through the student portal in Infinite Campus.  Teachers please announce this to your classes between now and the end of the semester.
• The Finance Office is reminding club advisors, coaches to take care of the following: Orders for gear and equipment, Officials' 1099 forms, Invoices that you need me to pay. (Vendors get a little nervous when payment is 3 weeks late.  We are all waiting to receive deliveries in the next week), Packing slips signed as OK to pay, Fundraiser forms, money to deposit, or cash box requests, Check requests.

• Maribeth is reminding teachers to pick up completed job requests for FINALS & not students.
• If you visit Mission Trails over the Winter Break, check out the art work by two of our MV students that will be on display through the rest of the month.

This week See Home Campus Google calendar for athletic events

Mon., Dec. 12 PTSA meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the library

Tues., Dec. 13 Band Winter Concert, 7:00 p.m. Room 701, $5.00

Three math teachers to District Math Vision meeting all day

Wed. Dec. 14 Minimum Day, Holiday Outreach

Thurs., Dec. 15 School Site Council meeting, 3:15 in Guidance Center.

Deadline to support the Toy and Jacket Drive for orphans in Tijuana.  

Please bring gently used or new toys, sweatshirts or jackets to Room 811

Monarchs in Action

English Dept. scoring, Fill the Boot, White Out Day, Ms. Robertson class, Spirit Assembly

Information from the District

Infinite Campus was updated to the latest version over night. We have received some calls this morning with cautious reactions. Feel free to pass this along to your staff and share with your colleagues. Here is the message that was put on the Infinite Campus Announcements on Tuesday. Thank you.

VERSION UPDATE:

This Friday (12/9/16), Infinite Campus will be updated to the latest release of 1649. A Security Device Alert has been added in this release. Staff users may be asked to enter an Account Security Email address the first time they log in (beginning Friday) if one does not already exist for their account.  Once complete, an email will be sent any time a user logs in to a device for the first time or logs into a device that has not been designated as an approved device. For more information on this feature and other enhancements/fixes from the 1649 release, please CLICK HERE. Thank you.

Users may need to CLEAR THEIR CACHE if they are experiencing any issues.

The phone message sent home to parents on Sun. December 11, 2016

We have a lot of information and reminders for your this week.  Our next PTSA meeting takes place tomorrow Monday, December 12 at 6:00 p.m. in the Monte Vista library.  All parents are invited to attend.  

Tuesday Dec. 13 the Monarch Band will be having their annual Winter Concert in room 701 (The Band Room) starting at 7pm. Tickets are $5 at the door. Middle school age children and younger are free. There will be all you can eat desserts and great music put together by our students. Please join us.

Just a friendly reminder that Wednesday, December 14 is a minimum day. Period 7 dismisses at 12:17. Our Monarchs are encouraged to stay on our minimum day to participate in our Holiday Outreach Festival to enjoy food, games and entertainment.  Thank you to the One.org club,Tech discoveries and ASB for hosting this event that benefits third world citizens in need.  Also, ONE.ORG is still collecting gently used or new toys, sweatshirts or jackets, please bring these to Room 811 until December 15th

Finals are coming up December 19 - 21 and we are on a shortened day  FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE (click this link for the schedule).  On Monday and Wednesday students end the day at 12:31.  Tuesday’s schedule is different depending on whether your student has a period 1 or period 7 class or both.  

Second semester class schedules will change for many students because we are opening two classes and 9th graders will rotate from Tech to Global Studies and vice versa.  This is very important to know.  Students will not be given paper, hard-copy schedules.  All students must look up their second semester schedules on their Chromebooks through the student portal in Infinite Campus.  The schedules will be available to see during the week of finals.  

Deadlines are coming up.  Spirit Pack owners who still need to make final payments toward their balance must do so by Winter Break. Please go to the Finance Office to make a payment.  Please be aware that if you do not pay off your spirit pack, it will be broken up and you will not receive the items that were left unpaid.  Monarchs if you don’t pay the balance now and want to purchase back these items in the future, you will have to pay the full price and not get the special discounted price of the spirit pack.

Parents, Tuesday Dec. 13 is your last chance to order a "Super Hero Themed" Final Exams Care Package for your student. This $10 PTSA fundraiser helps pay for seniors' scholarships, student programs, Unity Days, Red Ribbon Week, and holiday food baskets for Monte Vista families in need. Care packages will be delivered Friday December 16th at lunch and include a delicious burrito, a super hero treat, a bottle of water with a super hero inspired quote, and a personal message from YOU!  Pay online at www.mvptsa.org or download the order form on line and pay by cash or check.

Senior parents, don’t forget Grad Night tickets are on sale. Payment forms and permission slips are available from the Guidance Center.   

Our website is a wealth of information.  Please check it regularly to keep up to date on school events.

Have a great week Monarchs and see you at the Holiday Outreach Festival on Wednesday.