Sunday, September 24, 2017
Monarch Memo
Sept. 25 - 29, 2017
Thank you staff for your commitment to the WASC Process
Great conversations took place last Wednesday regarding our data, strengths and needs.  We appreciate the time and effort of the Focus Group members and leaders.  The self-study is progressing steadily and we are working on finalizing our five sections, gathering our needs and strengths from each group and then determining our critical learner needs.  We appreciate your input and feedback on the process.  We will continue to update staff and parents throughout the process.  
Group A’s photo is here in spirit.


WASC Student Feedback
Period 3 teachers please select a student to represent your class for Student Congress
Students are a part of the WASC process and our Student Congress will be a  representative group of all grade levels that the WASC Visiting Committee can potentially meet with in March. When you are selecting/electing representatives this year, please keep in mind that these students may be asked to sit on a panel for WASC.  
Please connect with your period 3 class this week and add your student representative to the Google Doc that I will share with you. It is possible that these representatives may need to meet during period 3, however, I will do my best to invite them to meet during Advisory like last year.
Teachers with SAI students, feel free to let me know if you would like your students to participate. A few wanted to last year, while others did not.  Please complete the Google document with the name and grade of your student representative by
Thursday, October 5th.   Thank you.




Paula Delgado our AP Sub.
We appreciate Paula's willingness to step in as AP while Bill is out on leave. She is currently in an Admin. program and assuming this role is ideal for her studies. Having an AP sub who already knows our site, students, procedures and rules will make the transition smoother. Bill's last day is October 4.

SAVE the DATE
Michael Copeland is opening his home to us for a Pre-Winter Break get together on Saturday, December 16 from 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.  More details as we get closer to the holiday season.  
Thank you Mike.


REMINDERS
  • Deadline to pay for Hall of Fame Dinner
Wednesday, September 27th is the last day to buy your tickets to this great event!  
There are two ways to pay:
  1. Write a check in the amount of $35 per person payable to MV PTSA and write Hall of Fame Dinner in the memo area.  Drop it into the PTSA box.
  2. Go online on our website under "Announcements" and click on the 2017 Hall of Fame Celebration...this will take you to the ticket payment page.
  • The north lot paving will be completed this weekend September 23  & 24, 2017. All gates will be open for normal use Monday September 25, 2017. Special Ed buses can once again pull through the area to drop off. Staff will be able to park anywhere in the lot. Please make sure you are not parked in an area that has an opening for crossing the bus lane. If you purchased a parking spot we will not be painting anything until after the final steps. Thank you for everything and the patience while we become a greener energy efficient school!
  • AP Test Prep Resources - Laura Preble
A colleague of mine (the great and powerful Suzanne Sannwald from West Hills) shared this great chart with links and instructions on our district resources for test prep. It's very concise and saves a lot of time, so feel free to share it with your students, or put it on your classroom, or whatever you'd like to do with it.
  • BOOK TASTINGS at the Library  They are delicious. See the link below


  • How can you still work on the Chromebook when you are offline?
The District DLCs have put together a presentation that explains the offline capabilities of Chromebooks. They can do quite a bit and you may not need to scrap a whole lesson when the internet goes down. Find out more here: Chromebooks Offline Presentation.
Monarchs in Action

Week at a Glance      See the Athletics calendar for our sports events.


Monday, September 25 Six week grading period closes at 8:00 a.m.
Monarch baby shower 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Room 902
AVID College Field trip

Wednesday, September 27 PIQE - Parent Institute, 6:00 p.m. Rooms 114, 205, 118.
Students can begin voting for Homecoming Court online after period 3  

 Thursday, September 28 Julie Weaver Scholarship Fundraiser Event, Cafe Coyote, Old Town
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Dinner donation $25.00.

 Friday, September 29 Extended Lunch - last day of first cycle of Advisory
Homecoming Court voting closes

Saturday, September 30 MVHS Leadership Conference 8:00 a.m  
Got Plans?  Grossmont College 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY
Educators’ Fall Preview, Balboa Park
October 3 – October 5
Educators, join us for a FREE collaborative experience in Balboa Park! Five institutions will open their doors over three successive evenings to give educators a chance to discover all the park offers students and teachers. Enjoy food, drinks, and special giveaways by the host institutions and info tables from numerous neighboring museums. Connect with friends and colleagues and explore cross-curricular learning opportunities with hands-on activities and teaching resources. Join us for one night or come to all three!
For additional information and for venue locations, please visit and register here:http://fallpreview2017.eventbrite.com
Here is the message sent home to parents on Sunday, September 25, 2017
It is amazing how time flies. We have just reached the end of 6 weeks and our 6 week grading period.  Just a friendly reminder to stay up to date on your student’s progress by regularly logging into the Infinite Campus parent portal.  If you do not have an account, please feel free the stop by our Guidance Center and we can assist you.  
On September 26, the cafeteria will stop food service to students who qualified for Free and Reduced lunch last year but have not reapplied for this year.  To continue receiving meals, a Free and Reduced Lunch application for 2017-18 must be completed and the deadline is Tuesday, September 26.   The link is located on our Monte Vista website under the parents tab or announcements section.  
Yearbooks are on sale and are currently only $75.00! Prices will go up to $90.00 on Friday, Jan. 12th.  We have sold out the past two years in a row so don’t miss out. Reserve your copy now at the Finance Office or online at our Monarch Webstore.  https://monarchwebstore.myschoolcentral.com/asbworks/(S(kod5o4hvclulyhmyfi2f1do0))/apps/webstore/pages/WebStore.aspx?org=1709
If your student is planning to play a sport this year but has not had a physical yet, we will be offering sports physicals on site.  Mark your calendars for Friday, Oct. 20th @ 2:00 in the Nurse's Office/Student Support Center. Cost is $20.00 CASH ONLY.

Please visit our Monarch website regularly to stay up to date with school and community events.  

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Sunday, September 17, 2017
Monarch Memo
Sept. 18 - 22, 2017
WASC Minimum Day Wednesday
Look at all the great things that take place in a week at MVHS. So much to start off with for those who love the Kudos, congrats and activities.  
We had 70 Monarch representing Green Club, Key Club, AVID and science classes join I Love a Clean San Diego to participation in the California Coastal Clean Up at Mission Beach on Saturday morning.  They spend 2.5 hours picking up trash to help maintain our beautiful coastline. Thank you to our dedicated Monarch teachers and students.

 Are you ready for some Football (and game related activities)? Our Monarchs were ready for a great game. Both teams were evenly matched and it came down to a tie breaker. Yes! A tie-breaker for football. Thanks for an exciting game Monarchs.  
  • At halftime the Band and Mini- Monarchs were in action.  We had a mini Engstrand and a mini Goldie on the field.  A great opportunity to build community with our local elementary school girls thanks to Brittany Meyer, her coaches and the cheerleaders.  
  • The Band and Katie Leonard who are in full force at the game.  
  • Bill always does a great job announcing.  The man knows his football.  This kind-hearted man was also found helping a family jump their car battery at 10:15 in the parking lot.  We love you Bill. 




It’s all about building relationships and trust. Our 11th grade AVID students were having a great time last week participating in trust activities.


We had about 50 parents show up for PIQE classes on Wednesday night. We hope a few more will join this coming Wednesday.  

 The Guidance Team spent the day Thursday with teams from across the district looking at data and collaborating on ways to support students with A-G requirements.  

We are kicking ASSETs with our attendance numbers and reporting for our after school programs.  Thank you to Tom Gochenour who has been working hard on CDE reports and will continue with FPM Monitoring audit reports. Thanks to all the staff members who work our ASSETs programs.    

Excerpts from an Email from Harbor Freight Tools - Good Luck Mike!
“We are hoping you already know that  Michael Fleming was recently recommended as one of the 54 semifinalists for the first-ever Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. Congratulations! We wanted you to know there were 693 total submissions for this prize—making Michael one of the top 8% of teachers/teacher teams to advance to the next round of the application and review. We hope you and the whole Monte Vista High School community honor Michael’s outstanding achievement!  Semi-finalists choosing to continue have completed a second phase in the application process, which is now in the hands of a second panel of judges. Emerging from this second round of judging, there will be10 finalists named on October 10, 2017, and the 3 first-place winners announced on October 23, 2017.”


WASC Minimum Day, September 20th
Please watch for an email reminding you of where to report at 1:00 p.m. for Focus Groups.
Homecoming Week
It will be here before we know it and ASB is already working hard to make great things happen.  We will be keeping you in the loop regarding the schedule for that week and the October 6 KUSI Alarm Clock Spirit Assembly.  It will be an early one.  
Hall of Fame Dinner - October 7th
Just a reminder that the deadline to purchase tickets for the 2017 Hall of Fame dinner is fast approaching!  Wednesday, September 27th is the last day to buy your tickets to this great event!  We are unable to sell tickets at the door, so buy them in advance before it's too late.
There are two ways to pay:
  1. Write a check in the amount of $35 per person payable to MV PTSA and write Hall of Fame Dinner in the memo area.  Drop it into the PTSA box.
  2. Go online on our website under "Announcements" and click on the 2017 Hall of Fame Celebration...this will take you to the ticket payment page.
We hope to see you all there!  We have a great Class of Inductees!
Check out this article by and about one of our grads, Iveth Estrada
Senate Bill for late start
Late last night, Senator Portantino’s school start time bill, SB 328, failed passage on the Assembly Floor. The bill needed 41 votes to pass, but only garnered 26. There were 30 votes against the bill, and 23 abstentions. The bi-partisan opposition was led by Assembly Member O’Donnell (D-Long Beach), Chair of the Education Committee.


IMPORTANT REMINDERS
THE FAMILY SURVEY IS VERY IMPORTANT - please return these to Denise
The district has sent us a list of students whose family has NOT completed Family Survey with their registration.  This is essential to our Title I funds.  Last week you found in your box  a goldenrod colored sheet with a list of students in your period 3 class who still need the Family Survey completed.  Behind this was the family survey with each student's name listed on the top right.  
PLEASE, remind student to return them and collect them back by September 21, 2017 or ASAP.
Once the survey has been returned to you, you may send it directly to me or wait for all of your surveys and return them to me as a group.  It is up to you. Thank you for your help!
First Advisory Cycle Begins Tues., Sept. 19th - schedules in boxes Monday, distribute Tuesday
It was decided in Site Governance that teachers who hosted a Freshman Advisory this year (thank you to the 19 of you who hosted FA) have the option of selecting Office Hours for this next Advisory cycle. Because teachers who hosted Freshman Advisory within your department may have selected Office Hours, you may have students in your Advisory that are not actually assigned to you for an academic class. If you have any questions about this please feel free to come and speak with a member of the admin team or me. Students schedules will be placed in your boxes Monday (9/18) and please distribute them during your period 3 class on Tuesday, September 19th. Only students who are scheduled to have an Advisory will receive a schedule. As we move to be a more technologically savvy school please also encourage/remind students that they can always find out whether they have Advisory by checking their schedule on Infinite Campus.


A few reminders about Advisory from Amanda
  • Students must have a pass if they leave your room for any reason.
  • Campus Supervision tries to diligently hold the line of keeping students in the quad and this becomes very difficult when students are wandering in and out of Advisories and/or showing up 5 minutes late to Advisory because the teacher allowed them to get lunch first. ​Please do not allow students to go get lunch then arrive at your Advisory.
  • Do not release students early from Advisory. They must stay until the bell rings.
  • Even if they are not assigned an Advisory and are voluntarily choosing to attend your Advisory they must stay the entire Advisory period. ​
  • Please do not admit students that are not assigned to your Advisory unless they truly need help/need to make a test or assignment for your class. Students are assigned to an Advisory in which they have a D or F in that particular class. Students should be attending their assigned Advisory unless there is a specific reason they should attend a different Advisory. It would be helpful if all students attended their assigned Advisory for the first day or two - this helps eliminate students claiming next week or the following week they didn't know which Advisory they were actually assigned to.
Thank you for all you do!
REMINDER emails from last week


A message from Athletic Director Anessa
If you're wondering if Jane Doe is on our _______ team, you can check this by looking at the student’s schedule on IC. Scroll to the bottom of their schedule (after 7th period) and it will say ATH and then list the level & sport he/she is on. If the coach is a GUHSD teacher it will also say his/her coach's name. If the coach is not a teacher, it will say my name.


Emails for varsity head coaches can be found on our athletic website, under Monarch HQ. Our head coaches will be happy to forward your emails on to jv/frosh coaches if need be.
Chromebook Tips from Laura in the Library
Thanks for not sending students up to me other that periods 3 and 6. I realize this is tough for many of you. I have a couple of other suggestions that might help:


1. If it's a hardware problem, you can have the student go to Jerry's office, or call him at 03063 to see if he is available.
2.You can directly call ETS at 956-4357 (or have the student call) and press 8 to get a person. If it is an Infinite Campus issue function, or some other strange thing, they may be able to help.
3. You can request Google Admin access so you can reset Google passwords for your students.
4. You can email Travis Engstrand (or see him period 5, which is his tech period.)
5. You can request to have a spare CB in your room ...we have a lot of old Acers that could be checked out to you to have as a spare. Come see me and I will check one out to you.
Week at a Glance      See the Athletics calendar for our sports events.


Monday, September 18 AVID meeting at 8:15 a.m. in 316
PLUS meeting at 8:00 a.m. in Principal’s Office
Learning Center meeting at 8:00 a.m. in Guidance.
School Site Council staff elections at the front desk by Denise.
School Site Council elections for students at lunch in quad.
Tuesday, September 19 First day of Advisory Cycle
School Site Council staff elections at the front desk with Denise.
School Site Council elections for students at lunch in quad.
Wednesday, September 20 WASC Minimum Day.  Report directly to your Focus Group meeting rooms.
Homecoming Court meeting 3:00 p.m. in 801
PIQE - Parent Institute, 6:00 p.m. Rooms 114, 205, 118.  
Thursday, September 21 School Site Council Meeting, Guidance Center Conf. Room 3:15 p.m.


Friday, September 22 Math teachers at Integrated Math planning day.  
Football vs. Bishops, 7:00 p.m. Varsity
DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY
Educators’ Fall Preview, Balboa Park
October 3 – October 5
Educators, join us for a FREE collaborative experience in Balboa Park! Five institutions will open their doors over three successive evenings to give educators a chance to discover all the park offers students and teachers. Enjoy food, drinks, and special giveaways by the host institutions and info tables from numerous neighboring museums. Connect with friends and colleagues and explore cross-curricular learning opportunities with hands-on activities and teaching resources. Join us for one night or come to all three!
For additional information and for venue locations, please visit and register here:http://fallpreview2017.eventbrite.com
Here is the message sent home to parents on Sunday, September 17, 2017
Good evening Monarch families.  Here are you updates for the week of September 18.
This Wednesday, September 20th is a Minimum Day for students.  Period 6 releases at 11:35 a.m and period 7 at 12:17 p.m.  All staff will be participating in an important meeting in the afternoon for our WASC accreditation process.  We will still have the after school program open for PM Homework Center and the Student Center only.
Homecoming is coming soon on October 6th.  KUSI morning news has selected our school for the morning Alarm Clock Pep Rally.  It will be a fun, exciting day with early morning spirit events taking place.  We will keep you posted on the start times of our events for Homecoming.
Staff, teachers, parents, and alumni are invited to honor and celebrate the 2017 Hall of Fame inductees at the Monte Vista Hall of Fame Celebration Dinner Saturday, October 7, 2017.  Tickets must be purchased no later than Wednesday, September 27. The Class of 2017 inductees are: Dan Kida (1969), Tim Faubel (1977), Trevor Henderson (1988), Brooks Conrad (1998), Ed Carberry (staff member/coach), Phil Poist (staff member/coach/athletic director). More info at: https://sites.google.com/a/guhsd.net/ptsa/purchase/tickets
Parents, if you missed our first night of Parent Institute classes, it is not too late to join.  Classes are Wednesday nights beginning at 6:00 p.m.  Please come to room 205 this Wednesday if you are interested. We must have at least 15 parents in a class to keep them open.
Seniors - if you have not taken your Senior Portraits yet, you must schedule your free session with Boyd Anderson Photography before they are all booked up.  You can contact them at 619-644-1184.  Please see the flyer attached to the email version of this message.  
Just a reminder that Rosh Hashanah begins on Wednesday, September 20th at sundown and ends at sundown on Friday, September 22nd for our families who observe the holiday.   
 Have a great week Monarchs!

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