Monarch Memo
Nov. 6 - 10, 2017
Veterans Day Nov. 11, Observed Friday
Our Monarch Staff is truly spirited and dedicated. We had so many staff members in attendance at the Staff Appreciation Night/Senior Night and dress up on Halloween. Thank you to Leisa and the ASB for coordinating this and to Anessa for getting the T-shirts numbered (jersey style) for the football team to give out staff. We hope to see a big crowd at our November 17 home game vs. the winner of Coronado and Chula Vista High School.
Thank you to the Science Department for sponsoring the Blood Drive. They would like to thank everyone for their patience, help, support and understanding with this event. Our goal was to collect 38 units and we ended up collecting a total of 41! Each unit saves 3 lives, which means that our Monarch community is having a positive effect on 123 lives. Thank you.Academic League has begun. We are off to a great start with both JV and Varsity with a win last week. Come out and watch a match in the library when we host a home meet. The next one is home this Wednesday vs. GHS.
Tech Team Survey to meet your Tech needs
Last year teachers completed the goliath MV Tech Survey (thank you!). This year, you only need to update your response where needed and provide a short answer to a new question. If you are a new teacher to MV, you will complete the form for the first time. Please open the MV Tech Survey (Fall 2017 Update) form and click "Edit Your Response." Review your responses, change the ones that need to be changed so that your responses most accurately represent your current tech use and needs, and "Submit" the form again. Travias also added more space for written feedback, should you have additional questions, concerns, or comments. Please respond by Thursday, November 9.
Did you know?
Elizabeth Ruffner was invited to Chicago to observe Navy boot camp and "A" schools as part of a Navy Awareness Program. If you have a chance to speak with her about it, she has some great information and stories to share. Check out her trip in the news!
Monarch Theatre is in the news. Check out this nice review on Kissed the Girls and Made them Cry. https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/columns/arts-and-music
The play may have left the audience with some questions or desire to know how to support our youth today. Here is a Blog Post from Cult of Pedagogy that you are welcome to pass along. Making School a Safe Place for LGBTQ Students
The Copelands are hosting a Pre-Holiday, Pre-Finals Open House, Potluck and Elephant gift exchange on Saturday, December 16 from 4:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Address and directions are forthcoming. Mark your calendars.
REMINDERS
- Grades are due on Monday, November 6, 2017 by 8:00 a.m. for 12 week grades Conduct grades must be done as well.
- Advisory Cycle - The last day of this cycle is Thursday, Nov. 9th. The new cycle of Advisory based on 12 week grades will begin on Tuesday, November 14th. Office hours will be the week of Tuesday, December 12th.
- Coming soon - Chromebook cases for the Freshman Acers: 600 were delivered to Santana and El Cap. 1600 more are on the way and are supposed to arrive by the end of November.
From the District Office
Family Surveys - Thank you to all sites for helping us meet our goal. We collected enough surveys to surpass our district wide goal of 55%. Congrats to all of you for your part in reaching that goal.
Suicide Awareness Training
Current legislation, AB 2246, and Board Policy/Administrative Regulation 5141.52, requires all school employees receive annual training in Assisting in Suicide Prevention. This course will address the needs of high-risk groups, including suicide awareness and prevention training for teachers, and ensure school employees act within the authorization and scope of the employee’s credential, license and position.
You received an e-mail from notifications@ezlcms.com, New Course Enrollment - DO NOT DELETE IT!! The email will provide a link http://www.jpalearninglibrary.com/login/89/ which will take you to the “JPA Learning Center” website (under which this training is located). That email will be sent to the original email address provided to us when you took the Making Right Choices (now Preventing Sexual Misconduct) class. The course takes approximately 30 minutes to complete and it does not need to be completed in one sitting. The course is designed so that when you stop, it will automatically bookmark itself, and when you return, it will resume at that spot. Upon completion of the course, you will have the option to print a Certificate for your records. Please print your certificate and give a copy to your site secretary. Thank you for taking the time to complete this training in the spirit it was intended, which is to protect our students.
Benefit Eligible Employees
The District is moving to Voluntary Employee Benefits Association (VEBA) effective January 1, 2018. All benefit eligible employees must enroll in a medical (or medical waiver), vision, and dental plan for themselves and dependents during open enrollment.
Benefit Open Enrollment ends Friday, November 17th @ 4 p.m. The enrollment process must be completed to have medical (medical buy out) vision and dental in 2018.
Every benefit eligible employee must complete the enrollment process
Below are the medical Benefit Summaries for Plan Year 2018:
You do not need to upload any dependent's documents into the online enrollment system. At a later date (TBD) there will be an insurance representative who will come to our campus and accept your documentation. Denise will keep you posted.
Representatives from our Benefits Office will be here on-site on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 in room 101 at 3:15 pm if you would like to meet in person with your questions. The Benefits Office asks that you email Debbie Bryant at dbryant@guhsd.net or Marsha Harris at mharris@guhsd.net
with questions verses calling them.
Restorative Practices Training
Do you sometimes feel a sense of disconnect between you and your students? Do you desire to create a deeper sense of community through the building and restoring of relationships in your classroom and across your school? Attend this two day, all day training starting second semester.
People MUST sign up for both days in the same session.
Monarchs in Action
Monarchs helping with the Highlands Fall Festival, presentations in Ms. Carroll’s English class, Halloween, Blood Drive, Dia de los Muertos display in Ms. Verdugo’s class
Week at a Glance See the Events and Athletics Google calendars.
Monday, November 6 CPT day
Site Governance meeting 7:15 a.m., LCR
Tuesday, November 7 WASC mini-team pull out in LCR 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday, November 8 PIQE Graduation, 6:00 p.m. Theatre.
Friday, November 10 Veterans Day observed - No School
Here is the message sent home to parents on Sunday, November 5, 2017
Good Evening Monarch Families. Here are announcements for the week of November 6, 2017.
Veterans Day is November 11th. There is no school on Friday November 10th in observance of the holiday.
We want to congratulate our Monte Vista parents who have participated in PIQE, the Parent Institute for Quality Education, for the past 8 weeks. They will be recognized at a graduation ceremony on Wednesday, November 8
at 6:00 p.m.
Just a reminder that Winter Sports try-outs are beginning November 11th. If your student is interested in playing a sport, they must get their physical and athletic clearance paperwork into the Student Support Center as soon as possible. There is a list of the try-out dates and times for Winter Sports attached to the email version of this message.
Congratulations to our Varsity football team for making the playoffs. The team is seeded 4th and has a bye this Friday. We will have a home game on November 17 vs. the winner of Coronado and Chula Vista High School.
We hope to see all our Monarch fans here on the 17th. Have a wonderful week Monarchs.
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