Mountview's May newsletter is now available. Click here to access it.

Attention Grade 8 Parents: Click here to access a letter from Principal Githmark outlining all of the Grade 8 year end activities and requirements. This letter will be also be sent to you as an attachment in a ConnectEd that will go out on May 23rd. Please feel free to call the school if you have any questions.

Attention 5th and 6th grade parents - here is some important information regarding registering your child for classes for next year:    

For 6th grade parents: once you have registered your student for courses, the bottom of the screen will show that 0 credits have been selected. This is irrelevant. We do not assign class credits at Mountview so you do not need to worry. Just hit submit and your registration process will be complete.

For 5th grade parents: class registrations were due in by March 30th. The system was then shut off. We have realized that several parents did not complete the registration process so we have reopened it. Please take a moment to register your child now!

Attention grade 8 students: if you will not be attending WRHS in the fall, your parent must sign a Release of Records form. Please stop by the office to pick one up and bring it home for parent signature.

There are collection boxes in the cafeteria for overdue library books. Please remember to bring your books to lunch!

7 Gold Homework Zone should report to Room 309 after school today.

Grade 7 Band and Chorus students are reminded that you have concerts tonight. Blue musicians should report at 6pm and Gold musicians should report at 7:25pm. All students are reminded to dress up and look your best.

Attention Princeton track members: the meet at Algonquin that was postponed due to rainy weather has been rescheduled for Friday, June 1st at Algonquin.

Attention Mountview a Cappella group: our trip to the elementary schools this Friday has been postponed. We will discuss the new date when we meet next. Again, we will not be traveling to the elementary schools this Friday.

Attention Kids in the Kommunity members: anyone working at or marching in the Memorial Day parade should meet Monday morning at 10:15 at the Damon House, across the street from the Mobil Station in Holden Center. Please wear your shirt. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please see Ms. Hughes's website for details. See you there!

Attention PE Leaders: Guess what? For the remainder of the school year, you can come down to the gym during Tuesday and Thursday Activity Periods. Just make sure you catch up on any other class work first!

Hey Mountview! It's almost volleyball time!! We need you to sign up and get your teams in fast! There are no teams signed up yet and we want this to be a fun tournament! Get your teams and your $10 fee and bring everything to Ms. LeBlanc. Remember we are raising money for a good cause so get moving!!

The date of the annual grand finale orchestra presentation, to be held at the high school, has been changed! The new date is Friday, June 1st at 7pm. Please mark your calendar!

Any girl who is interested in playing golf next year at the high school is asked to attend an informational meeting next Thursday, May 24th, at 6:30pm in the Athletic Conference room at WRHS. If you are unable to attend but are interested in playing, please send an email to Coach Nancy DiLeo at ndileo@wrsd.net.

We have a limited number of 2011 yearbooks left from last June that we are selling at half off the original price. They are just $15 and can be purchased in the Mountview office.

Attention Grade 7 parents: a letter from Superintendent Tom Pandiscio, regarding Grade 8 Algebra criteria, went home with all 7th grade students on Friday, January 13th. Please click here to see a copy of the letter.

Yearbook orders are now being taken. The cost is $30 and an order form with payment must be turned in to the Mountview office. Checks should be made payable to WRSD. Order forms are available in the office or can be accessed by clicking here.

The current session of Homework Zone for the 2011-2012 school year began on April 9th. Applications are now being accepted and slots will be filled on a first come, first served basis. This is a great program offered by Mountview PTA - learn more about it here.  Download an application here and submit it, along with payment, to Mountview Assistant Principal, Karen Hughes. Applications can be dropped off in person or mailed to Karen Hughes, c/o Mountview Middle School, 270 Shrewsbury Street, Holden, MA 01520.

Mountview will once again be offering summer school for math and language arts. Click here for an informational sheet regarding the summer school program. Click here for a registration sheet.

Mountview's annual magazine drive fundraiser ended on Monday, October 3rd. Any further orders will need to be placed on line at www.qsp.com or you can click on the QSP link at the bottom of this page. The school code is 1090176.

Reminder to all parents: when picking up your student from any Mountview dance, you MUST pull in to the Mountview driveway and pick up your student in front of the school. Students will NOT be allowed to walk home and will NOT be allowed to walk to a neighboring street for parent pickup. We expected all dances to be heavily attended and realize that pick up will be a high traffic area. Help us out by being on time for pick up (9pm) and making carpool arrangements with other Mountview students. The fewer cars we have in the pick up line, the quicker the pick up line will go and the sooner everyone will get home!!

Fleece blankets for sale!! We have gray fleece blankets imprinted with the Mountview logo, available for the unbelievably discounted price of only $10 - how can you resist? What a great gift idea! Blankets are available for purchase in the office. Parents can stop by or send payment in with your student. Checks should be made payable to WRSD.

Any 8th grade students who are interesting in becoming a WRHS football cheerleader should click here to print out an informational flyer regarding the cheering program at the high school.

Is your child planning to participate in Mountview Athletics this year?  The following three forms must be signed and turned in to the office. Students will not be permitted to tryout or participate in athletics without having the proper paperwork completed.

• Middle School Athletic Consent Form (Green Card)
• Release from Liability 
• Concussion Sign-off 

Mountview also offers athletic insurance through Lefebvre Insurance.  Click here to print the form.  Dismissal procedure: please note, there are 3 ways for your child to be dismissed:

* at 2:45 with afternoon announcements. If you would like to pick up your student prior to bus dismissal, as part of the 2:45 announcements, you must notify the office. Either send in a note with your child or call the office prior to 2:30. You must park your car along the exit driveway (so that your vehicle is facing Shrewsbury Street) and come in to the building and wait in the lobby. Your child will be called with the end of the day announcements and you will exit the building with your student. If your child is to be a regular 2:45 dismissal for specific days (i.e. every Monday and Thursday for after school lessons), please send in one note for the year explaining which days they will be picked up at 2:45. Office staff and homeroom teachers will be notified, and your child will leave during the 2:45 announcements on those specific days.  * with the buses. Bus students are dismissed as soon as all buses have arrived.  * as a walker or carpooler. Walkers and carpoolers are called for dismissal once the buses have left. If your child is a walker or a regular carpooler, they will leave at this time. If you want to pick up your child in the car pool line, no note is needed. Simply pull into the entrance driveway (so that your vehicle is facing the Mountview building) and wait in the car. Your student will be dismissed when walkers and carpoolers are called. It is your student's responsibility to remember that they are being picked up in the carpool line.

When sending in any notes to the office, please print your student's first and last name. Students and parents frequently have different last names and parent signatures are sometimes difficult to read. We want to avoid any confusion and be sure we know which student you are referring to!

FYI, homework requests are not done until a student has been absent for three days. Please request the homework when you call your child in sick on the morning of the third day. Many teachers post assignments on their websites, so it is a good idea to check there first whenever your child is absent.

Any issues with bus stop times, locations, or general concerns,  please contact the bus company, Atlantic Express, directly at (800) 483-1669.

Got books? The Kids in the Kommunity Group, Smiley Faced People, are sponsoring a book drive to help raise money for our school and for the Abbey House. By donating your used novels, picture books, information books, and textbooks (no encyclopedias or magazines, please), you will be helping these worthy causes. Just put your used books into the Go Books? bin conveniently located in the parking lot at the front of the school. Tell your parents, neighbors and relatives about it. You may also bring books to Room 206. Thank you for supporting Kids in the Kommunity, Abbey House and Mountview Middle School!

Please remember to save your Box Tops for Education and turn them in to the Mountview office. We earn cash for our school that goes directly into our Student Activity Fund. This fund helps to support some of our special activities at Mountview such as field trips and enrichment programs, so please remember to support it! Click Here for the Mountview PTA membership form.
 

Ways to Support Mountview
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Mountview 2010 - 2011 Parent Survey Results (PDF)

Mountview 2011 - 2012 Handbook (PDF)

The Mountview 2011 -  2012 School Improvement Plan is available. Read it here.

The No Child Left Behind Report Card for Mountview is available.  Read it here.

The No Child Left Behind Report Card for the District is available. Read it here.

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