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February 9 - 6pm upper campus library - State of Our School Address by Mrs. Bardwell
March - TBD
April - School Resource Officer Boomer will discuss the trends he sees among students in our schools and will advise parents on warning signs and things to consider as we approach the summer break.
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Essay Competition for
Mountain Gap 5th - 8th Graders
As part of Mountain Gap's 50th Anniversary Celebration, Mountain Gap PTA is sponsoring an essay contest for all interested 5th - 8th grade students. Students should write about what makes Mountain Gap special to them. The essay should be one page maximum in Times New Roman 12 point font with a one inch margin all around. Students should write their names on the back of the essay along with homeroom teacher and grade.
The deadline is Wednesday, February 10th. All essays may be turned in at the Welcome Center in the provided box.
Outside judges will select the top three essays per grade level for certificate recognition at the February PTA General Meeting. The first place essay in each grade level will receive a ribbon along with a small prize at the February PTA General Meeting. Additionally, the students with the top essay per grade level will be given the opportunity to read their essay at the 50th Anniversary Celebration Program and Reception.
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New Automated Message
The following automated message will be heard when you make calls to our school. Please be patient with us as we try out this new system.
Hello, thank you for calling Mountain Gap School. Please select one of the following menu options:
For the Nurse press 1
For Attendance/Registration press 2
For the counselor press 3
For the cafeteria press 4
For the Lower Grade K - 5 administrator press 5
For the Upper grade (6-8) administrator press 6
And for all other calls please press 0
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Monday, February 8
Progress reports will be sent home on Monday, February 8.
Please check your child's backpack.
Reminder, you can always check grades at any time in iNow.
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Tutoring Thursdays
- National Junior Honor Society is sponsoring Tutoring Thursdays from 3-4:30 in room 207 (eighth grade hall). Students from every grade are welcome to attend. NJHS is able to help with all subjects (including Algebra I) and all grade levels.
- Students need to bring homework with them when they attend tutoring. If they have special assignments/instructions, you can email this information to leslie.graham@hsv-k12.org as needed.
- Students are allowed to attend even if they just need a study space and not a tutor.
- Students are allowed to bring snacks with them.
- Students should be picked up from the middle school side of the school at 4:30 PM.
- Students do not have to stay the entire time. If they need to leave before 4:30, please pick them up directly from room 207.
Thank you,
Leslie Graham
English 8/English 8 Honors
Mountain Gap School
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PTA General Meeting
Tuesday, February 23
6:30
Upper Campus Gym
Please make plans to come and enjoy the multicultural program by the 5th grade and performance by the upper campus jazz band.
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HCS iRegister 2016 for Middle and High School
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Spring Pictures
Friday, February 19
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Mountain Gap
50th Anniversary Celebration
Save the date!
Sunday, February 28
2-4pm
Our guest speakers will be elected officials and previous athletes. Mountain Gap choir will perform. The winning designs for t-shirts and posters will be on display. Cake and punch will follow the celebration in the cafeteria.
Retired Mountain Gap Teacher and Staff Breakfast
is scheduled for
February 18th
, and Becky Vansant and Joni Tyson will be chairing this event. If you are interested in helping on the day of the event, please contact Becky or Joni.
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Grizzly Pride Cleanup Day
Saturday, February 20 has been designated as Grizzly Pride cleanup day.
Students, parents, grandparents and faculty will spend the day preparing our campus for our 50th Anniversary celebration the following weekend.
If you would like to help coordinate this event, please email Clayli Overstreet at clayliover@gmail.com.
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Facilities and Grounds
Hopefully everyone has noticed all the improvements HCS has made to our campus - lower campus library has been painted; non-functioning sign in front of lower campus has been removed, sign at upper campus has been repaired and upgraded; new lighting fixtures in lower campus, etc. Still to come: new stage curtains in the gym, painting of the gym, etc.
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City Reflections Results
Literature:
Primary: 3rd place -Laurel Howard
Intermediate: Honorable Mention-Erin Howard
Middle: 1st place-Brianna Coontz
Honorable Mention-Lindsey Hitchcock
Musical Composition:
Primary: 1st place-Laurel Howard
Intermediate: 1st place-Erin Howard
Photography:
Intermediate: 2nd place-Arthur Carmack
All 1st and 2nd place winners will advance to State Competition. Good luck to you and congratulations!
Madison County Spelling Bee
Congratulations to MGS 5th grader Erin Howard for winning the Madison County Spelling Bee. She has advanced to the Alabama Spelling Bee to be held Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Restore @ Alabaster First United Methodist Chruch.
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SchoolCast
SchoolCast is in connection with iNow and information is uploaded nightly.
If you are not receiving emails, texts, or phone calls from Mrs. Bardwell, you should contact the school (256-428-7720) and request your student's parent letter to be sent home so you can manage your iNow settings.
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Mountain Gap P-8 Yearbook Sale
The yearbook is $35 and all purchases must be prepaid by check. Checks should be given to students' homeroom teachers. Please make your check payable to Mountain Gap P8 and include your student's name, grade and homeroom teacher's name in the memo section.
The theme of this year's book is "Color Outside the Lines" and includes several new sections, including a 50 Year Anniversary center spread. This year the book will be 104 pages in full-color and in a larger format (8.5" x 11") with a high quality 4 color cover.
We are asking that purchases be made before February 9th. We have arranged for 250 copies of the yearbook to be printed, and availability will be on a first-come first-served basis.
To keep costs down Mountain Gap must prepay for printing, and we are selling the books at cost so time is of the essence! Purchases made after February 9th or after the 250 books are sold out will be placed on a wait-list in the event of a print overrun such that additional books might be made available.
Please help us celebrate Mountain Gap's 50th year by purchasing and supporting this year's yearbook!
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Jump Rope for Heart
Thursday, February 11
Grades K-5 will jump during their PE time in the upper campus gym. Pre-K will not jump.
9:15-9:55 4th
10:00-10:40 2nd
11:55-12:35 3rd
12:40-1:20 K
1:25-2:05-1st
2:10-2:50 5th
Parents and grandparents are welcome to watch. Please sign in at the welcome center.
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Possible Snow Makeup Days
There are 4 possible snow makeup days built into our 2015-2016 school calendar. If we do not miss any full days due to inclement weather, there will be NO SCHOOL on the following days:
Friday, February 12
Monday, February 15
Friday, March 4
Friday, April 22
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PTA Membership
Have you joined PTA? Please share the membership form with grandparents, neighbors and community members.
Membership Form
Members who join PTA February 1 - 26 will be eligible to win $25 cash (two people will win).
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Attention Mountain Gap Alumni
All Mountain Gap Alumni are invited to join the
Mountain Gap Alumni Facebook
page
as we celebrate our 50th anniversary. Starting in November, we will be posting interesting facts and memories and we invite you to share with us as well. Look for announcements about 50th anniversary events and happenings that include alumni.
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School Calendar
For all school clubs and after school activities, please check the calendar on our school website.
To help minimize the amount of calls to the school regarding events, please check out the school website for important events on our school calendar.
Please stay in the know!
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Lunch News
New Grab and Go Lunch Choice!!
Contains: Yogurt, string cheese, goldfish crackers, animal crackers, fresh fruit and water bottle
Student lunch: $2.25
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Boxtop Boys vs Girls
Ends February 12
Girls 896
Boys 605
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Help PTA Earn FREE Money
If you have an email account(s), you can help PTA earn FREE money by entering coke rewards and donating points to our school. For every 25 points donated, PTA earns $1.13.
If you would like to help enter codes, please email tklueger@gmail.com.
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Labels for Education
From soup, beverages and sauces - your kitchen's probably full of eligible Labels for Education®
items. Get clipping and start earning free stuff for our school!
Place your labels in a Ziploc bag with your child's name and teacher's name in the container next to the welcome center.
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Publix Partners
Please ask the cashier to scan your card every time you shop your local Publix. For every $37,500 spent cumulatively by our school's participants, Publix will award our PTA $250. You may check the board at customer service for our quarterly cumulative total.
If you do not have a Publix Partners card, stop by the Welcome Center to pick one up.
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PTA Spirit Nights
February - Five Guys - 2/23 (5-9pm)
March - TBD
April - Yogurt Mountain
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Grizzly Pride Magnets
The new magnets are in! Send in the order form with payment to the Welcome Center, and we will deliver the magnets to the student within a week. (while supplies last)
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Upper Grades Parent Support
If you are interested in volunteering for 6th, 7th, or 8th grade support please contact the representatives below:
6th grade - Christa Brockway ccecil523@hotmail.com
7th grade - Mandy Nelson mandynelson735@gmail.com
8th grade - Melanie Jones melanieshayjones@yahoo.com
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3rd Annual Grizzly 5K/Fun Run
The 3rd Annual Grizzly 5K/Fun Run will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2016.
If you are interested in being on the Grizzly 5K committee, volunteering or sponsorship/donations, please email
mgsgrizzly5k@gmail.com
Early registration is
NOW
open. Click
here
to register.
Registration forms will also be sent home with students the last week of January.
Prizes from Fleet Feet will be awarded to the top three finishers (5k) in all age groups.
Volunteers are also needed to make this a successful community event. Please consider donating a little of your time for our students and faculty. Click
here to volunteer.
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Mountain Gap Basics
at a Glance
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MGS P-8 Students of the Month
The Mountain Gap student of the month is chosen based on qualities such as character, leadership, and citizenship, not necessarily academics. The student of the month must be a diligent student, completing his/her assignments on time, showing strong effort to learn the subjects. The student of the month demonstrates excellent behavior inside and outside the classroom, is well mannered, and respectful to both peers and teachers. Lastly, the student of the month shows exemplar character through his/her compassion, honesty, trustworthiness, responsibility, optimism, and loyalty in creating a positive school environment.
A student can only be awarded once a year. One girl and one boy from each grade will be selected each month.
K - Faith Etenko, Zaccheus Berg
1 - Emily Blevins, Hunter Cox
2 - Riley Garrison, Collin Dummer
3 - Lilly Marshall, Cole Person
4 - Sonae Mitchell, Anthony Hammonds
5 - Grace Engel, Joshua Farmer
6 - Rose Bevill, Hayden Walls
7 - Ella Rozar, Eric Speer
8 - Kathryn Springer, Isaac Cargile
We encourage parents to stop in and see our February Superheroes bulletin boards!!
Lower grade bulletin board is located across from the large cafeteria. The upper grade bulletin board is located next to the girls' locker room.
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Middle School Soccer League (MSSL)
Come out and support the Mtn. Gap Soccer Teams, we have a total of three teams this season (GIRLS, BOYS & COED).
The 2016 Season began January 19th and will end on
March 18th. Games are played
on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Please see the recently updated
game schedule, which is a partial schedule for all three teams.
For a complete game schedule for each team or for additional information please contact the Team Managers:
* Debbie Farmer (COED Team): farmergirl@knology.net
**The MSSL is not a program of Huntsville City Schools, of any individual school, or of any other recreation or athletic organization.
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Need to contact a school counselor?
Did you know that our school counselors have their own page on the school website? Check it out for all the services they offer.
Click
HERE
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Community Bulletin Board
Our Mountain Gap families are welcome to submit a note for this section of the newsletter. Email
mgsptaevents@gmail.com
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Huntsville National League
Youth Baseball, T-Ball and Softball Registration
When: Saturdays February 20, 27 &
March 5th
9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. at the field house
Where: McGucken Park or anytime online hnl
.org
Who: Boys ages 4 -13 years & Girls ages 4 - 18
Please bring a copy of their birth certificate to registration.
If you have questions, you may email baseball@hnl.org or softball@hnl.org.
Huntsville Patriot League
Youth Baseball, T-Ball and Softball Registration
When: Saturdays February 20, 27 &
March 5th
Who: Boys ages 4 -13 years
&
Girls ages 4 - 18
Please bring a copy of their birth certificate to
registration.
Players who live within the Huntsville city limits will register with one of the Sports Leagues. The League you signup with is based upon the Zone you live in within the City. To find the Zone, you can enter your home address at : http://www.hsvcity.com/Web-asp/Parks/Athletic.asp
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Community Sponsors
If you own a business, you can have your logo in the newsletter each week. Email
mgsptaevents@gmail.com for info.
Thank you to our community sponsors for their donation to our PTA so that we can help the many different programs within our school succeed!
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New anti-spam laws require us to have parents/staff who want to receive the newsletter to sign up each year. To join the mailing list, please send your email address to
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