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Mountain Gap PTA Needs Your Input
to Become A School of Excellence
Mountain Gap PTA knows that a strong partnership among our families, school leaders, and community at-large is important to the success of our students and school. That's why we are participating in the National PTA School of Excellence program, and we need your help. As part of the process, National PTA requests feedback from families at two points in the school year - the beginning and the end. Your feedback in the beginning will help to generate a customized Roadmap to Excellence which will provide specific recommendations for improving our family-school partnership and achieving excellence.
Please use this link
http://goo.gl/forms/IZncUcQyAq
to complete the initial Family Survey. All responses are confidential. At the completion, you will have the opportunity to print your confirmation page and be entered into a drawing for a $25 prepaid VISA. All survey responses are due by the end of the school day on
October 23.
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Concession Stand Volunteers Needed
We are in need of 5-6 volunteers to work the concession stand at Milton Frank Monday, October 12. If you can help, please email
clayliover@gmail.com
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Mountain Gap vs Challenger
Monday, October 19
12:55
-1:25
Parents are encouraged to attend.
10/19 at 6pm
Milton Frank Stadium
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Lower Campus Book Fair
October 19-23
7:45-3:15
If you wish to volunteer, please email Debralindy74@yahoo.com with day and time preferences.
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School Calendar
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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Code of Conduct Meetings
Huntsville City Schools is holding a series of parent information meetings to present updates to recent changes in the district. This semester, the Huntsville City Schools Director of Behavioral Learning will provide a presentation on the updated Code of Conduct, and share the new improvements, along with guiding procedures and responsibilities. Parents and staff are welcome to attend any one of the meetings. The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, October 13 at 6:00
at Grissom High
Thursday, October 15 at 6:00pm at Johnson High
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Mt. Gap Spirit Night
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The first Tuesday of each month will be Mt. Gap Spirit Night. Different student groups will be hosting each month and all proceeds benefit the hosting group.
We would love to see everyone come and support our students.
Tuesday, November 3
Kindness Krewe
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PTA General Meeting and
Veteran's Day Program
Tuesday, November 10th -
6:30 pm in the Upper Campus Library.
We want our families to be able to enjoy the Veteran's Day Program, parent workshop, and PTA meeting without having to worry about what's for dinner. PTA will be hosting a Pizza Dinner in the Upper Campus Cafeteria from
5:00 - 6:15 pm. $5 per person for pizza, drink, and dessert.
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Parent Workshops
Understanding Your Student's ACT Aspire Results: Tuesday, October 13th at 6:00 pm in the Upper Campus Library - Dr. Cathy McNeal, Directors of Assessment and Accountability for Huntsville City Schools, will be our guest speaker.
Using HCS Technology to Monitor Your Students' Assignments & Progress:
Tuesday, November 10th at 5:30 pm in the Upper Campus Library - Kathie Rooker, Vice President of Technology for Huntsville Council of PTAs, will be our guest speaker. Come learn how to access and use iNow, Edmodo, SchoolNet, and more. Pizza dinner will be available starting at
5 pm in the Upper Campus Cafeteria, cost $5 per person. The PTA General Meeting and Veterans Day performance will follow beginning at
6:30 pm in the Upper Campus Gym.
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School Picture Retake Day
Fall picture retake and make up day will be Tuesday, October 20
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Alabama PTA Reflections
The ALABAMA PTA Reflections' program welcomes students in all grades and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts. Annually, thousands of students will reflect on a common theme and create original works of art in the categories of dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts.
School deadline is
Wednesday, October 21
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Details are posted on the PTA
website
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Celebrate 50 Years of
Excellence in Education
Plans are well under way for a year long celebration of our school's 50th Anniversary! Here are just a few of the upcoming activities:
T-shirt Design Competition - PTA is sponsoring a school wide 50th Anniversary t-shirt design for students. Complete details will be sent home with students next week or click
here for the flyer. The top three designs will be selected by the 50th Anniversary Celebration Committee, and then students will select the final design. The top three designers will receive recognition and a prize. The design should fit on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper and should not use more than three colors. The deadline for submission is
October 14th.
Placemat Design Competition - Students in grades Preschool through Fourth Grade will be creating placemats for the clients of Meals on Wheels in the Mountain Gap and South Huntsville area at Thanksgiving. The theme will be "Why I Am Thankful for My School - Mountain Gap 50th Anniversary". Each student will be provided with the appropriate sized paper and designs must be done in colored pencils and/or marker. No crayons please as they melt when laminated. Three winner entries will be selected per grade level, and ribbons will be presented to the students. The deadline for submission is
October 23rd. Complete details will be presented after Fall Break.
Decade Days - Mountain Gap School opened in February 1966, and PTA will be sponsoring a Decade Day each month starting with the most recent decades. Students are encouraged to wear appropriate clothes from the decade being celebrated. PTA will provide interesting facts about that decade on that day.
The Nifty 90s will be celebrated on
Friday, October 16th.
The Electric 80s will be celebrated on
Wednesday, November 18th.
Just a thought to ponder - Mountain Gap students will be celebrating decades in which they weren't even born.
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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 and we are in the planning phases now.
If you are interested in being on the Grizzly 5K committee or in sponsorship, please email
mgsgrizzly5k@gmail.com
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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 - Adalynn Overstreet and Logan Adams
1 - Eva Varmette and Jacob Bruening
2 - Laurel Howard and Jackson Lindy
3 - Hannah Sturdevant and Martin Ash
4 - Delaney Boozer and Liam Ashton
5 - Lucy Kelley and Delali Yao-Kuman
6 - Sammy Sledd and Chris Bedsole
7 - Reyna Foslein and Ian Mackenzie
8 - Abby Sledd, Lizzie Erbach and Tyler Newman
We encourage parents to stop in and see our September 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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Girls Science and Engineering Day
October 17
Girls in grades 3 - 5. Registration opens September 17. Scholarships are available for girls from underprivileged backgrounds.
Click
here
to register
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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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Community Sponsors
If you own a business, you can have your logo in the newsletter each week. Email
mgsptaevents@gmail.com for info.
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| Mountain Gap P-8 School | 821 Mountain Gap Road | Huntsville | AL | 35803 |
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