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A note from Mrs. Bardwell
One of the strengths of our school is our supportive community. We love for you to visit our school during the day for lunch, to help in classrooms, and to work with our children.
When you visit our school make sure you:
-Sign-in in the Welcome Center
-Get a visitor's badge
-Have a photo ID to present, if asked
(Depending on the person staffing the Welcome Center, they may know you and not need to ask you for your ID. However, staffing varies during lunch and breaks, so please have one ready each time you visit just in case.)
Our students love having parents, relatives, and friends visit them during lunch. For students to have visitors during lunch, the visitor should be listed in iNow. If the visitor is not listed in iNow, please send a note with the child or an email to the teacher letting us know that your child should be expecting a special guest.
Thank you for your help and support as we work to keep our students and our school safe.
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Coin Wars
Thank you Mountain Gap families! Together, we raised $2,807.41 to benefit
Heifer International
. Your donations will help
empower families to turn hunger and poverty into hope and prosperity.
Thank you to all the volunteers that helped the students and counted the change!
The overall points winners and grade animals will be announced Monday, March 28.
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Rubik's Cube Mosaic Contest
Mountain Gap GATE students created mosaics using Rubik's Cubes. Vote through March 31! Click on each link and vote please!
Minion
99 Rubik's Cubes by Designer: Kyra T., Student Builders: Kyra T., Jaida E., Delaney B., Rachel G., Rachel R., Liam A.
Alabama 100 Rubik's Cubes by Thomas W., Caden B., Alex R.
Mario 35 Rubik's Cubes by Alex N. & Jonah R.
Flowers 48 Rubik's Cubes by Kyra T., Amex R., Sarah S., and Jaida E.
Fish Bowl 49 Rubik's Cubes by Shay N., Aurora F., Jessica S.
Reverse Flash 42 Rubik's Cubes by Wyeth C. Jake H., Morgan L., and Thomas N.
Pac Man 60 Rubik's Cubes by Erin H., Morgan M., Grace H.
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Field Trip
6th grade - Project American Life - March 29- April 1
1st grade - Let's Pretend Hospital - March 31
PreK - EarlyWorks - April 1
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Alabama Spelling Bee
Congrats to Erin Howard for winning the Alabama Spelling Bee! She will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee held in May in Washington, DC.
Mountain Gap Bands
On Friday, March 11th, the Concert and Symphonic Bands performed at the District 1 State Music Performance Assessment. Both groups played outstanding, and a special congratulations to the Symphonic Band for earning straight superior ratings. Congratulations to both ensembles!
Mountain Gap Cheerleaders 2016-2017
Allie Harbour
Jane Harper Hines
Lauren Howard
Kassidy Karr
Kylie Klueger
Christina Kruse
Kaylen Leeman
Abigail Naumcheff
Shania Reed
Reagan Stevens
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Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration
Pre-K
online registration will run April 4th - April 8th. All rising kindergarten students will be invited to K for a Day on April 29th. Click here for more information.
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Friday, April 8
PreK dismisses at 11am
All other students will dismiss at 11:30
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Kite Day
Kite day for the lower grade students will be held on
Thursday, April 7th during PE. The times are as follows:
8:20-9:00 PreK
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 participate.
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Lower Campus Book Fair
April 11- 15
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PTA General Meeting
Tuesday, April 12
6:30pm
Upper Campus Gym
Election of 2016-2017 PTA officers
The book fair will be open before and after the PTA meeting.
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April 21 @ 6pm in the upper campus library
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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PTA Nominations for 2016-2017
The nominating committee is currently taking nominations from PTA members for our board for next year. We are looking for names for all Board Positions. If you are interested in being considered for a position or know of someone you would like to nominate please fill out the interest sheet and return to school with your child.
Elections will be held at the
April 12th Mountain Gap PTA General Meeting.
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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 price increases April 1.
Registration forms were sent home this week with your student.
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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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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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, new stage curtains, etc.
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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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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.
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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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Boxtops for Education
The last day to submit Boxtops is May 1.
The container is next to the welcome center. Be sure to include student and teacher's names.
50-149 Boxtops = Nifty Fifty Party
150+ Boxtop = Pie a Teacher
300+ Boxtops = Water Balloon Fight
Current Boxtops
file as of 2/15
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Help PTA Earn FREE Money
The last day to submit coke rewards is March 31.
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
Campbell's has decided to end this program after this academic school year. The last day to submit labels is April 18.
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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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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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 - Abby Overstreet, Christopher Henriksen
1 - Charlee Leathers, Cillian Loehr
2 - Lily Lenz, Clayton Smith
3 - Lilly Marshall, Cole Person
4 - Sonae Mitchell, Anthony Hammonds
5 - Grace Engel, Joshua Farmer
6 - Abigail Naumcheff, Will Anderson
7 - Emma Lowery, Jackson Person
8 - Stevie Naumcheff, Heath Varmette
We encourage parents to stop in and see our February/March 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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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.
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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| Mountain Gap P-8 School | 821 Mountain Gap Road | Huntsville | AL | 35803 |
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