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Bike Safety
The Huntsville Police Department states that children should be in third (3rd) grade before riding bicycles to school and a helmet is required.
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Mountain Gap PTA Needs Your Input to Finish the National School of Excellence Application - Watch for the Final Survey Next Week
At the beginning of the school year, Mountain Gap PTA announced that we were applying for the National PTA School of Excellence recognition as a part of our 50th Anniversary celebration. From your initial survey responses, National PTA generated a customized Roadmap to Excellence which provided specific recommendations for improving our family-school partnership and achieving excellence. Your PTA has been working on the suggestions made in the Roadmap to Excellence throughout this school year. Beginning next week, a final School of Excellence survey will be sent home with each student. Additionally, a link will be provided in the Grizzly Roar to complete the survey online if you prefer that method. All responses will be confidential and should be completed and returned to the school by
May 6. At the completion, you will have the opportunity to print your confirmation page and be entered into a drawing for a $25 prepaid VISA.
In order to achieve the School of Excellence recognition, our local unit PTA will have to show improvement in results from the initial survey to the final survey which are identical. Click
here to review the PowerPoint presentation showing the results of our initial survey. If you have any questions, please email
mountaingapptapresident@gmail.com .
Wouldn't it be wonderful for Mountain Gap to be recognized as a
National PTA School of Excellence as we finish celebrating our
50th Anniversary? Please help us make this a reality.
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Mountain Gap PTA, Heather Bardwell, and Leslie Graham Receive
Awards from Alabama PTA and Huntsville Council of PTAs
At the Alabama PTA Annual State Convention held on April 2 in Montgomery, Alabama, Mountain Gap PTA was recognized with two state awards in the areas of Supporting Student Success and Sharing Power. Leslie Graham, 8th grade English, was recognized as the Alabama PTA Middle School Teacher of the Year.
The Huntsville Council of PTAs has notified us that Mountain Gap PTA will be recognized with three city wide awards in the areas of Communicating Effectively, Supporting Student Success, and Sharing Power. Mrs. Heather Bardwell will be recognized as the Huntsville Council of PTAs Middle School Principal of the Year, and Leslie Graham will be recognized as the Huntsville Council of PTAs Middle School Teacher of the Year. The Awards Ceremony will be held on
April 26th at Burritt Museum.
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Mountain Gap at the Alabama Bandmasters Association All State Band
Daniel Sharp earned 1st chair baritone sax, and Isaac Cargile earned 1st chair trombone. Congratulations to these young men on their outstanding achievement!
Tech Trek at UAH
Tech Trek is an immersive STEM camp that selects approximately 60 girls from the state to attend. Two Mountain Gap 7th graders have been selected to attend Tech Trek this summer. Congratulations to Ashleigh Ponder and Madison Stofer!
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Lunchroom Volunteers
Volunteers are needed to help with Kindergarten every day in the cafeteria. Grades 1 - 5 need volunteers every Friday.
If you can volunteer, please contact Michelle Marsden at 256-797-8773 or michellemarsden@yahool.com.
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The Tuesday Club has once again entered the Earth Day Hero's poster contest sponsored by One Stop Environmental. Now we need your help in voting for our poster. To vote in this year's contest all you need to do is
c
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here and like the photo
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For extra votes, comment on the photo once per day. They will tally likes and comments and announce the winner on Earth Day April 22nd.
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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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Mountain Gap PTA Spirit Night
Tuesday, April 26
5pm until 10pm
During this busy spring season, enjoy a nice dinner with your family without having to cook. Order from Steak Out on
Tuesday, April 26 and let them know you are participating the Mountain Gap PTA Spirit Night. You'll have delicious dinner with cooking and clean up, and our school will benefit.
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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.
Use discount code MGSP8 to save $3 on registration. Click
here
to register.
You MUST register by May 2 to be guaranteed a t-shirt.
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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PTA will be sponsoring a catered luncheon for the teachers on Thursday, April 28.
Individual classrooms are being handled by the room parent or upper class parent support team.
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Tutoring Thursdays
Thursday, April 28 is the last day for tutoring this school year.
- 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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Summer Robotics Camp Registration NOW OPEN
5th Annual Summer Engineering Camp (SEC) 4 Robotics
Dates: June 6th - 10th, 2016
Time: 8:00am - 3:00pm
Locations: Columbia High School
Grissom High School
New Century High School
Cost: FREE for Huntsville City Schools Students
The Camp will be for Rising 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in the Huntsville City Schools District. This is a 5 day (7 hours/day) camp where we teach the students about multiple aspects of engineering and how to build a fully automated LEGO Mindstorms (rising 5th & 6th grade students) or Vex Robot (rising 7th & 8th grade students). Professional Engineers serve as camp mentors. Industry professionals share presentations each day.
Lunch and snacks will be provided. All students will receive a camp T-shirt.
Click
here to register
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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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Need help with homework?
Homework Alabama offers FREE online tutoring and academic resources from Tutor.com for Alabama residents from kindergarten students through college, plus adult learners. Get help in math, science, English, social studies or writing from a live tutor. Tutors are available 3 p.m. - 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. The Tutor.com SkillsCenter Resource Library is available 24/7. The services can be accessed from an Alabama public library, from your home computer or from your mobile device.
Receive one-to-one, real-time assistance with your job search. Online tutors are available to help navigate job sites, complete applications, write/review resumes and cover letters and even practice for an interview. You can take a career assessment, search job openings and download resume samples and templates on the 24/7 SkillsCenter Resource Library.
Click
here to access the resources
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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+ Boxtops = Nifty Fifty Party
150+ Boxtops = Pie a Teacher
300+ Boxtops = Water Balloon Fight
Current Boxtops
file as of 4/6
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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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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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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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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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