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School Spelling Bee
Classroom winners in grades 1-8 will be participating in the School Spelling Bee on
Wednesday, December 7th
at 9am in the Lower Campus Library.
Please contact Mrs. Pickens for more information.
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New Visitor Login System
MGS has implemented a new visitor login system. Please know that you will need your driver's license every time you come into MGS as a visitor.
Your first visit they will scan your license into the system at The Welcome Center. All visits after that, YOU will scan your license in at the welcome center kiosk and a badge will print with your destination. Thank you in advance for your patience as we learn our new system!
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In an effort to better communications between parents, teachers, and staff, Mountain Gap PTA will be holding our first PTA Roundtable Discussion; Breakfast with Bardwell.
We plan to hold these meetings quarterly. Our first meeting will be Thursday, December 8th. The next meeting will be in February, 2017.
Do you have questions or issues that you feel haven't been addressed? Please submit your questions prior to the meeting to
mgsptaevents@gmail.com
We will review and discuss questions in an open dialogue with Mrs. Bardwell during our meeting.
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Spirit Wear
Did you miss the opportunity to purchase spirit wear? Never fear, we have an online store through spirit gear direct. You can order this year's designs and more!
Click here for more information.
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Character Education Word of the Month
Each
month we will have a new
character
word that will be the theme of the
month. Please discuss this word and its meaning with your children.
The word for the month of December is:
Compassion
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Basketball Games
MGS vs Challenger
3:30 pm at Challenger
Tuesday, 12/13
MGS vs McNair
3:30 pm at McNair
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For lunch schedules and menu prices, click
here
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Meal Payment Options Program
Huntsville City Schools has partnered with EZSchoolPay to provide parents with an easy to use method to view and manage their student's food services account.
Parents are always welcome to check the account of their children at any time there is no cost whatsoever associated with balance inquiries, viewing transactions history for the past 30 days and getting email alerts on balances. EZSchoolPay service also allows parents to make deposits for a 4% per transaction fee when adding funds to your student's account. Parents with multiple students can apply funds to all accounts in one transaction. Deposits made online are typically credited to the student's cafeteria account within 15 minutes, if made during normal school hours.
For more information on the EZSchoolPay system, click
here.
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Congratulations, Grizzly Family!! We have been recognized as a 2016-2018 National PTA School of Excellence! Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers and amazing families for helping us to achieve this!
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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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Our Mountain Gap families are welcome to submit a note for this section of the newsletter. Email
mgsptaevents@gmail.com.
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Grandparents Support Group
The Grandparent Support Group will meet at Latham Methodist Church every other Wednesday.
The next meeting will be Wednesday, December 14th
, at
1PM
in the library at the church. Enter through the door that faces the railroad track. For more information contact Sharon Ball at
sharonlu@knology.net
or
256 603-9327
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Interested in learning about how to win a FREE week at Space Camp or Space Academy?
For more information about contest rules and to download the application, click
here.
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Need homework help?
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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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2016-2017 NACCS Character Word Contest
The Second Annual North Alabama Community of Character Summit is hosted by the Character Foundation of North Alabama, a 501(c)(3) organization, sponsored by the Better Business Bureau of North Alabama.
Eligible to all students in K-12
Students may submit an essay or a creative art project that illustrates one of four character words- Courage, Fairness, Generosity, and Perseverance.
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Need to contact a school counselor?
Did you know that our school counselors have their own website? Check it out for all of the services they offer! Click
here
to visit their site.
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Sam's Club BONUS Back to School Box Tops
Buy 3 or more Box Tops for Education items in one transaction at Sam's Club between 8/16/16 and 11/16/16 for eligibility.
For more information and a list of promotional items, click
here
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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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You may start turning in
your
box tops!
Remember to put the student's name and homeroom teacher on the bag. You don't have to count, just label the bag. For more information about the Box Tops for Education program, click here.
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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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Student-Parent Handbook 2016-17
Please take a moment and review the Huntsville City Schools 2016-2017 Student-Parent handbook
here.
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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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Mountain Gap Basics
at a Glance
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