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Yearbooks on Sale
Mountain Gap's 2016-2017 yearbook is now on sale!!
Click
here to purchase.
This year's theme is "To Infinity and Beyond" and represents Mountain Gap P-8 students reaching beyond the stars! The book will be in full color, 104 pages and 8.5" x 11". There is also a new option this year: In addition to the hardcover book, you may also purchase the yearbook as an eBook!
ALL purchases this year will be made using our online sales site. When you go to the link, you will be given the option to purchase the yearbook alone for $35, the eBook alone for $25, or both the yearbook and the eBook for $45.
Books will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis, and a limited quantity has been ordered for purchase. When these are gone, they are gone! Please make your purchase soon to make sure your book is reserved. Books will be delivered to students during the last week of school in May.
Online sales will end January 31, 2017 or when all books have been sold.
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Mountain Gap Teacher Wins Prize
Ms. Scott, Mtn Gap P8 PreK Teacher, is the winner of 'Tools for Teachers' and won $319 for her classroom from WHNT-19! Congratulations!
Click
here
to read her story.
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Report Cards
Report Cards will come home with students on
Monday, January 9th
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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 January is:
Fairness
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Reminder for excused absences
If your child is absent, please turn in an excuse within 2 days of the absence. Please take excuses to The Welcome Center.
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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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Reminder for Parents in Car Line
Parents, when you are waiting in the car line to pick up your students and they have come out, please DO NOT pass the buses if their stop sign is out.
There is a
$400
fine per bus if you get caught!
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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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MGS Basketball Games
Wednesday, January 4th
MGS vs Hampton Cove
3:30 pm at Mountain Gap
Thursday, January 5th
MGS vs Huntsville
3:30 pm at Mountain Gap
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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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Our Mountain Gap families are welcome to submit a note for this section of the newsletter. Email
mgsptaevents@gmail.com.
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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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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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| Mountain Gap P-8 School | 821 Mountain Gap Road | Huntsville | AL | 35803 |
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