Principal’s Message:
Hi Golden Owls,
Thank
you so much for coming to Back to School Night. We had 87% attendance.
This week we have many opportunities for parents to be engaged in what
is happening at Vargas. Tonight we have School Site Council Meeting Agenda, Thursday morning we have PTA General Meeting in the MUR, and Friday we have an ELAC meeting Agenda.
Hope to you see you at these events.
Events Calendar
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9/4/19 - Picture Day
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9/4/19 - SSC Meeting 5:00 PM Vargas Conference Room
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9/5/19 - PTA General Meeting, 8:30am - 9:30am - MUR
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9/5/19 - Board Meeting, 7:00pm - 10:00pm - District Office
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9/6/19 - ELAC Meeting, 8:15am - 9:15am, MUR
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9/9/19 - The Vargas Way Morning Assembly, 8:00am-8:15am - Blacktop
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9/9/19 - DELAC Meeting, 5:30pm - 7:30pm - District Office Conference Room C
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9/16/19 - The Vargas Way Morning Assembly, 8:00am-8:15am - Blacktop
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9/18/19 - Hearing and Vision for Kinder & 2nd graders
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9/23/19 - The Vargas Way Morning Assembly, 8:00am-8:15am - Blacktop
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9/27/19 - Principal’s Coffee, 8:10am - 9:10am - MUR
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9/30/19 - The Vargas Way Morning Assembly, 8:00am-8:15am - Blacktop
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10/4/19 - Coffee with the Superintendent, 8:15am - 9:15am - MUR
In this Newsletter
School News
Golden Ticket Winners - Week 8/26 & 9/3
Week 8/26 Week 9/3
Carson RM: 1 Mary RM: 2
Nathan RM: 5 Adan RM: 4
Jonathan RM: 9 Ysabelle RM: 8
Lucie RM: 19 Alton RM: 19
Tate RM: 21 Reyna RM: 21
Expiration of Free & reduced Eligibility Status!
The 30-day grace period for last year’s eligibility status for Free & Reduced students expires on September 20!
Unless students have submitted an application, they will be charged the
full price for breakfast and lunch beginning Monday, September 30.
Please submit your applications online, please go to www.EZMEALAPP.com
Hearing and Vision
Each
fall, MVWSD conducts hearing and vision screenings of all students in
kindergarten, second-, fifth- and eighth-grade, as California State Law
mandates. These screenings will take place at Vargas Elementary on
Wednesday, September 18th.
Parents
will be notified in writing if children fail a screening. Parents who
do not want their child screened for either vision and/or hearing should
send a letter to their child's school each school year indicating that
their child is to be excluded, and vision and/or hearing results will
need to be provided from their physician.
If
you have any concerns about your child’s vision or hearing please
contact your school nurse. Questions about the screenings should be
directed to the Health Services office at 650-526-3500.
Lost and Found Items
Please
stop by the front office to check our Lost and Found box. Our box is
starting to overflow, any items not claimed by Friday, September 27th
will be donated.
CSMA Art Club 1st to 3rd Grade
FALL SEMESTER after-school art club at Vargas Elementary School.
Join us for a 12-week fall art club session where we will explore the theme: The Art of Food.
Students
will paint, draw and build with support and instruction from CSMA
faculty. Teachers develop a new curriculum with each new session. This
session we will explore the many ways that food is connected to art. We
will look at artists that use food as a medium or theme in their artwork
and create projects based on these.
Questions? Call our Registration department at 650-917-6800 ext. 0
District News
CAASPP student score reports are in!
If
your child is currently in grade 4-8, you may access your child's
English Language Arts and mathematics scores through PowerSchool (https://ps.mvwsd.org/public/).
After logging in, click on "score reports" in the lefthand column. If
you are unable to access the Parent Portal, please contact your school
secretary for assistance.
Food for Thought Truck
MVWSD
Food and Nutrition Services is proud to introduce the Food for Thought
Truck (flyer attached). This truck was made possible by a grant from
Second Harvest Food Bank and Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
Throughout the year, your students will interact with the truck for
nutritional education, as well as for food service. Please look for us!
Meal payments
If
your family is experiencing a financial setback, please contact us so
we can help. We can assist you in applying for free or reduced price
meal benefits through the National Lunch Program. The 2019-20 online
application deadline is September 20, 2019. No citizenship information
is collected during the application process. Just as in the past, you
will need to reapply annually. Please go to the following website to
apply online today. http://www.ezmealapp.com (or applications are available at your child’s school office).
Meal payment: Full or reduced price meals can be paid online throughout the year at www.EZschoolPay.com.
For 2019-20, full price meals cost $3.50 for lunch and $2.50 for
breakfast (reduced price is 40¢ for lunch and 30¢ for breakfast). You
can pay in advance (online, check, or cash) or at the time of purchase.
Please call MVWSD Food and Nutrition Services at (650) 903-6965 if you have any questions.
Lunch menus
Menus are found here: https://www.mvwsd.org/parents/nutrition
MVEF News
As
our schools wrap up their Back to School Nights, the Mountain View
Educational Foundation (MVEF) hopes parents learned more about what
school foundations add to their child's education. Neighboring cities,
like Palo Alto and Los Altos, also rely on educational foundations to
bring essential programs to their school districts. Here in Mountain
View, that includes hands-on science, field trips, standards-based art
and music lessons from Community School of Music and Arts, middle school
athletics and more. A key to our district’s success is a vibrant PTA, a
strong educational foundation and engaged parents like you! The
colorful brochure you received at back to school night doubles as a
donation envelope- making donating easy! Or you can donate online at mvef.org. Over 70% of our funding comes from parents like you!
MV Parent U: Like movie and discussion
Mountain
View Parent University presents a discussion and showing of “Like,” a
documentary that explores the impact of social media on our lives and
the effects of technology on the brain. Social media is a tool and
social platforms are a place to connect, share, and care… but is that
what's really happening? How can parents and students gain the skills to
self-regulate?
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 6:30-8 PM at Crittenden Middle School Auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m.
After
the film, there will be a discussion facilitated by Common Sense Media
and MVWSD staff. Spanish translation will be available during the
discussion panel, and the film will have Spanish subtitles. Child care
will be provided. To RSVP prior to the event, and to view live streaming
on the internet during the event: mvwsd.org/parentu.
Flyers
Food Truck
CSMA Art Club
SELPA Family BBQ Invite
MV Parent U: Like movie and discussion