Our mission is to provide a Christ-centered March 1, 2017
quality education to prepare students to be Issue 560
life-long servant leaders.
Hi Parents!
As Days Upcoming Dates
Can you believe we are in March already? That means we only have a few more Parents in Prayer-every Tuesday 8:15 am
weeks until the end of the 3rd quarter. Please check Jupiter to help you child March 9 PTA meeting 2:30 pm
finish this quarter strong and contact their teacher if you have questions or con-
cerns. March 13 Board meeting 3:45 pm
March also means that our accreditation visit is only seven weeks away and the
self study has to be turned in (MY homework!!) soon. Several of you responded March 17 11:45 am early release ; end of 3rd
to my request for help as we get closer to the visit and so if you still are willing to quarter
help, please let the office know. Thanks for considering this request.
Last month you participated in the parent survey and we really appreciate your March 20-24 Spring Break
input. I will try to highlight a few areas in our school that you thought need im-
provement and many others that you rated as strengths of MVCA.
Our lowest rating had only 42% consider our support services as excellent and
just 52% feel like parents are involved with formally reviewing and revising the
foundational documents (mission statement/expected student outcomes, pur- Friday Hot lunch
pose, etc.). 53% consider activities provided for students as adequate.
Soup Bar
The highest rating (94% of parents) affirmed that children have administrators
and teachers who monitor and inform parents of the child's learning progress
while 90% thought the governing body operates responsibly and functions effec-
tively. At around 85% agreed/strongly agreed that the following areas were
strengths: Effective communication about goals and activities, Teachers use a
variety of teaching strategies, students have at least one adult advocate and learn-
ing activities plus work as a team to help children learn, MVCA provides quali-
fied staff to support learning and that the school provides a safe learning envi-
ronment.
If you would like to look over the detailed report, stop by the office to view it.
We welcome your thoughts and reflections. Thanks again for helping us take a
snapshot of the effectiveness of MVCA. This information will help the visiting
team give us ideas and direction to improve. We appreciate you investing in a
Christ centered quality education developing lifelong servant leaders.
A big THANK YOU
Blessings,
Christian Bumgarner
to the Nelson and
Terry families
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Parents in Prayer 8:15 Upper School
Last day of Swimming Upper School
Field Trip to Mis-
Lessons Wolf Biology
sion 10:00 12:25
field trip
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Parents in Prayer 8:15 PTA Meeting 2:30 pm
Happy Birthday
Mrs. Brookman
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12 14 Pizza Thursday
Happy birthday
7th & 8th grade Fish Parents in Prayer 8:15 End of 3rd quarter
Hatchery filed trip 11:45 am release
Kaitlyn Kackmann &
Liam Gingras Board Meeting St. Patricks Day
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Parents in Prayer 8:15
Parents, Please have your child leave all toys at home. You are invited to MVCAs
Open House , Tuesday April 4 at
Thank you so much,
6:30 pm.
Lower School Staff If you have friends or family that
have shown an interest in MVCA, please invite them to join us for an evening of
meeting the teachers, touring the classrooms and hearing the future vision for
MVCA . Dessert will be served !
The upper school sign language class helped lead the
Monday worship! They all did a great job!
E ven teachers continue to learn!
A big thank you goes out to the Polson Rural Fire department for coming out to train the staff
on fire extinguisher safety. It was a very informative training !
Gabe Shipley tearing it up!
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