MVES Compassion Week is this week, November 12th-16th 😃

This week we will have special activities to celebrate our ‘Be Nice’ school campaign while recognizing and promoting each student’s ability rather than disability. It will focus on using compassion and kindness within our school and around our community. Thank you for your support in continuing to promote our positive school and community environment!

📌 Monday, November 12th- Showing of ‘Willamena Picklepants and a Case of the No-Good Really Mean Words’ by East Cobb author and mother, Lauri Garretson

📌 Tuesday, November 13th- ‘Dress to be Different’ by wearing a hat, silly socks, backwards clothing, crazy hair or Pj’s.

📌 Friday, November 16th- Wear your class ‘Be Nice’ shirts to promote kindness and similarities rather than differences.

We will also have in school challenges to demonstrate acts of kindness in our everyday school life. One being a school wide Compassion Chain linked together with acts of kindness displayed by each student as well as teacher.

The other a ‘Choose Nice Always’ challenge in which students will be able to take an act of kindness and spread it through demonstration. Use this coming week to have open dialogue with your children on the importance of spreading love, kindness and compassion wherever they go.

Thank you for supporting Compassion Week! 
PTA Special Student Services Committee

We are looking for volunteers that can help during the Thanksgiving lunches.  Volunteers will either check-in parents coming to eat Thanksgiving lunch with their students or will serve sack lunches to the children in the other grades not participating in the Thanksgiving Lunch that day.  This is a huge help to the cafeteria staff who will be extra busy with all of the visitors eating lunch in the cafeteria!  Any number of shifts you can sign up for is greatly appreciated!

CLICK HERE to SignUp

Volunteers will need to meet in the cafeteria, and are required to wear closed-toe, non-slip shoes.  We will be serving lunch in the second serving line that is normally not in use.  Once you arrive, please look for other volunteers or the cafeteria manager, Stacey Deremer, for direction.  Please try to arrive 5-10 minutes prior to your shift for brief training.

PTA Community Outreach Committee will be collecting canned food donations this Monday and Tuesday for The Center for Family Resources. Please place items in the bin in the school front lobby or bring to the Carpool Line Monday and Tuesday. 🥫🍽

Check your pantry (check expiry dates) or grab a few extra canned/non-perishable items to donate to the canned food drive while you're out grocery shopping this weekend. Thank you for your support!

Food List:
• Dressing mix
• Cranberry sauce
• Canned or instant potatoes (sweet or white)
• Canned green vegetables
• Canned yellow vegetables
• Non-refrigerated pie shell and pumpkin pie mix
• Dried or canned milk
• Roasting pan
• Dried beans
• Peanut butter and jelly
• Canned meat, tuna, or ham
• Rice, pasta, or cereal
• Soup
• Bread or rolls
• Canned fruit

Help encourage the love of reading at the Mountain View "Reading Roundup" book fair November 12-16!

We are looking for several volunteers each day to help students find books, make teacher wish lists, etc.  Volunteers can sign up for 1-2 hour shifts but any time frame would be greatly appreciated. CLICK HERE TO SIGNUP.

If you have any questions, please contact Liza Lin or Angela Rash at bookfair@mountainviewpta.org