Special Fall Break Edition: Read All About It! Principals' Weekly Community Newsletter for October 5th-October 9th

Dear Monte Vista Families and Community,

Click on weekly newsletter link below. Enjoy!
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We made it to Fall Break! One quarter of the school year in the books! Thank you everyone for a productive and pathfinding journey so far, soaring to new heights! 

The annual YouthTruth Survey for our school is open now until October 30th. We would love to hear your voice--opportunities for growth, strengths, and more! Link is in the weekly newsletter above or click on link just below as well (click on Monte Vista in the survey--only take 15 minutes--and text screenshot of completion to 831-901-7109 with your name to be part of a multiple giftcard drawing).
http://ytsurvey.org/mpusdfamily26

Please remind your child to enjoy the outdoors this week and Read, Read, Read:) Our Read-A-Thon is going strong for ONE MORE WEEK. The main links for that is below:
Log Reading Minutes
Find & Share Your Blue Jay’s Pledge Page
Submit digital reading log/turn in the completed Read-a-Thon Packet to the Front Office between October 12-14.

Also, kudos to our entire community for making a big comeback this week in reducing Chronic Absenteeism. See image and description further below. Now we just need to improve our daily attendance rate as a school. We got this!

See important weekly recap, announcements, events, over 100+ pictures, and more in our newsletter link below! 
We have important dates and events listed for October AND November! 
Click on weekly newsletter link below. Enjoy!
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Two weeks ago...

vs. Last week. Yay! 


Explanation for the graph just above: Our percentage bands for attendance UP A LOT this week. Yay! Satisfactory level was at 73.1% (ten percent higher--550students-77 students more than last week--YAY). 116 students in the yellow at risk area (decrease of 59 students from last week--YAY), 73 students in the orange moderate chronic (decrease of 15 students from last week- YAY), 13 students in the light red  (1 less than last week--progress) severe chronic area, and 0 students in extreme chronic (yay). Anyone who stays in moderate, light red, or dark red areas (moderate, severe, or extreme chronic) is considered to have chronic absenteeism. We will work with these families to make sure independent study packets are turned in the first day they return to school after the absence(s). Otherwise, they will have to do Saturday Academy or possible after school tutoring attendance recovery (latter program should kick off in November). We will also continue to reach out to families who are lingering in these more at-risk areas of attendance.

Joe Ashby, Ed.D. 
Monte Vista TK-8 Principal, MPUSD
831-901-7109 or jashby@mpusd.k12.ca.us

Tierney Wessel
Monte Vista TK-8 Assistant Principal, MPUSD
twessel@mpusd.k12.ca.us