3500 Mountain Lion Drive • • • Loveland, CO 80537 • • • 970.613.7800

MVHS FOOTBALL PLAYOFF UPDATE

• The Tri-Valley Conference Champion 11-0 Mountain Lions are proud to host a quarterfinal football playoff game at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 21, at Ray Patterson Field. Our guests will be Falcon High School, who have earned a season record of 10-1. Ray Patterson Field, the Thompson School District stadium, is located at 1600 Eagle Drive Loveland, CO 80537.

MVHS Proudly Offer Most High School Educational Options in TSD
MVHS is proud to offer the most educational options for student success of any high schools in the Thompson School District. Please use the following links to learn more about specific educational options programs included the arts magnet, Loveland-area Integrated School of the Arts (LISA), the national pre-engineering and design program,Project Lead the Way, the 15 College Board Advanced Placement© courses. MVHS also offers an innovative approach to freshmen success through the MVHS Freshman Academy Learning Center. MVHS is the only high school in the Thompson School District to offer this number of learning and success options, combined with a freshman academy. By clicking on the following PDF document, MVHS 8th grade flyer, please know this file not only contains important registration and LISA timelines but loads of information on all the special programs for ensuring your son/daughter's many successes at MVHS. MVHS simply offers families the most options for high school success.

Welcome to October at The View—Newsletter and Newspaper 411
Our hard-working staff, lead by faculty assistant Mrs. Anita Kindt, has completed the MVHS October 2009 Newsletter. Not only does our latest newsletter contain all the school, counseling, academic, and Life Connections Center news, but it also contains an updated phone contact list for all staff. Furthermore, this newsletter contains the information for parent/student/teacher conferences on October 28 and 29, right on page 1. Please download the PDF file from the above link and let the informing begin! The news does not stop at the community newsletter. Please click here, or on the link to the left, to download the MVHS The View, student newspaper. This edition is the first online-only edition of the MVHS newspaper.

Health Information @ TSD-Just a Click Away
By clicking here, all the Thompson School District health-related information is a mouse click away. This link is a one-stop information source for the latest information on health-related topics ranging from H1N1 influenza to immunization requirements.

DECA Sponsors Free Financial Literacy Workshop--Open to the Public
Mountain View, Thompson Valley, and Loveland High School DECA and First National Bank of Loveland proudly present Believe in your Financial Future: a Free Financial Literacy Workshop, from 4:30 - 8:30 December 10th, 2009, in the Sue E. Wall Auditorium at Mountain View High School. This free workshop will cover a variety of financial topics important to students, parents, and community members.   Student-attendees will have the opportunity to open a Free Checking account with up to $50 in starter funds from First National Bank and win a $250 college scholarship with College Invest. By attending, students and parents will gain an understanding in topics such as financing a college education, managing financial transitions (managing a checking account as a teen), establishing a great financial track record through the wise use of credit, and using estate planning to protect one’s family and finances. 

MVHS Welcomed Milton Creagh for Second Year
Bigg Milton Creagh, is one of the top speakers in the nation.  Through a five-year contract with the Elks organization, he was back in Northern Colorado.  Because Mr. Creagh is so in demand nationally, he usually only visits any one place once every 10 years.  We were lucky enough to have him visit our school twice in less than one year.  Thus, some MVHS family members remembered Bigg Milt's visit last year at MVHS.  All 9th and 10 graders this year found his September 22, 2009, message positive and inspirational.  The Thompson School District and MVHS would like to formally thank the Elks Organization, and Sharon Welch for bringing Mr. Creagh to Northern Colorado. Elks members are tireless supporters of our students, and this assembly would not be possible without their deep caring about young people.

New Student Information—Welcome to the MVHS Family
As a new student, we welcome your family to our MVHS family. Please call with questions any time, but please know we will begin the enrollment process after July 30th. We will begin scheduling counselor interviews after July 30 by calling 970.613.7800. If you are a transfer student, please complete the Student Transfer/Waiver Form, and bring it to MVHS (or fax it to 970.613.7820). MVHS is proud of its many successes. Click here to download a comprehensive document outlining our programs for the freshmen Mountain Lions. If you need to access the Thompson School District Course Description Book to help in the registration process or find descriptions of programs and courses, please click here. MVHS is gladly accepting new student enrollments.

MVHS Student Handbook and Calendar for 2009-2010--DOWNLOAD NOW !!!
At fall check-in, all families will receive a paper copy of the new student handbook and MVHS 2009-2010 calendar. If you just can't wait to start your school year off, please click here to download the 1.1mb PDF file of the handbook/calendar. If you are new to our school, this handbook will help with questions and critical dates for understanding how "learning and thinking are our most important jobs."

MVHS is now on Twitter !!!
Be a MVHS fan and "follower" from your Twitter account. Receive tweet updates of big events at MVHS. Twitter is super easy and can send short and timely messages right to your cell phone about your favorite high school, so join our Twitter conversation right now at MVHS Twitter.

MVHS Earns A National Award-Top 10 PBS High Schools in the Nation
MVHS has been recognized as one of the top 10 high schools in the nation for implementing school-wide positive behavior support (PBS). A team from MVHS has been invited to participate in a national think-tank seminar in Chicago in June 2009, to showcase our PBS work and help write a chapter in a book on PBS at the high school level. To learn more about MVHS POWER click on the link to the left or click the PBS links at the bottom of this page. MVHS is honored to be recognized as a national exemplar PBS program.

MVHS Newsletter Online: Save Costs—Go Green
Please know to save costs and paper, the MVHS newsletter will now only be available online. Please click here to download the March 2009 newsletter in PDF format. Please click here to download the June 2009 newsletter in PDF format The June 2009 newsletter includes important school start-up dates for 2009-2010, sports information for summer training, and a school calendar for the new school year. Please click here to download the October 2009 newsletter filled with parent/teacher/student conference information and an updated phone contact list.

Warmly,

K. Kevin Aten, M. Ed.
Principal

Peak Performance Events

School Accountability and Advisory Committee (SAAC)
MVHS welcomes all parents and community members to be involved in our MVHS SAAC meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month in September, October, November, January, February, March and April.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at 7 A.M.
The MVHS SAAC adopted by-laws in April 2009.

Mountain Lion Long-Term Information

-MVHS LISA 2009-2010 9th grade Applications are Still Being Considered
Please know the LISA program is still accepting applications, and will consider applications as they are submitted. Please feel free to call Dr. Cindy WIley, LISA assistant principal, at 970.613.7821, for more information. For more web-based information and to immediately download a LISA application, please click here.

-Parent Portal: Online Grades, Assignments and Attendance
Parent Portal is our primary academic communication tool for parents and students. At the MVHS Back-to-School night and fall check-in, parents are given an Identification Key that which allows parents to create a username and password for the Parent Portal to check grades, assignments, attendance. The software behind this change is called Infinite Campus. The Thompson School District is excited to implement this modern system for student data management. If a parent would like his/her Identification Key, please stop by the attendance office of MVHS, (970.613.7805), from 7:30-3:30 P.M. If a student would like his/her user name and password, stop by the MVHS media center. Parent Portal offers numerous improvements and enhancements, including an "easy-to-use" interface. Directions for students to use Parent Portal can be downloaded by clicking here. Directions for parents to use Parent Portal can be downloaded by clicking here.

-Fire Lane and Mountain Lion Circle in Front of MVHS—Safety First
The fire lane along the east side of the school and the circle in front of the school continue to create frustration for local emergency personnel and for Thompson School District bus drivers. The circle in front of the school is a 24-hour per day handicapped zone only for bus usage and emergency access to the front of the building. Please do not drop off students or pick them up in the front circle at any time as buses use it at all hours. Please have a family discussion about other areas on campus to pick up your student, including all the wide-open spaces in the east parking lot by the district soccer stadium.