March MVLA Parent Newsletter

Tentative May 25th 8th Grade Celebration - If you have an 8th grader, please come to our next PTO meeting to start planning this fun event. Our next meeting is TBD as Spring Break and the next Board meeting may effect the date.

March 2nd - 7th and 8th Graders head to the Federal Courthouse for a Mock Hearing.

March 6th - Vaccine Clinic for students who have signed up.

March 10th - Spring Carnival Hosted by Student Council

March 13th - March 24th SPRING BREAK

April 11th - April 27th is when we will be working on our State Assessments NM-ASR - Science Assessment and the MSSA (The State Summative Assessments.) These assessments do not take this long, but we will complete the testing during these weeks.

April 28th - AMAZING SHAKE - Every year our students participate in a school wide competition called the Amazing Shake. This competition allows students to practice many of the skills we teach them. This competition was inspired by Ron Clark Academy. Curious as to how it works? Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssfj9D452BA

Would you like to volunteer to be a judge or coordinator for this event? Please email myself at amartos@lcps.net or Mrs. Montoya at analisa@lcps.net

Our incredible students were super successful at the Regional National History Day Competition at the Farm and Ranch Museum on Friday February 24th! Now they will be advancing on to the State Competition which is set for April 15th. Want to know more about what National History Day is? Check out the link below.

https://youtu.be/NAFTIdXXLQA

May 18th - 21st - Lego Robotics Competition in Arkansas

(Please check out our webpage for updated events throughout the month.) mvla.lcps.net

• Allie Goldsteen won 1st Place for her Individual website
• Aiden Wojtko took 2nd place for his paper.
• Maddie Sandel, Uma Ivey-Quintero and Lily Louick took 2nd in Group Documentary
• Piper Gandy and Lianna Brown took 3rd in Group Documentary
• Ethan Robillard, Wesley Ray and Josh Rodriguez received Honorable Mention for their website
• Alivia Villanueva took 1st in individual Documentary
• Troy Ainsworth took 2nd in his individual Documentary and Calvin Chastine took 4th with his Individual Documentary!!

Culinary

Outdoor Sports

The Lost Art of Handwriting (Caligraphy)

Lego Robotics

Yearbook

Film Prize Jr.

Hippie Hive

If you have any interest in helping out for one of these My Times or would like to offer one of your own, give us a call or email Mrs. Martos, amartos@lcps.net.

Our Next PTO Meeting is TBD

Below is the schedule for the District Advisory Council Meetings.

Please see the Fact Sheet below to find out about the NMASR.

If you or someone you know is in need of community resources, basic needs, English/Spanish Classes, GED classes or are just curious as to what other resources LCPS has to offer, please call our Parent Hotline at 575-468-8279.

Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy is a 6-8 school of choice here in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Started by Dr. Toni Hull, we are a RCA inspired project-based school. We have five houses who all compete to win the coveted Title of Champions each year.

Email: amartos@lcps.net
Website: mvla.lcps.net
Location: 821 East Lohman
Phone: 575-527-6059

Please be sure to check out http://www.lcps.net/ for information about tutoring, meal services and other district initiatives available to the community.