Mill Valley Weekly

Mill Valley just wrapped up our whole school focus on our shared One Book, One School experience, reading the book Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord. We hope you enjoyed the connection between home and school as we all read the same book which allowed us to have conversations and share ideas related to themes in the book. Because of the Rabbit explores themes of friendship, acceptance, growing up, and being yourself. We hope you enjoyed reading or listening to staff members read the book over the month of February.

As we kick off March, we continued to celebrate reading as we enjoyed Read Across America Week. Read Across America Week is intended to motivate and help kids become aware of and celebrate good reading habits. In addition to dress up days, we also had lots of guest readers visiting classrooms sharing their passion for reading. Guest readers included Mr. Irvine, Mr. Michlig, Mrs. Sundstrom, Mr. Johnson, Officer Fox, Mrs. Olson, Mr. Bavlnka, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Schrot, and Mr. Krupar.

On another note, be sure to check your child's school items tonight. Each student will have individual information regarding Parent Teacher Conferences.

Sincerely,

Allyce & Julie

We are excited to share that Courtney Arntzen, Director of Elementary Student Learning, will transition into a new leadership role as Assistant Superintendent for Continuous Improvement, effective July 1, 2025. Courtney has been an invaluable part of our district for many years, serving as an Instructional Coach, an Elementary Principal, and most recently as Director of Elementary Student Learning for the past seven years. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated an exemplary commitment to student success, professional growth, and the advancement of academic excellence for all students.

Courtney is excited to continue collaborating and working alongside our talented and dedicated staff in her new role, fostering an environment where educators and students thrive. Her passion for continuous improvement and growth will help our entire system as we strive to live our mission fully.

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The Muskego Lions Club will be at Mill Valley conducting vision screening for KG, 1st, and 3rd grade students on March 19, 2025.
Please make sure your student wears their glasses/contacts on the date of the vision screening.
If you do not wish to have your student screened, please contact the health office prior to March 19th. Parents of any student that does not pass this screening will be notified.
If your student passes this screening you will not be notified directly, but you may certainly call the Mill Valley Health Office at 262-971-1830 X8223 to confirm. Please allow a reasonable amount of time for processing results before contacting the health office.

Mill Valley students continue to work hard to demonstrate their respect, their responsibility, and their kindness. At the end of each month, behavior referral (majors and minors) graphs are shared with the staff and students. We wanted to share data trends with you, as well. When teachers share the graphs with their students, they facilitate important conversations about behavior in regard to trends, noticings, and potential actions to decrease the number of behavior referrals each month.

Below are some noticings and patterns from our staff and students:

• 1st grade had the least number of major/minors in February

• Referrals most often happen in the classroom and on the playground

• We need to show integrity and meet expectations all of the time, even when adults aren’t looking or right by us

• Referrals happen least often in specials and the bathroom

• Most kids at Mill Valley are doing a great job of trying their best and aren’t receiving behavior referrals

In addition, our students have earned 1,449 Paw Prints in the month of February! As a reminder, students earn Paw Prints for being caught being respectful, responsible, or kind.

Forward Testing for 3rd and 4th graders will be taking place

April 7th - April 17th.

Testing will be scheduled in the morning only. Please avoid scheduling any appointments (doctor, dentist, ortho, etc) during the testing time. More information will be shared when we get closer to the testing dates.

Muskego-Norway Schools will use NextPath to share information about your child. We are currently asking all parents to activate their guardian accounts. No student documents are viewable in NextPath yet. To activate your account, please follow the instructions in the Logging into NextPath Overview. You can access the NextPath login page by clicking HERE.

The Health Room is in need of pants for both boys and girls.

Sizes 5/6, 7/8, 8/10, 10/12 would be appreciated!

If families are interested in donating to the book vending machine, you can contribute at

MV Book Vending Machine eWallet

Please ignore the "grade". All money donated will be used to supply books for all grade levels.

Please join us for our next PTO Meeting on Tuesday, March 11th at 5:30pm in the Mill Valley Library.

Special guests: 3rd Grade Teachers

To view current support staff job vacancies, click HERE

Email: allyce.harris@muskegonorway.org
Website: muskegonorway.org
Location: W191 S6445 Hillendale Dr, Muskego Wi, 53150
Phone: 262-971-1830
Facebook: facebook.com/millvalleyelementary