MVLA Parent Newsletter 10/4/21

• Challenger Missions October 12th and 13th (Permission slips will be going out soon.)
• End of the first nine weeks October 13th
• Fall Break October 14th and 15th

Hi MVLA Families!

We have finally finished revamping our SPARK process. The idea now is that we keep students working and motivated with buttons to help them track their progress toward becoming a SPARK. Each week, we will pass out the buttons during Leadership and students will be able to wear their buttons on their lanyards with pride.

Here are the categories:

Stepping Up - S

• Taking a risk

• Be the example

• Help Others

Purposeful - P

• Focused on the purpose of what your doing

• Focused on the why and end goal

Accountable - A

• Taking responsibility for yourself and your actions

• If you made a mistake, you own it.

Responsible - R

• Do what YOU have to do without complaining or having to be told

• Keeping up with assignments

• Being where you are supposed to be when you are supposed to be there.

Kind - K

• Be willing to help

• Showing compassion to others

The District is asking that we hold our SAC meeting the week after the DAC meeting so that we can have that information to bring back to our school. The next DAC meeting is November 4th, so we are being asked to have the next SAC meeting the following week. At our next PTO meeting in October, we can go over some of the items that were discussed at the first DAC meeting.

On another note, it's great to see our PTO off and running. There is already another fundraiser being discussed. If you haven't yet been able to be a part of our PTO but would like to, please feel free to reach out. We have a lot of active members this year! Thank you wonderful MVLA parents!

by Leeana Montanez

Did you know that 1 out of 4 children goes to sleep hungry every night in Dona Ana County? Today during Morning Motivation guests from the Lighthouse Pantry visited and told students about food needs in our county. Each student counted off numbers 1-4, and everyone who had the number 4 raised their hand. Those students symbolized 25% of children who go to sleep hungry. MVLA SPARKS and AES students are leading the food drive project which consists of gathering boxes to hold food items like canned food and cereal and making signs to promote the food drive. Each House has a box and will compete for whichever house has the most food collected.

Please encourage your children to bring food items to school to help those in need; the food will support local food banks: the Lighthouse Pantry and the Roadrunner Food Bank.

1. Please, please do not have food delivered to students during lunch. An occasional forgotten lunch is one thing, but please do not make constant lunch deliveries to the building.
2. Please make sure your kiddos have masks that they are willing to wear all day.

Students are only allowed to use their cell phones before school, at lunch and after school. If you need to speak to your child or get a message to your child during the day, please call the front office at 527-6059 and we will get the message to your student.

If your child does not feel well, please tell them they need to come see the nurse and she will contact you if they need to be picked up. Students should not be calling or texting parents during the day unless it is from the office with an adult present.

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: https://sites.google.com/lcpsmail.org/mesillavalleyleadershipacademy/home
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.