MVES Bobcat Bulletin

Greetings Bobcat families.

We hope that you’ve had a wonderful summer with your family. We are so excited about the start of the 2026-2027 school year. It was so nice to see the majority of our Bobcat families at Open House last week. We sincerely appreciate your continued support if your child and our school.

As we get ready to begin the new school year, we want to partner with you for your child’s success by providing information to help you and your child feel well-prepared to start the school year.

We are so excited about the wonderful things that are happening here at MVES. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve your family. Go Bobcats!

Dr. Christie McMahon, Principal

We have changed our afternoon traffic pattern for this school year. When arriving on campus for afternoon car dismissal, please remain in your vehicle in the car rider line. Cars in the afternoon will form three lines and a staff member will help cars merge into two lines for pick up. We will be double stacking the pick up line. Please have your car rider tag clearly visible in your vehicle so the staff member calling students can easily read it. Please list your child's name, homeroom, and grade level on your tag. Identification may be required to pick up your child. Please be patient as we all work through these changes together.

Pre-K parents must park in the designated Pre-K parking on the back side of the building and walk their child to the classroom door to be signed in. Pre-K parents should pick up their child using the designated space in the back parking lot as well.

Please make sure that students wear clothing and shoes that are comfortable for school. Closed-toed tennis shoes are preferred on PE days. Halter tops, midriff tops, strapless or spaghetti straps, pajamas, slashed/cut-up clothing, and clothing with offensive language, disruptive images, or ethnic slurs are not allowed at Mountain View Elementary. Shorts and skirts should be finger tip length. Any questionable items of clothing will be left to the discretion of the principal. Please label your child’s coat, jacket, sweater or other items of clothing that may be removed during the school day so that it can be easily returned if misplaced.

All students can eat breakfast and lunch for free each day in the cafeteria. We have a grab and go breakfast program where students get their breakfast and take it to their classroom in the morning. Additional items are also available for purchase. Prices are listed below.

Students must bring money or have money in their account to purchase additional items.

There are lots of ways that you can volunteer to support our school.

• We can use your help reading with students.
• Supervising students in the cafeteria for short periods of time so teachers can have a duty-free lunch as a team.
• Help with fundraisers.
• Help the media coordinator with the Book Fair
• Serve on the PTO Board

If you are interested and available to help, please use the link below to sign up. Someone from PTO will be in touch with you. Our next whole group meeting will be in October. More information coming soon.

Outdoor soccer sign-ups are ending this week. The last session for sign-ups will be held on Thursday, August 27th from 4:30 - 6:00 under the awning in front of the school. All registration forms must be submitted by August 28th.

The Athletic Boosters also need coaches to help with outdoor soccer. If you are available to help coach, please contact the soccer coordinator, Tory Annas, at (828) 544-2124.

Monday, August 24

• First day of school for students in first grade through fifth grade.
• Parent conferences for some Pre-K and Kindergarten families

Tuesday, August 25

• Parent conferences for the other half of our Pre-K and Kindergarten students

Wednesday, August 26

• The first half of our Pre-K and Kindergarten students begin.

Thursday, August 27

• The second half of our Pre-K and Kindergarten students begin.

• All students are on campus

Monday, September 7th

• School is closed for Labor Day

September 14th - 18th Grandparents Week

Grandparents are encouraged to come have lunch with their grandchildren.

September 21st - 25th - Book Fair begins. We need parent volunteers to help with mornings in the book fair. If you are available, please call the office at (828) 437-1584.

September 21nd Curriculum Night for K-2 from 4:30 - 6:15. Two sessions will be offered. The first presentation begins at 4:30 and ends at 5:15. The second presentation begins at 5:30 and ends at 6:15. Presentations will be offered in English and in Spanish.

September 22nd Curriculum Night for 3-5 from 4:30 - 6:15. Two sessions will be offered. The first presentation begins at 4:30 and ends at 5:15. The second presentation begins at 5:30 and ends at 6:15. Presentations will be offered in English and in Spanish. Interim reports go home for the first nine weeks.

Email: cmcmahon@burke.k12.nc.us
Website: mves.burke.k12.nc.us
Location: 805 Bouchelle Street, Morganton, NC, United States
Phone: (828)244-8782
Facebook: facebook.com/MountainViewElementary
Twitter: @C_McMahon123