MVS Family News

Thanks to everyone who came out for Orientation last week! All laptops are deployed, and school pictures are taken! We are excited for all that this year will bring and are thrilled that you are on board! Go M@VS!

:0) Mrs. Bishop

If you are interested in purchasing school pictures, be on the lookout for an email from Klimas Studios. The email will contain information on how to see the proof and how to order. Purchasing is optional.

Starting this Wednesday, be looking for an email from Maryville Virtual School. There will be an attached Progress Report that shows your student's current grade and attendance in each course. See the example below.

• Yellow- total days absent and number of unexcused absences. These are the numbers that inform the truancy process.
• Blue- courses absences. This number shows you for how many days a student has not completed their work for a specific class.
• Green- Q1 % and Q1. This shows the current average in % and grade for each course for this grading period. Q1 stands for Quarter 1 or the first nine weeks of school.
• Orange- Course % and Course Grade. This shows the current average in % and grade for each course. This will become more important as the year progresses.

If you do not receive the Progress Report email by Thursday, please check the clutter folder of your email. If you still do not see it, please contact MVS to make sure we have your email address listed correctly in PowerSchool.

As a parent, you have three ways to keep grades at your fingertips--

1. Login to https://ps.maryvillecityschools.k12.tn.us/public/home.html

with your Parent username and password.

2. Sign up for emails of grades and attendance

• Setting Up Automatic Reminders: Emailed Notification of Grades
  • Once parent is logged in, choose Email Notification on the left.
  • Check what information you would like to receive, how often, and to what email address.
  • Click Submit and Sign Out.

3. Download the PowerSchool app and view it on your phone

• PowerSchool Mobile App
  • Install App.
  • Enter District Code: QLNK.
  • Login using the Parent username and password.

If you have assignments in Edgenuity or Imagine Learning, please click on the Edgenuity Students icon in ClassLink, wait a second, and it will log in for you! To see what your assignments are for a certain day or week, click on the name of the class (see to the right). Then you will be taken to the Course Map, where you see all activities and what day they should be completed. To go to an assignment, just click on it. (See below.)

Do you want your own parent account in Canvas, so you can see your child's courses and assignments? Follow these directions.

Parent Canvas URL: HTTPS://MARYVILLE-SCHOOLS.INSTRUCTURE.COM/LOGIN/CANVAS

• First Time: Creating an Account:
  • Directions
  • Once you have created a login, use your User ID and Password.
• Existing Parent Account: Adding an additional student
  • Directions
• Editing Notifications:
  • Once you make your account, you will start getting email updates unless you turn them off under Notifications.
  • Directions

If you ever see this screen, click on Login with Microsoft Azure AD. Once you click that, it should disappear and continue on with whatever you were doing.

Monday Zoom meetings for all 2nd-8th grade start this week! Below is a reminder of the schedule. Be sure to arrive on time, be set up in a quiet place in your house, participate, and have fun! Your teacher has emailed you the link for the meeting.

• 8:30-- 2nd and 3rd graders with Mrs. Vagnier and Ms. Geter
• 8:30-- 6th graders with Mrs. Smith
• 9:30-- 4th graders with Mrs. Vagnier and Ms. Geter
• 9:30-- 7th graders with Mrs. Smith
• 10:30-- 5th graders with Mrs. Vagnier and Ms. Geter
• 10:30-- 8th graders with Mrs. Smith

Our first ever Start Right Day was a success! Students received all of their materials to start off the year including their laptop, learned some basic laptop skills, and got to meet their teachers and fellow classmates. We even had a few special guests drop by to meet our middle school M@VS, including Social Studies teacher Bob Kirkland, SRO Adam Cook, and Ready Graduate Advisor for 4-7 Jason Hicks.

State of Tennessee mandatory assessments start next week for students in grade 2nd and 3rd. Students will be assigned a day and time to come in to MVS to take their iReady Reading tests this week and will come back again next week to take iReady Math. Please be looking for an email from Mrs. Vagnier for more details.

Students in grades 9-12 now have to set their own PowerSchool password. The first time your student tries to login, he will get a screen asking for their old password and asking them to choose a new password. See below. Please assure them that this is something that they need to do.

If you are interested in re-watching the 9-12 Orientation Presentation, please click here.

Starting this year, Maryville City Schools has invested in staff and programs to help students in grades 4-12 start thinking about what happens after high school and what could be great for each of them. Throughout this year, we will hear more about the Ready Graduate Center and a piece of software called School Links that will assist your student on this journey. Very soon, our 9-12 Ready Graduate Advisor, Wes Lambert, will be reaching out to MVS high school families to start the conversation about how we all can help your student be a Ready Graduate.

Principal: Deana Bishop

Registrar/Bookkepper/Front Office: Jennifer Davis

Academic Support Center: Marissa Geter

IEPs/ 504s: Melissa Vagnier

Counselor (Mental Health Support): Nick Reynolds

Ready Graduate Advisor (9-12): Wes Lambert

School Resource Officer: Adam Cook

Tech Support for Hardware: Click on the "Student Tech Help" button in ClassLink or click here.