Elite Eagle News
September 20, 2026
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Highlights
In this issue:
- September is Attendance Awareness Month
- Homecoming is this week! See below for more info!
- Yearbooks are on Sale
- Volleyball and Football Play this week.
6th Grade
ELA
They will be focusing on writing narratives and incorporating key literary elements.
Math
They will be focusing on integers and rational numbers.
Honors: They will be focusing on rational numbers and coordinate plane.
Science
They will be focusing on reviewing for their test on Sun-Earth-Moon before moving onto research on the moon and the lunar lander activity.
Social Studies
They will be focusing on Comparing and contrasting the reasons for British, French, and Spanish migrations and colonization in North America.
7th Grade
ELA
They will be focusing on reviewing symbolism and irony, foreshadowing, connotation, and denotation.
Math
They will be focusing on generating equivalent expressions using distributive property and factoring.
Science
They will be focusing on their photosynthesis activity and their cellular respiration activity.
Social Studies
They will be focusing on what makes a civilization and how did early civilizations develop and adapt to diverse environments.
8th Grade
Math
They will be focusing on solving equations with variables on both sides, solving multistep equations , and equations with not solution or infinitely many solutions.
Honors: They will be focusing on comparing linear and nonlinear functions, constructing functions to model linear relationships, intervals of increase and decrease, and sketching functions form verbal descriptions.
Science
They will be focusing on energy, motion, force and work. The will also be working on reviewing solids, liquids, and gases.
Social Studies
They will be focusing on how the collapse of Rome in Western Europe lead to the emergence of medieval societies, and how did the emergence of Islam influence the development of the medieval world.
Homecoming
Sign up to help at the dance!
We need parent volunteers to help during the homecoming dance. Use the link below to sign up. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0448ACA82CA3FDC07-65853529-2026
Dance Tickets
Tickets for the Homecoming dance will be sale Monday, September 21st-Wednesday, September 23rd in their Social Studies classes. Tickets are $5.00 each.
Make up sale day will be Thursday, September 24th during 2nd period only in Mr. and Mrs. Anderson's room.
School Information, Events, and Activities
Meridianville Players Drama Club
The MVP Drama Club welcomes ALL MVMS students. Anyone interested in acting, design, or technical theatre is encouraged to join. We plan to attend competition in February in addition to a play in the Fall and Spring semesters.
For more information, you can reach out to Miss L at eelewis@madison.k12.al.us
Sports
Events
* = members only
Monday, September 21st
- Homecoming dance tickets on sale in Social Studies Classes. Tickets are $5.00
- Volleyball @Monrovia (A team: 5:30 and B team 4:30)
Tuesday, September 22nd
- Homecoming dance tickets on sale in Social Studies Classes. Tickets are $5.00
- Drama Club afterschool until 5 pm.
-Volleyball vs. Buckhorn: A team 5:30 and B team 4:30
Wednesday, September 23rd
- Homecoming dance tickets on sale in Social Studies Classes. Tickets are $5.00
- Chess Club afterschool 3:45-4:45pm
Thursday, September 24th
- Drama Club afterschool until 5pm
- Homecoming: Football vs. Journey @HGHS 7th: 5:00 and 8th: 6:30 Theme 90's for MVMS last Homecoming game ever. Let's say BYE BYE BYE and party like its 1999.
Friday, September 25th
-September 25th: Homecoming Dance 6th grade 4:30-6:00 and 7/8 grade 6:30-8:00
Coming Up Soon
- September 29th Football MVMS vs. Monrovia (Theme: Games or wear pink)
- October 2nd: End of the 1st 9 weeks
- October 5-9 Fall Break
- October 12th-23rd: BooGrams Library Fundraiser (More details to come)
Health and Wellness
Absences and Parent Excuses
Please do not call the school to let us know if your student is sick. Follow these protocols:
Students have 8 parent excused days per year.
How to use a parent excuse for an absence:
- Write a note or email that includes student’s full name, reason for absence, date, and parent name.
- Send the note with the student to the front office or email mvms-front-office@madison.k12.al.us
For any questions, please select option 2 on the automated phone menu.
Breakfast Menu
Lunch Menu
PayPams Lunch Money Account
Free and Reduced Lunch Application
School Policies
Please remind your students that compliance with behavior and procedural expectations is necessary to participate in extracurriculars, school events, and more.
Prior Permission Absence Form
If your student will need to miss school for an important event, please fill out the Prior Permission Form least 20 days prior to the absence. This will allow the paperwork to be reviewed and approved or denied in plenty of time for communication to occur.
Sponsors of MVMS
Additional Information
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Academic Calendar
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PowerSchool Portal
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