MVS Family News

Congratulations on successfully completing the school year! We are so glad that you have joined us on this journey and hope that you have a relaxing summer! See you next year!

May 19-- Last Day of School/ All assignments & tests due by NOON

May 19-- Academic Support Center closed

May 19 or 22-- All students turn in laptops/ textbooks

May 22-- Final Grade Cards will be emailed to parents

May 23 to June 16-- Summer School: Grades 2-7 @ CGIS (by invitation only)

May 23 to June 16-- Summer School: Grades 8-12 @ MHS (by invitation only)

Students have only a day and a half left to keep working and finish strong! Since MCS has made Friday a half day for students, all work needs to be completed by NOON on Friday. Also, our Academic Support Center will be closed on Friday.

All students need to return their laptop and charger to the MVS office on Friday or Monday. Please remember to also bring your charger and any other materials that you have borrowed-- novels, fingerprinting kit, etc.

You are currently enrolled at MVS, thus you are automatically enrolled with MVS again for next year unless you decide to make a change. If you wish to withdraw from MVS to attend another school for 23-24, please email jennifer.davis@maryville-schools.org to let us know. Then, you will need to come into MVS to sign the withdrawal form and let us know what school you will be attending next year. Note- MVS tuition students wishing to enroll in another Maryville City School must apply for tuition with MCS.

We held our first graduation ceremony last Friday for our first graduating class of Maryville Virtual School! Linsdey and Tristan looked great in their gaps and gowns, and we were cheered on by the MCS School Board, Director of Schools Mike Winstead, and Assistant Director Amy Vagnier (who was also our keynote speaker). Their families joined us in honoring these students' accomplishments and took lots of great photos. We look forward to having a larger graduating class next year and an even bigger celebration!

There will be a few changes for MVS or the 23-24 school year to help us become even better!

• 2nd-8th grade will have a mandatory weekly Zoom at a set time to get the week's instruction started off well. Your student may be invited to other Zoom meetings throughout the week, as needed for more pinpointed academic instruction.
• World Languages courses 1 and 2 will mostly be scheduled together within the same year to help with skill retention between the courses. Onsite testing and some Zoom meetings may also be required to practice communicating in the new language.
• The Academic Support Center for 9-12 is a place where certain students who need more academic or organizational support are invited to attend by admin, when needed. It will also continue to be a place for on-site testing, as specified by your teachers.
• We have many interventions for struggling students, but next year these may include moving from weekly assignments to daily assignments.

As you experienced this year, we will continue to make tweaks throughout the year as we find ways to better serve our students.

Summer School invitations for grades 2-7 have already gone out to certain students. Thank you to all that responded. Please be on the lookout for specific information coming from Mrs. Katie Kite.

In high school, students must earn certain credits to graduate. (See list of graduation requirements here on page 12). To earn a credit for a course, a student must pass the class with a 60/D average or better. If the student fails the course with an average below 50, the entire course must be taken again, or some entire core courses can be retaken in summer school. If a student has an average between 50 and 60, then the student may have the option of taking an abbreviated core course during summer school, just focusing on the deficient standards, to recover the credit and receive a passing score of 60/D for the course. For more information on credit recovery, see here on p. 16.

Thus, you can look at your student’s current averages and consider if he/she will be getting information about Summer School. Summer School for grades 8-12 will take place on-site at Maryville High School. Courses available at Summer School are only the core graduation requirements including English, math, science, and social studies. As soon as we receive more information on Summer School, we will send it out directly to the invited students.