MVES Weekly News

Ms. Westbrook's Weekly Newsletter

April 30, 2026

Parent/Guardians should have received an invite to join ParentSquare on 4/16/23 which will be replacing Remind and IC messenger for all Hall County Schools beginning May 11, 2026. MVES community members who are not guardians will not receive ParentSquare messages. Beginning May 11, 2026, these community members will need to check this Weekly News Google Site or school website ( https://mves.hallco.org/) each Thursday for our school updates.

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SUBMIT A SAFETY TIP

To send an anonymous tip of a text or photo please send text to 678-865-6282.

To submit an anonymous tip over a phone line call 770-503-3232, or call your school principal.

For immediate threats please call 911 or complete the form below.

https://schoolsafety.hallco.org/submit-a-tip/

TO VIEW THE DISTRICT'S SAFETY WEBSITE: https://schoolsafety.hallco.org/

Dear Parents,

End of Grade GA Milestones testing began today for 5th grade and will be Monday, May 4 - Friday, May 8 for 3rd-5th grade. Please review the important information linked below about Milestones testing. We are asking all grades to wear school colors to support our 3rd-5th grade students on the Milestones. Go Trojans!

Our last Future Explorers session for upcoming kindergarten students is tomorrow - Friday, May 1 at 9:45 a.m. Interested families should contact the front office to RSVP.

We are looking forward to visiting with our K-5th grade Families tomorrow morning as we celebrate the end of the school year and our 5th grade Family members.

Tomorrow is School Lunch Hero Day! Please join us as we celebrate our awesome school nutrition team! Next week is Staff Appreciation Week. Thanks to our PTO for making this week a special time of celebration for our team!

Please see the new date for our Senior Walk and Reception on May 12th (info below). We hope to see all of our MVES alumni at this event! Thank you for helping us spread the word.

If you or a business you know would like to support MVES and the HCSD during our 2026 summer leadership retreat, we are in need of $25 gift card donations. Please let me or our front office know if you can help us with this request. Thank you for your support!

Election Day is Tuesday, May 19. Please see the ESPLOST information below.

Good luck to our 4th and 5th grade running club at this Saturday's Fit Families 5K! Thanks to Mrs. Borg, Coach House, and Mrs. Nix for sponsoring our team!

Go Trojans!

Jennifer Westbrook

Principal

Click here to view the 25-26 HCSD Calendar

Click here to view the 25-26 MVES Handbook

Wear School Spirit Colors on Fridays

MVES Parent Connection Calendar

Important Dates to Remember:

April 30-May 13 - Milestones EOG Testing (3rd-5th grade) - WEAR SPIRIT WEAR & SCHOOL COLORS!
May 1
- School Lunch Hero Day
- Families
- Future Explorers at 9:45
- Last day to check out books
May 2 - Hall County Fit Families 5K
May 4-8
- Staff Appreciation Week
- Milestones EOG Testing (3rd-5th grade)
May 4, 11 and 18 - Marco's Mondays! (see below)
May 6 - School Nurse Day
May 8 - All library books due
May 11 - 5th grade Trojan Olympics at North Hall
May 12 - NEW DATE! - MVES Alumni Senior Walk and Reception (see info below)
May 14-15 - End of year class parties (see times below)
May 15 - Patrick/Pollock end of year party at 12:30
May 18 - 5th grade Walk and Awards at 8:30
May 19 - Election Day
May 20
- Last Day of School
- Report Cards

Due to staff scheduling, safety and supervision concerns, student checkouts following special event days will not be available unless prior approved by administration. We want all of our students to enjoy these special days at school!

Milestones EOG Testing Schedule for 3rd-5th Grade:

Click here for MVES Parent Info for GA Milestones:

May menu

Due to increased costs, purchasing milk for lunch from home will be $.75 (does not include lactose free milk). Students should have money available in their MyPaymentsPlus account to purchase. Students will need a parent note to purchase lactose free milk.

The ESPLOST North Hall cluster informational presentation, including proposed projects for the North Hall cluster, that was shared with the community at the ESPLOST informational sessions earlier in the spring are available at https://esplost.hallco.org

We are hiring!

MVES is looking for lunchroom monitors to support our Jr. Trojans in the cafeteria during lunch.

Interested candidates can apply online: https://www.applitrack.com/hallcounty/onlineapp/default.aspx?AppliTrackPostingSearch=location:%22Mount+Vernon+Elementary+School+-+0194%22

and contact jennifer.westbrook@hallco.org.

MVES Parent Surveys

Dear Parents,

As we continuously seek to improve the Hall County School District, we want to know how you, as a parent or guardian, feel the schools and the district are doing to meet the needs of students and all stakeholders. Please help us by completing the survey online.

The information that you provide will help us evaluate and improve how our schools, district, families, and parents work together to help all students achieve academic success.

Please click the link below to complete the survey online.

Your opinions and suggestions are valuable, and we thank you for your input.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrXVQ3neFaNZvi-vfNsICFhPYuHPtJ8ez172E0P_zrT-OHQg/viewform

Queridos padres/tutores,

Debido a que buscamos continuamente mejorar el Distrito Escolar del Condado de Hall, queremos saber cómo usted, como padre o tutor, siente que las escuelas y el distrito están trabajando para satisfacer las necesidades de los estudiantes y todos los miembros de la comunidad. Ayúdenos con este proceso completando la encuesta en línea.

La información que nos proporcione nos ayudará a evaluar y mejorar la manera en que nuestras escuelas, distrito, familias y padres trabajan juntos para ayudar a todos los estudiantes a lograr el éxito académico.

Por favor presione en el enlace (link) de abajo para completar la encuesta en línea.

Sus opiniones y sugerencias son muy valiosas, y le agradecemos su aporte.

Medication Reminders from Nurse Devra Wood

Please contact Nurse Devra Wood regarding any student medical concerns or medications. Children should not deliver medications or have medications in their book bags.
Parent/Guardian must complete the HCSD medication permission form and deliver medication to the clinic in the original bottle.
For safety reasons, please do not send medications in with students.

Hall County Schools Bus App for Parents

Reminder from HCSD Transportation Dept: Nonresident students including HB251, Magnet and Tuition students, are not allowed to ride the bus to or from school unless it is a school day field trip experience. Nonresident families are required to provide transportation (car rider or MVES approved afternoon day care). Please contact the MVES front office with questions.

Car Rider Reminders

For morning drop-off, please have your student gather belongings, water bottle, etc. so he/she is prepared to exit the car quickly with all belongings READY when your car arrives at the sidewalk for drop-off.
Please remain in your car when unloading AND loading students. If you need to buckle students into car seats, please pull into the spaces next to the hill after you exit the loading area.
Please have students load/unload from the PASSENGER SIDE if possible. This saves time and is safer than having students cross between cars.
Please pull up as far as possible in the car rider line. The unloading/loading area is the entire length of the sidewalk.
A current car rider tag is required for pick up in the car rider line.
Our campus (including the car rider line) is a drug free/tobacco free campus.
It is unsafe for children to hang out of car windows or stand up through the sun roof while in line.

Frequently Asked Questions about Birthdays:

If you would like your child's class to celebrate his/her birthday at school, please communicate in advance with the teacher. Buying the class ice cream or sending in store-bought birthday treats (ex. cupcakes, donuts) can be planned ahead with the teacher. The teacher will distribute the treats at the appropriate time. We are unable to distribute invitations at school.

VISITORS & VOLUNTEERS:

Hall County Schools and MVES encourage family involvement in our schools. Parents will be invited to participate in special school and PTO events during and after school.
School visitors must have ID and be listed on the student's Infinite Campus approved contacts.
Visitors should not take/post pictures of other students.
A schedule for lunch visits will be available after Labor Day. Visitor seating will be scheduled on a limited basis due to space.
- no outside food will be permitted in the MVES cafeteria
- only 2 guests per student (unable to bring siblings from another grade)
- must have ID and be listed on IC approved contacts
- sit with their student at visitor tables
School and field trip volunteers must complete the HCSD application with volunteer modules through Checkmate (KEYWORD: HallVolunteers). https://campus.hallco.org/campus/checkMate/volunteerSignUp.jsp?appName=hall
The application will be available online and at the front office between 8:30-1:00 and 3:00-3:30. Due to district guidelines, volunteer applications and modules will be required each school year.
Following the first day of school, students arriving by car should come through the car rider line off Odum Smallwood Road. The front and front lower parking lots should only be used by buses and staff during arrival and dismissal times.
If you need to check out your child from school (we ask that you limit check-outs as much as possible), please notify the child's teacher and the front office staff in advance from a parent/guardian email address and call 770-983-1759 to confirm:
- missy.odom@hallco.org