MVES Weekly News

Ms. Westbrook's Weekly Newsletter

SUMMER INFO

May 14, 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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Dear Parents,

Our 5th graders enjoyed participating in the second annual Trojan Olympics at NHHS Monday sponsored by NHMS. Both our boys and girls won first place! Go Trojans!

We enjoyed welcoming back the Class of 2026 to MVES on Tuesday (pictured above on the playground). Congrats to these amazing seniors!

Our 5th graders are enjoying their celebration at Frances Meadows today, and we will honor them on Monday with the 5th grade Walk and Awards Program. Thanks to our PTO, families and staff for making these celebrations possible! Congrats Class of 2033! I have loved being your principal for the last 6 years and know you will do great things in middle and high school. I look forward to watching you grow and hope you will stay in touch with all of us at MVES!

We want to wish our staff members who are leaving MVES this year the very best! Best wishes to Tina Burrell, Rodney House, Kendall Martin, Kristin Pollock, Linda Scoville and Susan Snelling. Thank you all for your service to our school community! We will miss you!

As the school year comes to a close next Wednesday, I would like to thank our PTO Board and Magnet School Council members. We appreciate your time and service to our school! PTO Board: Ashley Hollifield, Elizabeth Withrow, Erin Webb, Melanie Martin, and Jennifer Mullis. Magnet School Council: Courtney Allgood, Jennifer Carney, Dr. Kelly Lathem, Crystal Schlieman, Kaitlin Smith and Michael Weaver. Thank you!

Please check out the summer reading program information below. Students who return a completed summer reading form to Mrs. Ruis in the Learning Commons will be recognized for their summer reading in August!

Our office is already preparing new 2026-27 car rider tags! Please complete the form below to reserve your student's car rider tags! The 2026-27 supply list will go home with next week's report cards and be on our school website in June. The 2026-27 HCSD calendar is below.

It has been a terrific school year, and I want to thank you all for your support. Our school is stronger because of your partnership! We are looking forward to the last few days of school, and I hope your families have a wonderful summer!

Go Trojans!

Jennifer Westbrook

Principal

Click here to view the 26-27 HCSD Calendar

Click here to view the 25-26 HCSD Calendar

Click here to view the 25-26 MVES Handbook

Hall County Summer Reading Program begins May 20th

Click here for more information!

Click here to for the MVES Summer Reading Challenge form.

We still have a lot of unclaimed items that have been turned in to the Lost and Found. Following the last day of school, all items will be donated to charity. Please look for any missing items by Wednesday, May 20.

Wear School Spirit Colors on Fridays

MVES Parent Connection Calendar

Important Dates to Remember:

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
- Marco's Monday! (see below)
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!

Our office is already preparing new 2026-27 car rider tags! Please complete the form below to reserve your student's car rider tags!

2026-27 CAR RIDER TAG REQUEST FORM

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.

Congrats to our April Readers and Students of the Month!

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

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
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