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,
We have had a great first month of the 2025-26 school year. We are looking forward to having approved visitors and volunteers begin in September for scheduled times.
If your 3rd-5th grader is interested in technology, please see the information below about the technology competition from Mrs. Merritt and Mrs. Ruis. The deadline to sign up is September 22.
If your 4th-5th grader is interested in reading, Club Tome applications are available in the learning commons and are due next Friday, September 5.
Please mark Thursday, September 11 on your calendar for Curriculum Night. Grade level session start times will be at 5:45 and 6:30.
The lunch visitor schedule begins next week. Below you will find the 1st quarter sign-up link along with a link to our homeroom lunch schedule. Lunch visitors must have ID and be listed on the student's IC approved contacts.
Homeroom teachers will be sharing information with families about different volunteer opportunities in September. Please note that due to district guidelines, volunteer applications and modules will be required each school year.
We look forward to seeing our Jr. Trojans in their school spirit colors tomorrow!
I hope all of you have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!
Go Trojans!
Jennifer Westbrook
Principal
MVES Parent Connection Calendar
August 29 - Last Day for $25 yearbook price ($30 after Labor Day)
September 1 - Labor Day Holiday
September 2 - Lunch visitors begin
September 5
MVES K-5th grade "Families"
Club TOME applications due
September 8-12
Book Fair
Unicorns vs. Dragons
September 9 - Volunteer applications open
September 11 - K-5th Grade Curriculum Night (5:45 and 6:30 sessions)
Wear Red, White and Blue in honor of Patriot Day
September 12 -
K-5th MAP Reports go home
3rd-5th Grade Progress Reports
Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness (see info below)
September 17 - Fall Picture Day
Click here for this month's breakfast and lunch menu
Due to increased costs, purchasing milk for lunch from home will be $.75. Students should have money available in their MyPaymentsPlus account to purchase.
MVES SCHOOL FAMILIES ARE BACK!
From our counselor, Mrs. Nix:
At MVES, we are working hard to help all of our students feel connected to each other and also to the adults in the building. For the past 11 years at Mt. Vernon, we have had groups of K-5 students assigned to staff members in what we call “Families.” These groups allow students to build relationships with different adults as well as students in other classes and grade levels. We will be having our first Families meeting for the 2025-26 school year next Friday, September 5th.
Attention Parents of 4th and 5th Graders:
2025 EOG Milestone score reports are now available. Please click here for directions on how to view your child's score report. Please contact chase.armour@hallco.org with questions.
Universal Screener (Hall County Elementary Schools)
In approximately 2 weeks, your student’s classroom teacher will score the following screener. At the start of the school year, all parents were asked to complete the Student Services Acknowledgement form within the Parent Portal. If you completed all back-to-school forms, then you have already done so.
Please note, if you have not already completed the Student Services Acknowledgement form within the Parent Portal, it is imperative that you do so now. Directions for setting up your Parent Portal can be found here.
If it is your desire that your student NOT participate in the upcoming screener, it is your responsibility to communicate with your child’s School Counselor directly. A directory of Hall County School District’s School Counselors can be found here.
* (K-5th) Student Risk Screening Scale (SRSS-IE)
En aproximadamente 2 semanas, el maestro del salón de clases de su estudiante califi cará la siguiente evaluación. Al inicio del año escolar, todos.Se pidió a los padres que completaran el formulario de Acuse de recibo de servicios estudiantiles dentro del Portal para padres. Si completaste todo formularios de regreso a clases, entonces ya lo ha hecho. Tenga en cuenta que si aún no ha completado el formulario de Acuse de recibo de servicios estudiantiles dentro del Portal para padres, es. Es imperativo que lo haga ahora. Las instrucciones para confi gurar su Portal para padres se pueden encontrar aquí. Si desea que su estudiante NO participe en la próxima evaluación, es su responsabilidad comunicarse con directamente con el consejero escolar de su hijo. Puede encontrar un directorio de los consejeros escolares del distrito escolar del condado de Hall aquí.
* (K-5th) Student Risk Screening Scale (SRSS-IE)
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.
Save the Date for your 2025-26 Calendars:
October 2 - Watch DOGS (Dads of Great Students) Night
October 3 - PTO Pumpkin Picnic
November 20 - 4th & 5th Grade Museum Night
February 26 - K & 3rd Grade Museum Night
March 12 - 1st & 2nd Grade Museum Night
March 16 - Harlem Wizards at NHHS
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.
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 (available beginning September 9, 2025). 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:
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LUNCH VISITOR SCHEDULE (see *visitor guidelines above) - September 2 - October 10
*Volunteer applications are not required for lunch visitors.
Please review the available slots below, and click on the button to sign up.
Here is the link to the lunch visitor schedule for September 2 - October 10.
MVES is excited to welcome our parents/guardians for lunch with your students! ALL lunch visitors will be required to have a reservation due to very limited seating. Visitors are limited to signing up for only 1 time during the dates below. A new sign-up will be shared for the next dates following Fall Break.
For the safety of students, please note the following:
· For your child’s lunch visit, 1 or 2 adults (must have ID and be on student IC contact list) may join the same reservation (no school-age siblings; younger children should be in lap or stroller to help with limited seating).
· Siblings from other grade levels cannot be combined into the same reservation, but a parent can sign up 1 time during these dates for each child.
· Outside food will not be allowed to be brought into the MVES cafeteria (HCSD guideline).
· Lunch visitors will eat in the visitor seating area located outside the office, across from the learning commons.
· Lunch visitors will meet their child in the hall as his/her class goes to lunch and sign-out in the office after the lunch period ends (student will rejoin his/her class at the end of the lunch time).
· Visitors may purchase lunch in the cafeteria for $5.10 each (cash or check).
· Lunch visitors may have lunch with your child only. Other students cannot join your lunch visit.
Exact lunch times for each homeroom class may be viewed HERE.
Please contact our front office with questions. We look forward to seeing you at MVES!
We appreciate our 2025-26 MVES Partners in Education!
1st Response Roofing
American Family Homes
Anchor Real Estate Advisors
BCI
BGW Dental Group
Big Peach Running Co - Braselton
Causey Orthodontics
Chattahoochee Group, Inc.
David B. and Gail Chester
Chick-Fil-A Gainesville
Dr. Chris Childs DMD
Dairy Queen
Dress Up
Holly Goodman Agency
Timothy and Jill Gorman
Ingles
J. Geyer
JBB Metalworks
Just $2
Koch Foods
Kroger
Lake Hartwell Chevrolet
Lanier HVAC Services
The McGarity Group
Milton Martin Toyota
Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial
North Georgia Airless Solutions
North Georgia IV & Wellness
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Pediatric Associates
The Piedmont Group
Salon Pure
Shoreline Transfers, Inc.
Signs by Tomorrow
Skyline Contracting
Smith and Hulsey Law Firm
Sosebee and Britt Orthodontics
Southern Valve & Pump
Sullivan & Schlieman Wealth Management
Syfan Logistics
Tier 1 Garage Doors
Weaver Law Firm
T.S. Williams & Associates
Wilson Orthodontics
Jennifer Westbrook
Principal
Chase Armour
Assistant Principal
Missy Odom
Bookkeeper/Secretary
Marisa Chester
Data Clerk (Registration, Infinite Campus Updates)
Ashley Ruis
Media Specialist
Devra Wood
School Nurse
Bethany Nix
Counselor (Legal Updates)
Angela Sosebee
School Nutrition Manager
YMCA 770-297-9622
770-983-1759