HS Office News

ANNOUNCEMENTS​​

As construction commences around the high school building,  students may no longer park up 10th Avenue due to construction vehicles in and out of the entryway.  Beginning Monday, December 10th, the East Parking lot will be closed.  Students will now need to park in the new North Parking lot as shown below.                                                                                                            

MVHS OFFICE DOCUMENTS

• EBR Information
• 2018-19 Class Schedules
• 2018-19 MVHS Course Offering Book
• 2018-19 MVCSD Calendar
• 2018 Fall Master Schedule
• 2019 Spring Master Schedule
• 2018-19 - MVHS Activities
• ​​2019 J-Term Class Schedule​​
• 2019 J-Term Course Offerings
• 2018-19 MVHS School Profile
• 2018-19 - MVHS Student Handbook
• 2018-19 Lunch Shift Assignments (S1)
• Pay It Forward Program
• Pay It Forward Form​​

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​​As always, 9th grade students who drive to school must park in the lot between Washington Elementary and the Middle School.

From the Mount Vernon Fine Arts Association:  MVFAA values your financial support!  One way to easily support us during the holiday shopping season is through "Buying Local" at One Mission.  At check-out, choose Mount Vernon Fine Arts Association as the fundraiser you support; 40% of your purchase will go to MVFAA, helping us to continue to foster the growth and development of the Fine Arts in our school district!

From our School Nurse, Linda See - it's not too late to get your flu shot!

🍎🍐🍊 MVFAA FRUIT SALE PICKUP 🍎🍐🍊 ​

• Who:  MVFAA Students and Parents
• What:  Annual MVFAA Fruit Order
• When:  Thursday, December 13th - Delivery truck will arrive at 9:30am.  Orders should be ready for pick up the afternoon.  ALL ORDERS SHOULD BE PICKED UP BY 6:00pm.
• Where:  High School Band and Choir Rooms.  Depending on construction around the building,  pick up may have to occur from the front HS school entrance.  If the east side door of the HS band room is available we will have pick commence from that location.
• Why:  To complete the MVFAA fund raising event and promptly delivery perishable items.

Support Post Prom and get your Christmas presents wrapped!  MVHS Post-Prom families will be gift wrapping at Coral Ridge Mall next Saturday, December 15 from 3-9:30pm.  We will be located near the Iowa Children's Museum and will wrap your presents for a free will donation (suggested per box price).  We would love to have any Mount Vernon families out shopping stop by.  Or bring your gifts to the mall to be wrapped!  Thank you for supporting post-prom!
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​OTHER INFORMATION
​Mount Vernon High School is a CLOSED campus, although there are a few situations in which students are free to leave campus with parent permission.  Some situations pertain to both Juniors and Seniors, and some just to Seniors.  Below are those situations:

• Seniors are not required to be at MTSS on Friday after 1:45pm and, therefore, can leave with parent permission, unless they are claimed by a teacher for that time.​​​
• Juniors and seniors may not have a 1st period (or combination of 1st and 2nd period together) and may arrive at the start of 2nd period when their school day starts (immediately prior to their first class period).
• Same with the end of the day - if a junior or senior does not have 7th period (or combination of 6th and 7th), they are free to leave with parent permission (immediately following their last class of the day).
• Students are NOT allowed to leave during lunch.

​Again, MVHS is NOT an open campus, so if a student has a 1st period class but does not have a 2nd period class, they are NOT allowed to leave campus during their free period.  If you would like to grant your junior or senior permission to leave campus during the above situations ONLY, you MUST complete eRegistration and select "Yes" under the appropriate permission.  There is no paper form to complete.

The Mount Vernon School District has partnered with Tanager Place of Cedar Rapids to help support our students.  Seeking support can be a challenging process and Mount Vernon School District believes this is a great opportunity for families to utilize within the walls of our schools.  Please contact Brett Karkosh, our school counselor or Linda See, our school nurse for more information.  If you would prefer, you can also contact Kristin Cannon at kcannon@mvcsd.org

​Activity Passes were distributed Friday, August 31st to those students who purchased them through registration.  It is a requirement that these Activity Passes be shown for admittance to each home event.  Students without activity passes will need to pay to get in to the event.  State-sponsored post-season athletic events (i.e. playoff/tournament games) always require payment for admittance for ALL students.

If you are a high school aged student living with another family or person independent of a parent or guardian OR your entire family lives in any of the following situations:

• In a shelter, motel, vehicle, or campground, 
• On the street, 
• In an abandoned building, trailer, or other inadequate accommodations, or 
• Doubled up with friends or relatives because you cannot find or afford housing.  

Then you or your preschool-aged and/or school-aged children may have certain rights or protections under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act.  Please click here for more information and here for your educational rights.

The Mount Vernon Community School District will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status (for programs), socioeconomic status (for programs), disability, religion, and creed. Students, parents, employees and others doing business with or performing services with the district who feel that they have experienced discrimination are encouraged to contact:  Matt Thede - Equity Coordinator, Mount Vernon Community High School, 731 Palisades Road SW, Mount Vernon, IA 52314, telephone: 319-895-8843, where our district has a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. Inquiries may also be directed in writing to the Director of Civil Rights – Region VII, US Department of Education,; 310 W. Wisconsin Ave.; Suite 800; Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203-2292 (phone: 414-291-1111) or to the Iowa Department of Education; Grimes State Office Building; Des Moines, Iowa, 50319-0146 (phone: 515-281-5294).