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In order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the Mount Vernon Community School District will be closed from Monday, March 16, 2020 through Friday, April 10, 2020. While the plan is to resume school on Monday, April 13, 2020, reality may change based on conditions related to the nation’s response to the COVID-19 spread. Below are messages and information from our Superintendent, Dr. Greg Batenhorst, regarding the learning plan moving forward.
Grab & Go Meals - Click here for the menu for Grab & Go Meals beginning Monday, April 6th. PowerSchool System Update: The district has recently started updating our PowerSchool student information system in preparation for a transition to a new contact management screen. This transition will take place in June. As we |
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work through these updates, some of the data that currently transfers from PowerSchool to our notification system SchoolMessenger has been removed. You should not notice a difference in your SchoolMessenger notifications. However, if you feel that you are not getting emails from us, please log in to your parent SchoolMessenger account to verify your settings and emailaddress(es) for notifications. The link to the SchoolMessenger parent account login may be found on the school website and instructions may be found here.
Click here for the latest newsletter from our K-12 Teacher Leadership Instructional Specialist, Annie Hawker.
OTHER INFORMATION
Explore the MVCSD School Nurse Page for lots of great health information and local resources.
Monthly District Newsletter - During the school year, from September through May, the Mount Vernon School District newsletter is distributed to Mount Vernon and Martelle residents through The Sun newspaper or The Sunlight flyer one time per month. This newsletter serves as a snapshot of events that have occurred within the district and upcoming events. It is always available online. The April newsletter is included here. Please click HERE for archived newsletters.
Mount Vernon High School is a CLOSED campus, although there are a few situations in which students may leave campus with parent permission. These situations pertain to Juniors and Seniors only. Below are those situations:
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 last fall 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:
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).
Click here for the latest newsletter from our K-12 Teacher Leadership Instructional Specialist, Annie Hawker.
OTHER INFORMATION
Explore the MVCSD School Nurse Page for lots of great health information and local resources.
Monthly District Newsletter - During the school year, from September through May, the Mount Vernon School District newsletter is distributed to Mount Vernon and Martelle residents through The Sun newspaper or The Sunlight flyer one time per month. This newsletter serves as a snapshot of events that have occurred within the district and upcoming events. It is always available online. The April newsletter is included here. Please click HERE for archived newsletters.
Mount Vernon High School is a CLOSED campus, although there are a few situations in which students may leave campus with parent permission. These situations pertain to Juniors and Seniors only. Below are those situations:
- Juniors & Seniors are not required to attend the 8th Block on Wednesday after 1:44pm and therefore, may leave with parent permission (submitted during eRegistration).
- 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 last fall 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.
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).