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Principal’s Message— Parents, please join me on Thurs-

S P I R I T ,
day, October 8th at 2;30, via Zoom, for our 2nd SART meet-ing for the year. Important information will be shared about the return to school. If interested, please email Mrs. Wicks at Lisawicks@cusd.com or call the main office to RSVP for the Zoom link. Hope you can attend.

H E A R T ,
Measure A on the November Ballot— FACT: Passage of Measure A would NOT increase the current tax rate. It would allow for HEALTH & SAFETY UPGRADES at every school, MAINTENANCE &UPDATES of ag-
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ing schools, and new construction in the next 5-7 years to help PREVENT MASSIVE DISTRICTWIDE BOUNDARY CHANGES impacting about 8,000 stu-dents, double sessions or year-round schools to ac-commodate enrollment. It’s your school district. Help us decide how Clovis Unified will look in the years to come. Learn the facts about Measure A at cusd.com/2020bond.

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Notes from the Nursing Dept.– Parents, as the district makes plans to bring students back to campus, it’s a good idea to have your student practice wearing their masks for long periods of time. Encour-age your child, as a fun way, to practice mask wearing, while playing video games or watching movies. And, in preparation of a safe return to school, be sure to get
your flu shots. Let’s all stay healthy and safe.

Week at a Glance

Monday, October 5

*Positivity Project—Week 4: Open-Mindedness—Lesson #1

*Happy Monday

Tuesday, October 6

*P2 Open-Mindedness Less. #2

Wednesday, October 7

*P2 Open-Mindedness Less #3 *Board Mtg., 6:30

Thursday, October 8

*P2 Open-Mindedness Less. #4 *SART Mtg., 2:30
*Parent Academy, 5:00

Friday, October 9

* P2 Open-Mindedness Less. #5

Upcoming Events

*October 12—Nat. school lunch wk *October 15—Parent Academy *October 16- End of the 1st Qt.
MV Office Hours:

Monday—Friday

7:30—4:00 Quote of the Week:

MV GRRS

G - Be Golden

R - Be Respectful

R - BeResponsible

S - Be Safe

MV Mission

We are the MV Golden Bears, a united community of students, parents, families and faculty. We are dedicated to ensuring the life long learning and success of every student in a safe, positive learning environment. We will accomplish this through teamwork, communication and
perseverance!

“Progress is impossible without change; those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

George Bernard Shaw

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Calling all 4th –6th Grade Stu-dents—Are you interested in learning about different cultures and promoting cul-tural appreciation on our campus? If so, then consider joining Kid Nation. Please email Ms. Delk at Triciadelk@cusd.com to sign up. Interested students need to main-tain a grade point average of 2.0 or better to participate.

Campus Catering ready to serve! Meals for kids at no cost! 7-9 am, Monday - Friday. In addition to the drive-through meal pick-up availa-ble at various schools, buses will bring breakfast and lunch to bus stops around the district. Bus Stop Meal Pick-up at MV Kinder parking lot is at 7:30 am, and also at the corner of N. Jackson and Spruce at 8:00 am. For more information go to https:// www.cusd.com/CampusCatering.aspx

Celebrations Around the World Ayudha Puja—Ayudha Puja or Ayudha Pooja

is a much awaited Hindu festival celebrated on the 9th day of Navaratri every year. It is also known as Astra Puja, a traditional and signifi-cant festival. Ayudha Pooja is the day to ex-press gratefulness for all types of tools that are an integral part of life. The instruments that are worshiped on the day of the festival com-prise small items such as spanners, scissors, and pins, and the bigger items such as vehicles and machinery. People also worship Saraswati who is the Goddess of Wisdom; Lakshmi, who is the Goddess of wealth; and Parvati, who is also known as the divine mother. Peo-ple believe that worshipping the instruments on Ayudha Pooja will give them success.
Ayudha Puja is the celebration over sin.

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Hello Mountain View Golden Bears! I hope all of you are staying healthy and safe. 😊 This week I will be recommending three books. One for lower grade students, one for middle grade students, and one for upper grade students. Additionally, I will be providing some very interesting library/book facts. Which can be seen below!

Check this out:

•      In the Harvard Library there are three books that are bound by human skin. The practice of binding books with human skin dates back to the 15th century. The discussed practice is known as anthropodermic bibliopegy and was sometimes done to memorialize the dead (Kastrenakes, 2014).
•      The longest book title in existence consists of 3,777 words (Guinnessworldrecords, 2019).

•      There are “Human Libraries” around the world where you can check-out humans as a living book and listen to their unique life stories (Reader’s Digest, 2017).

Lower Grade Book: Poor Louie Author: Tony Fucile Reading Level: 1.8
Poor Louie by Tony Fucile is a humorous and light-hearted Children’s book about a dog whose life is picture perfect. However, things begin to change quickly when his owners start preparing to welcome their new baby. Hurt by the changes that have taken place, Louie plans to run away. In the end, Louie realizes he is still loved by his family!

Middle Grade

Book: Because of Winn-Dixie Author: Kate DiCamillo Reading Level: 3.9
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo is a humorous and heart-warming tale about a young girl named India Opal who moves to Naomi, Florida with her father. A short time after moving, India Opal becomes the owner of a stray dog named Winn-Dixie, who has a great sense of humor and a zest for life. With Winn-Dixie’s help, Opal makes some interesting new friends and learns to let go of the pain she harbors towards her mother, who abandoned her at a young age.

Upper Grade

Book: Where is the Great Wall? Author: Patricia Brennan Demuth Reading Level: 5.5
Where is the Great Wall? By Patricia Brennan Demuth belongs to the non-fiction “Where Is?” book series. Which contains a number of books about famous sites around the world. In this particular book from the discussed series, the author is able to tell the story of China in a captivating fashion. Specifically, details about the first empower of China, the rise and fall of dynasties, the greatness of Chinese culture, and China’s present-day status as a communist world power
are examined. Additionally, a variety of eye-catching illustrations are included in the discussed book as well.

— For those of you who missed Mrs. Culver’s Parent Academy presentation on Digital Citizenship, you can access her power point by typing in bit.ly/ dcparent2020 in your web browser. In addi-tion, you can access other resources by Mrs. Culver by going to Youtube and searching her name.

Positivity Project—Week 4

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Hispanic Heritage Month - Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage

Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contribu-tions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under Presi-dent Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August
17, 1988. The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniver-sary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile cele-brate their independence days on September 16 and September18, respec-tively.

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