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Principal’s Message— Happy New Year and welcome back! Alt-hough winter break was a relaxing time to spend withfamily, sleeping in late, and binge watching Netflix shows, we’d excited to be back with our golden bears onsite and via zoom. In welcoming back our kiddos and families, we are hopeful and optimistic for a better and brighter year. We’re looking forward to locking arms withyou in making the best of 2021! As we prepare for the start of a new semester and the 3rd quarter of the year, I just wanted to inform our 4th-6th grade parents that we have recently modified the Block MV application for the spring semester. Applications can be found on our school website and in the main office. This semester we are adding a new component to our PBIS program. We recently purchased an online PBIS rewards incentive. Several staffmembers will be piloting the online app. Rather than issuing blue and gold tickets, the app allows teachers the ability to scan points to each student’s account. Students maintain a makeshift cred-it card with their name to use and redeem their points for prizes, incentive and events. We’re excited and hopeful this new app will be a better, efficient way to recognize and reward our students for practicing their GRRS and demonstrating our Positivity Project character strengths.

As we continue to transition our schools and classrooms to support 21st Century Learning, our students will be ac-cessing digital resources more and more. Our first priority for ourstudents is
	
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Mon. January 11 *Positivity Project Week 16–

Tues., January 12

*P2 Lesson #2—Prudence

Wed., January 13

P2 Lesson #3—Prudence *Zoom Day for all classes *Board Mtg., 6:30
	
	Thurs., January 14

*P2: Lesson #4—Prudence
	
	Fri. , January 15

*P2: Lesson #5—Prudence
*End of the 2nd quarter

U p c o m i n g E v e n t s

ensuring that they are safe and comfortable in the online world. Clovis Uni-fied, in conjunction with curriculum developed by Common SenseMedia, is providing professional development opportunities and lessons to support
a safe online environment. The resources for this module include grade-level appropriate lessons that can be used in the classroom. In order to meet re-quirements established by our Clovis Unified Governing Board Policy and our e-Rate grant, each child must receive the contents in “Lesson 1: Technology User Policy” on an annual basis. Additional lessons are provided forthe “Digital Citizenship” certification through Common Sense Media. Most,if not all of our K-6 students have completed the required number of lessons to
date. For more information, visit the CUSD website.

*Jan. 18—No School, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

*Jan. 22—Grades posted on Parent Connect

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!

“A man exercising no fore-thought will soon experience present sorrow.”

-Confucious

From the Nursing De-partment

Attention 6th grade parents—If

your child has received the Tdap and 2nd Varicella already, please

bring in the documentation as soon as possible to the Health Office. Please schedule doctor’s appointments, if possible, around instructional times. We appreci-
ate your cooperation.

Celebrations Around the World

Lohri -The Bonfire Festival is a Hindu festival in northern India celebrating the end of the very cold weather of winter. It is celebrated on the 13th day of January. Children begin the day by going door to door singing songs in praise of the Dulha Bhatti, a Punjabi who robbed from the rich to help the poor. They sing and ask for money or snacks such as peanuts and seeds. In the evening large fires are lit in the fields and in front of the houses. People gather around the bonfires and throw rice, popcorn, and other munchies into the fire and shout “Aadar aye dilather jaye” which means “may honor come and poverty vanish.” This is a type of prayer to the fire god, Agni, to bless the land with a good har-vest. After this, people visit with friends and fami-ly, exchange gifts, and celebrate with song &
dance.

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Zero Tolerance Policy—It is the policy of the Governing Board to promote harmonious hu-man relationships that enable students to gain a true understanding of the rights and duties of people in our society. To further this in-tent, each school is responsible for creating a safe school environment conducive to student learning. A safe school environment miti-gates against anxiety-producing or demeaning incidents taking place within the confines of the school. The Governing Board declares the schools operated by CUSD to have a zero tolerance policy (BP2110) applicable to: Sex-ual assault or battery, battery, possession of, selling or furnishing a firearm, possession of a knife, or possession of a dangerous object, possession of an explosive or explosive de-vice, sale, furnishing, in possession or under the influence of alcohol, a controlled sub-stance, or any other form of intoxicant, van-dalism where property damage exceeds $100, repeated mutual combat, robbery, extortion or participating in gang motivated intimidation, hate motivated behavior, assault or threaten-ing of school staff and terroristic threats. Stu-dents in violation of the Zero Tolerance Poli-cy shall be suspended and considered for ex-pulsion and/or voluntary transfer.

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