APRIL MVLA Parent Newsletter

Our tentative date May 25th will not work for 8th Grade Celebration .We will need to explore other dates. If you have an 8th grader, please come to our next PTO meeting April 13th at 6pm to start planning this fun event.

March 28th - 6pm - MVLA Lego Robotics Team will be honored at the Board Meeting.

March 28th through March 31st - On Site Missions at the Challenger Learning Center 12 - 2pm (A different group will be going each day.). March 30th Mission scrubbed due to high winds!!!!

April 1st - The short film created by our amazing Film Prize Jr. team will be premiered at the Film Prize Junior NM Youth Short Film Festival. You can watch it at home at: https://www.filmprizenm.com (See the Flier below for more information and to see how you can see it in person.)

April 11th - April 27th is when we will be working on our State Assessments NM-ASR - Science Assessment and the MSSA (The State Summative Assessments.) These assessments do not take this long, but we will complete the testing during these weeks.

April 28th - AMAZING SHAKE - Every year our students participate in a school wide competition called the Amazing Shake. This competition allows students to practice many of the skills we teach them. This competition was inspired by Ron Clark Academy. Curious as to how it works? Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssfj9D452BA

Would you like to volunteer to be a judge or coordinator for this event? Please email myself at amartos@lcps.net or Mrs. Montoya at analisa@lcps.net

Our incredible students were super successful at the Regional National History Day Competition at the Farm and Ranch Museum on Friday February 24th! Now they will be advancing on to the State Competition which is set for April 15th. Want to know more about what National History Day is? Check out the link below.

https://youtu.be/NAFTIdXXLQA

May 18th - 21st - Lego Robotics Competition in Arkansas

May 25th - Tentative Date for End of Year Celebration for 8th graders.

(Please check out our webpage for updated events throughout the month.) mvla.lcps.net

Yes! Our students have again out done themselves! They took first in the Sci-fi/Fantasy Category with their film, "Let's watch a movie". I cannot express how proud I am of them! Great job kids and Mrs. Wendler!

Here are a few Film Prize Junior NM highlights:

KOB

KRQE

ABQ Journal

• Allie Goldsteen won 1st Place for her Individual website
• Aiden Wojtko took 2nd place for his paper.
• Maddie Sandel, Uma Ivey-Quintero and Lily Louick took 2nd in Group Documentary
• Piper Gandy and Lianna Brown took 3rd in Group Documentary
• Ethan Robillard, Wesley Ray and Josh Rodriguez received Honorable Mention for their website
• Alivia Villanueva took 1st in individual Documentary
• Troy Ainsworth took 2nd in his individual Documentary and Calvin Chastine took 4th with his Individual Documentary!!
• Lilah Berkson took 2nd place for her Exhibit Board

Our Next PTO Meeting is April 13th @ 6pm.

Below is the schedule for the District Advisory Council Meetings.

• Mrs Montoya will be out from April 12th through the end of school year. We should be getting a sub for her, but this will be quite a transition working without the heart of the school.
• Mr. Blais, Mrs. Martos and Mrs. Telles will be in Orlando, Florida at an Innovative Schools Conference from March 30 - April 2nd.

Please see the Fact Sheet below to find out about the NMASR.

You can find information about how to access test information by logging into:

https://nmparentportal.emetric.net

If you or someone you know is in need of community resources, basic needs, English/Spanish Classes, GED classes or are just curious as to what other resources LCPS has to offer, please call our Parent Hotline at 575-468-8279.

Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy is a 6-8 school of choice here in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Started by Dr. Toni Hull, we are a RCA inspired project-based school. We have five houses who all compete to win the coveted Title of Champions each year.

Email: amartos@lcps.net
Website: mvla.lcps.net
Location: 821 East Lohman
Phone: 575-527-6059

Please be sure to check out http://www.lcps.net/ for information about tutoring, meal services and other district initiatives available to the community.