MVMPCS Updates – 5/24/21

In MVM eNews,

SCHOOL NEWS

SY2021-22 Parent Decision Information - Please click here for more information about Virtual vs. Five Days Per Week In-Person Instruction for the 2021-22 school year.

Middle School Social Action Project - A group of MVM Middle School students will collect old t-shirts and empty plastic water bottles between Monday, May 24 - Friday, May 28. The items will be used to make dog and cat toys to raise money for the Frederick County Humane Society. Please leave your recycled items in the baskets located near either entrance between 8:45am-2:35pm all week.

Virtual Volunteer Appreciation - Please Save the Date for a Virtual Volunteer Appreciation Event ~ Thursday, June 3 at 3:30pm. Details to follow! 

COMMITTEE NEWS

Community Carry Outs - TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 25, from 4-9pm, order Casa Rico (1399 West Patrick St.) to support our school! Mention MMCI/MVMPCS at checkout.

2020-21 Yearbook - 2020-21 YEARBOOKS ON SALE NOW! Click here and enter MVMPCS Yearbook ID: 11043221 to order your 2020-21 yearbook today! 

  • Individual Student Portraits - Click here for details on how to make sure your Meerkat is in the yearbook!
  • WE NEED YOUR CANDID PHOTOS NOW! Our Middle School Yearbook Club is now accepting photos of virtual learning, specials, back to hybrid school, outside adventures, pets and animals, projects and hobbies, and more! Email .jpg files to yearbook@mvmpcs.org or upload HERE. Thank you!

2020-21 Annual Fund Meerkat Match - DOUBLE the first $21 of your donation to the 2020-21 Annual Fund, made between School Choice Week in January and the end of the school year. As of May 22, 2021, 61 of 100 available matches have been made! Click here to donate, and check back each week to find out how many matches remain!

Volunteer Committee - Your 2020-21 volunteer hours are DUE! Please remember to log your hours here ASAP so our volunteer committee can submit an accurate number to FCPS.  

High School Expansion Committee - The High School Expansion Committee will hold their virtual meetings on the fourth Sunday of each month at 10am. All members of the MVMPCS Community are invited to participate. A meet link will be sent via ENEWS. 

MMCI BOT Updates

Our next regular Virtual MMCI Board of Trustees Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 23 at 7pm. Past minutes can be found here. An agenda and link to join the virtual meeting will be sent out via ENEWS.

GC Business

Our next regular Virtual Governing Council Meeting will be held on Monday, June 7 at 6:30pm. The agenda and a link to join the virtual meeting will be sent out via ENEWS.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

FREE Meals – FCPS will be distributing "to-go" breakfast, lunch and dinner from 11am-1pm on WEDNESDAYS ONLY.  These meals are enough for all seven days of the week. Distribution will be at 19 schools and 2 community locations. Please click here for details. 

Blessings In A Backpack – Blessings in a Backpack bags will be available for any child 18 or younger on Wednesdays from 11 am to 1 pm, now at the following locations only: Discovery Shopping Center, Frederick Shopping Center, Brunswick ES, Centerville ES, Lincoln ES, Monocacy ES, Spring Ridge ES, Sugarloaf ES, Twin Ridge ES, and Whittier ES. Distributions will be on Fridays from 11am to 1pm at Myersville Library and Waverley ES only. MVMPCS families are welcome at any of these locations.

Frederick County GIS Food Distribution Public WebApp - Frederick organizations combined forces and created this valuable resource to help community members easily find food distribution sites. 

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