News & Announcements

Gilbert Plains Elementary: The Pandemic, the Problems and the Possibilities - submitted by Chris Barkman, Principal of Gilbert Plains Elementary

If you would like to receive bus cancellation notices via text message, click on the form widget on the MVSD home page (https://www.mvsd.ca) to sign up! (To unsubscribe, find a text message from the division and reply STOP.) Cancellations will continue to be posted on the MVSD website and announced via radio.

Join us for the MVSD Virtual Public Budget Forum on Monday, March 1st at 7:00 PM via Zoom! Click on the above link to access the Zoom meeting and for an overview of MVSD revenues and expenditures, along with the Draft Budget Summary. This information will be reviewed in greater detail during the forum.

Please note that effective January 29, 2021, provincial public health orders will be amended to specify that anyone entering Manitoba from anywhere in Canada will be required to self-isolate for 14 days. More information about the order and how it may impact MVSD families and students may be found by clicking on the above link.

Congratulations to Sawyer Elliott from Grandview School, who has been nominated by the MVSD Board of Trustees to be considered for the 2021 Manitoba School Boards Association (MSBA) Student Citizenship Award. Sawyer was one of several students in MVSD who submitted applications for nomination, and we are proud to acknowledge these students' contributions to their communities and schools. Please click on the above link to learn more about the award and to read the students' Citizenship Essay submissions.

The Board of Trustees would like to officially recognize the dedication and commitment of all its employees to the students of Mountain View School Division by declaring the week of February 8 to 12, 2021, inclusive, as Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week throughout the various work places in the division. Thank you for all you do!

There will be No School for students on:
Thursday November 26, 2020 and
Monday December 7, 2020.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, conferences will take place over the telephone or via Microsoft TEAMS. Our regular fall session of parent-teacher day will be held on Thursday, November 26 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and on Friday, November 27 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Report cards will be sent home on Wednesday, November 25 with all students except Kindergarten.

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The MVSD News Digest, highlighting information from the Jan. 11th Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees is now available! Click on the above link for more info.

With the return to classes on Monday, January 18th, any loaned laptops should be returned on the student's first day back. The loaned laptop and charging cord can be returned to the main office of your school. Students remaining in remote learning through to spring break, or DRCSS students who signed loan contracts in September, will not need to return their laptops at this time.