Volume XLVIII, Issue 4

A Cali fornia Distinguished School □ A National Blue Ribbon School

Ned Schoenwetter, Principal

ned@goleta.k12.ca.us

5465 Queen Ann Lane

Santa Barbara, CA 93111

805-681-1284

www.mtview.goleta.k12.ca.us

Inside this issue:

Dear Parents,

It was nice to see all of our families on campus for our Parent-Teacher conferences. Our teachers were looking forward to sharing your child’s progress and talking with you about future academic and social goals. You also received the new report card that aligns with the current learning standards. The school district is looking for parent feedback on the new report card. Melissa Renda, our school’s District Advisory Committee representative is collecting report card feedback and would love to hear from you. Melissa can be reached at mjrenda@gmail.com.

The CASA gift drive, our wonderful annual tradition of giving, was in full swing at Mountain View again this year. Thank you to Devon Stewart and Kary O’Brien for organizing the event. Not only did Mountain View families generously give gifts to children in need, but our classes did as well. Multiple classes adopted a child’s wish list and worked to fulfill those wishes. Some classes had a read-a-thon, others gave their allowance money, and one class even had a bake sale. This was an incredible opportunity for our students to learn the importance of giving to others. Great job Mountain View!

Our STEM programs continue to grow each month. Yesi Thomas has been teaching weekly STEM classes for the past month along with offering building, coding and robotics classes at recess. The program is extremely popular with our students. Since I last told you about the program in Viewpoints, our

From the Principal’s Desk

DECEMBER 2015 - JANUARY 2016

M O U N T A I N V I E W

Elementary School

From the Principal’s Desk

PTA Corner: President’s Letter

Mountain View MAGIC Program

MAGIC Specialist Spotlight

Fundraising News

Staff Appreciation

Happy Birthday from the Library

Cultural Arts

Lost and Found

Music Recital

Book Swap

MV Band Performance

MVSF Update

Farmer’s Market

Local and Organic

Move-A-Thon

Planned Absences

Nurse’s Notes

Book Fair Thank You

Kid’s Zone

December 2015 Calendar

January 2016 Calendar

Foundation has received a grant from UCSB and we had a successful showcase for possible donors that included Congresswoman Lois Capps as a guest. Please see the Foundation’s article in the Viewpoints for more information. Also, please feel free to set up a time to see the STEM program in action. I would be happy to show you the exciting work and learning the students are engaged in.

Mountain View’s student thespians will be putting on the play version of Elf on Thursday, December 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room for parents and friends. Thank you to the Elements Theater Company for continuing to offer theater experiences for our students in their after school program. Make sure you look for the Mountain View Band as they march in the Santa Barbara Holiday Parade on Friday, December 4. A big thank you goes out to our wonderful band director Jocelyn Tipple.

As we head into the holiday season, I want to thank you for all that you do for your children and our school. Mountain View School is a very special place and I am very thankful to get to work with such wonderful students, families and staff. Happy Thanksgiving and holidays.

Sincerely,

Ned Schoenwetter Principal

For a month short on school days, Mountain View sure had a lot happening during the month of November! A huge thank you to all the families who made wishes come true on our school-wide CASA project and thank you to Devon Stewart and Kary O’Brien for working tirelessly to coordinate that effort. Thanks also goes to Michael Mongold for arranging a successful and much appreciated Deckers Brand Showcase fundraiser, to Mona Lehman and Jeannette Todd for chairing the wonderful and successful Chaucer's Book Fair, to Jeannette Todd for another monthly farmers’ market, to Jane Gray for planning a delicious and profitable Chipotle fundraiser night, to Alexa Avila and Denise Sommer for coordinating the beautiful spread of food and flowers for teacher appreciation in November, and to Lisa Vance and Charlotte Rao for bringing Safe Routes to School to Mountain View for discounted bike helmet sales.

The holiday shopping season is upon us! While you’re Amazon shopping, please double check that you’re using the PTA link to our Amazon Associates program. The link is on the school website under the PTA tab. Your PTA earns 4-8% on all purchases made through this link — share it with grandparents, friends, neighbors, etc. (We receive no information about what was purchased, there is no mark up on prices, and it will not impact the use of Amazon Prime.) So shop your little hearts out and thank you for the kickback to our school.

Speaking of PTA funds, all the amazing PTA-sponsored projects from previous years are being continued. In addition, this year the PTA budget included supplies for the new STEM lab. Our children are very excited about this opportunity to learn programming and from each other while working with Blue Bots, Sphero Robotic Balls, Parrot MiniDrone Rolling Spiders, and other gadgets. We are very fortunate to have Yesi Thomas spearheading this program and getting it off the ground so quickly and successfully.

Some PTA money also went toward buying single-use supplies for lunchtime engineering projects, where children are having lots of fun while learning about aerodynamics, solar energy, propellers, Newton's laws, Bernoulli's Principle, and much more. Since participants will take their projects home any donations would allow the PTA to reinvest in the program and buy materials for future activities. There is a box in the office where you may choose to make a contribution toward lunchtime engineering supplies.

The PTA has also purchased many new Chrome books. In combination with backing from the district, both the 6th and 5th grades will have a 1:1 ratio of Chrome books, and the 4th grade will be approaching this ratio. The iPads from the upper grades are being passed down to lower grades so they have an increase in available technology as well. Finally, the PTA has supported sending teachers to conferences put on by Google and focused on educational technology so they learn to use these devices in ways that expand and grow the way our children are learning.

Notes from the PTA President

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We are also starting to think about next year’s PTA Board. The Nominating Committee will meet in January to start working on next year’s Board. If you think you might be interested, email me and I’ll be happy to talk to you about which jobs might be a good fit for you. If you don’t want to chair an event but still want to get involved, please get in touch and I can help connect you with school projects that you’d really enjoy working on.

The conference week After School Movie program was a success! These movies are one of the biggest fundraisers for our fifth grade as they save up for all the activities of their sixth grade year. Thanks to all the parents who supported this effort by sending their kids to the movies, and kudos to Sarah Anderson, Valerie Helzer, and fifth grade parents and students who volunteered their time to staff the after school movies. Thank you so much for providing entertainment for our students and much needed childcare as well.

Much appreciation also goes to the teachers for putting in the time and effort to implement both the new math program and the new report card aligned to common core. Fall conferences were the first time this report card format was used and the school district is interested in hearing what you liked and didn’t like about it. Please send feedback to District Advisory Council representative Melissa Renda (mjrenda@gmail.com) by Nov 29th so she can pass it on.

Here are some more dates for your calendar:

I’m very thankful to volunteer at Mountain View with such amazing teachers, staff, students, and families. I wish you happiness during the holidays and a very healthy New Year.

Carin Ezal PTA President carin.ezal@cox.net

Tuesday, February 2nd

Move-A-Thon (morning)

Tuesday, April 19th

Open House/ Art Show/ Ice Cream Social (evening)

Friday, April 29th

Spring Fling at Glen Annie Frog Bar and Grill

Friday, May 6th

Carnival (after school)

Friday, May 20th

Honorary Service Awards/Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast

As of November 15th, a total of $54,000 has been donated by 106 of our generous families and 10 local Business Sponsors. A sincere THANK YOU to all who have supported your children and specialist education at Mountain View!

Currently, 42% of our Mountain View families have made a donation to the MAGIC Campaign. We are 57% of the way to our goal of $95,000, but we still need EVERYONE to participate in order to continue to offer the expanded level of instruction in Art, Computer Science, Library, Music, Physical Education, and Science.

Our Library Science Specialist, Mrs. Sylvia Kautz, joined us at the Chaucer’s Book Fair in November to share her knowledge of books with our children and to give them reading recommendations. Music Specialist, Mr. Scott Lillard, is organizing a music recital in December to give students who play a musical instrument an opportunity to perform for their family and friends. Mrs. Yesi Thomas continues to captivate and wow students with STEM-based projects in the lab and with classroom STEM lessons. Mountain View has an amazing group of Specialists — let’s keep them teaching our children! The first of two Tribute Reports will be published and distributed in December. In

order to be included in this first Tribute Report, your donation needs to be received

before Thanksgiving Break (by November 20). All donations made to MAGIC are entered into the monthly drawing for the VIP Parking space for the remainder of the school year. The Hulme family won this space in October and the Cotich

family won in November – will your family win VIP Parking in December?

If you have not already made your donation to MAGIC, please return your remittance envelope as soon as possible by mailing it to the school or dropping it off in the office. You can submit post-dated checks if that helps. You may also use a credit card to make a donation at: http://mtnview.goleta.k12.ca.us/support/online-donation. All donations are tax deductible and you will receive an acknowledgement letter that can be used for tax purposes.

THANK YOU to our generous Business Sponsors! Please remember to thank them when you visit these local businesses:

Platinum Level: Santa Barbara Insurance Agency — Justin Knothe

Mark Da Re, DDS

Gold Level: Richard Belkin, M.D. and Liza Presser Belkin, M.D.

Summer Knight and Emily Termond — Realtors La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant — Rodriguez Family

Silver Level: Jeff Forster — Morgan Stanley

Jeffrey Sager, MD M.Sc.

Goleta Sushi House

Ambient Event Design

Coldwell Banker – Stephanie Young, Realtor

If you would like to become a business sponsor, please email us at

MVSMagic@cox.net. Business sponsorships are a great way to gain exposure for your business and support our Specialist Program!

For any questions you may have, please visit the school website (www.mtnview.goleta.k12.ca.us) or email us at MVSMagic@cox.net.

Support MAGIC. Support our children.

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Specialist Sp tlight

Meet Our Amazing MAGIC Specialists

Laura Yee — Art Specialist Laura Yee (formally Hubbard), has been the Art Specialist at Mountain View for five years. All students receive art instruction from Mrs. Yee once every other week. When she is not at Mountain View, Mrs. Yee teaches art at Foothill school, where she has taught for 10 years. She loves teaching art to students at both schools!

Children in Mrs. Yee’s class can expect to have fun and to often get messy. They will explore many of the art education standards, try dozens of art mediums, and learn about famous artists and art history from around the world! Students will use clay, papier-mâché, many different paints and pastels, some metal tooling, fabric and sewing, 3-D projects, collage and every drawing medium you can think of!

Mrs. Yee grew up in Davis, California, but moved to Santa Barbara for college and palm tree dreams in 1998. She double majored in Art and Communication from UCSB and competed her Multi-Subject teaching credential from Antioch University. Mrs. Yee also studied Art and Art History in a summer course at Cambridge University, England. She chose to teach art because of her own background and because it’s such a fun subject!

Aside from teaching, Mrs. Yee owns Aurora Painted Faces, a children’s event company with seven employees. They face paint, draw henna tattoos and twist balloons at about 400 parties each year! In her free time, Mrs. Yee enjoys life on her little ranch house in Buellton with her husband Steven and their two little dogs Tito and Lulu.

Phil Landfried — Computer Science Specialist Phil Landfried is the Computer Science Specialist at Mountain View. All students in Grades 1-6 receive computer technology instruction and typing skills in the computer lab twice a week. Mr. Landfried also visits the kindergarten classrooms twice a week to help students with computer technology.

Mr. Landfried was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received a BA in Journalism and a MA in Communications from Ohio State University. He started teaching in 1968 at a high school in the cornfields of Ohio, and worked as a carpenter while finishing his masters. Mr. Landfried moved to California with his wife, Ilze, when he took at position at the Community School in the Casa de la Raza. He moved to Santa Barbara in 1971, and began teaching at the Montessori Center School. He taught at the Montessori Center School for over 40 years before coming to Mountain View as our Computer Science Specialist. He has been teaching at Mountain View for 10 years.

Besides his two masters degrees, Mr. Landfried took accounting classes and passed the CPA test. He has also taken many computer classes at SBCC and is a Certified Microsoft Systems Engineer. He loves teaching — especially teaching technology — and enjoys giving presentations at conferences. Recently he presented at the annual Computer Using Educators (CUE) and Rock Star conferences. Over the summer, Mr. Landfried attended a Google Tech conference and a Code.org workshop. He also presented workshops on math websites and on student video projects for Goleta teachers in October.

Mr. Landfried has been married to his wife for 42 years. Ilze Landfried is a retired architect and UCSB building project manager. They had two sons — one son works at the Veterans Memorial Building in Santa Barbara and attends school; the other son is deceased. He was fortunate to buy a house in Montecito in the early 70s where he still lives. He enjoys walking his dog up the trail along a creek behind his house. Mr. Landfried has traveled a great deal in his life: camping from DC to Wyoming; spending time in Florida, New Orleans, Mexico, and Louisanna; travelling in Europe, Vietnam, China, New Zealand, South Africa, Latvia (his wife’s native country), Costa Rica, and Belize; trekking in Nepal to RVing in British Columbia and Utah.

In his spare time, Mr. Landfried plays beach volleyball doubles every week, likes to hike in Santa Barbara and the Sierras, and ushers at the Granada, Lobero, Arlington, and Vic theaters. He is very grateful for his family, home, career, and to be living in Santa Barbara. He really enjoys working with the awesome families of Mountain View.

FUNDRAI$ING NEW$ Happy Holidays and New Year!!

THANKS TO CHIPOTLE

AND ALL WHO PARTICIPATED

for a wonderful event in November! The school

earned over $339 in one evening.

In 2015, YOU all earned well over $5,000 for the Mountain View PTA — that is AMAZING!!!! KEEP ON SHOPPING AT AMAZON FOR ALL YOUR HOLIDAY AND POST HOLIDAY NEEDS!!!

AMAZON – Get all your holiday needs met at AMAZON through the MT. VIEW website. Here’s how to link to the site and BOOKMARK it!

Step # 1 – Visit the Mountain View website at

http://mtnview.goleta.k12.ca.us/

Step #2 – Scroll over the PTA tab and locate

“Get Involved” on the drop down menu.

Step #3 – Click on the Amazon Associates Program and then click the icon.

You can also go directly to the link below and BOOKMARK it:

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w.goleta.k12.ca.us%2Fpta%2Famazon%2F

Nothing could be easier than clipping the box tops off of products with this logo and depositing them in the BOX TOP Box located in the School Office.

For every Box Top we send, we get 10 cents back to our PTA. CLIP AWAY!

Get a sparkling clean car and give back to the PTA. It is a win-win! Stop by the school office and pick up a Fairview Car Wash Community Commitment Card. Fairview Car Wash, located at 42 N. Fairview, will

donate $4 to Mountain View for each car wash and give you a free car wash upgrade every time you use its Community Commitment Card.

Ellen Clark — Science Specialist Ellen Clark teaches science to children in second through sixth grade; each class receives science instruction once a week. Mrs. Clark’s road to Mountain View School is as varied as her interests. She began her career as a wildlife biologist, taught environmental education at Bryce Canyon National Park, worked as a National Park Ranger on the Channel Islands, supervised student teachers at UCSB, taught high school biology and algebra, worked as a statistician for the Department of Fish and Game, developed educational materials for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, and designed costumes for children’s theatre! She loves science education and enjoys watching her students discover and create. The new STEM lab is an exciting addition to science at Mountain View School and she sees endless possibilities as it grows and develops. Mrs. Clark cares for each of her students,

and wants each student to enjoy all aspects of science so they develop an appreciation to care for the Earth.

In addition to teaching science, Mrs. Clark coordinates Mountain View School’s annual Family Science Night where scientists from Ventura and Santa Barbara County share their knowledge with Mountain View students and their families. She also coordinates the annual spring Science Fair. She is always amazed by her brilliant students and with the different areas of science projects they chose.

Mrs. Clark and her husband have three children. Their oldest son is in graduate school and studying religious history. He is a youth pastor and high school water polo coach. Her youngest son is a former USFS fire fighter and now owns three startup companies, and her daughter just finished a national Broadway tour and lives in New York City.

Mrs. Clark loves nothing more than teaching science, living in the Santa Ynez Mountains, reading, writing, volunteering, gardening, hiking in the Sierras, visiting art museums and spending time with her family. She is grateful to work at a school that supports science education.

Meet Our Amazing MAGIC Specialists (continued)

Specialist sp tlight

Happy Birthday f rom the L ibrary!

Thank you to the following students who celebrated a recent birthday by adopting a

new book for the library:

Ella Payne:

The Princess in Black:

Perfect Princess Party

Sonia Mancuso:

Survivors: The Broken Path

Amelia Vander May:

Miss Rumphius

Madison Weber:

Go Home Flash

Natasha Hurvitz:

Claude in the Spotlight; Just Grace

and the Snack Attack

Many Happy Returns!

Linda DuBois

Staff Appreciation

Sincerest THANK YOU to all of the families who

contributed to November's Staff Appreciation Lunch:

Wigo, Jimerson, Sommer, Avila, Smith, Ferro, Wilhelm-Marinez, Connor, Clavering, Sager,

Stewart, Diaz-Svensson, Segundo, King, Brennan, Janka, Schley, Ezal, Renehan, Chan,

Suh, Timmons, Rao, and Gupta.

Staff-specific reminders and sign-ups will be sent out closer to each date on Parent Square. Should you have any questions or would like to help with set up and clean up for these special days, please contact: Alexa Avila (auavila@cox.net) or Denise Sommer (denisesommer@cox.net)

With Appreciation, Alexa and Denise

Elementary Elements Theatre

Workshop presents . . .

“ELF” December 10 at 7:00 PM

in the Multipurpose Room

REMINDER! MINIMUM DAY — JANUARY 14

All students will be dismissed at 12:00 PM; please mark your calendar!

Cultural Arts

On December 3, we welcome Jeffrey Vinoukur, a science educator who is also known as “The Dancing Scientist.” Mr. Vinokur earned a Bachelor of Science from UCLA and specializes in pairing live science demonstrations with hip hop dance moves. The performances will take place at 8:30 AM and 9:40 AM.

Parents and younger siblings are always welcome to come enjoy school assemblies.

Dawn Mock and Lisa Vance, Cultural Arts Co-Chairs

Join us at the

Mountain View School

BOOK

SWAP Do you love to read? Need some new reading

materials that you have not already read?

Come to the Mountain View Book Swap!!

Mountain View will have its second book swap of the school year on Thursday, December 10. This book swap is free to all Mountain View students.

When: Thursday, December 10

Where: Shade Structure, After School

Clean out your bookshelves and make room for new books!! Students can bring in books that they have already enjoyed to exchange for books that they have not read. Books should be gently used, but not abused, and age-appropriate for Mountain View — upper grade level books are especially needed.

And parents, there is also a PARENTS TABLE for any books that you would like to share and swap.

Don’t wait for the Book Swap to bring in your books! Books may be dropped off in the school office at any time throughout the school year.

If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help at the Book Swap, please contact either Anita LaBau at anita.labau@cox.net or Debbie Cox Bultan at dcoxbultan@gmail.com

Mountain View Cougar

Band Performance

Don't miss the Mountain View Cougar Band when they march in the State Street Holiday

Parade on Friday, December 4th!

The parade starts at 6:30 PM. This will be our 15th year marching in the parade. Come on out and show your Cougar pride by cheering on our wonderful Mountain View Cougar Band!

Jocelyn Tipple

Missing Something? Come check out the lost and found collection located on the rolling rack in the Multipurpose Room and on the coat hooks located outside the boy’s bathroom. All small items (such as jewelry, glasses, etc.) are in the school office.

All clothing left after school ends for Winter Break

will be donated to charity!

Please take the time to come to school and look for any missing clothing or other items such as backpacks, lunch containers, water bottles, and even shoes!

Thank you,

The Office Staff

Music Recital Monday, December 7

On Monday, December 7, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, Mountain View students who are studying music will have a chance to perform for the Mountain View Community. In order to perform, the students must be enrolled in formal music lessons and must return a form which includes the name of their performance piece(s) and their music teacher’s signature. See Friday folders for the form. Please alert your music teachers so that they can help with planning.

We’re very excited about giving our children the chance to share their talents with their school friends and to praise and validate them for all their hard work.

Scott Lillard Music Specialist

When MVS Foundation members and school staff developed the concept for the STEM lab, just a year ago, they set a budget of $100,000 to build, furnish and equip it for optimal use. At this writing, we are pleased to report that $48,000 has been raised toward this goal:

■ $20,000 from an anonymous donor

■ $5,000 from the PTA

■ $23,000 from individual donations and grants procured by the Foundation.

At the MVSF Board meeting in November, the Foundation made an additional grant of $10,000 to the STEM lab for the purchase of sinks and cabinets, which will be installed soon. This follows MVSF’s contributions to the District for the materials and supplies used to build the lab this summer, and a grant for the purchase of two 3-D printers.

On November 7, UCSB’s Community Volunteer Foundation approved MVSF’s request for a $3,000 grant to purchase “Magiscopes” and a “Blue Bot Hive” for the lab.

The Foundation seeks to raise another $52,000 for STEM Lab equipment, furniture and supplies. We are appealing only to sources outside the current MVS families – foundation grants, corporate donations, and individual donations from the broader community. Please view our website for our list of donors. If you happen to know any of them, please let them know you appreciate their continued support of Mountain View School. They are neighbors, friends, former students and their families, businesses and other grantors, who are committed to excellence in education and who recognize that an investment in our neighborhood school is an investment in the future of our children and our community.

The MVSF Development Committee is working to develop short and long term plans for fundraising, including researching and applying for grants. We are optimistic about fully equipping the lab with educational tools to facilitate an exciting hands-on engineering and science curriculum that will best prepare our students for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. This will be an ongoing project to be completed in stages as funds are received.

As the holiday season approaches, if you or your student has a special friend or relative searching for a unique and valuable gift, please consider telling them about our foundation.

The goal of MVSF is to support and sustain the tradition of excellence at Mountain View School. We are excited about our vision of what we can accomplish in the years ahead. With the continued support of neighbors, friends and businesses, “We know we can!”

The Foundation’s current board members are: Laura Ciontea, Regina Magid, Fritz Pinney, Sharon Rossol, Mike Schley, Ned Schoenwetter, Angel Sugleris, and Bob Wood. The MVSF was founded in 2013 by Ned Schoenwetter and Nancy and Mike Schley. Eden Jasiorkowski serves as PTA and MAGIC Campaign liaison to the board.

Fritz Pinney

STEM LAB SUPPORT NEAR $50,000 MARK

FARMER’S MARKET

Fall may have finally landed!!

The advent of eating has begun! You’ve survived Halloween and have been itching to bake up some yummy goodness. I know you’re still thinking pumpkin and

perhaps hoping for pie, but I urge you to experiment with the lovely persimmons we’ve been seeing ripen at the farm. Check out this recipe for Persimmon Cookies (below) and stop by our farm table to stock up. You can find us by the shade structure every first Thursday of the month. A huge thank you to our very own Carin Ezal and Amy Weber for donating their home-grown persimmons to our stand this past month. Both batches entirely sold out! Apparently our families have been secretly awaiting the persimmon season. A huge shout out goes to Givens Farm as well for all the gorgeous leafy greens and the bountiful bell peppers they showered upon us. Check out the “Local and Organic” article to see how you can be a part of their weekly organic produce delivery. Stop by after the Thanksgiving Break and say hello to our newest Farmer’s Market Team Members Celia Lala and Chris Casas. Extra hands are always a welcome addition. Their help keeps our market running smoothly. Look for us back in the courtyard on:

Thursday, December 3rd and Thursday, January 7th

1:20- 2:30 PM And as always, please keep us in mind if your home garden or orchard is overflowing. We encourage you to share some of your backyard treasures with our school community as it is a tremendous benefit to our children and families. We even have a team of students who will come and pick your goodies should you wish, all the while earning community service hours. Suggestions and inquiries are welcome; email Jeannette Todd at jbtoddus@yahoo.com. Please know that 100% of all purchases made go back to our children via the PTA. See you at the shade structure!

Your Farmer's Market Team!

Local and

Organic

Something Good Organics has teamed up with Mountain View School to bring you a free drop off spot for

your 100% certified organic produce. John Givens Farm has been growing in Santa Barbara County for 30+ years and we want to connect you to all the delicious and nutritious food growing in your community. Our weekly boxes of fresh, organic produce are picked just for you, within 24 hours of receipt, at amazing prices. Connect kids to their local farm and expand the health of your diet with over 75 different varieties of seasonal produce. Each Wednesday afternoon CSA boxes are delivered to the school office for easy no-hassle pickup. Your subscription with the farm is flexible and can be put on hold as needed. Weekly, bi-weekly and different size shares accommodate any family size, or even consider sharing with a friend. To learn more about our Community Supported Agriculture program, please visit our website at http://www.somethinggoodorganics.com or contact Carolyn Givens at carolyn@somethinggoodorganics.com.

Persimmon Cookies 2 ripe persimmons, pureed 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 egg 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup butter 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1 cup raisins (optional) 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Dissolve baking soda in persimmon pulp and set aside. Sift flour, spices and salt together, set aside. Cream together butter (or margarine) and sugar until fluffy, beat in egg and persimmon. Stir in dry ingredi-ents. Stir in nuts and raisins. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes. Makes 3 dozen cookies.

Planned Absences If you know in advance that your child will be absent, please contact the office as soon as possible by one of the three methods listed below:

Call the Attendance Line — it is available 24 hours a day, seven days per week, and leave a message (681-1284 , then press #1).

Come in and inform the office staff about the planned absence.

Email Terry Sturz, School Office Assistant, at tsturz@goleta.k12.ca.us

The office relies on parents to contact the office regarding absences. Please remember to include us

even if you have already told your child’s teacher!

Your timely reporting allows us to account for all students by 9:00 am. If there is a planned absence in your child’s future, remember to put us on your TO DO list!

Thank You.

Terry Sturz

Move-A-Thon!!! Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Mark Your Calendars – We Need Volunteers!

During the month of January, students will be asked to collect donations from family, friends, neighbors and anyone else. On February 2, they will challenge themselves to move in ways that

test their speed, agility, coordination and endurance. There are many terrific prizes this

year and lots of opportunities to win! Information packet coming soon!

Turn in Your Money and Forms by Friday, January 22, and Spin the Prize Wheel!

Raise $50 and Get 5 Tickets into a Drawing! For Every Add’l $25 Raised, Get 3 More Tickets! Incredible Prizes Include: Harlem Globetrotters Tickets, Electric Scooter, Surfboard, Ice Skating

Party, Camps, Cathedral Oaks Memberships, Sailing Lessons, Kindle Fire, Nugget and Kahuna

Grill Certificates and MORE etc.

Pledges can be made online too! Go to http://www.mtnview.goleta.k12.ca.us and click

Support > Online Donations > Move-A-Thon. Be sure to select the “Add special instructions to

recipient” option at checkout and enter the

student’s name…LETS GET MOVING!!!

Want your business name on one of our fabulous prizes?

Go Pro $300

Chromebook $250

Electric Scooter $200

iPod Nano $200

Surfboard $120

Kindle Fire $ 75

iPod Shuffle $ 75

Boogie Board $ 50

We have more Sponsorship opportunities available!

For more info, send an email to troylumberboy@aol.com

Mountain view MOVE-A-THON

PEP RALLY

January 15, 2016 Mv band ■ Fun ■ school spirit

Human

Papillomavirus

(HPV) Vaccine Two vaccines, Cervarix and Gardasil,

are currently available to prevent certain strains of human papillomavirus that may cause cervical, anal, penile and oropharyngeal cancers and genital warts. Both boys and girls can become infected by HPV if they are sexually active. Vaccination is recommended for girls and boys at age 11 or 12.

The Cervarix vaccine is approved for use in girls only. Gardasil is licensed for use in boys and girls. Both vaccines are given as a series of 3 injections over a period of six months.

HPV vaccine is recommended for preteens to enable their bodies to develop an immune response before they become sexually active. The vaccine can be given to teens and adults up to 26 years of age who were not previously vaccinated for HPV.

Parents should discuss this disease and prevention measures with their child’s health care provider and make an informed decision regarding vaccination.

Additional information can be found at www.cdc.gov/hpv/vaccine.html

REMINDER! WINTER BREAK — NO SCHOOL Dec. 21, 2015 thru Jan. 1, 2016 (Classes resume on January 4)

We hope that the entire Mountain View Community has a safe and restful winter break —

see you in January!

Mark Your Calendar:

NO SCHOOL — January 18, 2015 (Martin Luther King Day)

Chaucer’s Bookstore

and Mountain View

School’s

2015 Fall Book Fair

Our 2015 Chaucer’s Book Fair was a resounding success!

THANK YOU for your donations to the Library!

Not only did we received 20 new books for our shelves and $50 in gift certificates,

we also made almost $1000.00 for our PTA’s Library budget — a pretty outstanding profit for two hours!!

THANK YOU to all the families who supported our Library by way of pre-purchasing gift

certificates, donating books and shopping at Chaucer’s during the book fair. We could not do this without your

continued support!

THANK YOU to Mrs. Jill Stevens and Mr. Ned

Schoenwetter for supporting us in the office!!

THANK YOU to Mrs. Sylvia Kautz

for sharing your time and knowledge with us.

A big round of applause goes to our favorite local bookstore — Chaucer’s!!

Your Book Fair Team,

Mona Lehman and Jeannette Todd

Viewpoints is a PTA-sponsored newsletter featuring articles and information on Mountain View School. All articles are included at the discretion of the PTA President and School Principal.

To submit articles to be considered for publication in the Viewpoints, please email your article to Anita LaBau, Viewpoints Newsletter Coordinator, at viewpointsnewsletter@cox.net.

MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL VIEWPOINTS NEWSLETTER

The deadline for article submission appears in the monthly calendar published in each edition of the

Viewpoints Newsletter.

Electronic copies of past issues can also be found on the school website: http://mtnview.goleta.k12.ca.us/about/viewpoints-bulletin/.

Thank You.

is almost here! Here is a color-by-number picture for you to do while on break. Each shape has a number in it. Color each shape according to the number chart given below:

1 = LIGHT GREEN

2 = DARK GREEN

3 = RED

4 = YELLOW

5 = PURPLE

6 = PINK

7 = BROWN

8 = LIGHT BLUE

9 = DARK BLUE

Or, you can also color the picture using whatever colors you feel like!

Have fun and enjoy Winter Break!

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28 29 30 31

December 2015

WINTER BREAK — SCHOOL CLOSED ALL WEEK

WINTER BREAK — SCHOOL CLOSED ALL WEEK

Book Swap After School

Shade Structure

“Elf” Performance 7:00 PM in MPR

“The Dancing Scientist” Assembly

8:30 AM and 9:40 AM

Farmer’s Market After School —

Courtyard

School Site Council 3:00 PM

Music Recital 7:00—8:00 PM

Mt View Band Marches In the Holiday Parade

6:30 PM

LAST DAY OF CLASS

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4 5 6 7 8

11 12 13 14 15

18 19 20 21 22

25 26 27 28 29

WINTER BREAK — SCHOOL CLOSED ALL WEEK

Farmer’s Market After School

Courtyard

CLASSES RESUME

NO SCHOOL — Martin Luther King

Holiday

MINIMUM DAY — NOON DISMISSAL

Staff Appreciation

VIEWPOINTS ARTICLE SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Move-A-Thon Pep Rally

Executive Board Mtg. 8:30 AM

School Site Council Meeting 3:00 PM

January 2016