Mountain View Elementary School

Save the Date! Thursday, October 24th is MVES International Night. Come and celebrate! We we will have many fun activities and lots of delicious food.

Last week, Ms. Michael's fourth graders completed their Virginia Studies unit on the regions of Virginia by making topographical maps of our state with salt dough. The students had a lot of fun learning about our beautiful state of Virginia!

"Last week, Mrs. O'Neill's fourth graders ended their Virginia Studies unit on the regions of Virginia by making topographical maps of our state with salt dough. The students had a lot of fun with this unit!"

Today is the perfect day for pizza! Please support our MVES PTO and our school!

Rockingham County Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, October 1 due to flooding in parts of the county.

Rockingham County Schools will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, October 1st. Stay safe Eagles!

Rockingham County Public Schools will be closed on Monday, September 30 due to flooding in parts of the county.

In science, 5th grade students painted Earth models to represent the four layers of the Earth.

This week our fourth graders ended their Virginia Studies unit on the regions of Virginia by making topographical maps of our state with salt dough. We are so impressed with the way the students captured the various geographical features of our state. We can't wait to add color and notes to each region next week!

Ms. Miller's class explored amphibians and reptiles this week! Students teamed up to read, write, and share their discoveries about these amazing creatures.

Ms. Brooks’ class got to practice their skip counting skills using the Dash robots. They had so much fun racing their peers by solving different problems and coding the robots. Our butterfly finally emerged from its chrysalis and we were ready to release it into its natural habitat. Ms. Brooks’ class has had fun watching the caterpillar grow and develop through the life cycle.

2nd grade classes practiced skip counting in the STEM lab this week and got to program the dash robots to move when they got correct answers. Everyone had a lot of fun!

Ms. Cramer’s 2nd grade class watched a monarch butterfly hatch. It was an amazing experience! Students waved goodbye as the butterfly flew off to its new adventure.

Meet our Staff! What makes MVES a special place? Our specials teachers. Meet Mrs. Botkin (PE), Mrs. Enke (Music), Mr. Harris (PE), Mrs. Schiffres (Librarian), and Mrs. Shaffer (Art).

MVES has students from over 18 countries. On September 15th-October 15th, we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month and Mexico's Independence Day (September 16th). In observance of these dates, students, and staff, dressed in cultural attire from our Latin American countries.

Meet our Staff! "It takes a special teacher to hear what a child can't say." Meet our wonderful Special Education teachers; Ms. Odartei-Laryea, Mrs. Trost, Mrs. Dillishaw, Mrs. Carte, Ms. Amison, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Ireland, Ms. Lantz, and Mrs. Haygood.

Meet or Staff! Our fifth grade teachers, Mrs. Caffo, Mrs. Deputy, and Mrs. Layman, prepare our students for their next journey by encouraging them to become independent thinkers, while making their last year in elementary school a fun learning experience.

Meet our Staff! School Counselors, Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Langridge; are our caring, hard-working, dedicated, difference makers.

Kindergarten color week has been so much fun! On blue day we painted with blue water color paint and revealed a fun hidden surprise- our name! On yellow day we played outside at recess with Mr. Miller. On orange day we experimented with red and yellow paint and discovered that when you mix the two, you get orange!

Meet our Staff! Ms. Miller, Mrs. French and Mr. White, Changing the world, one THIRD grader at a time.