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District Newsletter -  December 5, 2022
 

November Board Meeting Recognitions
Medina Valley MS, November 28, 2022

Our MVISD School Board recognized some outstanding students and staff members at the November 28 Regular Board Meeting. Medina Valley Middle School was the campus that was highlighted, and we would like to congratulate the following: 

All-Star Students: 
Kadian Hunt, Campbell Baron, Charlie Keller

Above & Beyond Service: 
Crisanto Flores, Teacher

MVISD Holiday Artwork Contest Winners

Our MVISD School Board also recognized the outstanding artwork from students who submitted work for the district holiday artwork contest! Out of all of the amazing submissions the District received, there was only one winner selected for Elementary and one winner selected for Secondary. Congratulations: 

Laikyn Neal, LaCoste Elementary
Kinsley Seiter & Jamie Masters, MVHS

Congratulations to MVHS Sophmore, Leighanna Thomas, for winning Region 20's Holiday Card Contest! Leighanna's artwork will be featured on holiday cards sent out to school districts in the Region 20 area. ESC Region 20 Communications Coordinator Mayra de Hoyos presented Leighanna with a gift card, poster, and a set of printed cards!

Our Health Services Department is committed to keeping a happy and healthy workplace! They just received 42 pallets of disinfectant wipes,  courtesy of a government grant.  They will be distributed to campuses and departments to keep us safe during this Flu and Cold season!
 

Campus News & Announcements

Inside the Classroom: Medina Valley High School

The Teaching & Training Program of Study at Medina Valley HS offers hands-on experience to our students who may be interested in joining the teaching profession. The program of study is offered to all students. Students begin their coursework as freshmen and as upperclassmen, they have opportunities to serve as peer tutors and to assist in the elementary classrooms. We visited as our students gained hands-on teaching experience with Ms. Winters' and Mrs. Jones' classes.


Students in Ms. Jones' class helped assist their peers, while Ms. Winters' classroom visited Castroville Elementary to assist in teaching the elementary students. What a rewarding opportunity this program provides for both the students in the program, as well as those students receiving the additional support. The Teaching & Training Program of Study offered at MVHS allows students to gain the knowledge & skills needed to pursue their careers in the education field.

Medina Valley HS Seniors Accepted to Yale & Harvard

Isabella Sanchez was accepted and awarded a full scholarship to Yale University through Quest Bridge. Congrats to Isabella!

Isaiah Gamez was accepted to Harvard University. Congratulations and well done!

MVHS Band competed at the TMEA Region 11 Band Auditions at Steele High School. Congratulations to all who auditioned. We have an impressive 5 Area Band members who will audition for a place within the All-State Band in January. We also had two first chairs, 12 Region Band Members and 23 District Band Members.

At the two-day Alamo Heights Match Play Invitational last month, the MVHS Boy's Black Golf team won 1st place! In addition to the team win, Levi Keith also one 1st place as an individual. Congratulations to all of the team members and coaches! 

Congratulations to the Medina Valley High School FFA Program. They have had some great success with the Ag Advocacy, Senior Chapter Conducting and Radio Broadcasting teams all qualifying for state competition that took place on December 1. At state, Senior Chapter Conducting took 8th place and Ad Advocacy and Radio Broadcasting were both Top 24 Semi-Finalists.

Eight CyberPatriots participated in the Deloitte Capture the Flag event at the 2022 Alamo ACE on Tuesday, November 15th at La Cantera Resort.  The Alamo ACE  provides access and insight to senior leader perspectives on current developments in cyberspace and future challenges in transforming to multi-domain operations strategically, and military cyber and ISR operations battlespace in the future. 

Medina Valley High School students received some hands on Construction experience at a newly developed subdivision with Tartan Construction. They helped drilling and anchoring bolts to the foundation, cut out rafters, and installed ZIP sheathing on the sides of the Amenity building.  

The UIL Academics season is in full swing. The team traveled to Bandera on Saturday where they demolished the competition. The team finished first in academics overall and 2nd in speech & debate overall. Below are the individual results. Next for the UIL Academics team is the annual Medina Valley tournament on January 7th. 

Last week, over 30 MVHS students participated in different activities to give their ideas for a possible 2nd High School. These students met during their leadership class and brainstormed ideas of what a perfect high school would look like - classroom, hallways, cafeteria, library, counseling center, outdoor areas. This information will then be given to the architects for consideration.

MVHS Choir students put on a show for guests at both a Spurs Game and the Natural Bridge Caverns. At the Spurs Game against the Phoenix Suns they sang the national anthem, and at Natural Bridge Caverns the tenor and bass choir entertained visitors with part of their winter concert repertoire.
 

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