We have made it to the end of our school year and what a year it was. I know that for many of us looking back over the last year and it’s many ups and downs it can feel like we encountered multiple years at once. Whether that was communicating back in August our plans to teach in a completely remote environment, stops and starts on returning students to our building, or finally in February developing a plan for hybrid learning for kids at home and in the building, you all have been there every step of the way to adjust and adapt. You have helped us to both execute effectively to provide great learning opportunities to your students and to build a stronger and more cohesive community in the process.
We are looking forward to August and a chance to start off the next school year with our students all in person. We will take the lessons learned from the past year not to simply return things to “normal” but to make our school even better for our kids and families. Please continue to watch out for summer communications that share progress toward those goals and changes going on within our community that will be in place this fall.
The Montview team wants to wish you all a great summer. We hope it is fun, relaxing, and full of time with those you love. We know the last year has put much stress on us all and I hope this time becomes of or renewal and rejuvenation.
Take Care and Go Knights!
John Clark, School Director
DSST: Montview MS will be closed Thursday, June 24 for Professional Development
DSST Network Summer Closure: June 26-July 19; All offices and schools will be closedMonday, July 19: DSST Schools return from Summer Closure (no students)
DPS Registration reopens for 2021-2022 School Year
If you did not complete registration during the Early Bird opportunity, here is your opportunity
Registration is required for all DPS/DSST students before the first day of School
Wednesday, August 18: First Day of School for DSST: Montview MS
School Accountability June Meeting
Our DSST: MTV MS and HS School Directors, John Clark and Becca Meyer, will host our final School Accountability Meeting for the 2020-2021 school year on Thursday, June 10 from 4:00p-5:30p on Microsoft Teams.
pictured (left to right, clockwise): Mr. Davico poses alongside Advisees Isaias Isaac and Tayshaun McClain; Ms. Meneley congratulates 8th Grader, Rithika Kansal; 6th Graders Tungdedey Denpathot and Zhayne Marquis-Jackson spent part of their last day in an action packed one-on-one game; an 8th Grade shows their pride and joy after picking up their 8th Grade graduate
I cherish the vantage point I have in the work I do for Montview. It allows me the time to hopefully capture some of the amazing humans that I work with and work for. Please enjoy the collection of photos from this wondrous year! And thank you to all of the students who agreed to stare into the lens :) (From Mr. Ruiz)
Our students have done amazing work this year, despite many unforeseen challenges! During the year, we took 3 iReady diagnostic assessments. As a school, these assessments are an important measure for us to monitor student growth, which is particularly important in a year like this one.
In Reading:
Our Median Growth Goal was met at 125%
51% of students met their Reading Growth Goal
In Math:
41% of students met their Math Growth Goal
We will continue to leverage iReady next year in a dedicated intervention block to support student learning.
Virtual Summer School
Returning Student Summer School: Families of students who were invited to Summer School have already been contacted
When: Wednesday 6/9- Tuesday 6/22
Summer school will be online.
Students will be required to have cameras on during class.
Times: 8:45am - 12pm
Students will be done each day at 12 pm.
Summer School students can return their laptops starting on Wednesday, June 23
Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, DPS will begin using a three-tier system for bell times. This means most school will start their day during one of three windows: 7:30-7:40; 8:05-8:25 or 8:50-9:10.
For the 2021-22 school year, DSST: Montview MS will start classes at 7:30am and end at 3:00pm (first dismissal). Please see the attached letters for more information on why the change was made.
