Mohave Valley School District

This morning we had a bus picking up students on their route to the Junior High involved in a minor accident with another vehicle. At the time of the incident, 13 students and the bus driver were involved. Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded immediately to the accident, and MVESD staff were also on the scene immediately following the accident. First responders evaluated all of the students and driver, and no injuries were reported. Students and the driver have been transferred to another bus and are heading to the Junior High, where parents are being contacted. MVESD thanks all responders for their quick action and for putting the safety of our students and staff first and foremost. Route C will be running late but is currently in route picking up students for the Junior High. This is an opportunity to remind drivers to be aware of their surroundings and that buses pick up and drop off students in the morning and afternoon. Please, slow down, be aware, and give yourself a little more time to get where you are going.

CMES Families, We had our fourth lock down drill this afternoon. As always, we review our process and make plans and adjustments to ensure maximum efficiency. We are proud to announce that the entire school was locked down more than twice as quickly as our initial lock down in the first quarter. Congrats to the teachers and students who made this happen through practice and and review. If you have questions about today's lock down drill, please email Mr. Cottrell at cottrellr@mvdistrict.net. Thank you,

CMES wants to remind parents that there is school tomorrow. The old calendar had March 29 as a PD day, but that day was moved to February 17. If your calendar shows 3-29 as a professional day, you have an old calendar. The current calendar can be found on the district website. mvesd16.org

Parents and Guardians of Route G students, please note that the bus is running 20 to 30 minutes late. There were some mechanical issues on their regular bus. A second bus was sent to get the students. Thank you for your patience.

Parents Please Be Advised: Route E is cancelled today 02/03/2023 for Elementary and Jr. High AM and PM Routes. Please forgive the inconvenience. For more information, please contact your students school or the Transportation Department at 928-768-8700.

Parents Please Be Advised: Route I is cancelled today 02/02/2023 for Elementary and Jr. High AM and PM Routes. Please forgive the inconvenience. For more information, please contact your students school or the Transportation Department at 928-768-8700.

Parents Please Be Advised: Route C is cancelled today 01/11/2023 for Elementary and Jr. High AM and PM Routes. Please forgive the inconvenience. For more information, please contact your students school or the Transportation Department at 928-768-8700.

Parents Please Be Advised: Route C is cancelled today 01/10/2023 for Elementary and Jr. High AM and PM Routes. Please forgive the inconvenience. For more information, please contact your students school or the Transportation Department at 928-768-8700.

Parents Please Be Advised: Route C is cancelled today 01/09/2023 for Elementary and Jr. High AM and PM Routes. Please forgive the inconvenience. For more information, please contact your students school or the Transportation Department at 928-768-8700.

CMES wants to thank all of our Coyote Family for an amazing first semester. We will be out of school December 24 through January 8. We will return on January 9th. As we head into the second semester, please make note of the following information. -Awards assemblies will be January 10th (8:00 AM for 3rd; 8:30 AM for 4th; and 9:00 AM for 5th). -There is no school on January 13th and January 16th. The 13th will be used for PD and planning based on Winter benchmark scores. The 16th is MLK Day.

If you haven't heard, MVESD was just ranked #1 in the State for student learning in both ELA and Math during the pandemic and #4 overall in the NATION! In addition, our schools have earned Results-Based funding that provides additional dollars to Arizona's BEST SCHOOLS, with an emphasis on the top schools serving high-needs students. MVESD schools are also acknowledged as highly achieving by the Arizona Department of Education through the State Report Card assessment system. Our administrators, teachers, and support staff are amazing in what they do for the kids of our community, our District, and each other. The recent accolades affirm their hard work, dedication, compassion, and drive to be the best at what we do - educating your child. Mohave Valley Elementary School District - 'Student Focused! Future Driven.' Thank you for the opportunity to serve your child's educational needs. We wish you a happy holiday season and are so very thankful to work with your family and the community to provide high-achieving schools with award-winning staff members to every child we serve throughout our District. Mohave Valley Daily News MVESD sees academic growth despite pandemic challenges https://mohavedailynews.com/.../sun-mvesd-sees.../... Az Republic Rural districts improve reading https://arizonarepublic-az.newsmemory.com/... 'New Education Discovery Scorecard Data' https://educationrecoveryscorecard.org/

Camp Mohave Families, We held our 2nd lockdown drill of the year today. This drill was much more efficient and completed with fewer issues than our initial drill earlier in the year. As always, we continue to monitor the procedure and adjust as needed to ensure safe and timely response to any potential emergency that may arise. Thank you for continuing to be a part of the Coyote Family.

Parents Please Be Advised: Route G is cancelled today, 12/13/22 for Elementary and Jr. High AM and PM Routes. Please forgive the inconvenience. For more information, please contact your students school or the Transportation Department at 928-768-8700.

Parents Please Be Advised: Route G is cancelled today, 12/12/22 for Elementary and Jr. High AM and PM Routes. Please forgive the inconvenience. For more information, please contact your students school or the Transportation Department at 928-768-8700.

Parents Please Be Advised: Route M is cancelled today, 12/09/22 for Elementary and Jr. High AM and PM Routes. Please forgive the inconvenience. For more information, please contact your students school or the Transportation Department at 928-768-8700.

Parents Please Be Advised: Route D is cancelled today, 12/06/22 for Elementary and Jr. High AM and PM Routes. Please forgive the inconvenience. For more information, please contact your students school or the Transportation Department at 928-768-8700.

On October 31st, the Arizona Education Department released the 2021-22 A-F School Letter Grades for all public schools statewide. Camp Mohave Elementary School earned an 'A' Mohave Valley Junior High earned a very high 'B' Fort Mojave Elementary does not have the grade levels that fall within state testing (K-2). We thank our staff, families, and community for working together to ensure the students of MVESD continue to be educated with the future in mind. As a district, our focus is on continuous improvement and ensuring our students are provided with the instruction that meets them where they are in their learning process - 'It takes a village.' We are incredibly proud of our hard-working students and staff, who have put forth their best efforts under extremely difficult conditions. ● These reports provide information about student achievement, college and career readiness, student growth, and other key areas of interest to families and the general public. ● We are pleased to share the school data with our community and ensure our students have the resources and opportunities they need to thrive. https://azsbe.az.gov/f-school-letter-grades Student Focused! Future Driven.

End of the First Quarter this Friday (10/7/2022)! Fall Break 10/10 - 10/14 School Resumes 10/17 Parent/Teacher Conferences 10/26-10/28 - Information to follow!

CMES Student Council would like to remind students and families that Popcorn sales are wrapping up. All money is due to the school on October 17, but can be turned in prior to that if you are finished with sales. Thank you for supporting our student council.

CMES would like to let parents know that we held our first lockdown drill of the school year this afternoon. The students responded well and the campus was secured quickly. Security checks were completed by administration with a deputy from MCSO. The information gathered from today's drill will be used to improve procedures going forward. On another note, the school has upgraded the visitor and parent pick-up procedure. Using Verkada Guest, all people visiting and picking up students, will need to present an identification to be scanned. This will be true for all parents and guests whether you are known to us or not. Please do not attempt to visit or pickup without having your identification. Thank you for continuing to support CMES as we implement new procedures to improve the safety of all students and staff.