Did you know that you can double or even triple your Community Investment donations to GHMV? Many companies will match their employees’ donations to our school through their Corporate Gift Matching Programs. And it’s an easy way to increase the impact of your donations! Inquire with your Human Resources department to find out if your company offers a matching gifts program. Please contact Jacquie Fagan with any questions.

The first step? Making your Community Investment gift HERE!

On Wednesday, 2/2 GHMV 7th grader Juan Martinez and friends will be selling these GHMV pens to benefit the Senior Class Trip.

Friday, 2/4 is an early release day--Kinder-5th grade students will be released at 1:30pm. As a reminder, students will eat lunch on campus. 

If your child tests positive for COVID-19, please notify your school nurse as soon as possible. Your child may return to school when all three of the following criteria are met:

1. At least one day (24 hours) has passed since recovery (resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications).

2. The individual has improvement in symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath).

3. At least ten days have passed since symptoms first appeared, or in the case of an asymptomatic individual, ten days since positive test.

Families will be notified when any student or faculty in their child’s section tests positive for COVID-19. We will no longer routinely quarantine close contacts.

Great Hearts Texas will not conduct contact tracing for cases that occur on campus, if a scholar is known or suspected of being in close contact with a COVID-19 positive individual, parents may opt to quarantine their child for up to 10 days and this will be an excused absence.

CDC guidelines (fully vaccinated) scholar will need to wear a mask around others for 10 days, test on day 5 (if possible). If more symptoms develop, they should stay home and get tested.

CDC guidelines (not fully vaccinated) Scholar will need to stay home for 5 days. After initial 5 days, continue to wear a mask around others for 5 additional days.

o  If you can’t quarantine you must wear a mask for 10 days.

o  Test on day 5 (if possible).

o  If more symptoms develop, they should stay home and get tested.

Rapid COVID-19 testing is available free of charge to any student or staff with COVID-like symptoms, at the discretion of the campus RN. Consent for testing is required.

P: 210.888.9485 | E: Minerva.Moore@greatheartsmontevista.org

To stay connected with current policies for COVID 19, use the following link.

This month we are learning about a royal family of musicians. They are Frederick the Great (1712-1786) and his two musical sisters, Princess Wilhelmine (1709-1758) and Princess Anna Amalia (1723-1787). Their father, the Prussian King Frederick I, was considered by some people a music hater and forbade the playing of musical instruments by his children. It seems that Frederick figured out a way to sneak in some musical training because his love of music and philosophy (instead of training to be a warrior like his father) was a constant source of dissension in the family. Frederick I was a hard man and could be abusive at times. But at the end of his life, he made up with his son, and Frederick ascended the throne and ruled well enough to be called Frederick the Great. His passion was the flute, and he was an accomplished player. He composed over 100 pieces for the flute. He also had a hand in composing some operas. He believed opera was a very important part of culture and made admission to operas free so more people could enjoy access to the great music of the time. His eldest sister, Wilhelmine, composed an opera. At the time, there were hardly any women composing music, let alone operas. What is more interesting about her opera is that she composed not only the music but also the libretto, or text of the opera. She is also appreciated for many construction projects that produced more venues for musical expression. About 25 years ago, one of her lost compositions was rediscovered in a library. The students had the pleasure of hearing an excerpt from this Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra. Finally, baby sister Amalia received her first official music lesson after Frederick I died. Her first teacher was her big brother Frederick the Great! She composed, performed (she could play the keyboard, flute, and violin very well), and preserved music. She is responsible for collecting over 600 volumes of music by greats such as Bach and Handel and preserving them in a library. Such an act is of great historical value because it helped to ensure that the great music of the past will be available to us and future generations! Thank you, Anna Amalia!

We receive our daily State funding based on the number of students who are in their classrooms at 10:15 am. Therefore, we encourage parents to schedule appointments before or after that time, if possible, so that the student is in their seat during attendance.

For absences, please e-mail Jennifer Russell if your student will be out for the day.  When students return, please remember to bring a doctor's note if appropriate. If e-mail is not available, leave a message on the attendance line at 210-888-9485, option 1 for Lower School, then option 0 for the attendance line.

Documentation via phone, e-mail, handwritten note, or doctor's note is required for ALL days a child is absent from school. 

Tardies: Students may not sign themselves in to school. If students are dropped off later than 8:05 a.m., parents must park and sign them in.

After school/end-of-day appointments: Early pick-up must occur by 3:15 p.m. on regular school days and 1:00 p.m. on early release days. After that time, students will be dismissed from Barshop as usual.

This school year, Great Hearts Texas will be offering healthy meals every school day to all students at no cost! We are excited about this opportunity from the Texas Department of Agriculture to serve over 8,000 students in Texas. (Note: Second meals will be charged full price. A La Carte items such as milk will be charged if purchased without the full meal.) 

 Free Meals and FRL Application (parent email from July 30, 2021)

***The 2021-2022 Free and Reduced Lunch Applications are now available to complete online. You may apply online at mymealtime.com.***   

If you did not receive your child’s Mealtime ID or if you have any further questions, please contact Ora.Linville@greatheartsmontevista.org. 

GHMV Alumna Emily Osborn attended the American Chemical Society Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas with fellow ACU Chemistry and Biochemistry majors. Emily is a past GHMV Valedictorian and attends ACU on a Presidential Scholarship.

If you would like to submit a feature for this section, please email Jacquie Fagan with details and a photo. We'd love to hear from you!

Second Grade Families:  you still have some days to do your part this year. To be honest, we’ve only had one grade show up to bring things for the lounge. You don’t have to purchase enough for ALL the faculty and staff… whenever you’re out shopping, just pick up a box of this or that and send it in with your student. If many families do this, the lounge will easily be stocked each month. And thank you!!

Third Grade Families:  okay, it’s your turn! In January, we are calling on you to help stock the teachers’ lounge. We need k-cups and snacks. Here are ideas on what to drop off this month...

4th through 5th Grade Families:  your turn is coming up! Here is the plan:

Information about the next luncheon event will be posted here in the newsletter and in the PSO facebook groups. If you have questions or would like to help with future events, please message Gloria Nwelue.

Ready to sign up? Here’s the form: https://bit.ly/GHMVRoomReps21-22 

For more information, please reach out to the PSO Room Rep Coordinator Marcy Ringer.

— submit a background check online: https://ghmvpso.org/backgroundcheck

— complete volunteer training (this covers confidentiality, FERPA, sharing space with temple, etc.)

— link to online volunteer training, ghmvlions is both the username and password: https://ghmvpso.org/training 

If you would like to help with events for the 2021-22 school year, please add your email to the PSO Parent Volunteer List here: https://ghmvpso.org/volunteer 

https://ghmvpso.org/lunchroom 

The PSO calendar of events is here: https://ghmvpso.org/calendar 

Thanks for all you do! Questions? Contact pso@ghmvlions.org

Parents can join Facebook groups for PSO announcements and for each grade level. These are unofficial group pages and are not managed by Great Hearts Monte Vista South or School Administration. The groups are monitored for appropriate content. No buy-sell-trade posts.

If you have a concern about your child's teacher or with the school leadership, please contact them directly.

Follow the page: https://www.facebook.com/GHMVPSO/ 

GHMV South PSO https://www.facebook.com/groups/GHMVSPSO/ 

Kindergarten — Class of 2034 https://www.facebook.com/groups/GHMVclassof2034/

1st Grade — Class of 2033 https://www.facebook.com/groups/GHMVclassof2033/

2nd Grade — Class of 2032 https://www.facebook.com/groups/GHMVclassof2032/ 

3rd Grade — Class of 2031 https://www.facebook.com/groups/GHMVclassof2031/ 

4th Grade — Class of 2030 https://www.facebook.com/groups/GHMVclassof2030/ 

5th Grade — Class of 2029 https://www.facebook.com/groups/GHMVclassof2029/

Questions about Facebook groups may be sent by PM or email to GHMV PSO.

Martha Newton, PSO President, martha@ghmvlions.org 281-451-3554 

Leslie Ibarra, PSO Treasurer, leslie@ghmvlions.org 210-382-4121

Marcy Ringer, Room Rep Coordinator, volunteers@ghmvlions.org 210-416-9226

Gloria Nwelue, Teacher Luncheons Coordinator, luncheons@ghmvlions.org 

Rob Russell, Teachers’ Lounge, teacherslounge@ghmvlions.org 210-416-0138

Spirit Wear Coordinator and Online Store, Spirit Wear, spiritwear@ghmvlions.org

Grace Lira, Lower School Used Uniforms, useduniforms@ghmvlions.org