2024-2025 School Calendar Feedback is Open Now!
The Surry County Board of Education has accepted multiple draft calendars for public comment for the 2024-2025 school year. This period is open for the next 30 days. Start dates include August 8, 2024, August 12, 2024, and August 26, 2024. At this time, only one of these calendars meets the requirements put forth by the NC General Assembly, which means August 8 and August 12 may not be an option under current guidelines. These calendars are available for public comment, and those who wish to contribute feedback are encouraged to fill out the attached Google form or contact the Surry County Schools Administrative Offices at (336)386-8211.
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12.3.23
Good Evening Mountaineers! This is your principal Matt Scott with this week’s updates.
On Monday, our 3rd grade will visit the Andy Griffith Playhouse to see the Nutcracker.
As our Robotics team gears up to represent us in the state semi-finals, they will practice this week on Tuesday and Thursday. We want to wish them the best of luck on Saturday as they will travel to Charlotte to compete.
On Friday, our 5th graders will visit the Andy Griffith Playhouse to see A Christmas Carol.
We want to say a special congratulations to Oliver Marshall and Atticus Hawks as they were 2 of the 7 participants from the Surry County School’s Science Fair chosen to move on to the regional Science Fair.
Those are all the announcements for tonight. I look forward to seeing our Mountaineers back on campus tomorrow.
Tonight was the Surry County Science Fair and our Mountaineers did amazing! Atticus Hawks and Oliver Marshall represented Mountain Park at the science fair and both students advanced to regionals! We are proud of you both. Great job, Mountaineers!
We had some extra special carline helpers this morning. Thank you Surry Central Student Athletes for helping us out this morning!
13 Bones MPES Spirit Night is December 5th! 13 Bones will give a donation to MPES, just make sure you tell them you are there to support Mountain Park.
11.26.23
Good Evening Mountaineers! This is your principal Matt Scott with this week’s updates.
The Good News Club will meet Wednesday, Nov. 29 until 4:30. This will be their Christmas meeting. After this Wednesday, the Good News Club will not meet again until Jan. 3. The Good News Club will NOT meet during the month of December.
There will be a SAVE Promise Club Summit tomorrow. Mrs. Pack and 4 student council members will represent our school at this meeting. On Thursday, we will celebrate our DoNut Give Up awards, and our Leaders of the Month will go to eat Pizza with the Principal. Also on Thursday, Oliver Marshall and Atticus Hawks will represent Mountain Park at the County Science Fair. On Friday, we will have an early dismissal at 1:00.
Looking ahead, we will have a Mountain Park Night at 13 Bones on Dec. 5. All you have to do is come and eat and let them know you’re there supporting Mountain Park Elementary. Also, we will have a Paint & Pancakes Night on Dec. 15. Plan to join us at 5:00 for a pancake supper and then at 6:00 for a Paint Night. We will have student-made ornaments available at this event that you’re going to want to purchase as well. This evening will support our Student Council and Art program. More information about both events is available on our website and Facebook page. Please help us spread the word about both of these fun and exciting events.
Those are all the announcements for tonight. I look forward to seeing our Mountaineers back on campus tomorrow.
Is finding the perfect gift for your child's teacher a difficult task? No need to stress this December, because the PTO elves are here to help! Just message us who your teacher is, and we will provide you with a list of some of their favorite things!
The 2nd Annual Mountain Park Thanksgiving Parade was a huge success! Our parade featured ice cream cones, Shrek, Turkeys, Peppa the Pig and many more. Our 2nd-5th graders are so talented!
2nd Grade learned how cranberries are grown and harvested. Using this information, students worked as a team to create rafts to float quarters. Each team had to see how many quarters it would hold before their raft sank.
Coach Marion and Coach Pierce are very proud of the hard work and dedication that the members of the GROW Strong team put in. With their hard work and dedication, many future track stars will come from our Mountaineer family!
Special shout out to Avery Lowe for being the 3rd fastest boy out of all the 3rd grade boys!
Here’s the link if you’d like to see your students time:
https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Dobson/GROWStrong5K
Principal Update 11.19.23
Good Evening Mountaineers! This is your principal Matt Scott with this week’s updates.
This week we will celebrate our Say Hello Week. Kindness and making sure everyone feels included are our goals. On Monday, we will have stickers to help us start conversations with other students, and on Tuesday we will go Crazy for Kindness. We’ll wear crazy socks on Tuesday to help as conversations starters.
The Student Council will meet on Monday from 3:00-4:00. Parents please pick up your student in front of the school at 4:00.
On Tuesday, families on our Backpack Program will be receiving Thanksgiving meals. If students will be riding the bus, please have someone at the bus stop to help students with getting these boxes off the bus.
There will be no school Wednesday through Friday as we celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday. I want to say I’m so thankful for the fantastic faculty and staff at Moutain Park, our students, their families, and the wonderful community we serve.
Looking ahead, December 1st will be an early release day at 1:00.
Those are all the announcements for tonight. I look forward to seeing our Mountaineers back on campus tomorrow.
We are so proud of our Mountaineers Engineers! They represented our school well by showing gracious professionalism and displaying core values as a team.They also brought home two wins! Second place in Robot Run and Second place in Robot Design and performance! Go Mountaineers!! We will advance to Semi-Final Qualifier in Raleigh.
It's always exciting when the NC School of the Arts comes to Mountain Park!
Principal Update 11.12.23
Good Evening Mountaineers! This is your principal Matt Scott with this week’s updates.
This week is American Education Week. This week is designated to celebrate educators and to honor the individuals who work to ensure every student receives the quality education they deserve. It takes a team for a successful education, and we are grateful for the hard work of our families, teachers, staff, and students here at Mountain Park Elementary.
Fall picture retakes are tomorrow Monday, November 13th. If you need a retake from our previous pictures, tomorrow will be your chance. No money is needed. Monday and Thursday our Grow Strong team will practice after school until 4:00. Robotics will practice after school on Tuesday until 4:30. The Good News Club will meet after school on Wednesday until 4:30. Our Grow Strong Team will participate in the Surry County School’s Grow Strong 5K on Friday at Fisher River Park. The race starts at 9:30 and we’d love to see you come support your runners! Also, the Robotics team will have their competition Saturday at Surry Community. The public portion of the event will begin at approximately 1:00 pm in the gym and the awards ceremony will follow. We’d love for you to come support our Mountaineer Engineers.
Please keep sharing our Rada fundraiser on social media. Also, you have books that can be used to collect orders.
There will be no school November 22-24 as we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.
Those are all the announcements for tonight. I look forward to seeing our Mountaineers back on campus tomorrow.
Happy Veterans Day to all who have served!
It's a great day to be a Mountaineer! Thank you Carolina Ink for providing a shirt to everyone in our building.
We enjoyed having the Surry County School Board in our building today. Thank you Dr. Reeves, Dale Badgett, and Clark Goings for serving our community today and everyday.
Kindergarten loved playing in the leaves!
Our MPES students will participated in school Red Ribbon Week lessons and activities to learn more about Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week is a reminder that everyday Americans across the country make significant daily contributions to their communities by being the best they can be because they live Drug Free. MPES finished out Red Ribbon Week with a school wide parade and popsicles!
Principal Update 11.7.23
Good Evening Mountaineers! This is your principal Matt Scott with a quick update.
My message on Sunday mistakenly said that Good News will meet on Wednesday and Thursday. Good News will only meet on Wednesday, like normal.
Today your Rada fundraising books were sent home with students. This is an easy fundraiser and great for Christmas presents. There are links on our website and Facebook page that take you directly to the fundraiser attached to our school.
On Thursday, we want to invite our students to wear Red, White, and Blue as we celebrate and honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.
Also on Thursday, we have a special treat coming home with all students. Carolina Ink has generously donated a Mountain Park shirt to all our students and staff. We’ll be sending those home on Thursday.
Those are the only updates for tonight. I look forward to seeing our Mountaineers back on campus tomorrow.