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● Mountview
Community Concerned for Sister School in Haiti
● The
Mountview Here to Help Program Makes a Difference for
Families in Need
● The new
security system at Mountview School
Mountview
Community Concerned for Sister School in Haiti
Since the devastating earthquake struck
Haiti on January 12, Mountview teachers and families
have been thinking about the students and teachers
at our sister school in Cite Soleil, Haiti.
Glenna contacted Third World Awareness,
the organization that delivers Mountview's donations of
money and school supplies, to express our concern
for the students and teachers at the school and to find
out any news. Here is their response:
Glenna,
Thank you
for your message and please thank all the students,
staff and parents for sharing their concerns. We
have not been able to contact the school administrators
and are still waiting to hear. The guest house
where we stay, St. Joseph's Home for Boys which has been
operating for 25 years and whose work we support has
been completely devastated and collapsed. The boys
are safe as well as the guests who were traveling to
Jacmel at the time of the quake. The director,
Bill is injured as he was on the sixth floor of the
house when it collapsed. St. Joseph's will have to
begin again from scratch. We also have not heard
from our other projects just outside the city. We
will let you know as things progress and of course will
need donations for our trip in May so that we can
continue the building in cite soleil and/or rebuild
whichever happens to be the case.
I will try to keep the website up to date so if you
don't hear direct from me you can check the website, www.twawareness.org
for updates.
Thank you
Stephen
The
Mountview Here to Help Program Makes a Difference for
Families in Need
A sense of
community is very important to the students and families
of Mountview. This past December, the Mountview Here to
Help Program supported the Child Development Institute (CDI)
by collecting toys and gifts for children and
their mothers.
CDI recently
featured Mountview and its contributions on their
website.
Lisa Sura-Liddell,
Manager of Family Violence Services at CDI has worked
with Mountview for years, and sees first-hand the
difference they make. “Their generosity and
dedication to the families of the Here to Help
program is truly inspiring. Their donations give
women and children a feeling of being supported by their
community - something they may not have experienced
before."
Click here
to read the full article on the CDI website.
The new
security system at Mountview School
Effective
October 14, 2008, the long-awaited security camera and
buzzer system has been installed on the front door at 99
Mountview.
In a memo
released to all parents, Mountview Acting-Principle
Connie Donnelly said. "With the camera, our office staff
is able to see the person entering through the front
door and then moving to other areas of the school
building. With the door locked, we can monitor the
entrance more closely."
Please note
the following Safe Schools Committee safety procedures
for the camera/buzzer security system: | ● Parents
are asked to not send children to school before 8:45
am. However, in inclement weather, the office will
post a sign on the front doors with directions to
areas for student supervision inside the building.
| | | | ● The front door will remain locked at all times except at the beginning of the day from 8:55 am until 9:20 am and then later at the end of the day at 3:30 pm | | | | ● At lunch time, the door will be locked. Parents picking up children in grades 1, 2 and 3 children are asked to wait outside the front doors to receive them. Students are to wait inside the doors until they see their parent outside waiting | | | | ● During
all other times, the door will be locked. Any
parents, students, staff or visitors who need access
to the building must follow these steps: | | | - Press the intercom button,
- Identify yourself by name looking into the camera,
- Wait to be acknowledged by office staff,
- When identification is confirmed, the door will open at the audible "buzz."
- All parents, visitors and occasional staff are then required to speak to office staff upon arrival and sign-in at the office.
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