🎃🥘October Breakfast and Lunch Menus...

🩺 HEALTH SCREENING REMINDER 👓👂 Health screenings will take place at Montvale Elementary on Monday, October 19, 2026. Please make every effort to have your child present at school on this day. These screenings are especially important for students who receive interventions, have an IEP, or receive services such as Speech or Occupational Therapy (OT). 📚 Students Being Screened: 🍎 Pre-K • Hearing • Vision 🏰 Kindergarten, 2nd Grade & 4th Grade • Height & Weight • Blood Pressure • Hearing • Vision • Color Blindness Screening 🚫 Want to Opt Out? If you do not want your child to participate in these health screenings, please let Nurse Chrissy or your child’s classroom teacher know as soon as possible. Thank you for helping us keep our Knights healthy and ready to learn! 🖤

🎃Get your costumes ready and save the date! 📅 🍬🍭 More information coming soon! 🔜

This week at Montvale 🏰

🏀🏰 IT’S TOURNAMENT DAY, KNIGHTS! 🏰🏀 Come out and support our Montvale Knights Basketball teams today, Saturday, September 26, at the Play 2:7 Preseason Elementary Basketball Tournament! 🖤🏀 Let’s pack the gym and CHEER LOUD for our Knights! 🏰🖤🏀 GO KNIGHTS! 🏀🏰🖤

🎉🧸 More Fundraiser Winners! 🧸🎉 Our fundraiser fun continues! We’re excited to celebrate our newest Stuffy winners and all of the hardworking students who have earned prizes by selling items for our school fundraiser! 🌟👏 We are so proud of our students for working hard toward their goals—and there’s still time to earn those prizes! 🏆🎁 📣 IMPORTANT REMINDER: All fundraiser orders AND money are due Tuesday, September 29th!

✨🏆 Celebrating Our Shining Knights! We love recognizing our students and teachers for the wonderful things they do each day! Congratulations to this week’s Shiny Award recipients! 🌟 Your hard work, kindness, great choices, and positive attitudes help make Montvale a wonderful place to learn and grow. 🖤🤍 📞💛 We’re also celebrating our Good News Call of the Day! There’s nothing better than calling home to share some GOOD news and letting families know just how proud we are of their student! Keep shining, Knights! ⚔️✨ We are so proud of you!

A big THANK YOU to Sheri Dieck from the 911 Communications Center for spending time with our students and teaching them about the importance of 911! 🚨📞 Our students learned when to call 911, what information to share, and how important it is to stay calm and listen to the dispatcher during an emergency. We are so grateful for the important work our 911 dispatchers do every day to help keep our community safe. Thank you, Sheri, for helping our students learn how they can be prepared and safe! ❤️💙

🎨📚 When writing meets art! ✨ Our 5th graders are putting a creative twist on their writing with Painted Essays! 🖌️

🎨💛Our Buddy Bench!💛🎨 A huge thank you to the Kiwanis Club for their donation of this bench and to our amazing art teacher, Mrs. Carrington, for turning the bench into a colorful work of art!✨ This bench is more than just a place to sit—it’s a place where students can find a friend, make a connection, and know they’re never alone. 💕🤝 We absolutely LOVE how it turned out! Look for it near the entry next time you visit.🏰

🎉🧸 FUNDRAISER FUN! 🧸🎉 👏 Congratulations to our “Stuffy” winners and to all of our students who have sold enough items to earn axolotls! 🦎💕 A HUGE thank you to our families, friends, and community members who have supported our students and our school by purchasing fundraiser items! If you haven't yet, there's still time to participate. Our fundraiser continues all week long! Keep up the great work, Knights! 🏰✨ There’s still time to keep selling, reaching those goals, and earning prizes!

This week at Montvale 🏰

🇺🇸 Celebrating Constitution Day at Montvale! 🇺🇸 Our students had a wonderful time celebrating Constitution Day and learning about this important part of our nation’s history! ❤️🤍💙

🌟 Thank You, Montvale Families! 🌟 We had a wonderful evening at our PAC meeting and Parent Conference Night! 🖤🏰🤍 A huge THANK YOU to all of our families who joined us! We loved seeing parents connecting with teachers, spending time together playing reading and math games, and shopping at the Book Fair. 📚 🎲✏️➕📖 Your involvement and support mean so much to our students and staff. Thank you for partnering with us to make Montvale a great place to learn and grow! 🖤🤍

🎄Toys for Blount County's Christmas Clearinghouse - September 14-17, 2026 Registration is a little different this year. There is an online option in addition to the normal call ins! Please notice the change in hours due to the online option! Details listed on the flyer!

Our fall fundraiser is off to a great start. These students have already sold at least one item! ✅ Two lucky girls were the winners of our daily drawing. 🌟 🌟 There's still time for you to join the fun and help us raise money for our Montvale.🏰

🍿 Pop in tomorrow night for our PAC Meeting & Family Night!

Join us Thursday, September 17, from 5:30–7:00 PM at Montvale Elementary for:

📚 Book Fair Open
➕ Reading and math activities in the cafeteria
💬 Time with teachers
📊 Answers to your questions about ILPD or testing results
🍿 Free popcorn for everyone who pops in!

We look forward to learning, connecting, and spending the evening with our Montvale families! 🖤

🇺🇸 Celebrate Constitution Day with us tomorrow! 🇺🇸

First through fifth grade students may wear red, white, and blue on Thursday, September 17th. Let’s show our patriotic spirit, Knights! ❤️🤍💙

Please note: Kindergarten students will wear green tomorrow as planned for color week.

🏰🏈 MONTVALE NIGHT AT HERITAGE! 🏈🏰 It’s time to show our Montvale pride under the Friday night lights! ❤️🩵🏈 Join us THIS FRIDAY NIGHT at the Heritage High School football game as the Heritage Mountaineers take on Fulton High School! 🎉 🎟️ Montvale students get in FREE with a paying adult!

💦☀️ Kindergarten Water Day was a SPLASH! ☀️💦 Our kindergarteners had an absolute BLAST at their annual Water Day! From water games and soaking sprays to lots of laughter and smiles, it was the perfect way to enjoy a beautiful day together! 🥳💧 A HUGE thank you to the Maryville College Lady Scots Basketball team for coming out to help make Water Day extra special!🏀 Your time and energy helped make this such a fun and memorable day for our kindergarten students!