Enjoy your break Knights!

🧹🖤 Happy Custodian Appreciation Day! 🖤🧹 Today we want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to three very special members of our Montvale family — Mr. Chris, Mrs. Melinda, and Mr. RJ! 🏰⚔️ These amazing people work hard every single day to keep our castle clean, safe, and shining for our little Knights! ✨ From early mornings to busy school days (and all the messes in between! 😄), they are always there to lend a helping hand. We are so thankful for everything they do behind the scenes to make Montvale a wonderful place to learn and grow. Please help us show Mr. Chris, Mrs. Melinda, and Mr. RJ some love! 🖤🤍 We appreciate you more than you know! Happy Custodian Appreciation Day! 🧹✨🏰

Congratulations to our BCEF Mini Grant recipients: 🧘 Kallee Twiner — Creating Calm Spaces for Student Success 🏰 Kelly Bouchard — Knights of Character: Every Choice Builds Our Castle ☕ Kaylie Furman — Knight’s Brew Crew Coffee Cart 🏃 Kerrie DeFalle — Pedometers for Elementary PE 📚 Nichole McCord — Read, Grow, Succeed: A Schoolwide Reading Incentive Program 🛝 Olivia Wein — PreK & CDS Playground ⚽ Michelle Lambert — Play, Learn, Grow: Enhancing Second Grade Recess Through Active Play 💻 Michelle Lambert — Building Strong Readers Through BrainPOP Jr. We’re excited to celebrate the creative ideas coming to life at Montvale Elementary School. Thank you Blount County Education Foundation for funding these projects!

Our third graders enjoyed making Pop Art Ghosts in Mrs. Carrington's ART class.

Mark your calendars to come out and support our basketball, cheer, and dance teams this fall! 🏀 📣💃🏼🕺🏰

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Please share this post with someone who would make a great addition to our team! 🖤🤍

Mrs. Casteel’s first grade reading groups went on a on campus field trip to the little library by the front gate after reading “A Library of Our Own.” Each student got to pick one book to take home.

⛏️🚧 3rd Grade Takes on the Dig Zone! 🚜💛 Our 3rd graders had an AMAZING time on their field trip to the Dig Zone! From digging and exploring to climbing aboard some seriously cool equipment, our students enjoyed a day full of hands-on fun and adventure! 🤩 We love seeing our Knights learning, laughing, and making memories together outside the classroom. 🖤 A big thank you to everyone who helped make this awesome field trip possible! We know our 3rd graders will be talking about this adventure for a long time! ✨

🎃🥘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 🏰