Below is a list of various clubs, activities, and extra-curricular opportunities for Mountain View students. Please contact the specific club advisor for additional information and specifics.
CLUB BUS: The bus runs Monday through Thursday for students staying for a school sponsored activity, ie: club or tutoring. The Club Bus leaves by 4:15pm, once the previously signed up students are all accounted for. This bus drives the students to their houses.
ACTIVITY BUS: Activity bus(es) transport the students involved in athletic or club activities at CV's Main Campus immediately after the dismissal bell rings. This bus runs Monday through Friday when activities are in session.
Students must sign up for the Activity and/or Club Bus each day by 11:00am. The sign up sheet is located in the lobby before homeroom and then moved to the office after homeroom.
ADVANCED STRING ENSEMBLE
The
Advanced String Ensemble is an auditioned ensemble with students from
7th and 8th grades. Rehearsals occur after school weekly and attendance
is required at all rehearsals and performances. Students perform a wide
variety of musical styles and genres. This ensemble rehearses from
October to May.
Advisor: Jennifer Burkett/Orchestra Director
AGRICULTURE CLUB
Agriculture is a very broad topic ranging from growing crops to raising livestock, creating new food products to fixing engines, laboratory research to field studies. The middle school students will be participating in interactive workshops about the vast world of agriculture, meeting current agriculture students, enjoying snacks, and learning along the way alongside the high school FFA members. It is a great experience to meet new people and get involved with hands-on activities. The middle school students will meet the high school FFA Students at the flag pole and walk to the Ag Club Room in the high school. The club will meet once a month.
Advisor: Darla Romberger/Agriculture HS/dromberger@cvschools.org
BOARD GAME CLUB
The Board Game Club is for students who enjoying playing a variety of board, card, and party games. No electronic or video games. Two staff members volunteer to supervise and play with the students. The club is held on every Wednesday, from 3:00-4:00pm, in the Learning Commons. It will run from January through Spring Break.
Advisor: Jeff Hosenfeld/Principal and Staff Volunteers
CREATIVE ARTS CLUB
The Creative Arts Club is for all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students who are interested in any type of creativity and wish to connect with others who have similar interests. This is a fluid club in which meetings are not mandatory and student may attend whenever they can. Every month is a new craft or skill will be offered. The club meets every first and third Wednesday of every month from 3:00-4:00pm. Watch for upcoming club dates and crafts on the sign outside the Resource Officer's office.
Advisor: Candy Gruber/Reading Specialist Teacher
FCA - FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN AMBASSADORS
FCA meets on Tuesday afternoons until 4:00pm in room 154. New students are welcome to join at any time during the school year. The FCA digs deeper into our faith, discussing Bible passages, praying and encouraging one another.
Advisor: Caryn Cattell/6th Grade Storm Social Studies Teacher
GSA - GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE CLUB
Our mission is to work toward a more accepting environment for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, through education, support, social action and advocacy. The GSA welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, questioning youth, and their straight allies. GSA's main focus is a club to provide a safe & welcoming environment for all students. The club meets twice a month from 7:30-7:57am.
Advisors: Laura Navin/8th Grade Counselor
Katy Urban/6th Grade Counselor
Jenn Boyer/7th Grade Counselor
Bethany Fratus/Psychologist
GREEN TEAM
This club meets every Wednesday morning at 7:45am in room 247. 6th, 7th and 8th grade students are welcome to join each fall. We have 3 subcommittees this year.
- Research & Broadcast: Students get to choose if they want to help research earth friendly tips for the school and share them on the morning announcements.
- Advertising: Students will create posters and talk with homerooms about various green initiatives.
- Compost Crew: Students will research composting techniques used in other middle schools and present our plan to Mr. Hosenfeld. The club will then begin to compost at MV and take care of maintaining it throughout the school year.
Advisor: Gretchen Pugh
/6th Grade Thunder Science Teacher
MOUNTAIN VIEW CHAMBER SINGERS
The Mountain View Chamber Singers is an auditioned ensemble for students looking to take their singing to the next level. This group is open to students in 7th and 8th grade and meets after school once a week. Students must be enrolled in their grade level choral ensemble in order to be eligible for the Mountain View Chamber Singers. Students in 6th grade will have the opportunity to audition for this group at the end of their 6th grade year. Rehearsal etiquette from previous years of singing will also be taken into consideration. The Mountain View Chamber Singers perform at both choral concerts as well as events in the community when requested.
All info can be found at my website http://www.cvschools.org/webpages/amyers/ and clicking on "Mountain View Chamber Singers"
Advisor: Adam Myers/Choral Director & General Music Teacher
MOUNTAIN VIEW PLAYERS
Our
mission statement is, "to encourage personal growth by fostering a collaborative and safe environments for a diverse student population
through the medium of theater". We feature a Fall Play preformed in
November. The student elected leadership team works together to plan
fundraisers, after show dinners, the cast party and more. We are proud
to feature students in all aspects of the performances from lighting,
sound to backstage props and set design.
FALL PLAY
Advisor: Kelly Moul/Learning Support Teacher/Director
Sherry Gruver/French Teacher/Assistant Director & Business Manager
Mandy Hoffman/German Teacher/Producer
MOUNTAIN VIEW PRESS
The Mountain View Press is a student run newspaper club that posts a newspaper every other week. The purpose is to keep the student body informed on school events and also important matters in the community and/or world. A newspaper will be produced every two weeks.
Advisor: Brooke DeMarco/Special Interest Teacher
MOUNTAIN VIEW MUSICAL
Students
interested in the Mountain View Musical will audition in December with 3
shows in March. Students will audition for either the chorus or a
principal lead in the musical. Rehearsals will take place after school
but will end in time for students to get to the activity bus. For
more detailed information, please visit Mr. Myers's Webpage at
http://www.cvschools.org/webpages/amyers/ and click on "MV Musical"
Advisor:
Advisor: Kelly Moul/Learning Support Teacher/Assistant Director
Mandy Hoffman/German Teacher/ Parent Coordinator & Producer
Sherry Gruver/French Teacher/Business Manager
H.A.S.P. - HOMEWORK AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
HASP provides students with a quiet, educational environment to complete their assignments with support from volunteer tutors. This program helps students who are struggling with their academics and who need assistance with their homework.
What is HASP?
HASP is the Homework After School Program.
It was implemented in 1998 at Good Hope Middle School.
Mountain View staff volunteer to supervise.
The program operates Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:50–4:00pm.
The CVSD provides an activity/club bus to transport the student's home.
Program Location - At Mountain View Middle School, HASP operates in the Instructional Materials Center (IMC or the Library). Tables allow room for students to spread out and work comfortably. Computers and reference materials are also available. The IMC lends itself well to being the perfect place to study quietly.
Advisor: Taylor Williams/Dean of Students
JAZZ BAND
The Mountain View Jazz Band is a select ensemble including students from grades 6, 7 and 8. Members audition in October and rehearse after school weekly between November and May. Attendance is required at all rehearsals and performances. Students participating in other activities must be responsible in communicating and planning with their coach, director, teacher, etc. so that they are available for weekly rehearsal and all spring performances.
Advisor:
Craig Stahl/Band Director
MATH 24
Math 24 is a
game where students use mental math to create the number 24. Use the 4 numbers on the card, without repetition, to make the number 24 using addition, subtraction, and/or division. Students
will practice after school on Wednesdays from 2:50-4:00pm. Math 24 will start in February. There will be an in-house competition in the spring to identify the competing players in this year's competition at the IU.
Advisor: Brian Barrick/6th Grade Storm Math Teacher
MATHCOUNTS
MathCounts gives students an opportunity to expand their mathematical knowledge while working with others who enjoy math. The activity is open to all middle school student, though we focus primarily on problems from Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2. Samples of the problems can be viewed at www.mathcounts.org. We meet approximately once a week from September through December. Ten students will be selected to represent Mountain View at our regional MathCounts competition which is typically held on a Saturday in February at Penn State Harrisburg.
Advisors:
Jennifer Lamason/8th Grade Ocean Math Teacher
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY/NHD
Students in 7th and 8th grade enriched courses compete in the ultimate historical research and competition - National History Day. They begin by choosing to go with a team or to go alone, finding a topic, relating it to the theme, choosing a category (exhibit, website, documentary, performance, or research paper) and then research to fulfill the commitment and compete with other middle school students across the district, region, state, and nation.
Click
HERE to see this year's NHD winners
Advisor:
Jake Miller/8th Grade Ocean Social Studies Teacher
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
For
the past 33 years, Science Olympiad has led a revolution in science
education. What began as a grassroots assembly of science teachers is
now one of the premier science competitions in the nation, providing
rigorous, standards-based challenges to 7,600 teams in 50 states.
Science Olympiad's ever-changing line-up of events in all STEM
disciplines exposes student to practicing scientists and career choices,
and energizes classroom teachers with a dynamic content experience.
The events change each year with new challenges created all the time.
Each
year a team goes and competes at the regional competition with the
chance of qualifying for the state competition. If they place first or
second at the state competition they qualify to go onto the national
competition. These events will challenge all middle school student and
require many hours of study outside of school. All 6th, 7th and 8th
graders can qualify to compete in the B division. The team is made up
of 15 students that will compete in around 23 events.
The group meets on every other Wednesday. Dates are listed on the advisor's website.
Advisor: Heather Castle/8th Grade Earth Science Teacher
SKI AND SNOWBOARD CLUB
This club offers students the chance to purchase Ski Roundtop passes at a discounted rate and travel to Roundtop with their friends six times during the ski season. Click on Ski and Snowboard Club on the drop down menu.
Advisor: Caryn Cattell/6th Grade Storm Social Studies
Jill Gieseler/7th Grade Wizards Academic Literacy
YEARBOOK CLUB
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- The MV Yearbook Club is a club that meets every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 7:45am in room 247. Applications were filled out and accepted in early September for a position in the club. Club members take photos for the yearbook and help create the 2020-21 yearbook.
Advisor:
Gretchen Pugh/6th Grade Thunder Science Teacher