Mountain View School District

09/04/2026

🏔️💙 Celebrating Our 2026 Mountaineer Award Recipient!

Shortly before the start of the 2026-27 school year, Mountain View School District was proud to present Judge Alma D. Puente with the Mountaineer Award, the District’s highest honor, in recognition of her extraordinary service to our students, families and community.

Judge Puente’s commitment to expanding access to immigration legal services through our partnership with the Mexican American Bar Association (MABA) has made a meaningful difference for families throughout Mountain View. Her leadership and dedication reflect the very best of what it means to serve a community.

We’re also excited to see Judge Puente’s recognition featured by Mid Valley News! 📰

Learn more about Judge Puente, the Mountaineer Award and the impact of this important partnership in our full news release — which also includes the Mid Valley News feature:

🔗 Read the story: https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/85997556

Congratulations, Judge Puente, and thank you for being such an important partner to the students, families and staff of Mt. View! 👏💙

News Release of the Mountain View School District August 28, 2026 Judge Alma D. Puente Honored wit...

08/19/2026

✌️ Five days down and still smiling!

Happy Wednesday from some of our amazing MVSD Campus Monitors at Payne!
From welcoming students each morning to helping keep our campuses running smoothly throughout the day, we appreciate everything they have done to help us make it through the first five days of the 2026–27 school year! 🎉

Here’s to a great start — and plenty more smiles ahead! 💙✌️

08/18/2026

☕🍳 Last week, before the first bell rang, Team Mt. View came together to kick off the 2026–27 school year! 💙✨

On Tuesday, August 11, MVSD employees gathered for our annual Breakfast Kick Off — a morning to reconnect, celebrate our team and begin the year united around our theme, Together We Belong.

We are especially grateful to the generous supporters who helped fund this employee appreciation event. Their support helped us welcome our staff back in a meaningful way and remind the people who serve our students and families every day just how much they are valued. 💙

And, of course, a great breakfast needs great food and coffee! ☕🍳 A special thank you to Guadalajara Xpress, led by owner and proud MVSD alumnus Marco Hernandez, for serving up a delicious breakfast for Team Mt. View, and to FFRUGAL Coffee for helping us start the morning with a much-needed caffeine boost!

Show some love to the local businesses that helped make our morning special:
📲 Guadalajara Xpress:
☕ FFRUGAL Coffee:

As we settle into the new school year, we’re grateful for everyone who helped make this special morning possible — and for all of Team Mt. View, whose energy, heart and dedication make our schools such special places to learn and grow.

Here’s to a great 2026–27 school year! 🎉

08/14/2026

The red carpet was out and the smiles were big as our students returned for another great school year! 🎒📚✨

We may be on Day 2, but we’re still celebrating all the special moments that made the first day of school memorable across Mountain View. From warm welcomes and excited reunions to those first walks into the classroom, there was plenty to celebrate as our students returned to campus.

We’re looking forward to all the learning, growing and connecting that 2026–27 will bring. Together We Belong! 💙

In today’s post, we are featuring the wonderful students and staff of La Primaria and Payne! Go Lion Cubs 🦁 and go Panthers 🐾!

08/13/2026

Mountain View schools are back in session today, and we could not be more excited for a fun and learning-filled 2026–27 school year! 🎒📚✨

Whether today marks your very first day in Mountain View or the start of your 30th+ year as part of our District, you are an important part of Team Mt. View.

This year, our theme is Together We Belong — a reminder that every student, family member, teacher, staff member and community partner has a place here and plays a role in making our schools special.

Here’s to a new year of learning, growing, connecting and creating opportunities for every student to succeed. Welcome back, Mountain View! 💙

In today's post we are featuring the wonderful students and staff of both Maxson and Twin Lakes! Go Falcons 🦅 and go Comets ☄️!

07/28/2026

The City of El Monte will be opening emergency cooling centers for El Monte residents in the greatest need of relief during this week’s hot weather. Vulnerable populations, such as the elderly or those who do not live in air-conditioned homes, who may need relief from the heat are all welcomed.

Emergency Cooling Centers are free of charge and intended for people who urgently need relief from the heat.

Dates: Tuesday, July 28 to Monday, August 3, 2026

Cooling Center Hours:
Monday–Thursday 10:00am – 5:30pm
Friday–Sunday 10:00am – 5:00pm

Location: Jack Crippen Senior Center, 3120 Tyler Avenue, El Monte CA 91731

Service Animals Welcome.

For more information, please contact the Community & Senior Services Division at (626) 580-2210.

07/24/2026

🐐🌿 Spotted at Madrid: Goats at Work! If you’ve noticed some new four-legged visitors at the former Madrid Middle School property, they’re there on official business!

A herd of goats arrived this week to help manage dry brush and overgrown vegetation through prescribed grazing — a natural approach to vegetation management that lets goats do what they do best: eat! 🌱🐐

Goats are particularly useful for reaching dense or difficult-to-access vegetation and can help clear an area with less reliance on mechanical equipment and other vegetation-control methods. It’s an approach that has also been used locally, and seems to be trending online, at places such as Río Hondo College and, earlier this month, at Descanso Gardens.

So if you spot the herd, know that Madrid’s newest maintenance crew is hard at work — one bite at a time! 🐐🌿

07/21/2026

All LA County Library locations are available for patrons to visit to escape the heat during normal operating hours.

Select library locations (including the El Monte Library) will be activated as Cooling Centers, in addition to being available during normal operating hours.

Hours for El Monte Library, 3224 Tyler Ave, El Monte, CA 91731:
-- Monday, 10 am - 6 pm
-- Tuesday, 12 pm - 8 pm
-- Wednesday, 12 pm - 8 pm
-- Thursday, 10 am - 6 pm
-- Friday, 10 am - 6 pm
-- Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm
-- Sunday, Closed

Please visit LACountyLibrary.org/coolingcenters for location details and hours.

07/21/2026

Community Cooling Centers - Spread the word to those who may not have relief from the heat this week.

relief during this week’s hot weather. Vulnerable populations, such as the elderly or those who do not live in air-conditioned homes, who may need relief from the heat are all welcomed.

Emergency Cooling Centers are free of charge and intended for people who urgently need relief from the heat.

Dates: Tuesday, July 21 to Monday, July 27, 2026

Cooling Center Hours:
Monday–Thursday 10:00am – 5:30pm
Friday–Sunday 10:00am – 5:00pm

Location: Jack Crippen Senior Center, 3120 Tyler Avenue, El Monte CA 91731

Service Animals Welcome.

For more information, please contact the Community & Senior Services Division at (626) 580-2210.

07/17/2026

Before we end this week we wanted to give a shout out to Hilda Solis and team for Operation Laptops!

This year, our schools have once again been awarded a number of computers for students to take home and assist them in their educational journey.

Here we have the smiling faces of only a few of our awardees at Baker Elementary.