Mountain View Families Celebrate Before Break at Yeti for Summer

Students, their families, and new members of the Mountain View Academy school community capped off the school year at Yeti For Summer, a day full of fun before students head home for the summer.

After a year’s worth of hard work, it was time for scholars and their families to relax. Dean of Upper Elementary Laura Kosley said the day was focused solely on having fun. The event featured a carnival theme, and students could play a variety of classic carnival games.

One of the most popular stations was the dunk tank, where students had the chance to send their teachers into a giant tank of cold water. Kosley said the dunk tank was a huge hit for students. Face painting was another popular activity, and middle school students volunteered to serve as artists.

After burning all that energy playing games and dunking teachers, families could visit two food trucks offering the crowd American and Asian cuisine. As a part of attending, each family received $20 to spend at food trucks.

Connecting the current school community with future classmates made for early relationship-building among students. Fostering these relationships before students start class is one of the many reasons Mountain View has outperformed the local district for the last two years. Kosley said inviting registered students who plan to start next fall with the school was a priority.

“We want to give them the heads up that we’re awesome,” Kosley said. “Once they’re registered, they’re invited to all of our events. We want to help them as quickly as we can and establish the culture that they’re a part of our community.”

This celebration served as the kickoff event for summer vacation for scholars and fun was the No. 1 priority. There were no lesson plans to go over and no paperwork to be done. Kosley said she wanted students and their families to focus on fun together because spending that time together was important.

“It’s hard to bring everyone together and it doesn’t happen all the time,” Kosley said. “A lot of our conversations are about a situation or academics, and we don’t always get to see the parents and students goofing around with classroom teachers and trying to dunk them. It was a powerful relationship-building event where it was just positive.”