It is amazing to see what is happening on our Mountain View Campus! Check out our ARISS Newsletters created by students through interviews with teachers, faculty, staff, and other students. Technology Specialist, Mrs. Debby Taylor, taught the students how to use Wixie to create the template. The newsletter comes out bi-monthly and even includes special editions for STEM-related specialty days. Check them out!

The First Issue contains the following:

1. ARISS Background and ISS Information
2. Dr. Zielinski, STEM Instructional Specialist, background information
3. ISS Interesting facts
4. Frank Rubio
5. Fun space activities
6. Sample video links of what our contact may look like
7. Thank you to our Partners in Education for ARISS

Link to First Issue: ARISS Newsletter Vol.1.pdf

The Second Issue contains the following:

1. Homeroom Competitions (vocab and symbols)
2. Dr. Zielinski, STEM Instructional Specialist, first official radio contact
3. Club Showcase about Media Blitz, led by Ms. Kate Drewicz, Media Center Paraprofessional
4. What's happening in the Technology Lab with Mrs. Debby Taylor
5. Fun facts about the ISS
6. Kids Webpage filled with word scrambles and space jokes
7. Thank you to our Partners in Education for ARISS

Link to Second Issue:  ARISS Newsletter Vol.2.pdf

The Third Issue contains the following:

1. MVES Stem Certification is official!
2. What's happening in the Media Center, with Mrs. Jami O'Connor and Ms. Kate Drewicz
3. First and Second graders learned Wixie in Technology class and decorated the STEM Lab with student-designed projects
4. Dr. Zielinski goes to ARRL Teacher Institute Training Conference for Radio Technology
5. K-2 students get to experience a Slow-Scanned TV Event from the ISS...on campus!
6. How noise-cancelling headphones work
7. New STEM Lab Technology
8. Kids Page Word Search and Symbol Search
9. Thank you to our Partners in Education for ARISS

Link to Third Issue: ARISS Newsletter Vol.3.pdf

Balloons Over Mountain View Special Edition contains the following:

1. Balloons Over MVES Event!
2. Dr. Derman, School Principal, speaks about Balloons Over MVES
3. Thank you to our Partners in Education for ARISS
4. Event Winners and Picture Gallery

Link to Fourth Issue:  ARISS Newsletter Vol.4.pdf

The Fifth Issue contains the following:

1. Fun Facts About the ISS and NASA
2. What's Happening Around Mountain View in Music, PE, the Learning Commons, and STEM Lab!
3. STEM Key Team Members Thoughts
4. Thank you to our Partners in Education for ARISS
5. Kids Page and Answer Key

Link to Fifth Issue:  ARISS Newsletter Vol.5.pdf

The Sixth Issue contains the following:

1. ISS in the News and Fun Facts
2. STEM & Skittles Night, Launchapalooza, and ARISS
3. Student Engagement in Second, Fourth, and Fifth Grade!
4. Drone Club
5. Sherri Hill, CCSD Chief of Staff visits the STEM Lab!
6. Thank you to our Partners in Education for ARISS

Link to Sixth Issue:  ARISS Newsletter Vol6.pdf

The Seventh Issue contains the following:

1. Space Weather Facts (written by students!)
2. Special ARISS event - Aquanaut Training with Rachel Jones
3. Special ARISS event - CubeSat in Space with Cherokee Amateur Radio Society
4. The Mission Patch Competition
5. Our 4th Grade STEM Squad and 5th Grade STEM Ambassadors
6. Kids Heart Challenge - with an ARISS twist
7. Thank you to our Partners in Education for ARISS

Link to Seventh Issue:  ARISS Newsletter Vol. 7.pdf

The Eight Issue contains the following:

1. The Background on Astronaut Jeanette Epps
2. Space-X Crew 8 Information by C. Wen (student)
3. Expedition 71 Information by L. Davis (student)
4. Astronaut Biographies (by Staff)
5. Dr. Z at NASA (Houston, TX)
6. Dr. Z at ARISS 40th Anniversary & Teacher Panel (Kennedy Space Center, Florida)
7. Mission Patch Winners!
8. Launchapalooza 2024
9. The ARISS Question Contest Winners (20 students selected)
10. Thank you to our Partners in Education for ARISS

Link to Eight Issue:  ARISS Newsletter Vol.8.pdf

The Ninth Issue contains the following:

1. The ARISS Contact was a SUCCESS!!!
2. Student Reflections
3. Teacher Reflections
4. Thank You to Astronaut Jeanette Epps
5. Thank you to our Partners in Education for ARISS

Link to Ninth Issue:  ARISS Newsletter Vol.9.pdf