Before beginning the enrollment of your child, we wanted to make you aware of the following:

• Click on the Online Frequently Asked Questions and see if your question can be answered
• Make sure you have an email address and know how to access your emails
• Gather all of the documents before you begin the enrollment process
• Make sure you know which school your child will attend
• If you want your child to attend a different school, complete the registration process and obtain a permit from your home school
• The system allows you to stop and continue at any time during the enrollment process
• Once you have completed the online portion of the enrollment, please bring all the necessary documents to the school office.
• Click here to learn more about our MVSD Educational Programs

We hope you have a good experience enrolling your child in our District.

For those students who are continuing to attend school in the Mountain View School District, you will be required to: 

1. Verify current information
2. Complete and update all necessary information
3. Electronically sign the necessary documents

Please log on to our Aeries Parent Portal Online to access your account and complete this process.

For more information regarding the Dual Language Immersion Program offered at Parkview Elementary and Payne Elementary, please download and complete the following forms.

DI Family Commitment Form- English & Spanish

Language Instructional Program Request Form

TK–12th Grade Immunization Requirements

Personal Beliefs Exemptions FAQs

Kindergarten is offered at most elementary schools. Students are required to have a health assessment before entering school. Click on the Kinder Entry Requirements form for more information. 

Please download and complete the following forms required by California law: 

Oral Health Assessment Form

Formulario de evaluación de la salud bocal

To enroll your child in Kinder, log on to our Aeries Enrollment Portal.

You will need an email address to create an account and start the enrollment process.

In addition to Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten, the Mountain View School District offers Grades 1 to 8. As with all new students, you will be required to submit additional information in person at the school.

To enroll your child, log on to our Aeries Enrollment Portal.

Please note the following:

Students who are enrolling for the first time in the District will be required to present the following documentation to the school site after they have completed the first step of the registration.

• Proof of address (Utility Receipts: Gas/ Electric/ Water/ Property Tax Receipt/ Monthly Mortgage Statement/ Rental Agreement)
• Proof of age (Birth Certificate (Original or Certified copy)/ County Recorder's written statement certifying the date of birth (has county seal)/ Passport/ Affidavit of Parent / Guardian)
• Health/Immunization Records
• Special Education paperwork (RSP, SDC, Speech) or 504 documents
• Court documents - if applicable

To determine which school your child is to attend, visit our MVSD MySchool Locator page.

Transitional Kindergarten is offered at most elementary schools. Please complete the following Transitional Kinder Form and return it to the school. 

To enroll your child in Transitional Kinder, log on to our Aeries Enrollment Portal.

You will need an email address to create an account and start the enrollment process.
 

The Mountain View School District has a uniform policy.  See policy here: School Uniform Guidelines.

To reset your Aeries Parent Portal password, click Forgot Password on the login page: 

 Then type in your email address and press Next. An email will be sent to you to reset your password.

• To receive a Portal Account:

Portal Accounts are automatically generated when an email is associated with the student’s record. This is done for both student and parent portal accounts. Please contact your school office staff and give them the email you wish to use as your portal account login. Please also make sure it is the same one you have used for any other children you have enrolled in our district, as this will automatically link the student records under your one portal account.

• To add a student to your Portal Account:

Please contact the school site and request that the Email address be the same for each of your students under the parents’ email. This will automatically link the students in our system to one account.

To ensure student privacy, all address and parent email changes to Aeries must be made at the school site.

Need to create an email account? Click for English or Spanish instructions.

• Student accounts

Student stu.mtviewschools.net accounts are created automatically upon active enrollment.
Student stu.mtviewschools.net emails are used to create the portal account.

• Forgot Password?

Both parents and students can click Forgot Password at the login screen to reset their passwords.

• Didn’t receive the Password email?

Check your junk/spam folder for any emails coming from DoNotReply@aeries.net. 
If no email is found, using your parent's email address on file, please contact your child’s school.

This page contains all the information needed for Transfers with Mountain View School District.

Parents/Guardians will be asked to complete 3 short Family Information Surveys.

Is the student currently in Foster Care?
Does the student have a parent/guardian who is active military?
Is the student currently experiencing homelessness?
Students experiencing homelessness are entitled to additional resources and support. This information is kept confidential between you and your school's administration.

The next step is the income verification portion.

In this section, you will select the number of individuals living in the household. You will also choose the total monthly income for the household. Please make sure all information is correct and select continue. This information cannot be changed after continuing.

Parents/Guardians will be asked to complete a questionnaire about their Student.

Please review all the information. If there needs to be any updates, click the blue change button at the bottom of the screen. Make necessary edits and then click the save button. Once you are ready, click the confirm and continue button.  This information is kept confidential between you and your child’s school administration.

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The contacts screen allows you to update your current contact information for parent guardians and for emergency contacts. This will keep the school office and teachers updated with accurate contact information on how to reach you. 

Each student is required to have at least ONE contact labeled a “parent/guardian” in the record type.

A Parent/Guardian contact, we will need a name, phone number, email, relationship, notification preference, and education level.

The notification preference “general and emergency” is used for all general messaging, including attendance calls, school events, or announcements.

For an emergency contact, please populate the contact's name, relationship, at least 1 phone number, and select the notification preference “emergency only”.

These contacts are only used in emergency situations where the school sends an urgent message.

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The Medical History page will allow you to edit or add any medical conditions for your student.

Under medical history, review if any medical conditions are on file. If a medical condition needs to be added, check the box next to the condition, add the requested information, and click save.

If a medical condition no longer applies, click the no longer applies button and then click the save button. If there are none, click the green confirm and continue button. Please contact your school's health office for any additional questions.

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The documents screen is used to provide parents and guardians with the required updated information each year, such as the students' rights and responsibilities.

The screen will have several files that will need to be reviewed by you and your student. Selecting each file will open a new tab with the document. Once you have reviewed each document, the box will be checked off or mark the document as “read”. 

After reading and reviewing all of the information provided, press the confirm and continue button.  

The Authorizations page will allow you to consent to which data can or cannot be released. Some examples are the Student Media release for the district or school's social media or financial aid.

Under authorizations, you'll have the opportunity to review several authorizations and prohibition statements. Carefully read each statement and select Yes or No.

Selecting Yes will give the district authorization on these matters regarding your student. Selecting No will possibly restrict your student from these matters. A response is required for each statement.

Once you have reviewed your selections, click on the green confirm and continue button. If you have any questions throughout this process, please contact the school's front office so that they may assist you.

We do not release information or records concerning your child to non-educational organizations or individuals without your consent.

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You may be prompted to upload documents. If not, please press the confirm and continue button.

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We have arrived at the final page of data confirmation. You may go back and review any of the previous sections.

If everything looks correct, click on the green finish and submit button.  You will be redirected to a page thanking you for completing the data confirmation process.

Thank you once again for assisting our schools in ensuring that our records for your student are correct and accurate. If you have any questions, please contact your child's school.

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Mountain View School District strives for clear. effective and innovative ways to communicate with our families.

Mountain View School District partners with ParentSquare as its primary platform to communicate with our families.

ParentSquare provides communication through phone calls, emails, texting, and app notifications.  It is mobile-friendly and can be logged in through your Aeries Parent Portal. See below "Where can I Access" for more information.

English

Spanish

To provide the best communication to our families, Mountain View School District depends on Parents to update their contact information in Aeries Data Confirmation "Contacts" accurately. 

In this screen, parents/guardians will be required to mark at least one contact as the "Parent/Guardian" as well as any other emergency contacts.

Each Parent/Guardian Contact requires last name, first name, telephone, email, notification preference as "general", relationship, and education level. At least one Parent/Guardian Contact is required.

Each Emergency Contact requires last name, first name, telephone, and notification preference set to "emergency only".  All other fields are optional.

Each student should have a minimum of 3 unique contacts.  This includes a parent/guardian and any other emergency contacts.

MVSD uses the Contacts area from Enrollment and Data Confirmation in Aeries to call or email out to families. To verify your contact information is correct, please log in to your Parent Portal, navigate to “Student Data -> Data Confirmation -> Contacts” to edit your contact information. 

For Parent/Guardian records, we need the following fields:

• Last Name
• First Name
• Relationship
• Record Type
• Notification Preference
• Telephone Number
• Email
• Education Level
• Correspondence Language (if other than English)

Mobile Access through Aeries or ParentSquare Apps

Access through a Web Browser on a Desktop/Laptop

To change ParentSquare notification settings, parents should log in to the ParentSquare website or mobile app, navigate to the Account menu, and then select Notifications to customize their preferences for receiving messages via email, text, and/or app notifications. Parents can choose between Instant notifications for immediate alerts or Digest for a daily summary, and can also turn settings on or off for each communication method. 

On the ParentSquare Website: 

1. Log in to your ParentSquare account.
2. Click your name in the top-right corner and select My Account.
3. Choose Notification Settings from the menu on the left.
4. Adjust settings for General Announcements & Messages and School Alerts.

On the ParentSquare App: 

1. From Home, tap the Menu (triple bars) on the top left.
2. Select Account.
3. Select Notifications.
4. Use the toggle to turn on or off notifications by email, text, and app.
5. Select Instant or Digest for email, text, or app.

Parent training is designed to help parents and guardians learn to navigate and use ParentSquare with two-way engagement in their school community. Parent training is available in English and Spanish.

Learn how to use ParentSquare and how to:

• Download the app.
• View and interact with posts.
• View and reply to direct messages.
• View alerts.
• RSVP to an event and fill out a form.

Parent 101 - English
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Entrenamiento Para Padres (Parent 101) - Spanish
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1. Navigate to https://app.schoology.com/register
2. Click on the Parent button. 
3. Enter your Access Code. [This code is provided by your child’s teacher. It should look like this example 1A2BC34KD5]. 
4. Fill out the form with your information. 
5. Click Register to complete.
6. When you use a Parent Access Code to create an account, you will be automatically associated with your student.

If you already have a parent account in Schoology for one child, you can add additional children to your account. Student access codes can also be used repeatedly for multiple parents to create accounts. To add additional children, please follow these steps:

1. Log in to your Schoology account using your username or email address and password. 
2.  Click on the down-facing arrow on the top right of the Schoology account. 
3. Select the option to +Add Child. 
4. Enter the Child Code for the child you'd like to add to your account. The Child Code is another term for Parent Access Code, which is distributed by your child’s teacher.
5. The code should look similar to 1A2BC34KD5. If your code does not look like this code, you may have to ask your child’s teacher for another code. 
6. Click on the Use Code button to complete.