Mechanics Grove School

Halloween at MG

Halloween will be celebrated at MG on Friday, October 31st. If a student wishes to dress up in a costume they must BRING the costume to school. Students are not allowed to wear the costume to school in the morning. All students must be able to put on a take off their costume independently.

Masks are allowed. Anything weapon-like is not allowed.

There are not classroom parties on this day. If parents would like to view the parade, it will begin at 2:00pm and run along the front bus lane as well as across the blacktop by the playground. There is no need to enter the building. We will come outside for the parade and pass by everyone.

Please Note: If your family does not celebrate Halloween, please email your child's teacher to inform him/her. Your child will be supervised by a staff member duirng the parade and will then join the class immediately following the parade back in their classroom.

Veterans Day Breakfast

Mechanics Grove School’s Student Lighthouse Council is honored to invite Active Duty Members and Veterans to our school. We will be hosting a breakfast on Tuesday, November 11th at 8:15am for our special guests. We ask that our Active Duty Members and/or Veterans are a family member or close friend of a current Mechanics Grove student(s). The student(s) will also be invited to join their special guest for breakfast.

If you or a friend or family member are an Active Duty Member or Veteran and can attend the breakfast on November 11th, please complete this form by Friday, November 7th.

Veteran’s Day Fundraiser for Students

Tuesday, November 4- Friday, November 7, 2025

During lunch, SLC members will be selling raffle tickets

(1 ticket for $2 or 3 tickets for $5)

Prizes include:

Principal for a Day

Have lunch with Mrs. Fergus & Mrs. Bertaud

Extra recess for your class

Popsicle Party for your class

Pajama Day for your class

Movie for your class

Buddy Lunch (lunch with 3 friends)

All proceeds will go to the Homes for Our Troops

Thank you for making a difference!

Candy Buy Back Program

Have your child bring in any extra or unwanted candy from Halloween next week and we will bring it to a local orthodontist. They send it to the troops over seas. The ortho will give us money for it. They will give our school up to $200!

Our District is Hiring Paraprofessionals and Guest Teachers

Please visit the district website or view the flyer below for more information on how to join our amazing D75 Team!

A Note from our EL Teacher

One thing we work on with EL students at school is writing. Considering appropriate grammar helps students to create coherent writing. The first step in doing this is increasing vocabulary. The more students speak, in both English and their native language, the better their vocabulary becomes. One way to work on this at home is to play games with your child. One easy game is listing as many ways to say something as possible. For example,

This could be called a:

Boat
Sailboat
Raft
Ship
Craft
catamaran

Hello
Hi
Hiya
What’s up
Greetings
Howdy
welcome

Friend
Buddy
Pal
Playmate
classmate

You can do this in both languages so that students have as many words as possible in their vocabulary bank.

A Note from our Project Challenge Teacher

What’s happening in Project Challenge?

Students in project challenge have been working together to solve engaging mathematical tasks and demonstrating courage when sharing their thinking. They’ve been working hard to accept all solutions and learning that there’s more than one way to solve problems. Fourth and fifth grade students have access to my project challenge google classroom. Posted in google classroom are links to websites and tasks students can do at home. There will be new tasks posted each month. Third graders will have a PC folder that will have challenging tasks to work on in the classroom. A great website for families to check out is julia robinson mathematics festival. Puzzles are available digitally and in Spanish. Here’s a link to two math games that can be played at home. The links below offer math support for families. I use this website often. Thank you for supporting your child at home!

You Cubed Home Activities

YouCubed Family Math Information (English)

YouCubed Family Math Information (Spanish)

Join the D75 STEAM Foundation for a Fun Evening!

Come on out and support the D75 STEAM Foundation's Tacos and Trivia Night! Join us for Julio's Tacos, some friendly competition, and a lot of great auction items and raffle prizes at the Lure of the Local exhibit at the Archer Business Center. NOVEMBER 7th at 6:00pm. Tickets are available now so get yours while you can!

https://auctria.events/d75steamfoundationtrivia2025

A Note from our PTO

Box Tops (flyers attached)

Box Tops is still going strong. We are currently 43% ($437.50) towards our goal of raising $1,000. In November you can earn bonus Box Tops when you buy Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, Cheerios, Annie’s, Progresso, and Old El Paso products. Be sure to join the Monthly Challenge for additional Bonus Box Tops.

PTO Meeting

Our October PTO Meeting is on November 12th at 7pm in the MPR at Carl Sandburg. We will have updates from the School Admin, PTO Board, and PTO Committees.

Dine Out

With Thanksgiving days away, who wants to cook? Join the PTO at Taqueria Los Perez on Tuesday, November 25th for a Taco Tuesday Dine Out! Flyers will be coming home soon.

Thank you

The PTO Board would like to extend our thanks to everyone who helped plan, organize, donate, or volunteer time to make our events possible.

A Note from our Bilingual Parent Advisory

Come celebrate Dia de los Muertos on November 3rd at Mechanics Grove, from 6-7:30pm. There will be light snacks, music, crafts and lots of fun! Save the date in your calendar and reserve your spot HERE.

Important Dates

10/31- Students bring Halloween costumes in backpack. Wear Halloween colors and halloween theme clothes to school

10/31- Halloween Parade at MG (2:00pm)

11/3- Dia de los muertos Event (6:00-7:30pm at MG)

11/4- Tuesday After School Clubs

11/6- Thursday After School Clubs

11/7- Tacos and Trivia Night (6:00pm- see details above)

11/11- WEAR RED, WHITE and BLUE

11/11-Tuesday After School Clubs, MG Family Leader in Me Night (6:00pm)

11/12- PTO Meeting (7:00pm at CSMS)

11/13- Thursday After School Clubs

11/14- SIP Day/Early Release (students dismissed at 11:05am) and Report Cards come home

11/18- Tuesday After School Clubs, School Board Meeting (6:00pm at District Office)

11/20- Thursday After School Clubs

11/26, 11/27, 11/28- NO SCHOOL

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