Mustang Message
October 16, 2025
Mustang Families,
Thank you for all of your support at Murchison! I have two areas where we could use your continued support.
Our top priority is always student safety. I know that both the morning and the afternoon car line can be busy. Please be patient as some of our younger students enter and exit from their vehicles. Moving around the line of cars to get the front can be a dangerous for our young students. I know we all have places we need to be, but our student safety is worth waiting for.
The second area is where your pocketbook can help! On Tuesday we are kicking off the Painless Fundraiser. With the Painless Fundraiser, 100% of your money comes directly to the school instead of having to pay a portion to a fundraising company. No donation is too big or too small! Every dollar helps to raise money for things such as dog tags for awards assemblies and awards for extracurricular activities, field trips for students, prizes for the Mustang Cart, Carpe Diem and Field Day fun, fish tank cleaning and fish food, and more! A note will be coming with your child so you can send cash in the attached envelope or you can donate online at https://pflugervilleisd.revtrak.net/es/murchison-elementary/#/v/painless-fundraiser-2025-26 or using the QR code below.
Thank you for your support!
Carrie Quinney
Principal
Murchison Elementary
Every year on October 23 we celebrate Carpe Diem Day. We encourage all students to wear blue or tie dye on this day as we partake in a day of fun. We recognize this day as a time to be grateful for our lives and Seize the Day!
It’s October and that means characters are everywhere! Let’s take this harvest theme and bring it into our Library for some reading fun! If you are looking for a fun family project, families are invited to decorate a tissue box together based on a book character. See the flyer below for more information.
Our first awards assembly will be held on Friday, October 31. You will know if your child is getting an award because their teacher will reach out to you or you will see that they made all A's on their report card. 2nd-5th grade report cards will be available in the Skyward Portfolio on October 23.
Students who receive an award will get a dog tag. If your child received a dog tag previous years, feel free to have them wear the chain to school for the awards assembly. That way they can display their previous achievements and add another dog tag to the chain if they get another one! If they have misplaced theirs from previous years or are new to Murchison, they will get a new chain.
Award times are listed below:
7:50-8:10 -- 5th grade
8:15-8:35 -- 4th grade
8:40-9:00 -- 3rd grade
9:05-9:25 -- 2nd grade
9:30-9:45 -- 1st grade
9:50-10:05 -- Kindergarten
Our music programs are absolutely amazing! We need your help to make them amazing again this year!
Ways to Help:
**Stage Decor Designer -- Responsibilities: You would be in charge of stage decor for all performances. Using the decorations we already have for each performance (no extra purchases required), come up with a stage decor design/idea for where/how to hang/place the decorations. Lead/direct the stage decor crew on the morning of decorating the day prior to each performance (see below). If there are multiple decor designers, feel free to split responsibilities/performances/decorating days to lead the decor crew, or feel free to work together.
**Stage Decor Crew -- Responsibility: With the guidance of the stage decor designer(s), you would help hang/place the decorations on/around the stage the morning prior to a performance (see below). Need at least a few people per performance.
**Costume Designer -- Responsibility: You would design/sew/create 3 simple costumes for the following characters in the winter program in December - The Abominable Snowman, Sasquatch and BigFoot. Contact Ms. Deaton for more info/details regarding costumes.
Stage Decor Dates/Times:
~ 3rd grade Veterans Music Program - Tuesday, November 11 - decorating would take place on Monday, November 10 (7:15ish-10am or once it's complete)
~ 5th grade Winter Music Program - Thursday, December 11 - decorating would take place on Wednesday, December 10 (7:15-10am or once it's complete)
~ 1st grade Spring Music Program - Thursday, March 5 - decorating would take place on Wednesday, March 4 (7:15-10am or once it's complete)
~ Rhythm Riders Percussion Ensemble Concert - Thursday, April 9 - decorating would take place on Wednesday, April 8 (7:15-10am or once it's complete)
~ MES Talent Show - Thursday, May 14 - decorating would take place on Wednesday, May 13 (7:15-10am or once it's complete)
ANY AND ALL HELP IS GREATLY ,GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Please email Amanda.Deaton@pfisd.net if you can help in ANY way at all.
Thank you so much!
2nd-5th grade parents:
Students were reminded recently about Beanstack and Sora - two amazing resources that support our readers!
- Sora is an online library where they can check out 2 additional books - there are thousands of options!
- Beanstack is our reading tracker app and Ms. Grillo is starting to give student prizes for their reading each month! If students read and log 300 minutes before the end each month, they can come to the library to retrieve an awesome prize plus ten Mustang dollars; we are starting this month so that means 300 minutes by Halloween for our HALLOW-READ challenge! (That's just 15 minutes a day for 20 days!). We will do this every month throughout the year.
High minute students in each grade level will be invited to monthly parties starting next month and there will be prizes for top classes as well! Please help your student login to Beanstack on your home computer, or you can download the Beanstack Tracker app for devices and they can login with their info. Click here for more details on how to login!
Kinder-1st parents: your students will be learning about Beanstack next month so they can join in the fun in November! Feel free to keep logging if you already know how from last year. :)
Please reach out to Ms. Grillo if you have any questions! theresa.grillo@pfisd.net
Happy Reading!
Nominations for the Gifted and Talented Program by any adult for students in grades K through 5th must be returned to the campus counselor by the end of the nomination window: October 1 - 31, 2025. The last day applications for nomination will be accepted will be on October 31, 2025. If you are not sure if you should nominate your child for screening, then please visit with your child's teacher.
October 17 -- No School (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
October 20 -- No School
October 21 -- Painless Fundraiser Begins
October 23 -- Carpe Diem Day. Report Cards Published Electronically.
October 24 -- PTO Trunk or Treat
October 27-31 -- Red Ribbon Week
October 31 -- Early Release at noon. 1st 9-Weeks Awards Ceremony
November 4 -- Painless Fundraiser Ends
November 11 -- 3rd Grade Veterans' Day Program
November 12 -- PTO Meeting at 6:30
November 24-28 -- Thanksgiving Break
View the full PfISD calendar here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JZSF6_kC7UNH9j6M44JTuo1PN3gjnAL0/view?usp=sharing
Stay connected
Website: https://mes.pfisd.net/
Location: 2215 Kelly Lane, Pflugerville, TX, USA
Phone: 512-594-6000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/murchisones/