Mesquite Elementary

Dear Mesquite Elementary Families,

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year! I am excited to welcome our new families to Mesquite and to see familiar faces of all of our returning families! We have been working hard throughout the summer to plan instructionally as well as logistically for this coming year!

The front office will reopen for the upcoming school year on Monday, July 7th. We are excited to have so many of our Preschool Advantage and Building Blocks students continuing with us in Preschool, Building, Blocks, and/or Kindergarten. Information about Kindergarten Round Up on Monday, July 14th can be using this link.

Class lists will be available on Infinite Campus on Wednesday, July 16th at 4:00 p.m. Please be sure to complete your Annual Update beginning in July so that we have the most up to date contact information and you are able to see who your child's teacher will be. More information about Infinite Campus can be found below.

We look forward to seeing all Building Blocks, Preschool, and Kinder through 6th Grade students at Meet the Teacher Night on Friday, July 18th from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The first day of school will be on Tuesday, July 22nd!

One of the best ways to help your child to be most successful at school is to be involved as well as a family! We encourage you to be a part by joining our PTSO! More information about our PTSO can be found in the PTSO Section at the bottom of the weekly newsletters!

We hope you have a fun and safe rest of the summer!

Sincerely,

Wendy Norburg

It has been a busy summer with painting projects in multiple classrooms this summer! Thank you to our PTSO who partnered with us to complete some campus projects! We couldn't do it without the support of our families and PTSO! This summer each classroom will starting the year with new Chromebook carts. A special thank you to our technology department for setting up the new carts and to our PTSO for helping us to purchase the carts! We appreciate our building manager, William Erickson, and our custodial crew, Mrs. Maria Avila, Mr. Danny Joe Gonzalez, and Mrs. Rocio Carbajal-Baez who have been working hard painting classrooms as well as deep cleaning the campus to get ready for the upcoming school year! Mrs. Janine and Ms. Mary have both helped with painting too! Mrs. Sturdevant is working on a fun new design for the library windows as well that we hope to add this year!

Mesquite Mountain Lions, this year we would love to see your pride colors! We look forward to seeing our Mountain Lions wearing their favorite school shirt or school colors on Fridays this year! P.T.S.O. will be selling shirts for this year at Meet the Teacher Night on Friday, July 18th from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.!

Thank you to all who joined us at our PTSO Meeting on Thursday, May 15, 2025! Our first PTSO meteing next year will be on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 3:15 p.m. in the Library and we would love to have you join us!

Thank you to those that follow the Mesquite Elementary PTSO Facebook page. PTSO has an Instagram account as well which can be found using this picture QR Code. Thank you for following along and sharing along the way!

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing 25/26 PTSO Executive Board. Your commitment to the students, staff, community, and campus is so truly appreciated! Thank you to those to support PTSO by attending events, donating items, and volunteering time.

25/26 PTSO Executive Board

• Kimberly Castro - President
• Stacy Nelson - Co-Vice President
• Amy Simon - Co-Vice President
• Allison Brumfield - Co-Secretary
• Heather Foti - Co-Secretary
• Mel Van Klavern - Treasurer

Please check the PTSO website and join the Mesquite Elementary PTSO Facebook group for all the current information from PTSO. This is a great way to connect with other families.

• July 7 - Front Office Reopens 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• July 14 - Kinder Round Up, See this link for more information
• July 16 - Student Schedules Released on Infinite Campus at 4:00 p.m.
• July 18 - Meet the Teacher Night 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• July 22 - First Day of School
• August 7 - PTSO Meeting in the Library 3:15 p.m. and Peter Piper Back to School Night 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

It is very important that all families complete the online ‘Annual Update’ to prepare for the new school year. The ‘Annual Update’ in Infinite Campus allows you to tell us of any updates to your contact information, address changes, and updates to emergency contacts. In order to ensure we can communicate with you regarding your student, or in case of emergency, it is essential that we have your up to date contact details. Please log in to your Infinite Campus parent portal and complete your student’s ‘Annual Update’ today. To access the IC portal visit www.gilbertschools.net/IC.

Download the GPS App

The GPS App includes a link to IC, as well as access to your student’s school calendar, meal information, bus routes, and other helpful information for parents and students. Visit www.gilbertschools.net/app for more information.

Preschool Registration for the 2025-2026 school year opened on December 2, 2024. For more information please visit gilbertschools.ce.eleyo.com.

Kindergarten registration for the 2025-2026 school year is currently open. For more information please visit gilbertschools.net/enroll.

If you wish to add money to your child's account, please use this link. The Free and Reduced Price Meal Online Application is available here as well!

Please use this link to complete a Free and Reduced Lunch Meal application. If you are interested in applying and have questions please don't hesitate to contact the front office or our social worker, Ms. Karina Nyberg.

Free Summer Meals are available for 18 years and younger at Boulder Creek Elementary, Oak Tree Elementary, or Mesquite Junior High School from May 29th to July 11th. Breakfast is served Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Lunch is served from Monday through Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please see the flyer below for more information.

Please remember students must have their Student ID Badge to ride the bus. All bus riders have had copies of their badges added to their backpacks, we ask that you make sure these stay on your child's backpack. Thank you!

Mesquite St & 29th Pl (ST1620/ST2117) Improvement Projects

PROJECT UPDATE

Provided below is current upcoming construction information based on the current schedule. Please remember schedules can be impacted by various factors, to include weather, materials scheduling and availability of resources, coordination with other projects or utilities, and neighborhood or school activities. A project description and exhibits from the public meeting are available on the project webpage.

• Scheduled for Monday, June 23, crews will begin grading activities to prepare for concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk along the north side of Mesquite Street near Mesquite Elementary School. This work is being conducted during the school's summer break to minimize the impact to school activities. Primary work on the north side of Mesquite Street, near the school, is expected to be complete prior to the school session resuming in July.

• Scheduled to begin Monday, June 23, waterline crews will begin trenching for waterline installation on the north side of Mesquite Street, near Lindsay Road adjacent to Victory Tabernacle Church, moving in an easterly direction along the north side of Mesquite Street. Those impacted by planned water service disruptions will be notified in advance. Residential services should not be disrupted; however, please contact us if you experience issues.

• During the summer, crews will work weekdays and several Saturdays. Per the recently signed Senate Bill, SB1182, construction activities can begin as early as 5 a.m. each weekday and 7 a.m. on Saturdays, with concrete pouring permitted to take place at least one hour before these times, as needed.

Mesquite Street and 29th Place will remain open for travel with a flagger activity in place, as needed, to shift traffic away from the work zone. Pedestrian traffic may be shifted to the opposite side of the street, away from the work area, in the interest of safety. Access to residences and the school will be maintained.

Please maintain safe speeds and obey traffic and construction signage, as it is placed for your safety and the safety of travelers and construction crews. In addition, please do not disturb workers as they are given specific tasks, working within allowable rights-of-way or easements, which need to be completed to maintain the project schedule.

Thank you for your patience during this work.

Project Information: 480.898.4090 | www.gilbertaz.gov/cip