Mechanics Grove School

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!

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 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)

A Note from our Reading Teachers

Comprehension

Strong readers think actively as they read. They use their experiences and knowledge of the world, vocabulary, and reading strategies to make sense of the text and know how to get the most out of it.

What Good Readers Do

Draw inferences- good readers are able to “read between the lines” and draw inferences about a wide range of hidden meanings, such as why events are unfolding as they do, why characters behave in a certain way, what the characters are thinking, and what might happen next.
Self monitor- During reading, good readers learn to monitor their understanding, adjust their reading speed to fit the difficulty of the text, and address any comprehension problems they have. After reading, they check their understanding of what they have read.
Form mental images-Good readers often form mental pictures, or images, as they read. Readers (especially younger readers) who picture the story during reading understand and remember what they read better than readers who do not create a picture in their mind.
Summarize and retell-Summarizing requires students to determine what is important in the text and then put it into their own words by retelling, verbally or in writing.

Summarizing can help students to:

-Identify main ideas orally or in writing.

-Connect the main or central ideas orally or in writing.

-Learn to weed out unnecessary information.

-Remember what they have read.

MHS Softball Halloween Camp

Join us for a fun skills camp focused on hitting, pitching, defense, and baserunning—plus Trick-or-Treating with the high school players handing out candy! Costumes encouraged!

Drop off & Pick Up at the North Gym. No experience necessary!

October 27th (5:30-7:30pm)

Kindergarten - 4th Grade

Register online: https://omella.com/rjnn3

AI Workshop for all Parents/Guirdians

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We invite you to join us for a virtual presentation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to learn more about how AI platforms, such as ChatGPT and Magic School, the educational AI platform our students use in their classes, can support student learning.

This session is designed for parents/guardians of students of all ages. Whether you are new to AI or you are interested in learning more about how AI can be used to support your students' academic success, this presentation is for you.

Date: Wednesday, October 29
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Zoom (link to follow)

Please see the attached letter for details and a link to RSVP.

Sincerely,

Stacey Gorman, Director of Teaching and Learning , District 120

sgorman@d120.org

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 the PTO

Dine Out

Our next Dine Out will be at Culver's on Tuesday, October 28th.

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

10/24- NO SCHOOL

10/27- SPORTS DAY

10/28- HAT DAY, After School Clubs

10/29- COLLEGE DAY, After School Clubs

10/29- SPOOKtacular Band Concert (5th and 7th grade)- 6:00pm at CSMS

10/30- COLOR WARS (3rd grade: Blue, 4th Grade: Red, 5th Grade: Black, Staff: Gray)

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)

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

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RevTrack: this document has details. For help with payment and balances, please contact Patty DeLozier, pdelozier@d75.org or 847-949-2700 ext. 2014.
PowerSchool: directions for parent accounts is HERE If you have any questions, contact Diana Solis via email dsolis@d75.org.
Teacher contact info: our staff list is on our WEBSITE.