Mount Pulaski Grade School

Remote Learning Day Schedule for Tomorrow (2/16)

1A made paper airplanes using what we learned about how planes fly. We used tape to measure whose plane flew furthest. Our winner was Avery! We also celebrated Dixie's birthday, which was on Valentine's Day! Happy Birthday Dixie!

All athletics are cancelled today. This includes practices, the junior high volleyball games, the junior high basketball games, and the high school basketball games. Stay safe and warm!

***Valentine's Day in KA*** We had some AwEsOmE boxes this year!

Attention parents of PreK-5th grade students, we want each of our students to take the pledge to be heart healthy! Students were given the following information this week regarding our Kids Heart Challenge happening now. Our school has set a fundraising goal of $500.00! You can register online at https://www2.heart.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app30108a?company_id=285438&fr_id=5547&pg=company&NONCE_TOKEN=D9F248DDE9093567863FE75A31971731

8th graders have been reading “The Giver.” Today the students tried to “see beyond” like Jonas was able to see colors that others in the community were unable to see. They had fun trying to see the hidden images.

Students in reading have been working hard to analyze the meaning of the poem, “The Song Of The Shirt.” Today they worked in small groups to summarize the poem.

Get ready grades PreK! Kids Heart Challenge is coming soon! We’re excited to learn about heart health and emotional well-being while having FUN and SAVING LIVES. Sign up today so you don’t miss out! https://www2.heart.org/site/TR?company_id=285438&fr_id=5547&pg=company

Time sure is flying by this school year!

Miss George organized a Campout Challenge to celebrate 3B finishing their division unit. Students had to wander the campsite to solve problems and complete the challenge! How Fun!

Spring pictures will be taken Thursday, March 4th. To order spring pictures please visit www.inter-state.com/order use order number 56950RA.

The home jr. high boys basketball game vs Carroll Catholic tonight has been cancelled.

Remote Learning Day scheduled for Friday, February 19!

MLK had a dream, and the local library downtown asked junior high students to share some of their dreams. In English Language Arts, students reflected on what is important in their lives. The dreams will be posted on a bulletin board at the Mt. Pulaski Public Library.

Parents don’t forget to take our 5 Essentials Survey! http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/

Any parents of students in 5th - 8th grade that are interested in participating in Jr. High Track and Field will need to join "MPGS Track and Field" on Team App. I will be posting information about the upcoming 2021 season. Please email me if you have any questions at janderso@mtpulaski.k12.il.us.

Since we couldn’t have solo and ensemble this year, Mt. Pulaski choir (also known as forte forte) had our own performance on Thursday during chorus class. We performed our song that we have been working on since we got back from Christmas break with piano and had a judge give us comments over zoom. All students were six feet apart and wearing masks during performance. The choir got a division 1 and got medals for their awesome performance. A special thanks to Becky Kunken for being our piano accompaniment and for Jonathan Parker for being our judge for this event.

Kindergarteners were learnin' their letters today!

Presidents Day is around the corner. 3A conducted a "Wet President" experiment today. We discussed presidents on the the penny, nickel, dime and quarter. Then made predictions of how many drops of water we could get on each presidents coin and compared out findings.

2A celebrated our January AR party with Winter STEM stations!