MPE Family Newsletter November 2-6

11.4 Wacky Wednesday - Wear Wacky Hair Styles and Socks for earning our 350th feather Schoolwide

11.6 First Friday Recess with Morello Park Dads Club

11.9-11.13 World Kindness Week

11.10 PTA Meeting, 7pm

11.11 Veterans Day Holiday, No School

11.13 Spirit Day:  Native Voices and Stories

11.13 First MPE Buddy Classroom Day

11.16-11.17 Harvest of the Month

11.18 Ruby Bridges Walk to School

11.19 Native American Heritage Month Assembly

11.20 Color Wars

11.20 Coffee with the Principal

11.23-11.27 Thanksgiving Break, No School

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Halloween parade! It was incredible to see such a fantastic turnout and share in the pure joy of our students as they proudly showed off their costumes. We hope you enjoyed the celebration as much as we did!

Following the parade, we held a wonderful Coffee Talk with Mayor Zorn and Police Chief White, focusing primarily on traffic and safe streets around our community. They encouraged us to revisit October's Safe Streets Presentation, where you can leave comments detailing any local intersections or areas where you have safety concerns. Additionally, Mayor Zorn encouraged all families to download and use the Go Martinez app to quickly report any city issues needing attention.

Thursday, we enjoyed a very special schoolwide sing this week—be sure to scroll down to read more details about it in the Nesting section below!

Looking ahead, we have a busy and exciting November planned with Kindness Week celebrations, a Canned Food Drive, Ruby Bridge's Walk to School and many more fun plans to look forward to. We are especially thrilled to welcome back the Morello Park Dad’s Club for First Friday Recess this coming week!

This Wednesday, we will have a Wacky Wednesday to celebrate earning 350 feathers as a school!  Students can wear wacky hairstyles and socks to school for our schoolwide reward.  We are so proud of our Eagles for their great attendance, respectful behavior, and for showing kindness to others.

Coming up soon, we will have our first Buddy Classroom day on November 13th where Kindergarten-5th graders will have shared activities.  Each upper grade class is paired with a lower grade class and they meet 5 times throughout the year for fun activities.  Ms. Halstead organizes this program that has become a MPE tradition.  We love the way it helps us build community schoolwide.

As we start our week, I want to wish all of our MPE Families who celebrate Diwali a very happy and joyful celebration this coming weekend! 

This past Thursday, our school gathered for a whole school sing after Walk and Talk celebrating Filipino American History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month. Sharing music is one of the most powerful ways to build community, foster inclusion, and make sure every student feels welcomed and celebrated at MPE.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade students sang Bahay Kubo, a traditional Filipino folk song describing a small nipa hut surrounded by a bountiful vegetable garden. It is a joyful song celebrating community, family, and appreciation for the simple, everyday gifts of nature.

4th and 5th Grade students sang La Bamba, a traditional Mexican folk song originating from Veracruz. The piece is written in the son jarocho style, blending Spanish, Indigenous, and African musical influences.

At every assembly, we plan to incorporate grade-level music sharing so students can showcase what they have learned in music class and build confidence as performers.

Families will have opportunities later in the year to visit open classrooms and see our music education program in action. Families will also be invited to see student performances live at the end of the school year with formal grade level concerts.

You can listen to the MP3 recordings from Thursday’s sing using the links below:

Have a great week ahead Eagles!