📒✏️2025 Supply List ✏️📒
🎉 MCPS Special Olympics – A Day to Remember! 🏅💙
📅 May 2nd, 2025
On May 2nd, we proudly came together to celebrate the incredible talents and spirit of our student-athletes at the MCPS Special Olympics! From the opening ceremony to the final finish line, the day was filled with joy, determination, and unforgettable moments of sportsmanship.
🌟 Our athletes gave it their all! The support from staff, volunteers, families, and peers made the day truly special. This event is a shining example of what inclusion and community look like in action.
👏 A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this event a success, and especially to our amazing athletes. You continue to inspire us with your strength, courage, and heart!
📢 Attention Parents / Guardians!
We are currently working on student accounts for the Virginia SUN Bucks program. To help ensure eligible students receive their benefits without delay, please confirm your mailing address is up to date with the school as soon as possible.
✅ Learn more about the program, eligibility, and FAQs here: https://virginiasunbucks.com
***Please note an important correction!***
🎶 Attention Parents of Rising 6th Grade Band Students! 🎶
If your child is signed up for 6th grade band next school year (2025–2026), please note an important correction!
Letters were sent home recently, but the date listed was incorrect. The correct information is below:
📅 Correct Date: Tuesday, May 20th
🕕 Time: 6:00–7:00 PM
📍 Location: MCMS Auxiliary Gym
Join us for Music & Arts Instrument Rental Night—a great opportunity to try out instruments, ask questions, and get everything your student needs to start band off right!
Please see the corrected letter below. Thank you for your understanding!
📧 Questions? Contact Mr. Mingea at mmingea@mcpsweb.org
📢Don't miss our last drive through school market event!
🥖🍇Feedmore, Wednesday, May 14th, 5:00 p.m.
If you are still receiving this text message or email, ...don’t dismiss it! It is NOT a scam. It is your invitation to our new messaging system that our teachers will be using in the 2025-2026 school year. Sign up today using directions provided in the message.
You can download the MCPS app by scanning the QR code in the image.
May breakfast and lunch menus.
Join Us for a Free Summer of STEM Exploration!
Get ready to dive into a week of hands-on fun and high-tech learning at the Computer Science Summer STEM Camps! These exciting, no-cost camps are the perfect opportunity for rising 4th through 7th graders to explore the world of coding, robotics, and technology—no prior experience needed!
ELEMENTARY STEM CAMP (Rising 4th & 5th Graders)
📅 Dates & Locations:
June 9–13 at Clarksville Elementary and Chase City Elementary (Old BHS)
June 23–27 at LaCrosse Elementary
⏰ Time: 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
💻 Activities: Build and code using LEGO bricks, explore new tech tools, and enjoy creative problem-solving.
🚌 Transportation:
Morning transportation available Monday–Thursday
Afternoon pickup required
Friday drop-off and pickup required
🥪 Meals: Breakfast and lunch provided—or bring your own!
MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM CAMP (Rising 6th & 7th Graders)
📅 Date: June 23–27, 2025
📍 Location: Mecklenburg County Middle School
⏰ Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
💻 Activities: Use Hummingbird Robotics kits to build and code your own robotic creations. Imagination is required—no coding experience necessary!
🚌 Transportation:
Morning transportation available Monday–Thursday
Afternoon pickup required
Friday drop-off and pickup required
🥪 Meals: Breakfast and lunch provided—or bring your own!
🚀 READY TO REGISTER?
Visit www.mcpsweb.org and click the “Summer STEM Camp” link for more information and to sign up.
These camps are funded through an ACSE grant from the Virginia Department of Education. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to ignite your child’s curiosity and creativity this summer!
DRIVE THROUGH SCHOOL MARKET!
Feedmore event is this Wednesday, April 23rd.
📢ATTENTION ALL AFTERNOON CAR RIDERS 📢
The new afternoon process begins today! The car rider loop will open at 3:30! Please do not approach the entrance until this time. Thank you for your continured sopereation with the process!
📣MCMS Cheer📣 Tryouts are coming up!
🦈SHARK SIGHTING🦈
Thursday, April 10th
🚩SOL TESTING CALENDAR 🚩
SOL Testing will begin Tuesday, April 29th! Please see the attached calendar for all testing dates.
📢Attention all car rider parents! 📢
Car Rider Pickup Process Change!
Beginning Monday, April 21, 2025, the car rider loop will open at 3:30.
Please see below the letter concerning the change.
Say hello to two-way messaging and classroom announcements in the MCPS app! With the addition of Classrooms, our district app keeps getting better. Parents/guardians check your email/text for instructions to sign up and access new features- another round of invites were sent this morning! Building admin are utilizing it the remainder of the semester, and teachers/staff will begin using it the 25-26 school year.
Due to impending bad weather this evening, all after school activities will be Canceled for March 31, 2025.
April breakfast and lunch menu!
If your fifth grader is interested in band, please take time to visit Mr. Mingea and find the instrument you would like to play on March 25th.
Don't miss our drive through school market event! Feedmore is this Wednesday March 26th!
Say hello to two-way messaging and classroom announcements in the MCPS app! With the addition of Rooms, our district app keeps getting better. Parents/guardians check your email/text for instructions to sign up and access new features.
