It is National Assistant Principal’s Week! So happy Mr. Day is part of our team here at MPE! Thank you for all that you do Mr. Day!
The DEI committee was able to purchase some materials for our teachers to support an inclusive and welcoming environment for all students.
MPE is enjoying Black History Month!
Have any books in good shape that could be passed on to a good home?
Today is Mr. Day’s 40th birthday! Thank you for all that you do for MPE. Happy birthday!
Please enjoy this tribute to Veterans from the Mahomet-Seymour schools.
https://youtu.be/XBPFdi56Aew
Check out the Super Temp Checkers @ MPE!!
Check out the collaborative video with MPE and the PTO! The students had fun celebrating the Dawg Walk today with a dance party and watching the principals get slimed! Thank you to all who donated!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11cePJvG-Bd3ELSuREloRkKIRSppuI3hS/view
There will be a substitute teacher training on September 11 from 8:45-10:00 am in the MPE Boardroom.
Contact Shantille Heinhold at the Admin Office to attend. 586-2161
Great to see students checking out library books this year. Shout out to Mrs. Hulick and staff for being creative, safe, and promoting reading for our youngest of learners at MPE.
In case if you are in need.
Thank you to all the families that came to MPE today for the material exchange! Doors to the front foyer will be unlocked from 8:00am-6:00pm tomorrow if you still need to pick up a bag. Drop off books on the table.
The material exchange is on!
Due to the predicted weather forecast tomorrow and Friday, the Material Exchange date has changed to Monday, May 18. We will follow the same schedule. If you need items delivered you can reach out to your child’s teacher.
Thank you teachers!
You ROCK teachers. Thank you for all your hard work! You make this a special place to be.
Happy Administrative Professional’s Day! Could not run a building without them. Thank you for all that you do! Drop a line below to tell Mrs. Reese, Mrs. Arnold, and Mrs. Fisher how much they are appreciated.
Want to take a quick moment to give Mr. Day a shoutout as it is Assistant Principal week! MPE couldn’t do the things we do without him! Feel free to reply with a line of your own thanking him for all the that he does for the kids and the school!
Mahomet Library COVID-19 History program; check out the website for more information https://mahometpubliclibrary.org/covidhistoryproject
A message from 2nd grade teachers!
A message from the Kindergarten teachers!
3/27/20 MPE Birthday Video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W6VCFPw6m1jjigborBiwgFevDt2iLaQI/view?usp=sharing
Happy Birthday MPE students! 3/26/2020
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DUM8Tyuu-MndZykyWPsJIZd--DCUx3oM/view?usp=sharing
Big shout out to Susan and Wendy serving food to our families. We love Mr. Day too!
If you are picking up food at MPE, follow the barrel signs on the East side of the building to wrap around on the South end. Stop when you see the robot!
MPE is having a great time roller skating in PE!
Today is Mrs. Cawley’s last day! She will officially be retired after today. You will be missed!
Just a reminder that MPE will host its first campus conversation on Tuesday of next week.
Mr. Beinborn and Mrs. Douglass collaborated for a great unit called Fitness Drumming. The students loved it!
Mahomet Madness @ the High School Friday night. Doors open at 4:45 pm: food, games and inflatables! Bulldogs take on Top 10 Ranked Lincoln Railers. Should be a great night for the whole community!
The office had some kindergarten carolers visit this morning!
There is a new restaurant in town and it is ran by Pre-K students.
All 12 kindergarten sections joined together for the pledge this morning to help celebrate Veterans Day
Great Drop Everything And Read (D.E.A.R.) day yesterday. Loved those pajamas!
First grade team may have had the pumpkin patch field trip canceled due weather, but they still had a fun day with pumpkins!
Great time playing with these MPE ballers today!
Great day for the Dawg Walk and a great day to get slimed! Thank you to all involved!
Sorry! The Harlem Wizards game is on SUNDAY @ 3:00!
Had an awesome visitor at lunch on Tuesday. Rob aka “Smooth” from the Harlem Wizards came to visit. The Wizards take on the MS staff on Wednesday at the high school @ 3:00.
Some first graders got to go on stage on the field trip to Krannert today!
Great way to start the day!
Look who stopped by at lunch today! Fun way to introduce the Dawg Walk to the students.
“B.L.A.S.T. is Back!
B.L.A.S.T. Session 1 registration begins on Tuesday, September 3rd at 6PM for Middletown Prairie (1st and 2nd grade) and 7PM for Lincoln Trail. Session 1 classes include art, literature, engineering, sports, scrapbooking, yoga, crochet, and more! B.L.A.S.T. is a fee based after-school enrichment program provided by the Mahomet-Seymour School District. Approximately 25% of enrollees are eligible for scholarships made possible by the Mahomet Area Youth Club (MAYC). This means that ALL children can participate in these unique and enriching classes! Look for information coming home with your students today. To view and register for classes, visit the Mahomet-Seymour web store at https://mahomet.RevTrak.net and click on the BLAST button. Let us celebrate year seven of this amazing program and enroll your student in a B.L.A.S.T. class and see why more than 700 students were happily served in more than 50 classes last year!”
A BIG thank you to all the MPE families that came out to help a good cause. There was quite the line to dunk Mr. Martin!
Get those arms loose MPE! Mr. Martin will be in the dunk tank at 1:00. See you soon!
The unsung heroes who truly run the school. Thank you Julie, Debbie, and Denise for the hard work that goes on behind the scenes to make Day 1 a success!
Great first day of school!
Great turn out at MPE open house tonight! Can’t wait to see theses faces on a daily basis!
Fun celebration at the Public Library to celebrate MPE students who met reading goals this summer!
Lot of MPE students running at the Main Street Mile to support MAYC!
Had a great time catching up with some MPE students at MAYC! Thank you to the MAYC staff for the invite!
Pre-K information
2nd Grade Dates for your calendar!
First Grade Dates for the calendar
Important Kindergarten Dates for the 2019-2020 school year.
Pre-K Supply List
2019-2020 MPE school supply lists!
MPE will hold an open house for all incoming MPE students on August, 12 from 5:00-7:00pm. Hope to see you there!
Happy retirement to Karen Badger!
Happy retirement to Nancy Cosner!
Happy Retirement to Karen Badger and Nancy Costner! Thank you for all you have done for MPE! You will be missed!
More 1st grade fun!
The fun continues! 1st grade Fun Day!
More 2nd grade fun!
2nd grade fun day!
More K fun day pics!
K fun day!
Kindergarten fun day is a hit!
1st grade teachers joining the fun for jammy day!
Aaron Reynolds
Rehearsal for Opera for the Young
1st Grade Engineering Lab
Pre K Drive In Theater
2nd grade Earth Day Project
1st grade field trip shakes and quakes
Dental Health with Dr. White
Party Cart!
Pre K Eggdrop
100 Days in the Books!
Curriculum Night
2019-20 KiMiddletown Prairie Elementary
Kindergarten 2019-2020 Class
Parent Informational Meeting
Thursday, March 7, 2019
6:00-6:30 PM
Gymnasium
His dream is profound for some his age!
Happy MLK Day
Just one of the many volunteers that visit our school weekly to make a difference for our kids. Thank you
1st grade writing project. Oh yeah
Let It Snow!
Do you wanna build a snowman?
PTO Meeting, Janury 17th 6:00 MPE. All are invited to attend.
Concessions followed by 240 Kindergarteners needing to use the restroom.
Kindergarten trip to the Polar Express
Instructional Coach Kim Johnson coming back with our “Next Steps in Guided Reading”
The power of play in PreK.
Our 1st grade did an interactive lesson with a professor from Princeton University on light and sound.
Thanks MSHS for bringing us a Christmas play today!
Bring in the pretzels!
We’re thankful for our new friends in Kindergarten
Kindergarten families
So many parent helpers!
Happy Fall!
Pre K Family Involvement Night!
Great Halloween Parade at MPE. Who would have thought that every student
knew all the lyrics to Ghostbusters. How? Why?
Crowd Pleaser!
Halloween Buddy Reading!
1st Grade Space Day
Thanks MPE PTO for our Principal Appreciation gifts. We can’t do it without you.
1st Radar Farm
PE Fall Stations
Lave colors in art
Rhythm Selector for Kinder music.
MPE Girl Scouts
2nd grade
Ms. Hoods 2nd grade working hard on new vocabulary. Our Word Master this week is Logan
MPE Meet and Greet
New - Short-Term Substitute License
Individuals holding an Associate’s Degree or having completed 60 hours of college coursework are now eligible for a Short-Term Substitute License.
Interested individuals must:
-Submit official transcripts to the Regional Office of Education (ROE)
-Be fingerprinted at the ROE and pay the $60 fee
-Complete a physical; form submitted to the ROE
-Attend the required district substitute teacher training on September 27, 2018 at Mahomet-Seymour Administrative Center. (8:45 am - 10:45 am)
-Pay the $25 application fee
Once all the steps are completed, individuals will be issued a Short-Term Substitute License. The license is valid through June 30, 2023 and allows individuals to substitute up to 5 consecutive days for a classroom teacher PK-12. Mahomet-Seymour currently pays $100 day for teacher substitutes. Paperwork for Mahomet-Seymour can be found on the district website. www.mahometseymour.org
For more information, contact Jennifer Farm at 217-586-2161 or jfarm@ms.k12.il.us.
Substitute Training
Thursday, September 27, 8:45 - 10:00
Board Room at MPE
To register call the District Office at 586-2161
Even if your paperwork to sub isn't competed or approved, please come!
Thanks to Cara and Canan Merkle for leading us in the pledge at the MS School Board Meeting.
Mrs Mitchell’s class.
The future Principal of MPE and her staff. Just trying out the new office.
We had an amazing afternoon opening up our new building for the first time. We're ready for kids!
Carol and Clarence in concert at MPE.
Mrs. McHale’s students returned all of their library books and earned a visit from our T-Rex.
Way to go boys and girls!
Thanks to our pre-k friends for celebrating our teachers all week long.
Kindergarten Rond Up 2018
Correction: Daily Five in Mrs. Myer’s room...
Daily Five in Mrs. Walk/Young’s room:
Mrs. McHale’s students at their “Seeds to Salad” event...
Mrs. McHale’s Kindergarten checking out their new gym.
Had some special friends show up this afternoon to read me some stories.
More animals...
Check out these amazing animals made by Sangamon first graders...
Westpoint Cadet Austin Myers visits Mrs. Myer’s kindergarten class.
Read Across America ... Students at Sangamon listening to mystery readers...
Kindergarten Round Up
Link to register-https://goo.gl/eyycmf
We will contact you with the date and time in May that you will come to MPE for an informational meeting and Kindergarten screening.
Its a Wacky Wednesday at MPE!
It’s everywhere!
Making the most of an ugly construction wall.
Biggest Hat Ever!
Mrs. Wade’s students write 100 Words of Kindness about classmates...
Pre-k Winter Wonderland ready to begin...
2nd grade landforms...
Biggest Cup Tower Ever!
100 down and sadly only 74 more days of Kindergarten.
Everything in groups of 10 for 100 Day!
100 Day Hats
100 Cups stacked as high as we can get them.
100 Dominoes
When a teacher decides we need a hundred numbers hanging from the ceiling the night before 100 Day.
Making 100 Day Hats is Mrs Krumwiede’s classroom.
Getting ready for 100s Day!
Mrs. Myers kindergarten class went to the Virginia Theatre in Champaign to see a live performance of Skippy Jon Jones.
Inside recess this morning...
Kindergarten retelling of The Mitten...
Mrs. Myers kindergarten class went to the Virginia Theater in Champaign to see a live performance of Skippy John Jones.
Mrs Padjen’s class earned their Super Reader capes this week.
Super Readers in Mrs Padjen’s class
Construction underway at MPE...
Middletown Prairie night at MSHS basketball game! Cheerleading was the highlight for some of our Kindergarteners. Especially when it's your teachers daughter.
Sing a long!
The Merry Fun Cart... spreading some goodness and Christmas cheer!
Just hangin with the old folks!
Thank you Dr Walk for sponsoring the evening and making sure every family went home with a new book!
Reading, reading all through the school
From Gingerbread smelling Play-Doh to the Gingerbread Girl herself and everything in between
Gingerbread Literacy Night was a success!
MPE Gingerbread Literacy Night is this evening. Doors open at 6:00pm.
Looking for the Gingerbread Man but all I found was Pete the Cat!
Dont forget to RSVP for MPE’s Gingerbread Literacy Family Night
Dont forget to RSVP for MPE’s Gingerbread Literacy Family Night
1:50 early dismissal today.
"Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving:" pretzels, popcorn, toast, jellybeans, and ice cream. Perfectly geared to kindergarteners, that's for sure!
Storybook Parade fun...
Rockin the MS Cheer Costume! Class of 2030
In the words if the Go Go’s, We’ve Got the Beat.
Just as I was getting tired of email 3 guys showed up to read me the books they wrote. Thanks Aiden, Owen, and Duncan, you made my day!
Butterfly Release Party
Working on writing.
It's Hat Day
at MPE...
Lunch Room Supervisors
We are in desperate need of more lunch supervisors at MPE. The time is 11:45-1:00 each day. If you are interested please contact the office.
Exciting day of construction! Recess became real interesting.
The construction continues...
Picture Day September 1st.
MPE Phase 2 building construction continues...
Back to School Night August 17th 6-7 PM. This event is not for student attendance.
Middletown Prairie Elementary incoming Kindergartners are invited August 10th from 5:30-6:30 to informally walk the building and get acquainted with their new school.
Class lists are still being formed as registrations continue to come in. Classroom assignments will be available in Skyward at 4 p.m. August 11. Enjoy the rest of your summer.
The gym walls are going up
Ice cream sundaes for our Pre-k friends
MPE students singing to Sangamon students...
Pre-k Ice Cream Social
Neal, from the Mahomet Public Library, shares information about the summer reading program...
Inspired by our environment...
Carole Peterson and Clarence visit MPE.
Kindergarten Picnic
From seeds to salads...
Exploring 3D shapes
Arrival activity...
Students designing the addition to MPE...
Check out our window garden...
Check out our window garden...
Executive chef demonstrates fruit carving in Mrs. Wade's class...
Will the Peep float or sink?
Recess fun...
Check out our shoes...
Beanstalks popping up everywhere!
This morning at MPE...
Celebrating good behavior
Our POPCORNwords...
Getting ready for Celebrate Art ... Sunday, April 9th from 1-4 pm at MSHS
Welcome work with SMART cards.
Using SMART cards for morning work.
Learning about vertices and sorting...
Checking out our new reading benches...
What will this be...
Pre- k Building
Push/Pull Science at MPE!
Pre- Dinosaur Digs
Building fun at Middletown...
Monarch voting has begun...
What a Wacky Wednesday...
MPE Literacy Week Fun
Learning about our teeth
Science day at MPE...
Celebrating student choices -Beeing Safe, Responsible, and Respectful! Way to go MPE students!
Mrs. Roberts boys and girls working during Daily 5
Mrs. Raver's students earned a "Cozy Reading" day for making great choices in the library! Way to go boys and girls!
Mrs. Raver's class decorated paper lunch bags for the CU Canteen Run to use for packing sack lunches for the homeless guests served on their canteen runs. This activity was inspired by the book The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig, about a boy who feels isolated and lonely.
Mrs. Myer's students enjoying a little Flashlight Reading . . .
Kindergarten collages inspired by Henri Matisse
Today is 100 Day!
Getting ready for our Pre-K Farm Concert Performance on February 16th!
Recognize any of these items?
Happy National Popcorn Day!
Checking out the Monarch nominations...
Here's what's going on in math today.
Report Cards will be available for parents to view on Skyward Friday, January 6th.
School Will Resume January 3rd!