Mount Pulaski Grade School

Due to wet field conditions today's JH Softball B Game scheduled at Auburn has been cancelled.

Weekly Look At Mt. Pulaski Activities & Athletics 8/17 through 8/22

Thursday 8/13 and Friday 8/14 are regular FULL school days with 3:00pm dismissals.

Check out the latest issue of the District Newsletter! Welcome back to school, Toppers!

https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1378/Cusd23/63ea9425-31a0-45bc-b9a7-4fbda40e06fc/2026.08.10---MPCUSD23-Newsletter.pdf?disposition=inline

August 2026 - Breakfast and Lunch Menus

MPGS Lunch Menu for Thursday 8/13 and Friday 8/14. We will post the monthly menu for breakfast and lunch as soon as we get them. Thanks!

TK and Kindergarten Round-up! 💜💛🎩
Hope to see you all tomorrow 8/11 for our Open House from 5pm to 6:15pm.
Thursday 8/13 is the first day of school!

Weekly Look At Mt. Pulaski Activities & Athletics 8/10 through 8/15

Mt. Pulaski Schools are excited to share that there will be NO registration or sports fees for the upcoming school year!

Do you like to have the summer off? Do you enjoy working with kids? Then come join our team! Mt. Pulaski Grade School is seeking a Paraprofessional for the upcoming school year. If interested, please contact Danielle Lora at dlora@mtpulaski.k12.il.us for more information.

Weekly Look At Mt. Pulaski Activities & Athletics 8/3 through 8/8

Hilltoppers Shotgun Sports National Results
The Hilltoppers Shotgun Sports team finished their season earlier this month at the USA Clay Target League national trap tournament in Mason, Michigan.

There were over 55,000 participants nationwide in the league this year and 1800 athletes and 234 teams made it to nationals.
Seven athletes from the Hilltoppers squad made the trip. Five of those competed on team qualifying day, where they finished 8th out of 234 teams with a score of 481/500.
Scores for team qualifying day were:
Hawken Clampet - 99/100
Hayden Hartman - 98/100
Colton Romines - 97/100
Beau Tschantz - 96/100
Clay Leonard 91/100

The top 80 teams advanced to finals day. The team shot a 480/500 on finals day to finish 14th in the nation.
Scores for the team finals were:
Hayden Hartman -99/100
Colton Romines - 97/100
Hawken Clampet - 96/100
Beau Tschantz - 95/100
Clay Leonard - 93/100

All seven athletes competed in the individual competition where the top 400 out of 1800 advanced to the finals.
Scores for individual qualifying day were:
Colton Romines -100/100
Hawken Clampet - 99/100
Hayden Hartman - 97/100
Clay Leonard - 96/100
Izaak Winebrinner - 88/100
Beau Tschantz - 88/100
Zackary Potts - 87/100

Colton, Hawken, Hayden and Clay qualified for the individual finals. Their scores on finals day and finishing positions were:
Colton Romines 100/100 (16th overall after a shoot off)
Hawken Clampet - 98/100 (52nd overall)
Clay Leonard - 97/100 (138th overall)
Hayden Hartman 95/100 (260th overall)

Congratulations again to all of the team members on a great season!

Newly designed apparel is available to celebrate the back-to-back trifectas at https://www.petalsgiftshop.com/collections/hilltoppers-shotgun

MPCUSD23 is a great place to work! Substitute teaching is a much needed position in schools and we have great staff and students to work with. If you've never thought about subbing before, now is the time to check it out!

Office Hours this week and next week!

Volleyball Camp for Grades K-8th.
Waiver link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIJa59_qKSQ9qOArEg9wVukdkn7MGNmbnvMM9JP49OAO8qHA/viewform

MPGS
TK - ROUND UP!
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2026
10-11am ONLY
Drop off your child and LET THEM STAY FOR AN HOUR!

MPGS KINDERGARTEN ROUND UP!
Monday, August 10
Choose between:
10-11 AM
or
1-2 PM
DROP THEM OFF & LET THEM STAY FOR AN HOUR!

Please click the link below and watch the short video of our morning drop-off procedure.

https://youtu.be/MahwXoGEGEA?si=F2CJlsu4IrWvWWju