Mount Pulaski Grade School

Tonight's boys basketball game against Jacksonville OSS has been cancelled. The girl's volleyball game on Thursday against LSA has been cancelled as well.

The 7th grade girls round robin volleyball tournament for tomorrow has been cancelled.

Just a reminder that today is an early dismissal day 11:30 and we are off on Monday! Have a great long weekend.

Today we practiced our spelling words with shaving cream! You can do that at home too!

Good Afternoon Bruins and Honeybears, Due to an extremely high transmission rate, Riverton CUSD 14 is requesting that our players, coaches and fans remain diligent in wearing masks at the game. Any fans attending Wednesday's game at Riverton for junior high boys basketball must expect to wear a mask while being inside the Riverton facilities. We ask that Mt. Pulaski spectators respect the expectations of Riverton Schools, just as we ask them to respect ours. Thank you!

Tonight's MPGS boys basketball game against Calvary will be 8th grade only due to lack of players on the opposing team. The 8th grade game will begin at 6:00 pm.

The 7th grade Logan County Boys’ Basketball Tournament is on January 8 & January 13 at Lincoln College. Please read the updated information. Due to the size of the gym and an increase in cases, we are limiting spectators to parents and siblings living in the same household for Saturday’s games. Saturday, January 8, 2022 Davidson-Sheffer Gym (old gym) Parents and siblings in the same household only. No cheerleaders. No locker rooms - players/cheerleaders need to come ready to play. Masks required. No concessions. We will attempt live-streaming if we can connect to Lincoln College’s WiFi. CEL Sports Live Stream Facebook Page. Thursday, January 13, 2022 Lincoln Center Gym (new gym) Spectators and Cheerleaders allowed. No locker rooms - players/cheerleaders need to come ready to play. Masks required. Concessions available. No live-stream. Due to the size of the gym and an increase in cases, we are limiting spectators to parents and siblings living in the same household for Saturday’s games. Once players are done playing, we ask that spectators leave promptly to limit the number of people in the gym and make room for the next group.

6th Grade Straight A’s - Alexis Bishop, Wesley Bobell, Kennedy Davis, Josie Jones, Camrynn Killion, Eva Leonard, Andrea Noltensmeier, Sunny Owens, Olivia Smith, Mariah Stone, Vincent Tabor, Haylee Werts 6th Grade High Honors - Bella Campanella, Nolan Couve, Zachary Etter, Ethan Kern, Jaice Skeen, Olivia Trauner. 6th Grade Honors - Skyler Durst, Annalyse Helm, Elyssa Marten, Reed Martin, Jensen Maschoff 6th Grade Honorable Mention - Wyatt Call, Blake Eskew, Keagan Heath, Malaya Lindzy, Erick Marinich, Isaac Volle 7th Grade Straight A’s - Addison Brown, Audrey Cooper, Owen Cyrulik, Kian Jacobs, Mackenzie Johnston, Dean Martin, Braden Olson, Faith Owens, Natalie Palmquist, Logan Roberts, Kai Selinger, Kaelin Stewart, Piper Tyson, Karsyn Wilham 7th Grade High Honors - Keoni Charron, Carter Clark, Dede Clay, Olivia Cyrulik, Austin Kretzinger, Owen Pulliam, Caden Wyler 7th Grade Honors - Marissa Allspach, Claire Bobell, Kevin Campanella, Claire Cyrulik, Liam Doherty, Gracie Phillips, Ethan Stoddard, Raelynn Turner, Aaron Volle, Jessi Wade 7th Grade Honorable Mention - Kelsey Beggs, Nathan Berry, Jayde Carter, Peyton Combs, Jackson Hamilton, Adalynn Jackson, Hayden Morris, Carter Robinson, Brennon Wilkins, Camden Winklemann, Jeremiah Woodford 8th Grade Straight A’s - Eric Cooper, Tyler Cross, Conner French, Elayna Marten, Addison Maus, Alyson Murphy, Isabella Niccolls, Katelyn Perek, Keaton Roemer, Brooke St. James, Franklin Wade, Charity Woodford 8th Grade High Honors - Sophia Buenrostro, Lillian Woodworth 8th Grade Honors - Kya Matson, Meridith Nixon, Rhiah Solomon, Addisen Williams 8th Grade Honorable Mention - Zoey Awe, Kayla Aylesworth, Cici Clay, Brayden Dorsey, Kaylee Durchholz, Tucker Fitzpatrick, Jaeden Jackson, Aaron Kuznik, Clay Leonard, Tyler Lowe, Luke Martin, Adison Sanchez, Griffin Skelton, Beau Tschantz, Deegan Tschantz, Blayton Watkins, Aailyah Wayne

Sports Picture Day is rescheduled for January 20th. Sorry for the confusion. Please have your athlete bring their uniform to school with them. We will be doing Girls Volleyball, Boys Basketball, and Cheer. https://inter-state.com/MySchoolCode Order Code: 65706D

Sports pictures will be on January 14th for Girls Volleyball, Boys Basketball, and Cheerleading. Please make sure your athlete brings their uniform with them to school. Purchase here https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/65706DL Use code 65706D. The flyers coming home have the incorrect date and and code.

Don’t forget tomorrow and Tuesday are 2:00 pm dismissals. See the JH remote schedule 1st Period 8:00 - 8:37 2nd Period 8:41 - 9:18 3rd Period 9:22 - 9:59 4th Period 10:03 - 10:40 5th Period 10:44 - 11:21 LUNCH 11:22 - 12:05 6th Period 12:06 - 12:43 7th Period 12:47 - 1:24 8th Period 1:28 - 2:02

4A has taken their coding to another level by programming Edison robots to follow a series of steps.

Don’t forget! We are sending our 7th grade basketball girls off with a parade after dismissal today. They will load busses at both buildings and then we will send the girls up and around the square! Hope you can join us and send these girls off in style!

Your 8th grade Sectional champions are right here! The Honeybears are headed to state on Saturday. They will play in Havana at 11:30 am.

We found a new way to use fidget spinners!

It was a great evening at MPGS for our Winter Family Night! Families enjoyed classic Christmas movies with hot cocoa and cookies, voted on their favorite doors in the classroom door decorating contest, and made Christmas cards and “ugly sweater” ornaments to take home.

As a reminder, students will be dismissed early this Friday, 12/10. The GS dismisses at 11:24 A.M. The HS dismisses at 11:30 A.M. Please be advised that both school offices will close that day beginning at 11:30 A.M also.

5th graders learning about chemical reactions through experiments during Science this week!

Jr. Topper Basketball sign ups have begun. This biddy ball program is for students in Pre-K thru 3rd grade and will begin in January 2022. Sign up forms can be found in the MPGS office. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. A at janderso@mtpulaski.k12.il.us.

Congrats to the 8th Grade Honeybears! 8AA Regional Champs!