Mount Pulaski High School

MPHS will be hosting a Veterans Day assembly on Friday, November 11, 2022. The general public is invited to attend. The ceremony will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. Visitors will be required to sign-in at the office on Spring Street beginning at 9:40 a.m. Thank you to all of our veterans!

Today selected Mount Pulaski band students joined 800 students from the surrounding area to perform music at the District 4 ILMEA Music Festival. Great job!

A really well-done collection of Day of the Dead ofrendas! Students selected fictional characters who’ve passed and, in keeping with Latino tradition, created ofrendas to entice them to return and visit us on Nov 2nd. These are the ones they voted as most detailed and authentic. All were VERY good!!

Nutrition & Culinary Arts made homemade pizza today and it was delicious. MP Pizzaria coming soon?

As a reminder, the high school costume contest (for those students interested in participating) will occur in 8th hour study hall tomorrow. You must adhere to the following guidelines: 1) No weapons of any kind are permitted (no fake swords, guns, bow/arrow, etc.). Don't bring them to school. 2) You must follow the dress code and be completely covered from armpit to the 3 inch inseam. No bare bellies, etc. 3) No masks during the school day. Masks must be stowed in lockers. The mask may be put on for the contest once you arrive in the main gym. 4) There will be no break to get changed in a restroom, etc. You will take whatever you need from your locker to your study hall. You will be released from study hall around 2:45 p.m. (no earlier) to go down to the contest in the main gym. If your costume requires elaborate preparation time, then choose something else to wear tomorrow. You will not be excused from 7th hour to prepare for the contest. If you have specific questions about your costume, email me tonight. When in doubt, err on the side of caution. If you think it's questionable, then you should probably make another choice and save that costume for your trick-or-treating. See you all tomorrow for a spooktacular event!

FCCLA's Decorated Pumpkin Contest had some outstanding entries this year. The top three finishers were: 1- Hamburger 2- Popcorn 3- Minions Outstanding job to all!

Our Lady Toppers will play Springfield Lutheran at 6:00 p.m. at home tomorrow night in the 1A Volleyball Regional Championship! The admission fee is $5. Hope to see you out to cheer on our team. Go Toppers!

Junior & Senior Parents - Let's bring back the Post Prom! Do you want to help us plan? The first meeting will be on November 9. RSVP by emailing hfricke@mtpulaski.k12.il.us or call the office to let us know you want the meeting details. Location of the meeting is TBA. Here's a list of our meeting dates:

At 1:03 p.m. today the fire alarm sounded and the building was evacuated. As it was raining, students were moved into the back shed for roll call. Students remained in the shed with faculty supervision until the fire department cleared the building for re-entry. At this time, the alarm has been attributed to a faulty sensor on the roof. All students are safe and back in class at this time. If you have questions, please contact the office at 217-792-3209.

Back-to-School/Fall "Stay Connected, Stay Informed" ICAC Newsletter

The IHSA gate fee for entry into each Regional game is $5 per person. Regional games are not free for students, staff, or board members. To get in free, your name must be on the official pass list for the team. We are excited to host our volleyball Regional this year! Our team plays at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 10/25, in our main gym. Go Lady Toppers!

The High School NFHS camera is down. Here is the update from NFHS support: We discovered why your Pixellot system is not working and wanted to explain what’s happening. What happened? On Sunday night, Pixellot installed new “firmware” on the camera head (“firmware” is basically the software that operates the machinery within the camera head). Before this firmware update was installed, it went through our standard rigorous testing protocol; however, we have discovered a bug that was not surfaced during our testing process. That bug is affecting your camera head, and as a result the camera head is now no longer able to “communicate” with the Pixellot computer. This is not something that we – or Pixellot – has ever experienced in the 7 years that we have been working together. What are we doing? Pixellot and the camera manufacturer have been working around the clock on a solution on how to remedy this situation, but it is necessary for us to physically replace the camera head of your affected system(s). We will do so as quickly as possible.

An important message from our friends at Chestnut Health Systems.

Seniors became famous Hispanics to honor National Hispanic Awareness month. From sports to music to history…their transformations were excelentes👨🏼‍🎨💃🏽⚽️

Juniors creating stories in Spanish with a 10-second draw relay…a great way to produce spontaneous language all while building storytelling skills🙂

Former MPHS Boys Basketball players (21 years and older) interested in playing in an alumni basketball game on Saturday, November 12, please contact Coach Deibert by Friday, 10/21/22. He can be reached at rdeibert@mtpulaski.k12.il.us.

Mt. Pulaski is excited to host this year's 1A volleyball regional. Regionals tickets will be $5.00 at the door. MPCUSD23 Season Passes are not valid during post-season.

School dismisses at 2:00 on Wednesday, 10/19,and Thursday, 10/20. There is no school on Friday, 10/21. Parent/Teacher Conferences are this Wednesday and Thursday! Contact the office to sign up at 217-792-3209 or email scooper@mtpulaski.k12.il.us

The Winter/Spring Athletics Parent Meeting for tonight has been cancelled. District information for parents will be distributed at sports specific meetings that will be scheduled by individual coaches after try-outs are completed for each sport.

Picture Day is coming up on 10/24/22! Order before Picture Day to receive free shipping to the school. Order online at https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/69205SF.