Twenty-one students submitted a 6-word spooky story for our library contest—and WOW, they all delivered! Their creepy creativity gave us chills in the very best way.
Our staffulty voted on the anonymous entries, and after some tough decisions, the top three stories were selected, along with one honorable mention.
🕸️ Prizes & Treats
All participants earned a goody bag filled with Halloween-themed erasers, tattoos, and candy.
The Top 10 storytellers also received a spooky book, a Halloween bookmark, and a prize from our prize basket.
The Top 3 winners and Honorable Mention earned all of the above plus an extra treat from the basket.
Thank you to everyone who entered—you made this contest frighteningly fun! Stay spooky & keep writing!👀💀
Our Fall Scholastic Book Fair was the most successful one we’ve ever had.
💥 Over 900 items were sold, putting more books than ever into the hands (and hearts!) of our student readers. That’s real momentum for literacy, joy, and imagination in our school community.
🗣️📖 When students are given voice and choice in what they read, they want to read. Selecting books that feel exciting, relevant, funny, mysterious, comforting, or even a little spooky empowers them as readers—and that freedom builds a lifelong love of reading.
❤️ Thanks to the generosity of our families and community, we also collected almost $200 in Share the Fair donations. Those funds allowed us to purchase books for students who weren’t able to buy their own—because every student deserves to experience the excitement of choosing a new book.
🌟 Your support truly matters. When students, families, and staffulty come together around reading, we’re not just building a stronger library…we’re building a stronger culture of confident, independent, joyful readers. Let’s keep growing readers, one story at a time.
📚Save the date: Our winter book fair will be held February 4th-6th and 9th-12th.
Our admin team and library crew are deeply grateful for every shopper, donor, and literacy supporter who helped make this fair such a success. Your partnership fuels everything we do for readers at MMSOA. Thank you, MMSOA—your love for books makes a real difference.
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On Monday, our 6th grade math students participated in Metric Olympics as part of "Metric Week." Even our custodians got involved with a cotton ball shotput, drinking straw javelin and several other activities!
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SPARK-A-THON 10/3 HALF-WAY UPDATE
⭐ Highlights Today:
Leading Homeroom: Ms. Price
Grade Level in the Lead:6th
Major in the Lead: Theatre
Total Raised:$8,923
🔥 Weekend Challenge Reminder:
Challenge: The top 5 individual students with the highest raised between now and tomorrow morning will receive a skip the car rider line on 10/7
**Remember: Donation will be taken until the end of the day on 10/10 but only donations received by 11:59 PM on 10/9 will count towards prizes
📖 464 students logged their reading, and 226 students completed the challenge!
🍎 20 amazing staffulty joined in the fun, with 13 staffulty completing the challenge!
⏳ Together, we logged a whopping 243,942 student minutes and 22,024 staff minutes of reading!
🔥 Grade-level shout-outs:
6th grade: 52% participated
7th grade: 30% joined the fun
8th grade: 60% crushed it
That’s a mountain of minutes and a galaxy of pages! 🌟
A big CONGRATULATIONS to our amazing readers who rocked the Back-to-School Beanstack Challenge! 🎉
SPARK-A-THON 10/1 UPDATE
⭐ Highlights Today:
Leading Homeroom: Sorrell
Grade Level in the Lead: 6th
Total Raised: $5,108 (10% participation)
🔥 Nightly Challenge Reminder: The top 5 individual students with the highest raised between now and tomorrow morning will receive a skip the car rider line on 10/3
**Remember: To attend the celebration on 10/10 you must raise at least $25
Keep up the energy and keep sparking!
#SparkAThon2024 #SchoolSpirit
Our BIGGEST Fundraiser is here!
Students & Teachers Compete as:
• Individuals
• Homerooms
• Grade Levels
• Majors
Daily Updates | Nightly Challenges | Exciting Prizes for ALL!
Let’s Spark the Spirit & Shine Together!
Join the fun, raise funds, and win big!
*Follow the link sent to your email on Sunday 9/28/25 to share your site with family, friends, and community members and begin earning towards prizes today!
#SparkAThon2025 #MMSOASpirit
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Who loves long division?! We do at MMSOA! A small group of students that enjoys the process of working through division has been meeting this week in the mornings. We are thankful for teachers who learn students' interests and take action.
