Mesick Consolidated Schools

Mesick Consolidated Schools Our Mission: Develop Successful Learners Critical Thinkers Productive Citizens On the surface this seems simple and easy. However, as educators we are tasked with shaping the way our students think, behave, and see the world. All of this must be done within the framework of the classroom sessions and academic lessons. We must balance modeling and building great relationships with our students while holding them accountable and teaching them what responsible behavior looks like. Beginning in January, we will be sending a series of surveys asking for your input on a variety of school related subjects, including student cell phone use, communication, and safety. If there are other topics or points of interest that you feel need to be addressed, please contact me by email or phone. Again, our goal is to serve our students so they are academically, behaviorally, socially and emotionally ready to meet the challenges of society when they complete their journey here with Mesick Consolidated Schools. I look forward to hearing from you! Jack Ledford, Superintendent ledfordj@mesick.org cell 231-342-0877

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the 6th grade and high school band concert has been rescheduled to Wednesday, December 20, at 7pm. The Mesick Band Booster's Silent and Sweet baked goods auction will also be rescheduled for December 20. We look forward to seeing you at the concert!

Girls Basketball has a spirit wear on-line store! Here is the link. https://mesick-girls-basketball.spiritsale.com/

Ski Club sign up is still going on this week until Friday Dec. 22. Packets are available in both school offices. Have your children stop by and pick one up this week, fill it out and return it with the club fees by Friday Dec 22 to ski the first week of ski club on Jan 11. Contact us for questions at walkerl@mesick.org, kaskinenj@mesick.org

ELEMENTARY SPIRT WEEK

Thank you to all our sponsors for our 23-24 Mesick T-Shirts! Come to the games tonight to see if you can snag one! Cadillac Culvert Inc Protected Auto Repair Next Level Performance Forest Area Credit Union Canfield Pest Control Jave Excavating JK's Whisper Cafe Brookside Cottages Hometown Door, Inc. Antioch Tree Farm The Hair Co Fox's Small Engine Repairs Northern Pines Health Center Buckley General Store

On November 2nd, the annual National Honor Society-sponsored food drive began, wrapping up on December 1st. The elementary classes and the junior/senior high classes competed to see who could collect the most donations, with the winning classes receiving an ice cream reward party. This year's final totals are as follows: The junior/senior high staff donated 117 items. Community members donated 1,622 items. The elementary students gathered a total of 1,865 items, with Mrs. Parrish’s class winning their competition with 416 items. The winning class for the junior/senior high was the sophomore class with 867 items. This year's drive resulted in 5,371 total items collected. The proceeds were delivered to the Mesick Community Pantry on the afternoon of December 1st. Thank you to everyone who helped make the food drive a success!

ATTENTION SENIORS: Just a friendly reminder that your Class Dues are due by next Friday December 15th. Any questions please see Mr. Shutler. Also, your Baby Picture and Senior Quote are due by Monday December 18th. Please send those items to Marilyn Smyser or Mr. Shutler

We Need Your Help! As the Superintendent of Mesick Consolidated Schools, my goal is to create an environment where EVERY student can grow and thrive academically, behaviorally, socially, and emotionally. We realize that we are NOT presently serving every student that way. The help that we need is as follows: *Beginning in January, we will send out several short surveys asking for your honest, direct critique and feedback regarding several aspects of the services Mesick Consolidated Schools provides for our students. We need to hear the good and, especially, the bad and the ugly on these upcoming surveys! Your voice matters! We cannot serve our students effectively if we do not hear from you. Thank you!

Parents of Seniors (Class of 2023)! If your student is thinking about college, an important step in the college going process is filing for the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). This is the application that both the federal and state governments as well as colleges will use to award need based monies (grants) as well as loans. Colleges will use this to put together a financial package and help determine how much additional assistance a student may need! The first step in this process is creating an FSA (Federal Student Aid) ID. I've attached a checklist of all the information you should need in order to create your FSA ID as well as my email address. If you need additional assistance setting up your FSA ID or have any other questions related to the college going process, please do not hesitate to reach out!

The Junior High Boys Basketball game for tonight is still on with a 5:30pm start time against Pentwater. This will be a 7th grade game at 5:30pm and a 8th grade game to follow around 6:30pm.

Our kinders, firsties, and second grade are so excited to present their concert on Tuesday, December 5th. 6 pm at the elementary. We can't wait to see you there!

Congratulations to Lucy Rogers who has committed to play collegiate soccer at Madonna University next year!! Madonna University competes in the NAIA division. Lucy has played soccer with Buckley as part of our co-op team. Thanks to her Buckley soccer coaches and to Head Coach Paul Patton at Madonna University on supporting Lucy at her signing!!

Update to our Girls Varsity Basketball schedule! They are having a scrimmage against McBain JV Girls team on 12/1/23 at Mesick with a 4pm start time. Good luck girls!

Update on the food drive: Walker's Kindergarten-305, 2nd Grade Parrish- 230, 5th Grade Lazar-118, 1st Grade Campbell- 107, 2nd Grade Morrow-102. The last day to donate is December 1st at 8 am!

Congratulations to Lucy Rogers as she has committed to play Soccer at Madonna University next year! Her signing event will be tomorrow at Mesick High School during the High School Lunch period with support from her Soccer coach at Buckley.

Update on food drive: Walker's Kindergarten-252, 2nd Grade Morrow-89, 1st Grade Campbell-60, 3rd Grade Lance-58, 2nd Grade Parrish-50. The last day to donate is December 1st at 8 am!

REMINDER: The last day to donate to the non-perishable food drive is Friday at 8am. 6th grade is currently in the lead followed by 11th grade. Every donation counts if you're able too. We appreciate it!

Santa shop is coming to town! Dec 4-8th the PTO Santa shop will be open for elementary students. All items will be between $1-$3 no tax. Today they will bring home a shopping list, please send it back filled out with money in a sealed envelope or bag with their name on it.

📚KRN Celebration📚 1st-4th Graders celebrated summer reading with snacks and those who read & reported all books read over the summer received certificates & prizes.