Happy Friday MCS Community!
A huge THANK YOU to all of you for an incredibly successful 5K Fundraiser last weekend. With your help we raised $17,795 for our Scholarship Fund – a record revenue for this event. We should be looking at a net scholarship total (after race costs) of almost $15,000 – over 2x what we saw last year for this event. The Southernmost Runners as our race coordinators made a huge difference in both organization and cost – so if you are able to support that organization (a non-profit like us!) please do so. They host a race tomorrow you can sign up for here: A Positive Step of Monroe County and you can follow their events here: Key West Southernmost Runners Club | Southernmost running club in America!
For those who attended, we want to hear your feedback. Please let us know how you thought we did with this event, and if you have ideas of how to improve it in the future we are all ears! We will specifically be working on the Kids race course and making sure it is more clear in the future.
Finally, we have a long list of Sponsors from this year’s event to thank. This list is almost completely local businesses, and many are owned and operated by parents of children here at our school. Please have a look at this list and if you are making choices of what businesses to support, please choose these. These are actual people in our community who give directly to our school to support our families. We could not do what we do without this support, and we are so grateful.
Our Amazing Sponsors (and businesses we recommend you use whenever possible)
Argo Navis
Excel Chiropractic
Thirsty Mermaid
Antonia’s
Little Pearl
Kenna Construction
WeCycle
Crossfit Mile Zero
Eaton Good
The Angling Company
Marsh Development
Old Town Trolley Tours
Monroe Concrete
Charley Toppino & Sons
The Docks Restaurant & Raw Bar
Apollo Electric
Sloppy Joe’s Foundation
Shaddow & Fish
Reed Palacios Law
Kim’s Kuban
Keys Pediatrics
Peter Rysman & Teresa Menedez (not a business, just loving grandparents)
Key West Art & Historical Society
Fishbusterz
Hear4U Audiology Key West
Barracuda Builders
Southernmost Smiles
Boyd’s Campground
Garden’s Hotel
Inflate Modern Balloons & Backdrops
Southernmost Chiropractic
Keys Coffee Company
Sugar Shark Market
1 A Toddler friend heads to the finish line amidst lots of cheers during our Kids Fun Run
2 A Superstar Momma helps 2 kid racers across the finish line (with a 3rd on her chest)
3 The MVPs of the 5k: The Hamilton Family with both parents running the 5K pushing strollers of 3 children. This is what it’s all about.
Other Events & Announcements:
Want to get some volunteer hours knocked out over the holidays? We need leaf blowing, painting, and cleaning all over campus. Let us know if you want to lend a hand and get some hours.
Are you feeling generous and going wild on Amazon? Here is a WISH LIST of items we could use for the school. These purchases do count as work/pay hours as well!
There is so much to do during the holiday season with the family. Here are a few of our favorites:
- We have several students in the Nutcracker performance happening at Tennessee Williams Theater over the next two weeks. It’s a show not to miss! Nutcracker Key West — KeysTix.com
- The Lighted Boat Parade takes place in the Seaport Saturday night – our beloved neighbors are hosting a very cool way to watch it from a boat in the parade! Check it out: Key West Events: Upcoming Events in Key West, Florida
- This Sunday, 12/15 The Southernmost Youth Orchestra will have a performance at St Pauls Church at 4:30PM and many of our students will be playing. Please consider coming to support them.
Looking for last minute gifts for family and friends? We ordered extra Montessori Holiday Candles and they are for sale in the office! Come and grab a few – they smell amazing!
This Week @ MCS
Pictured:
1 Gumbo Limbo friends (Primary) preparing guacamole today as a practical life lesson.
2 A Pigeon Plum (Toddler) friend using the bubble blowing activity
3 Cocoplum (Upper Elementary) making epic cards for the Irreverent Warriors hike this weekend.
Upcoming Events (more info on each below)…
PRO TIP: Click the date to save the event to your personal calendar on your phone!
Thursday & Friday December 19th & 20th: Toddler Bake Sale
Monday, December 23th-Monday, January 6th: Winter Break, No School, Camp Available (Details Below)
Tuesday, January 7th: Return to School
Winter Break Camp – LAST CALL!
Over our Winter Break, Camp is available for Toddler & Primary. Camp will be 8AM-3:30PM and the cost is $65/day. Registration is first come first serve and space is limited in our Toddler program specifically, so please sign up quickly to secure your space. See attached registration form.
Elementary families – we recommend the following camps should you need a camp over these weeks:
Winter ArtCamp! | The Art of Mario Sanchez | Key West Art & Historical Society
Camp MicroPARTY @ The Studios of Key West (Flyer Below – Sign Up Here: Electric Blue Yonder — KeysTix.com
Weekly Miracle Makers
Oftentimes it feels like our school is powered by Miracles. Miracles large and small happen each week to pull off all that we do here. Those miracles appear in acts of love and kindness and service by parents, children, staff, alumni, community members, and more, and each week we highlight a special one here.
This week’s Miracle Makers are Lara & Anthony Parra, parents of Jeffrey & Leadley, and owners of Sugar Shark Market in Bay Point. When we placed the ask for help securing fruit for our 5K Fundraiser last weekend Lara and Anthony delivered boxes and boxes of apples, bananas, and oranges as a donation. What we had leftover was distributed to classrooms for snack and food prep this week, and to our community to enjoy at home. Thank you Parra family, and everyone be sure to stop in Sugar Shark Market on Bay Point!!
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