MCMS's boys and girls cross country team competes in Mid-Northern Cross Country meet in Harvard, IL. The girls team included; Sofia Chudzinski, Emma Chudzinski, Audrey Herzog, Khole Richards, Sage Richards, Francesca Thompson, MaKaylee Williamson, Maisyn Saari, Maya Iskra-Ehsan, Natasha Banuelos, Nora Spiewak, Regan Bjork, and Charolette Spring. The Boys team included; Camden Quiros, Jacob Ryan, Isaac Spring, and Sam Voss.
8th grade STEM students tested their bridges!
Class of 1975 came to visit
This year we are focusing on having Fantastic Attendance. September 30, 2025 ended the first 30 days of the school year.
Today two students from each grade level at MCMS were randomly selected during lunch to win a $10 gift card to various locations around town of their choosing.
These students had over 90% attendance for the first 30 days of school.
Each month for the school year students will have a chance to win.
Congratulations to our first Monthly Winners for the School Year!
6th grade STEM students had special guests come test out their arcade games.
6th Grade STEM students had special guests come test out their arcade games!
Band students gathered this past Friday to paint their ornaments!
8th Grade STEM Rockets Blast Off!
6th grade students finished their arcade games in STEM!
Kindergarten and 8th-grade Buddies!
7th grade students had a team build off day. They were challenged to make a dinosaur, house, and Mrs. A with the materials provided.
Our 8th graders in Technology working with our new programmable Micro:Bits to make LED circuits!
Teddy and Eli were voted best design!
7th grade STEM students built and tested their bridges. Four bridges held 4 pounds!
8th grade STEM chemical reaction cars were a success on day 2!
8th grade STEM Chemical Reaction cars were a failed experiment today but we will modify and try again.
6th Grade STEM students are busy engineering playgrounds!
6th grade science took a walk outside to observe and identify objects in the four spheres - the Geosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, and Atmosphere!
Thank you Home Depot. A volunteer crew from Home Depot Crystal Lake spent a warm Thursday putting the finishing touches on Grant and MCMS. They washed windows and assembled new classroom furniture. Home Depot donated all the supplies for cleaning windows as well as almost $3,000 in new classroom furniture.
6th graders had a blast hiking at Moraine Hills State Park. One of their activities involved creating art with nature, based on Andy Goldsworthy’s nature art. Check out their creative canvas!
