This year, we aim to raise at least $125,000 to support a wide range of exciting programs for our students and staff. Your contributions will help fund:

• Community Building, including outreach support to our families in need, community-building programs (such as No Place for Hate, the Monster Bash Halloween Carnival, and grade-level social events), and community service initiatives.

• Student Enrichment, including events such as Family Science Night, the Dolphins Got Talent, the MES International Festival, Performing Arts, Small Tall Ball, and the Book Fair.  Creating memorable experiences for our kids.

• Teacher Support, including helping provide classroom supplies (Doubling teacher supplies budget) and books, teacher appreciation lunches, morale-boosting tokens of appreciation, funding for specials’ classroom needs (such as musical instruments, P.E. equipment, art supplies, and library books), and funding for Support Staff needs (like play therapy toys and intervention materials). 

• Sustainability and Wellness Promotion, including our new garden project, school-wide initiatives like Earth Week, smoothies at recess, Global Handwashing Day, and an epic Field Day experience for all students. 

• Technology Innovation, through PTA Grants that are available to any teacher or student with an innovative idea, and providing equipment and tools for efficient dismissal procedures and on-campus communication between administrators and staff. 

• Campus Enhancements, Addition of beautiful murals that make our campus a welcoming place for our students and staff 

Let’s come together to make this year amazing for our MES community!

At the conclusion of the Dolphin Dash fundraising drive, our school comes together for a final Dolphin Dash event - the Dolphin Dash fun run! Parents and family members are invited to come cheer on our students on Wednesday, November 20 as they run their hearts out in support of their school. This fall tradition is bursting with school spirit and is always a ton of fun for everyone involved!

For this year's event, grade-levels will be split into two groups, which will both run during the same time slot (with Group 1 running first and Group 2 cheering them on, and then switching). The full schedule for the Fun Run can be found below:

Glad you asked because it's officially TIME TO REGISTER! Start by watching this 90-second video, and then follow these three Parent Action Steps:

1. Register your student(s) on MYBOOSTER.COM before the Pep Rally on Tuesday, November 12th using the button below.

2. Reach out to sponsors (family and friends anywhere in the world!) by sharing your students' pledge links. Sponsors can use that link to make a pledge per lap or a flat donation. Be sure to get your students involved in this process by asking them to call or email their family members to explain the program and share how they are helping to raise funds for their school. Don't forget to create a Student Star Video to help your students collect pledges.

3. Make a plan to cheer on your student during the Dolphin Dash Fun Run on Wednesday, November 20th  - parents, guardians, grandparents and more are welcome to join in the fun. See the schedule above to determine when your Dolphins will be Dashing!

In alignment with this year’s school-wide theme of Belonging, one of the PTA priorities this year is increasing engagement within the MES community. We want all students and families to feel included and have a similar MES experience. Therefore, we’re keeping the modifications introduced last year to the program’s rewards structure and prizes in response to parent feedback over the years, including: 

• Introducing class-wide goals and prizes so everyone in the class has an opportunity to win something. 

• Replacing some of the generic prizes with customized MES spirit wear and class recess bags.   

As this is a fundraiser, the students with higher pledges will still receive extra individual prizes. We are trying something new and believe that these changes will be welcomed by the students!

The Dolphin Dash Committee is in need of a few volunteers during the week of November 12th, both to help with the distribution of prizes to classes and individual fundraisers AND during the Dolphin Dash Fun Run on Wednesday. 

Please click here to sign up to assist via SignUp Genius:  Dolphin Dash SignUp Thanks!