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Monthly Archives: October 2026
✨ Art@Lunch on Nov. 3 🎨🖌️
🎉 NEXT: November 3 | 1,2 & 4,5 Tuesdays (Grades alternate each week) ✨ Project #4: Toilet Paper Turkey 🧻🦃 🎨🖌️ Art@Lunch is a FUN & FREE program open to ALL students every Tuesday during their lunch period. There is…
Read More🏷️ Marketplace on November 10th 👕🛍️
🎈 MATES Marketplace 🏷️ 📅 November 10, 2026 (TUE) 🕒 1 – 2 pm 📍 Near the flagpole Purchase gently used MATES clothing at a fraction of the price while raising money for the school! Proceeds benefit the MCN See…
Read More🌎 Language@Lunch on Nov. 13 🇮🇹
🎉 NEXT: November 13 | ITALIAN 🇮🇹 🌎 Have fun learning about another country and language with games, songs, and activities in the MPR on select Fridays at lunch recess! 🎵 🎶 🎤 VOLUNTEER FORM LANGUAGE@LUNCHis a FUN & FREE…
Read More🦅 Seven More Years. One Amazing Community! 💛💙
🎉 Congratulations, MATES! We are so thrilled to share some wonderful news! At Monday (Oct. 26) evening’s Ventura County Board of Education meeting, the MATES charter was renewed for another seven years! 🦅✨ As a charter school, MATES operates under…
Read More🧘♀️☀️ Mindfulness @ MATES on Nov. 2nd 🌿
📅 November 2, 2026 🕒 8 am 📍 MATES upper blacktop MATES has something new for the school community: MINDFULNESS! Join us for intention setting, and this month, we are focusing on AMBITION–doing our best for ourselves and our community….
Read More🤗 Share Warm Hugs One Coat at a Time 🧥
🧥 💛 LET’S SHARE SOME WARM HUGS! 💛 ❄️ As the weather gets cooler, let’s help spread a little warmth through the Ventura County Office of Education (VCOE)–now through November 19th. 🤗 🤲 Donate a new or gently worn coat…
Read More📣 Sponsor the 2026 MATES Fun Run! 🏃➡️
🎉 Kick-off: November 6, 2026 (FRI) 📣 Pep Rally: November 9, 2026 (MON) 🏃➡️ Fun Run: November 19, 2026 (THU) More info coming soon! 👟👕 A Little Shirt, a LOT of Spirit! 🩵 📣 The MATES Fun Run kicks off…
Read More🌱 What’s Cooking This Month? 🍕🍧😋
SLICE HOUSE 📅 November 13 (FRI) 📍 3297 E. THOUSAND OAKS BLVD. 🍕 A Pizza with a Purpose ✨ Every slice counts! 💛🙌 20% goes back to MATES 😎 Dine-in, online, or the app Enter coupon code GIVEBACK at checkout,…
Read More👨👩👧👦✨ Family Movie Night 2026 🍿🎬
🎥 🍌🟡👀🟦✨ 💛💙 MINION MADNESS & SHENANIGANS! 💙💛 The mischief started before the movie even began! 🍌😂 From Minion antics and banana-sized shenanigans to movie-night magic, our Minions & Monsters Movie Night was packed with laughter, surprises, and MATES community…
Read More💥 Order Your Yearbook before October 31st & Get 10% Off! 💥
🎈 Relive This Wonderful Year! 🎈 Order your yearbook, don’t wait, don’t delay! Or the memories just might skip away! 💥 10% off orders before October 31, 2026 💥 (MATES School Code: 1015671996363053) * Yearbooks are only available for purchase…
Read More✨💚🌍 Healing the World with Kindness 🫶🌱
📅 October 14, 2026 (WED) ✨ 4th & 5th Grade students 🌐 kindcampaign.com 🌍 Kind Campaign is a global movement that brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of bullying. 🙏❤️ Through this assembly, the 4th &…
Read More🍧 Kona Ice on Oct. 29 😋
🍧 Kona Ice Truck 📅 October 29 (THU) 🍧 🕒 2:45 pm 📍 MATES school parking lot * Parking is NOT available in the MATES parking lot. Plan to park and walk to the Kinder lot. 🦜 Kona Ice is…
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🙏 So Grateful for Our Amazing Community! ❤️
🎉 WE DID IT, MATES! 💙 ✨ Thanks to the incredible generosity of our MATES community, we surpassed our Direct Donation goal, raising an amazing $52,737 with 74% schoolwide participation! 🎉🥳 🙏 We are so grateful to every family who…
Read More✨🖼️ Family Photo Days on Oct. 4 & 10 📷
📸 Make Memories; Make a Difference! ⭐️ Lolo Elizabeth Photo ⭐️ Studio Sessions: 📍 The Arlen Studio Collective, 31364 Via Colinas Bldg. 16 Suite 105, WLV📅 October 4, 2026 (Sun)🕕 9 am – 1 pm Outdoor Sessions: 📍 Old Meadows…
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