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✨ Art@Lunch Kick-off on Sept. 15 🎨🖌️
🎉 KICK-OFF: September 15 | 1,2 & 4,5 Tuesdays (Grades alternate each week) 🎨🖌️ Art@Lunch is a FUN & FREE program open to ALL students every Tuesday during their lunch period. There is NO NEED TO SIGN UP – all…
Read More🌎 Language@Lunch Launches on Sept. 18 🚀
🎉 KICK-OFF: September 18 | SWEDISH 🇸🇪 🌎 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🙌 Volunteer Opportunities 🫶
📣 We Need You! Calling ALL Volunteers* 👋 Please join any program that you are excited about. MCN is looking for helping hands for committees + special events. BIG or small, your time matters! 💞🤲 “COME IN. We’re all MCN!!!”…
Read More🙋♀️ 🙋♂️ Volunteer Orientation on Sept. 10th
Volunteer Orientation 📅 September 10 (Thu) | 8:30 – 9:30 am 🕒 MATES MPR or Zoom Meeting ID: 569 240 3677 Do you plan on volunteering at MATES or in any MCN event or committee? Join the Volunteer Orientation for…
Read More❤️ Direct Donation is Live!
AUGUST 23 – OCTOBER 2, 2026 🫶 Our GOAL is 100% PARTICIPATION!!! 🫶 Direct Donation is HERE! Your donation directly improves the student experience at MATES! Donor funds help provide library and technology enhancements, music and art programs, teacher wishlists,…
Read MoreMarketplace on September 8th 👕🛍️🏷️
🎈 MATES Marketplace 🏷️ 📅 September 8, 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 MoreArt@Lunch & Language@Lunch Shirts Available Until Friday, Sept. 4th!
Art@Lunch Shirts 💥ONLY $15 Each! You May Order Shirts until 9/4! Art@Lunch is a FUN & FREE program open to ALL students every Tuesday during their lunch period. Students get to work with their hands and create with many different…
Read MoreKick-off a Great Year on September 4th!
1st MCN General Membership Meeting 📅 September 4, 2026 (Fri)🕓 8:30 am (right after Director’s Dialogue)📍 MATES MPR Come take part in this important community meeting, and learn more about what the MCN does year round. We will be: hello@matesmcn.net…
Read MoreHang Out with Us This Friday! 🫶
☕️💬 Coffee Talk with Veronica & Lori 👩🏻🦱👱♀️ Our MCN Co-Presidents, Veronica and Lori, are grabbing coffee at Five07 this Friday, 8/28, around 8:30 am after drop-off. ☕ No agenda, no sign-up—just come hang with us, meet some fellow MATES…
Read MoreSecure Your Free Childcare for BTSN on Sept. 3rd. Space is Limited! 🧒🏫
🎒📚 Back to School Night 🎉 📅 September 3, 2026 (THU) 🕒 TK – 2nd (6 – 7 pm) | Specialists (7 – 7:30 pm) | 3rd – 5th (7:30 – 8:30 pm) * Parent/guardian-only event ✓ Free childcare at…
Read More🍢🫒 We Can’t Wait for the Welcome Social! Save the Date! 🥂
📍 Old Oaks Steakhouse, Thousand Oaks 📅 September 17, 2026 (THU) 🕐 6 – 9 pm 🍢 🧀 🫒 Sponsorship Opportunity! 🥂🍹 Feature your business while supporting this back to school social event. Gain community visibility with recognition online, during…
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) Hello@MatesMCN.net 💖🎞️ Keep all your child(ren)’s MATES…
Read MoreMake a Difference at MATES! 🫶
Sponsorship Opportunities Find the right fit for you! Feature your business while supporting MCN events and fundraisers. Gain community visibility with recognition online, during the event, and on campus — this way, the MATES Community can support you! WIN WIN!!…
Read MoreStock Up on MATES Clothing during Back to School Bash 👕🛍️🏷️
MATES Marketplace 🏷️ 👕🛍️ Marketplace Sale during Back to School Bash! 🎈 Purchase gently used MATES clothing at a fraction of the price while raising money for the school! Proceeds benefit the MCN See MATES Dress Code Guidelines 🙋♀️ Marketplace…
Read More❤️ What an Amazing Community We Have! 👏💫
✨🦅 MATES Open House 2026 🏫✨ 🎉💙 We, the MCN Mates Community Network (you, me — all of us! 🙌), raised over 💵✨$151,000✨💵 for MATES through the incredible support of our school community, 🏫🤝 generous sponsorships, 🌟 and heartfelt donations!…
Read More🦅 MATES 4th Annual Senior Walk
📜 Class of 2019 🎓 ❤️🦅 MATES Whole H.E.A.R.T. Scholarship 📅 JUNE 4, 2026 (THU | 2:15 pm) ✓ Seniors & parents welcome!
Read More🎨🖌️ Last Art@Lunch of the School Year!
🎨 FINAL: Tuesday, June 2 (TK, K, & 3) 🖌️ Week After Week, Art@Lunch is a HIT!!! See the SCHEDULE 🎨🖌️ Bookmarks & Puzzles Fun! 🖍️🔖🧩 ❄️⛄🦌 More Winter Creations! 🦉🐻❄️❄️ 👏❄️ Winter Wonderland! ❄️👏 🐧🏔️🧊 (November – December Art)…
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✈️ What a Memorable Trip We Had! 🌍
✨ A Phenomenal Global Showcase at MATES! ✨ 📅 MAY 15, 2026 (FRI) 🕒 5:30 – 8 pm 🛂 We Filled Our Passports! 🧳 ✓ Visited 23 countries and vibrant booths! 🎉 🇦🇷🇦🇹🇲🇲🇨🇳🇨🇴🏴🇫🇷🇩🇪🇭🇺🇮🇳🇮🇷🇮🇪🇮🇱🇮🇹🇲🇽🇳🇴🇵🇰🇵🇭🇸🇬🇰🇷🇸🇪🇺🇦🇺🇸 ✓ Learned traditions and cultural facts 🧭…
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