Check out the MCN & MATES Google calendars.
*Please Note* Any in-person events are subject to rescheduling or cancellation.
Recurring Events
Run Club | 2nd Tuesday of every month | Next: Jan. 13 (7:45 – 8:05 am) | lower MATES field
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Marketplace | Select Tuesday of every month | Next: Jan. 13 (1 – 2 pm) | near the flagpole
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MCN Executive Board | Monthly Meetings | Next: Jan. 14 (6:30 pm)
See the SCHEDULE
Any MCN member may attend and observe the monthly board meetings. Please contact any of us if you have any questions or concerns.
Restaurant Nights | Monthly
Restaurant Days/Nights | Monthly | Next: TBD
What’s Happening This Month?
December 2025
22 – 31 (Mon – Wed) | No School – Winter Holiday Break
January 2026
1 – 2 (Thu – Fri) | No School – Winter Holiday Break
6 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) ** / Talent Show Auditions 
7 (Wed) | Talent Show Auditions
8 (Thu) | Talent Show Auditions
9 (Fri) | Director’s Dialogue* (8:15 – 9:15 am) / Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – SWEDISH) ** / Open Enrollment Begins* / Talent Show Auditions
12 (Mon) | MATES Board Meeting* (6 pm)
13 (Tue) | Run Club (7:45 – 8:05 am) | the lower field track ** / Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / MATES Marketplace (1 – 2 pm) | near the flagpole **
14 (Wed) | Talent Show Dress Rehearsal (TK – 1st | 3 pm) / MCN Executive Board Meeting (6:30 pm)
15 (Thu) | MATES Talent Show 1 of 3 (TK – 1st | 10:30 am & 6 pm)
19 (Mon) | No School – Martin Luther King’s Day
20 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) ** / Talent Show Dress Rehearsal (2nd – 3rd | 1:30 pm)
21 (Wed) | MATES Talent Show 2 of 3 (2nd – 3rd | 10:30 am & 7 pm)
22 (Thu) | Talent Show Dress Rehearsal (4th – 5th | 3 pm)
23 (Fri) | Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – ASL) ** / MATES Talent Show 3 of 3 (4th – 5th | 10:30 am & 7 pm)
27 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / Core Values Assembly 3rd – 5th*
30 (Fri) | Free Dress Day*
February 2026
3 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) **
4 (Wed) | MCN Executive Board Meeting (6:30 pm)
6 (Fri) | Director’s Dialogue* / General Membership Meeting 2 of 4 (8:15 – 9:15 am) / Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – VIETNAMESE) ** / Progress Reports Go Home*
9 (Mon) | 100th Day of School* / MATES Board Meeting* (6 pm)
10 (Tue) | Run Club (7:45 – 8:05 am) | the lower field track ** / Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / MATES Marketplace (1 – 2 pm) | near the flagpole **
11 (Wed) | Winter Art Gallery (5:30 – 7:30 PM) | MATES MPR + Courtyard
13 (Fri) | No School – President Lincoln’s Day
16 (Mon) | No School – President Washington’s Day
17 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) **
20 (Fri) | Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – RUSSIAN) ** / Open Enrollment Ends*
24 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / Core Values Assembly K – 2nd*
27 (Fri) | Free Dress Day*
March 2026
2 – 13 (Mon – Fri) | Brenda Russet School Photos*
3 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) **
6 (Fri) | Director’s Dialogue* (8:15 – 9:15 am) / Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – FRENCH) **
10 (Tue) | Run Club (7:45 – 8:05 am) | the lower field track ** / Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / MATES Marketplace (1 – 2 pm) | near the flagpole **
11 (Wed) | End of 2nd Trimester* / MCN Executive Board Meeting (6:30 pm)
12 (Thu) | STEAM Night
16 (Mon) | MATES Board Meeting* (6 pm)
17 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) ** / Free Dress Day*
20 (Fri) | Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – HEBREW) ** / T2 Report Cards Go Home*
24 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) **
26 (Tue) | Enrollment Lottery*
31 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) ** / Core Values Assembly 3rd – 5th*
April 2026
1 (Wed) | Women in History | MATES MPR
2 (Fri) | Director’s Dialogue* (8:15 – 9:15 am)
3 – 10 (Fri – Fri) | No School – Spring Break
14 (Tue) | Run Club (7:45 – 8:05 am) | the lower field track ** / Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / MATES Marketplace (1 – 2 pm) | near the flagpole **
15 (Wed) | MCN Executive Board Meeting (6:30 pm)
17 (Fri) | Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – MANDARIN) **
20 (Mon) | MATES Board Meeting* (6 pm)
21 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) **
22 (Wed) | Earth Day / Denim Drive
24 (Fri) | MATES Benefit Dinner | Spanish Hills Country Club | adults-only event / Free Dress Day*
28 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / Core Values Assembly K – 2nd*
May 2026
1 (Fri) | Director’s Dialogue* / General Membership Meeting 3 of 4 (8:15 – 9:15 am) / Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – KOREAN) **
4 (Mon) | MATES Board Meeting* (6 pm)
4 – 8 (Mon – Fri) | Staff Appreciation Week
5 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) **
8 (Fri) | Progress Reports Go Home*
12 (Tue) | Run Club (7:45 – 8:05 am) | the lower field track ** / Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / 5th Grade CAST Science Testing*
13 (Wed) | Volunteer Tea* / MCN Executive Board Meeting (6:30 pm)
15 (Fri) | International Night
18 (Mon) | MATES Board Meeting* (6 pm)
18 – 22 (Mon – Fri) | 3rd – 5th Grade CAASP Testing*
19 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) **
25 (Mon) | No School – Memorial Day
26 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / Core Values Assembly 3rd – 5th*
26 – 29 (Tue – Fri) | MATES Spring Book Fair
28 (Thu) | MATES Open House* (5:30 – 6:30 pm) / General Membership Meeting 4 of 4 (during MATES Open House) | MATES MPR
29 (Fri) | Free Dress Day*
June 2026
2 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) **
3 (Wed) | MCN Executive Board Meeting (6 pm)
8 (Mon) | MATES Annual Board Meeting* (6 pm)
12 (Fri) | 5th Grade Culmination* (8:30 – 10:30 am) / Last Day of School* (Minimum Day) / Free Dress Day*
PAST EVENTS:
December 2025
19 (Fri) | Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – HINDI) ** / Free Dress Day* / Chorus Holiday Concert | Oaks Mall
18 (Thu) | Sr. Chorus Holiday Concert (7 pm)
17 (Wed) | TK/K Chorus Holiday Concert (6 pm) / Jr. Chorus Holiday Concert (7 pm)
16 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / Band Holiday Concert (7 pm)
15 (Mon) | Restaurant Days/Nights | The Stand, WLV (11 am – 9 pm) / MATES Board Meeting* (6 pm)
13 (Sat) | Camarillo Christmas Parade
10 (Wed) | MCN Executive Board Meeting (6 pm)
9 (Tue) | Run Club (7:45 – 8:05 am) | the lower field track ** / Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) ** / MATES Marketplace (1 – 2 pm) | near the flagpole **
5 (Fri) | Director’s Dialogue* (8:15 – 9:15 am) / Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – JAPANESE) ** / T1 Report Cards Go Home*
4 (Thu) | Parent Empowerment Event | Darlynn Childress | Calm Mama Coaching (6 pm) | Honey and Herb (765 Wendy Drive, Newbury Park)
3 (Wed) | Restaurant Days/Nights | Kona Ice Truck | MATES Parking Lot
2 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) **
November 2025
24 – 28 (Mon – Fri) | No School – Thanksgiving Holiday / Fall Break
21 (Fri) | End of 1st Trimester* / Free Dress Day*
20 (Thu) | MATES Fun Run REMIX
18 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / Core Values Assembly K – 2nd*
17 (Mon) | MATES Board Meeting* (6 pm)
14 (Fri) | Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – GUJARATI) **
12 (Wed) | MCN Executive Board Meeting (6:30 pm)
11 (Tue) | No School – Veteran’s Day
10 (Mon) | MATES Fun Run Kick-off
7 (Fri) | Director’s Dialogue* (8:15 – 9:15 am)
5 – 19 (Wed – Wed) | MATES / Manna Food Drive
5 (Wed) | Restaurant Days/Nights | CPK, T.O.
4 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) ** / MATES Marketplace (1 – 2 pm) | near the flagpole **
October 2025
31 (Fri) | Language@Lunch (ALL GRADES – OFRENDA TABLE) ** / Halloween Parade* / Free Dress Day*
28 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (1,2 & 4,5) ** / Core Values Assembly 3rd – 5th*
24 (Fri) | Family Movie Night (6 – 9 pm) | MATES Lower Field
23 (Thu) | Student Assembly | STUNTMASTERS INC – BMX Assembly (8:15 & 9:15 am – students only)
22 (Tue) | Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) **
20 – 24 (Mon – Fri) | MATES Fall Book Fair 
/ Parent-Teacher Conferences* (Minimum Day) / MATES Board Meeting* (6 pm)
19 (Sun) | Thousand Oaks Street Fair*
18 (Sat) | Family Photo Days 2 of 2 (1 -7 pm) | Conejo Community Park, T. O.
17 (Fri) | Makeup/Retake Picture Day*
14 (Tue) | Run Club (7:45 – 8:05 am) | the lower field track ** / Art@Lunch (TK, K & 3) ** / MATES Marketplace (1 – 2 pm) | near the flagpole **
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