Next week, we’ll be wrapping up Bullying Prevention Month with a Spirit Week focused on kindness! We will highlight some simple ways students can show care, respect, and positivity toward others. We invite everyone to join in the fun and help spread kindness throughout our school community. Together, we can make kindness contagious!
- Below is a schedule for the rest of October Spirit Days as we finish out Bully Prevention Month with Kindness Week!
Each year RCPS students have the opportunity to participate in Family Life Education (FLE). Parents have the option to completely opt their student out of these materials OR parents have the option to opt their student out of only certain SOLs. If an Opt Out form is not returned to MES, the student will automatically be opted into this curriculum. The classroom teachers are responsible for teaching this curriculum in all elementary grades except for 4th and 5th grades. The Physical Education teachers are responsible for teaching the curriculum in grades 4 and 5.
The Family Life curriculum will be available to view hard copies for K-5 during Parent Teacher Conferences. The 4th and 5th grade FLE curriculum will also be available in electronic format as there are powerpoints and videos for this curriculum. Electronic links to each grade level’s curriculum and opt out forms can also be found below.
Please review the FLE curriculum materials via the links or during Conference night. Hard copy Opt Out forms will also be coming home with your student the week of 10/27/24. Please return all forms by 11/20/2025!
If you have any questions feel free to email Coach Roach. kroach@rockingham.k12.va.us
MES 2024 Revised FLE 4th Grade Opt-Out Form
MES Revised 2024 FLE 5th Grade Opt-out Form
Other Announcements/Reminders from the MES Office:
Duke Dog Reading Program is here! Students will have from today until February 21, 2026 to complete their reading requirements and earn their prizes! Student participants will be able to earn FREE tickets for the following events:
December 14, 2025 — Women's Basketball vs. Notre Dame
January 10, 2026 — Men's Basketball vs. Old Dominion
February 21, 2026 — Women's Basketball vs. App State
Parents-please click this link to log your student's books!
Thank you for joining the program this year! We look forward to seeing your students at The Atlantic Union Bank Center in the near future!
Yearbooks are now on sale! This keepsake is packed with memories, fun moments, and highlights from an unforgettable school year. Order online at: Yearbook Link and use Code: YB34634; Only $17 through November 22; $20 after November 23
The MES Parent/Student Handbook 2025-2026 Open the link to review the handbook.
MES has several opportunities for parents/guardians to represent MES on various committees and advisory groups. If you would like to know more about volunteering in this way, email Mr. Baker. (dbaker@rockingham.k12.va.us)
Attendance Tip/Reminder: Model the Habit: Show that being on time and following through with commitments is important; kids learn by watching the adults around them.
Activities & Events at MES:
Fall Picture Retakes & Make-Ups- October 27
Fall Reading Growth Assessment (Grades 3-5)- October 28
Book Character Day- October 31
Report Cards and Data Reports Sent Home- October 31
MES Veterans Day Assembly November 10th at 8:45AM
Daylight Savings Time Ends- November 2
Elementary Parent/Teacher Conferences/No School for Students- November 3
Teacher Inservice Day/No School for Students- November 4
Day #50 of School- November 5
MES Veterans Day Assembly- November 10
EMU Baseball Team Visit- November 12