Mesa Grande Elementary School

Happy April! We're quickly approaching the end of the school year, so that means many fun events are just around the corner! Click the link to check out this month's newsletter and stay up to date on all the fun happening at Mesa Grande this month. https://aptg.co/KCVmQt

Hello Mesa Families! On May 21, 2026, Mesa Grande Elementary will host a College and Career Fair for our students. We're looking for volunteers to share their experiences in college/technical programs, military service, or their careers. If you're interested, please complete the form below by Friday, May 1st. We'll follow up about your participation. Thank you for your time and support! Form: https://forms.gle/euzK1fGjCtLWgPm5A

Join Mr. Kirk at his final Coffee Chats at Mesa Grande! We will discuss the results of the Youth Truth Survey on Thursday, April 23rd, at 8:45 AM. We would love to hear your opinions and ideas on how we can continue to make Mesa Grande a wonderful space for our students and families. See you there!

Last month's chocolate fundraiser was a huge success, and now our students are reaping the rewards! Mrs. Llacuna’s and Mrs. Zebooloon’s classes spent time gaming in style with the Gamer Starz Game Truck in celebration of their outstanding participation. Check out these smiles! We are so proud of our hardworking Mustangs!

La venta de chocolates del mes pasado fue un éxito. ¡Ahora nuestros estudiantes están disfrutando las recompensas! Las clases de la Sra. Llacuna y la Sra. Zebooloon pasaron un rato jugando con Gamer Starz para celebrar su participación. ¡Miren esas sonrisas! ¡Estamos muy orgullosos de nuestros estudiantes!

#MesaGrandeElementary #MustangStrong

Leadership in action! 🌟 Today, our 5th graders practiced being role models by helping our TK students bring their artistic visions to life. At Mesa Grande, we know that every student has a unique strength—and today, those strengths were on full display! 🌈👩‍🎨

#InclusionMatters #StudentMentors #MesaGrandeElementary #MustangStrong

Fact of the day for Friday: Individuals with autism can have incredible memory, attention to detail or a specialized talent. Thank you so much for celebrating with us all week. Our students really appreciate the love and support. 😊♾️🩵

The fact of the day for Thursday:

Children with Autism may talk fluently but some do not. They can communicate by using special devices, visuals or American Sign Language. Let's continue to embrace our uniqueness and how we express ourselves. 📱💬💻😊🩵

Fact of the day for Wednesday:

Hello April! April is Autism Acceptance/Awareness month in which it is dedicated to fostering inclusion, funding research and celebrating diversity. 🌈♾️

Mesa families: What do we do to encourage great attendance? Check this out.

Fact of the day for Tuesday:

There are many famous people who have Autism. Temple Grandin is a well known animal science professor and author. She is also a spokesperson for Autism awareness, she shares her own personal experience. 📚♾️

We are celebrating Autism Acceptance Week! 🌏 Let’s join together to celebrate the differences in how people think and see the world.

Autism is a spectrum, which means every individual is unique. While some individuals may need more support than others, many possess incredible focus and talents in areas like art, music, and technology. 🎨🎶💻

Celebrate neurodiversity with us and help make the world a more inclusive place! 🩵

#AutismAcceptance #Neurodiversity #MesaGrandeElementary

Mesa families. As you probably know, this is my last year at Mesa Grande. These past eleven years have been wonderful, as I have built relationships with so many great staff members, students, and families. There have been so many great memories of carnivals, pies in the face, and parades. This amazing staff and I have tried to make sure that Mesa Grande has been welcoming, engaging, and fun. The Mesa Grande community will be left in great hands. Although it is sad for me to leave, I am also very excited to move on to my next school, Mesquite Trails.

To those of you at Mesquite Trails, I will do my best to ‘fill’ the giant shoes left by Mr. Sheffield. I am looking forward to continuing the great leadership that has been at that school. I am stocking up on my purple gear, and getting ready to SOAR. I can’t wait to continue to work hard and have fun with you at Mesquite Trails.

Did you hear about our Leprechaun Trap Night? Mesa families built traps and showed off their work last Friday. We loved seeing all of the creative traps! Thank you to all of those who participated and a huge congratulations to our winners!

We hope to see you at our next school event! Stay on the lookout for our April Newsletter to see all of the events happening next month at Mesa Grande.

Meet Edward. This guy led a group of students to gather enough horseshoes to "buy" treats from his teacher, for the entire class. Putting others above yourself is such an amazing thing to see. What a great young man!

Congratulations to our iExpo teams. This past Saturday, they did a wonderful job representing our school in all of their different categories, even receiving a trophy! Here are some of the activities in which they were involved.

Mesa families. Attendance is so important. When classes have eight days of perfect attendance, they get popsicles, like these classes got today. Please make sure your kids come to school.

Stay up to date on everything that's going on at Mesa Grande during the month of March! Click the link to see our March Newsletter. https://aptg.co/LZHsf1

At Mesa Grande, another of our values is committing to an academic focus. All of these students scored at or above grade level on the most recent iReady assessments. They were treated to chips and cheese. Boy, was this a hit!

At Mesa Grande, one of our values is to encourage positive character. Here is our Kindness Club, making a design with rocks on which students painted positive messages, in one of our front planters. Way to go, kiddos!