SPIRIT WEEK - Next Week! My apologies for the late notice but we are organizing a Spirit Week next week. Please see flyers below. 

Trunk or Treat was a great success! Thank you so much to our amazing PTA and volunteers for all your help in organizing such a wonderful celebration. We were very nervous about the rain but we stuck to it, and it was a great success. 

Special shout out to our PTA Executive Board for putting so much time and energy into making the event a success, especially: Erica Graham, Alicia Skuce, Erin Tani, Seth Gustafson and Edoardo Rubino! 

6th Grade Science Camp: Our 6th grade students headed off to Science Camp at Mt. Hermon on Monday and came back yesterday afternoon. It seems that Science Camp was a great experience for our kids and chaperones. Thank you to Ms. Ataide for organizing the trip! Thank you our brave chaperones Hugo Cortez, Julie Jones, Daniel Mendoza, Elysha Arreola-Vasquez, Katie Rivera, Pedro Gudino, Seth Gustafson, Jessica Gardner, Samra Ahmad and Valentina Garcia. 

Halloween Day: Our school will celebrate Halloween on Friday October 30th. Students are allowed to wear costumes to school if they would like. We have a few rules around costumes; 

Nov 16 - 20: Parent Teacher Conferences (all early release days)

Nov 23 - 27: School closed for Thanksgiving Break

Dec 21 - Jan 5th: School closed for December Break

Special Thank You to our Marina Walmart Store! They graciously donated pumpkins to our school. to celebrate Halloween in our Kinder classrooms. Thank you Walmart 

Marina High Fright Night! Friday October 30th 6 - 9:00 PM. See flyer below. 

Your Voice Matters | Annual YouthTruth Family Survey - MPUSD is partnering with YouthTruth to launch its annual anonymous family survey September 28th – October 30, 2026. Parents and guardians can share feedback on their school experience to help strengthen student success. This is one of the few times during the school year we ask families to participate in a survey. We use this information to gather data and inform how we improve our experiences year over year.

 Take the Survey Here 

Today I am so glad to introduce to you one of our wonderful Special Education Service Providers, Speech and Language Pathologist Emma Okwara. 

Our attendance was much better this week! Thank you RoadRunners for getting our kids to school. 

Our ELO students are developing valuable real-world skills by learning how to write their own resumes and design personalized business cards this week! Through these hands-on activities, students are practicing creativity, communication, confidence, and professional skills that will help prepare them for future opportunities.

We love seeing our young learners explore new ideas, discover their strengths, and begin thinking about their bright futures!

This coming Wednesday, students will be learning on how to use Lego Spike Prime. It will provide students an opportunity to design and construct robots using LEGO pieces, motors, and sensors. It will open the world of programming robots to move, turn, respond to colors, learn to add voice/music to their creation and complete challenges.

At ELO, we celebrated the power of play, creativity, and fun! Today at ELO, our students light up the dance floor at our Glow Dance Party and unleash their inner engineers with Drone Building & Flying!

Upcoming Events: 

Spooktacular pumpkins: Join us on Wednesday, October 28th at J.C. Crumpton ELO for an afternoon of creativity, carnival games, and hands-on STEAM fun! Pumpkin Decorating Challenge: 1:00–2:00 PM (Only for students)

Families are welcome! Come celebrate creativity, explore STEAM, and make spooktacular memories with us!

Movie Magic On Friday, October 30:  We’re bringing some movie magic to our ELO students! We’ll be watching Spookley the Square Pumpkin, a heartwarming Halloween movie that celebrates kindness, inclusion, and embracing what makes us unique. Movie starts at 4:00 PM! If you would prefer for your child to opt out of the movie, please let us know so we can plan accordingly.