It’s officially the 67th day of school, so of course Mesnier had to go all in on the trend. 😎💛
Staff showed off their best Underground Spirit Day looks, and students turned the building into a full-on “Find the 67” scavenger hunt. 🔍✨
🌎🎉 Wrapping Up International Education Week! 🎉🌎
To end our celebration, students had the opportunity to try delicious foods from Mexico today. The churros and cinnamon apples were definitely a hit! 😋🇲🇽
A big thank you to our Chartwells partners for providing this fun and tasty experience for our students. 💜
📚🌍 Thank You, Mesnier Families! 🌍📚
A huge thank you to all of our families who joined us last night for our Literacy & Heritage Event! We loved celebrating stories, cultures, and traditions from around the world together. Your participation and enthusiasm made the night truly special. 💜
We’re grateful for our amazing community!
💜🙌 High Five Friday! 🙌💜
A huge thank you to the Gotsch Leaders for welcoming our Mesnier students with big smiles and high fives this morning! Your energy and encouragement were the perfect way to kick off our Friday. We appreciate you! 👏✨
🎉 Shout-Out to Mrs. Hennessy’s First Grade Writers! 🎉
Our first graders are growing into incredible authors! This week, Mrs. Hennessy’s class worked hard on taking sentence fragments and turning them into strong, complete sentences — and they crushed it!
We are so proud of their focus, creativity, and dedication to becoming confident writers. Keep up the amazing work, first grade! ✏️📚
🐾 Cougar Connect fun today! 🐾
Our students and their Affton Middle School mentors had a blast during today’s Cougar Connect meeting! They teamed up for a scavenger hunt filled with laughs, teamwork, and lots of smiles. 💜💛
We love seeing these connections grow!
🙌 High Five Friday! 🙌
Our Affton Middle School friends brought the hype this morning, cheering on Mesnier students with high fives and big smiles! 💜💛
What an awesome way to start the day! ✋🎉
🎉 Congratulations to our Student Principal of the Day, Jamila! 🎉
📚 Data Binders Are Coming Home Tonight! 📚
Our students have been working hard, and tonight they’re bringing home their data binders to share their progress with you! 🎉
Take a few minutes to look through their goals, growth, and celebrations together. Your encouragement means so much and helps keep the momentum going! 💜💛
🎉 Congrats to Zayn, our Student Principal of the Day! 🎉
He did an awesome job leading with kindness and school spirit! 💜💛
🎉 Congratulations to our October Cougar Compliment Recipients! 🎉
We’re celebrating these incredible staff members who go above and beyond every day to make Mesnier a special place to learn and grow! 💜🐾
🌟 Laurie Scheurer – Helps every student shine by highlighting strengths and giving extra time to build growth and confidence.
🗣️ Carolyn Blechle – Advocated for a student’s speech support, ensuring needs were met and services arranged with care and dedication.
🌈 Courtney Thomas – Builds confidence and connection, partnering with families to support student success.
👏 Laura Slown – Supports students and staff with excellence and positivity—truly invaluable to Mesnier!
💡 Kathy Wagoner – Transformed the Makerspace into a hub of creativity and hands-on learning!
🤝 Mitchell Dohle – Balances academic rigor with emotional support, ensuring every student thrives.
🌸 Becky Rosenberger – Creates a caring, positive environment that brightens our school community every day.
Thank you all for making Mesnier shine! ✨ #CougarPride
🇺🇸 Today we celebrated our heroes! 🇺🇸
We started the morning with a special breakfast to honor our special guests, followed by a heartfelt parade through the halls. ❤️💙🤍
A huge thank you to our Affton community — including the Affton Police and Fire Departments — and to the many family members who are heroes in our lives. We are so grateful for your service, sacrifice, and the example you set for our students! 🙌
🎉 Congratulations to our Affton Education Foundation Grant Recipients! 🎉
We’re proud to celebrate Mrs. Bauer, Mrs. Conkwright, Ms. Deery, Mrs. Dedert, Mrs. Kirksey, Mrs. Pluff, and Mrs. Wetstein for being awarded grants from the Affton Education Foundation! 🌟
Their innovative ideas and dedication to our students continue to make learning engaging and inspiring every day. 💛🐾 #AfftonProud #MESStrong #AEFGrants
Hero Day is Tomorrow!
We can’t wait to honor the heroes in our community this Friday, Nov. 7, from 10:00–11:00 am! ❤️🤍💙
Students and staff—wear your red, white, and blue to show your spirit! We’ll start with a light breakfast, followed by a parade to celebrate our veterans, soldiers, firefighters, police officers, and community heroes.
If your child has a special guest attending, please fill out the form below.
👉 https://forms.gle/JsUMLTN74WxfTipBA
🚒🔥 A big THANK YOU to the Affton Fire Department for joining us today and helping our students safely practice our fire drill!
We appreciate your partnership and dedication to keeping our school community safe. 💜💛 #AfftonStrong
This morning, our Mesnier staff participated in professional development! 🌟 Afterward, we visited Adventures of Intrigue, where we learned exciting new ways to engage students in collaboration, problem solving, and teamwork. 🧩💡
We can’t wait to bring these ideas back to our classrooms to keep learning fun and meaningful for our students! 💜💛
🎃👏 Congratulations to our Pumpkin Character Contest winners!
Our student winner, Mila, wowed us with her creative pumpkin Gerald 🐘, and our staff winner, Ms. Millen, impressed everyone with her adorable Very Hungry Caterpillar 🐛🍎🍓.
Thank you to everyone who participated — your creativity was amazing! We loved it so much that we’ll be making this a new Mesnier tradition! 💜✨
🎉 Congratulations to Ahmad for making amazing progress in his writing and meeting his goals! 📝✨
Your hard work and dedication are paying off — we’re so proud of you! Keep it up, Ahmad! 💜👏
Today we stayed cozy for PJ Day as we showed our commitment to making healthy, safe choices! ❤️
Tomorrow we’ll Say “Boo!” to Drugs — wear your favorite Halloween or fall-themed outfits (no costumes, please). 🍂👻
🎉 Congratulations to our Principals of the Day — Asia, Makayla, and Nicki! 💜💛
They led with positivity, teamwork, and Mesnier spirit. We’re so proud of our future leaders! 👏👟
