Mesnier Primary - Capable. Curious. Confident.

Way to go Josie and Carson! They both did a great job leading the morning announcements today. 💜💛

A huge shout-out and congratulations to our fantastic Student Principal of the Day, Carson! 🌟

Huge shoutout and congratulations to our staff members who recently earned a Cougar Compliment! 🐾 Your dedication, compassion, and kindness make Mesnier an amazing place.

⭐️ Ms. Green: Thank you for keeping the lunchroom running smoothly and for your incredible compassion!

⭐️ Ms. Hughes: You truly are the friendly face of our school! We appreciate how you welcome everyone, manage every request with a bright smile, and are always on top of everything.

⭐️Mr. Hurt: We're grateful for your collaborative spirit! Thanks for taking time out of your plan period to help a colleague with their Canvas page.

⭐️ Ms. Preiss: You are easing the nerves of our new families! Thank you for going above and beyond with updates and pictures via the Affton app—it means the world to our parents!

Today, our kindergarten, first, and second graders officially began meeting with their Class Families, which include our wonderful students from Rogers Middle School! The groups jumped right into a book study of I Forgive Alex, practiced sharing their thinking, and engaged in a "Would You Rather" game to help everyone connect. These activities were a valuable opportunity for students to practice being effective communicators, one of the core elements of the Affton Portrait of a Graduate. We look forward to a year of building strong friendships and learning across grade levels! 💜

✨ High Five Friday ✨ Our middle schoolers greeted car riders and bus riders this morning with high fives, big smiles, and tons of positive energy. The perfect way to start the day! 🙌💜

Today our Mesnier Kindergartners had a special treat! 🌟 The 8th grade FACS students from Rogers visited to share stories and read aloud with our youngest learners. 📚💙 It was wonderful to see the big kids modeling a love of reading and building connections across our schools. Thank you, Rogers 8th graders, for making today so special!

🍕 It's Papa John's Night! 🍕 Take a break from cooking and support our school by ordering your favorite pizza tonight. A portion of the proceeds will go towards helping our students! Thank you for your support! 🙌

Shoutout to Carter! 🌟 Vivian says he’s the fun, caring friend she can count on every day! 💛

Round and round we go! 🔄 Our new playground equipment is a hit with students!

Huge congratulations to Calvin, Graham, Henry, Mila, Lima, Remy, Merjem, Carson, and Lamar! 🎉📚 These readers earned a special trip to the book vending machine—way to go! Keep up the great work and enjoy your new books! 🌟👏

Congratulations to Rylee and Jolie for doing such an awesome job on the announcements today! 🎉🎤👏 We’re so proud of you for leading the way and starting our day off strong! 🌟

The Affton School District Board of Education will vote on the 2025 tax rate on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at 7 p.m. during the annual scheduled tax rate hearing. This year’s proposed rate is $4.5418 per $100 assessed valuation, a $0.3908 decrease from the 2024 rate, which was $4.9326, and maintaining a voluntary tax rollback of 35-cents first introduced in 2017. This 35-cent rollback reduces the tax burden for the community by approximately $2.44 million for 2025.

The tax rate hearing will begin at 7 p.m. and will be followed immediately by the regular business meeting of the Board of Education in the Multipurpose Room at Affton Early Childhood (9832 Reavis Road, 63123). The public is invited to attend all meetings of the Board of Education. Click here to view the agenda: https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/index.aspx?S=435

🍦🎉 Congratulations to Esther, Rukshar, Luc, Marci, Nic, Frankie, Miles, and Teagan! 🎉🍦 These students earned the Ice Cream with the Principal celebration by showing what it means to be Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn every day. We are so proud of their hard work! 💙👏

🐾🎉 Congrats to Cannon, Mattea, Bennett, Amina, Carter, Cassidy, Vivi, Char & Dean for winning extra recess in our Cougar Paw Drawing! 🌟👏⚽️

📚✨ A big thank you to Dr. Suggs for visiting Mrs. Bauer’s kindergarten class today to share a story! Our students loved having a special guest reader and enjoyed every moment. 💛🐾

🐴🐑🐖🐄 Mesnier had some very special visitors today! Our students loved meeting the horse, donkey, sheep, cow, and pig at our petting zoo. 🐾 Smiles, laughter, and lots of learning filled the day as we got up close with these amazing animals! 🐷💛

🎉 Big Cougar congratulations to our Positive Office Referral students today! 👏 Riley for jumping in to help during a lesson 🌟 Autumn for her awesome participation during Number Corner 🧹 Jeremiah for keeping our classroom clean and ready to learn We are so proud of the respectful, responsible, and ready-to-learn choices you’re making each day!

🎉 Congratulations to Kate for earning the honor of leading our morning announcements today! 🌟 Way to show respect, responsibility, and readiness to lead the school. We’re proud of you, Kate! 👏📣✨

❤️⚾ Reminder: Tomorrow is St. Louis Cardinals Spirit Day!
Show your team pride by wearing your favorite Cardinals gear or red to school. Let’s fill the halls with Cardinals spirit! 🐦

The first Mesnier Playground Playdate hosted by Affton Parents Club is tomorrow at 1pm! Open to all K-2 students. Come play with friends, old and new! 🛝🐾Due to updates being made at the Mesnier playground, this weeks playdate has been moved to Gotsch playground. See you there!