Hello Main Street Families, It’s official, the Heron Hustle raised $34,109…thanks to the outstanding support of our Main Street Families.  Seeing as we hit the $30,000 fundraising goal (and some), all students will be invited to a Glow-in-the-Dark Dance Party, which was a huge hit last year. I don’t know the date yet, but I’ll let you know as soon as the date and time have been finalized.  If you didn’t attend this event last year, you won’t want to miss it again, our student

Hello Main Street Families, Here is a Heron Hustle Update from FOMS: Friday’s event was a huge success - so much camaraderie and enthusiasm! FOMS is incredibly proud of our school community. So far, we’ve raised $24,348  - amazing! But we're not done yet - fundraising remains open through THIS Friday, and we're so close to our next milestone. If we reach $30,000 , our school will unlock a FREE Glow-in-the-Dark Dance Party (a huge hit last year!). Let's keep the momentum going

Hello Main Street Families, The Main Street Heron Hustle (Jog A Thon) is almost here! Clear your calendars for Friday, March 20th, when the Heron Hustle (Jog A Thon) takes place at the Soquel High Track!  This was a phenomenal success last year and we are very much looking forward to this year’s edition.  I’d like to see as many families as possible up at the High School. We will be leaving (walking) from Main Street at approximately 8:45 AM, and then leaving the track shortl

Hello Main Street Families, Congratulations to all 5th grade students who participated in the ‘Main Street Invention Convention’ last Friday in the library!  I very much enjoyed listening to the student presentations and learning about their inventions!  A big thank you to Ms. Lowe for organizing the event.  There were many great entries, and the inventors of the Surf and Turf,  the Cat Canopy, the Bright Light Glove and The Glow-away will be showcasing their inventions at th

Hello Main Street Families, On Friday last week we held our monthly assembly, and as always, it’s a great feeling to gather all our students together and celebrate positive attendance, and the Main Street Way!  During the month of March, we’ll be focusing on perseverance and resilience.  At the end of March, we’ll hold another assembly and get a chance to reward students who have attended school everyday this month! Here’s a note from school counselor Elise Bankosh regarding

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hello Main Street Families, This coming Wednesday, February 23rd is a chance to Dine for Dollars at the 41st Avenue location of Pizza My Heart. From 4:00-9:00 PM, funds from your order will be donated to FOMS.  Valid on in person orders and phone in orders (not valid with food delivery apps).  Please mention Friends of Main Street when ordering. Recently Main Street fa

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hello Main Street Families, I hope you enjoyed a fantastic President’s Day weekend! It has come to my attention that some families are driving into the Sevilla Drive and Via Gatos neighborhood and bringing students to school through the side gate (by room 11).  I would respectfully ask that families do not drive into the neighborhood for this purpose.  Please use the m

Hello Main Street Families, I saw many parents on campus this past week and I hope you had an insightful conference with your child’s teacher, regarding the progress your child is making.  Strong communication and connection between the school and home usually lead to increased outcomes for your child. School is not in session on Monday, February 9th, in observance of Lincoln’s Birthday.  School will not be in session also, on Monday, February 16th in observance of President’

Hello Main Street Families, On Friday last week we held our first school assembly of the 2026 calendar year, and as always, it was awesome to see all our students and staff in one place…we are Main Street!  At the assembly we celebrated kindness and kind acts, represented by paper chains of kind acts that our students have shown and then linked together.  The “Paper Chains of Kindness” will all be linked together and displayed outside the MU/Cafeteria on Monday.  The theme of

Hello Main Street Families, This coming week, Main Street School is participating in the Great Kindness Challenge !  We’ll start tomorrow by ‘Teaming Up for Kindness’ and wearing your favorite team jersey or sports wear.  Here is a checklist of kind acts in English  and in Spanish . As you send your child off to school this week, please help by reminding them to be kind to all they encounter! Tomorrow evening (Monday, January 26th), from 6:00-7:30 PM, New Brighton Middle Scho

Hello Main Street Families, Our FOMS Read-A-Thon is up and running!  Here is some information from FOMS: On Friday, students headed home with their reading log which can be used to track all reading done during the first week of the event; this is where the fun (and reading!) really begins. Over the next two weeks, we encourage families to talk with their community of family and friends and invite them to support your reader by making a pledge (keep an eye on your email for y

Hello Main Street Families, Welcome to 2026!  I hope that you created some wonderful memories with your student(s) during the winter break; students return to school on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. Friday (1/9/26) will be the 90th day of the school, which means that students will have completed half of their school year!  Enjoy the ride because May 28th (last day of school for the 25/26 school year) will be here before you know it.   Coming up in the first week of February we ha

Hello Main Street Families, The last school week of the calendar year is upon us…how did the time pass so quickly?  Thank you for your support during this first half of the school year, and for sending your student(s) regularly! A big thank you to art instructor Mandi Lopez (funded by FOMS) for her efforts in showcasing student art at last week’s Main Street Art Show! The multi-use room was transformed into a gallery of amazing student work…Thank You Mandi! A reminder that Ma

Hello Main Street Families, A big thanks to our school librarian Sara Thompson for organizing last week’s book fair and the parent volunteers who helped staff it.  Transforming the library into a ‘book store’ took much work and it is appreciated! Main Street School is participating in the Annual Second Harvest Food Drive, and if you’d like to donate non perishable food items, please bring them to school, we do have a barrel inside the office.  You can also make a direct donat

Hello Main Street Families, I hope that you were able to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family, and welcome to December!  We have three weeks of school and then we will close for Winter Break. Prior to the break, we held our school spelling bee and I’m pleased to announce that Thao Murray and JD Pendleton will be representing Main Street School at the Santa Cruz County Spelling Bee, which will be held on January 24th, 2026, on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The annual Sc

Hello Main Street Families, Last Friday we enjoyed a wonderful celebration for Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, thanks to all who were able to join the march and also thanks to Coach Janelle for organizing.  Many students, families and staff gathered in this now Main Street tradition, thank you to all participants. Thank you to Friends of Main Street (FOMS) for organizing the ‘Forever Young’ prom on Saturday, November 15th, although I was not able to attend, I’m sure it was a

Hello Main Street Families, A reminder that school will not be in session on Tuesday, November 11, in celebration of Veterans Day. On Friday, November 14th, we will be celebrating Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day by marching from the church parking lot (on the corner of Main Street and Soquel) down Main Street to our school. Ruby Bridges Walk To School Day is a nationwide movement and annual event that takes place every year on November 14th.  In 1960, a six-year-old first gra

Food Distribution Event