PTO Highlights: Cardboard Challenge, Mawlid Celebration & 4th Grade Science
Our PTO and classroom teachers have been working hard to create enriching experiences for MCS students beyond the regular curriculum. Here is a roundup of some of the standout events and activities from the first quarter of the 2025–26 school year.
Cardboard Challenge Winners
The annual Cardboard Challenge was a huge success this year — a creative engineering event where students design and build their own inventions using nothing but cardboard, tape, and imagination. The results were extraordinary, showcasing the creativity, problem-solving skills, and perseverance of our students at every grade level.
Congratulations to all the winners and participants! A special thank you to our PTO for organizing this wonderful opportunity. Events like the Cardboard Challenge remind our students that innovation and creativity are just as important as academic knowledge — and that some of the best learning happens when you build something with your own hands.
Mawlid Celebration
MCS celebrated the Mawlid an-Nabi ﷺ — the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him — with a joyful school-wide event. Students came together to honor the life, character, and legacy of the Prophet ﷺ through nasheed, learning, and reflection.
Events like this are at the heart of what makes MCS unique: a school where Islamic identity is not just taught in Islamic Studies class, but is woven into the fabric of daily school life. We are grateful to the teachers, parents, and PTO volunteers who helped make the celebration so special.
4th Grade Science: Apple-Powered Electric Circuits
In one of the most creative science lessons of the quarter, 4th grade students explored electricity, energy, and forces in a way they will not soon forget. As part of their unit on different types of energy — including electric and magnetic forces — students were challenged to think outside the box.
The culminating activity? Students built their own electric circuits using apples to complete the circuit and light up a bulb. The apples act as a mild electrolyte, allowing a small current to flow through the wire and illuminate the bulb. Watching their faces light up (pun intended) as the bulbs turned on was a reminder of why hands-on science is so powerful.
This kind of creative, inquiry-based learning encourages students to see science not as a set of facts to memorize, but as a way of exploring and understanding the world around them.
Looking Ahead — Get Involved!
There is so much more to look forward to this year: Career Day, the return of the Science Fair, a Car Wash, Book Fairs, and more exciting events being planned by our dedicated PTO team.
In order to make these programs as enriching as possible, we need greater parental participation. Whether you can volunteer for an afternoon, help organize an event, or simply spread the word, your involvement makes a real difference in our students’ school experience. Please reach out to Sr. Sumayyah or Sr. Atefeh to get involved with the PTO.
