Millstadt CCSD

 STUDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday - October 2, 2025
Character Ed Theme – Responsibility

SCHOOL FUNDRAISER: This is your friendly reminder that our Fall Fundraiser is happening now! Remember, we’re raising money to help add a rubber surface to the Early Childhood playground so our youngest Panthers can play safely. If you decide to collect orders using the order form that was in your packet, please make sure you are also collecting the money for those orders as well. All orders are due by next Friday, October 10th. Also THIS is the fundraiser where we will have a pizza party for the top earning homeroom 3rd-5th AND 6th-8th! 

Winners of the Sock it to Cancer fundraiser decorating contest, please go to Mrs. Weaver's 3rd grade classroom after announcements to collect your prizes: Barrett Froese, Vivienne Rehling, and Emma Cannady

Donut day is this Friday 10/3.  Bring your dollar to purchase a donut.  Sales begin at 7:45am

The Patriot’s Pen Program is a VFW-sponsored youth essay competition that gives students the opportunity to express their views on an annual patriotic theme. We invite you to join the more than 60,000 students who participated last year in this contest.

Contestants must complete the 2025-2026 Official Entry Form.

The 2025-2026 theme is: How Are You Showing Patriotism And Support For Our Country?

• Why Should I Enter? Prizes and scholarships can be awarded at the Post, District, State, and national levels. Department (State) winners receive a portion of $55,000 in national awards, with national winners receiving at least $500. The first-place national award is currently $5,000.

• Who is eligible? Patriot’s Pen is open to 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade students enrolled by the Oct. 31 deadline in public, private, or parochial schools in the U.S., its territories, or its possessions; or dependents of U.S. military or civilian personnel in overseas schools. Home-schooled students are also eligible.

• How Do I Get Started? Contact Kristin Scharf or Mick Cohagan at VFW Post 7980 to indicate your interest. Ensure your essay is submitted to the VFW Post 7980 before the contest deadline of Oct. 31.

• What Are the Rules? Write your own essay, typed in English with no color or graphics (300 - 400 words). Essays must be anonymous; do not include personal identifiers. Secure the Official Student Entry Form on top of your essay. The essay must be the contestant's original work.

• How Am I Judged? Knowledge of the theme, theme development, and clarity of ideas are key judging criteria.

Deadline Information: All entries must be submitted to Kristin Scharf or Mick Cohagan at VFW Post 7980 by midnight Oct. 31.

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