New Year, Same Drill
As students returned from Winter Break, rested and ready for learning, teachers and schools within the district welcomed students back by engaging in fun activities and reviewing content from the first half of the year- including behavior routines!
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) is a research-based system MPS uses to help students learn and practice behavior routines and social emotional wellbeing.
These skills are an important foundation for learning. After returning from break, each building spent time reminding students of classroom-specific routines and expectations such as completing work, when and how they use the restroom, hat and gum policies, etc. Additionally, our younger Bulldogs may have also practiced school-wide routines such as lining up for the bus, walking quietly in the hallway and cleaning up after themselves in the lunchroom.
Maintaining positive and effective routines allows students, teachers and staff more time to focus on fun and learning!
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Congratulations to Mason High School teacher and coach Rachael Feskorn who was honored by Special Olympics Michigan for her outstanding leadership and commitment to inclusion! She was named Coach of the Year for Area 8, and then was selected from 38 regional winners as the 2025 Special Olympics Michigan State Coach of the Year! This recognition highlights her commitment to her students and dedication to Special Olympics and the Unified Champion Schools program.
The December 18, 2025, Board of Education Curriculum and Staff Committee meeting has been cancelled. The Policy and Community Committee meeting will still take place as scheduled.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Special Meeting of the Mason Public Schools Board of Education, for the purpose of 31AA Funding Resolution, is scheduled for November 24, 2025, starting at 6:30 p.m.
The preschool playground at the Harvey Education Center (HEC) has a new visitor- The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
Three teachers, Krystal Hodge, Jena Krumm and Stacey Somerville, wanted to jazz up the play area used by their students and create something functional as well as decorative at the same time.
Working with the Mason Middle School Unified Club advisor, a plan began to emerge to develop an outdoor area with a chalkboard surface for the students to write on during recess.
On November 4, 2025, Mason community members voted on a zero-tax-rate increase bond proposal, and we extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in the election.
The successful passage of the 2025 bond proposal will allow Mason Public Schools (MPS) to move forward with several major projects. These include extensive renovations to Mason Middle School, updates to the Mason High School auditorium and the construction of a new transportation facility.
“This vote is a strong statement of support from the Mason community for our schools,” said MPS Superintendent Dr. Gary Kinzer. “We are thankful for the ongoing trust of our community, and we look forward to sharing our progress as transparency will remain a key part of this process.”
In the months ahead, the district will share updates and progress reports to keep families and community members informed every step of the way.
