Midwest Central Primary School - Home of the Raiders

Happy Columbus Day, Raiders!

History was made today for the Midwest Central Middle School cross country program at the IESA Sectionals in Rushville.  Midwest Central will be sending their first girl and boy runners to the IESA State Meet next Saturday at Maxwell Park in Bloomington. Jaina Butler and Reid Sidders will both be competing for the Raiders. Both Jaina and Reid placed well enough at Sectionals today to advance them to the state meet. All our runners today ran respectfully and did what they needed to do today. Many times today our runners were seen passing other runners while they were going up inclines. This showed their drive and determination to place higher. Many of our runners set personal times today for the year. As a team, our boys team placed 8th out of 11 teams. Below are the times and places of our runners. It was a great day to be a Raider!!!!

Jaina Butler - 18th - 14:17.3
Iris McKenzie - 65th - 17:48.1
Kennedy Prather - 66th - 18:01.9

Reid Sidders - 18th - 13:05.2
Carson Campbell - 37th - 13:55.6
Nolan Bartolazzi - 52nd - 14:45.4
Liam Frank - 55th - 15:00.1
Remington Hollis - 63rd - 15:33.2
Tyler Vanderwulp - 78th - 16:58.5

There will be no school for MC students on Monday, October 13th in observance of Columbus Day!

CONGRATS to our September Raider Raffle drawing winners!

We have enjoyed having Mrs. Leroy back in the classroom this week! Mr. Waibel's class stopped by to welcome her back during her morning class on Monday.

The MS cross country wrapped up their regular season today in Delavan. They did not disappoint their fans today. The best way to gauge success in cross country is to compare times on two different dates on the same course. This is the best way to show growth and improvement. Every runner that ran the first meet of the season in Delavan and todays meet, dropped their times. This shows the work that they have put in this season and their efforts. Below are their places and times today. Next Saturday they will compete at the Rushville Sectionals. Good work Raiders!!!


Name Place Time

Jaina Butler 58th 13:58.9

Taylen McLaughlin 129th 17:53.7

Iris McKenzie 132nd 18:05.3

Kennedy Prather 136th 19:15.3



Reid Sidders 83rd 13:32.7

Carson Campbell 101st 14:05.5

Nolan Bartolazzi 116th 15:05.0

Remington Hollis 127th 15:32.1

Tyler Vanderwulp 136th 17:11.9

The Raiders MS cross country team competed at Limestone Walters today at Alpha Park.  It was our second meet of three for the week.  Saturday they compete in Delavan for their last regular meet of the season.  Most all the runners bettered their times from last year. Below are their results for today:



Jaina Butler             - 43rd - 15:16.03

Taylen McLaughlin  - 104th - 18:34.48

Iris McKenzie          - 114th - 20:14.44

Kennedy Prather     - 116th - 24:37.31



Reid Sidders           - 71st - 13:42.82

Carson Campbell    - 104th - 14:46.88

Nolan Bartolazzi      - 110th - 15:28.45

Noa Stage               - 124th - 17:31.31

Remington Hollis     - 125th - 17:33.04

Tyler Vanderwulp     - 126th - 17:41.07

If you see one of these hard-working individuals today, make sure to thank them!

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Another great day to be a Running Raider! It was our last home meet of the season and the Middle School runners did not disappoint our home crowd. Almost every runner beat their previous best they had run on our home course. Jaina Butler ran her last home race of her middle school career and she did it literally running away. Her previous course record was 14:53.9. Today Jaina ran away from the rest of the field and ran a fast 14:04.56 to set a new course record. Reid Sidders was our 1st runner for us to cross the finish line. Look for Reid to set a new record for the boys next season. Our boys team tied with Greenview for 1st, but since we had 6 runners to their 5, we were awarded 1st place. Below are our results for our runners:



Jaina Butler - 1st - 14:04.56

Taylen McLaughlin - 8th - 18:01

Iris McKenzie - 9th - 19:49

Kennedy Prather - 11th - 20:03


Reid Sidders - 3rd - 13:44

Carson Campbell - 6th - 14:44

Nolan Bartolazzi - 13th - 16:23

Noa Stage - 14th - 16:43

Remington Hollis - 15th - 16:46

Tyler Vanderwulp - 25th - 20:01

Boys Team Scores

1 Green Valley Midwest Central 51

2 Greenview 51

3 Lewistown 54

4 Mason City Illini Central 82

5 Peoria Christian 111

Tonight is the last home cross country meet of the season. Tonight we will be recognizing our only 8th grade runner, Jaina Butler, at 3:45. The girls race starts at 4:00, with the boys race following.

October Menus

What a night to be a Raider! The MS cross country team competed today at IC. The girls team was led by Jaina Butler’s 3rd place finish. The boys race started fast and continued the fast pace till the end. Reid Sidders was the overall race winner for today’s meet. The Midwest Central Raiders boys team won the team title today. Below are the times and places of all our runners. Jaina Butler - 3rd - 14:06 Taylen McLaughlin - 16th - 18:00 Iris McKenzie - 17th - 18:28 Kennedy Prather - 21st - 19:57 Reid Sidders. - 1st - 13:27 Carson Campbell - 6th - 14:31 Nolan Bartolazzi - 13th - 15:41 Liam Frank - 16th - 15:52 Tyler Vanderwulp - 19th - 16:03 Remington Hollis - 20th - 16:07 Noa Stage - 26th - 18:08

On Monday, Clayton visited Ms. Nieuwkoop's class to read a book. He read the story Do Not Open This Book! by Andy Lee. He spent his Raider tickets on a pass to come down and read. Clayton was a part of Ms. Nieuwkoop's first 1st grade class! Great job!

The MS cross country team competed at Donovan Park today. It was the largest meet they have ran all year. The course was 2.03 miles in length and was a rolling hill type of course. There was very little flat area that they ran on. Below are their results: Jaina Butler - 43rd - 15:37.40 Taylen McLaughlin - 140th - 20:19.59 Iris McKenzie - 143rd - 20:50.47 Kennedy Prather. - 159th - 22:43.73 Carson Campbell. - 84th - 15:14.28 Reid Sidders. - 86th - 15:17.18 Nolan Bartolazzi - 106th - 16:02.55 Liam Frank - 119th - 16:29.43 Remington Hollis - 146th - 18:21.14 Tyler Vanderwulp - 160th - 19:54.11 Noa Stage - 164th - 20:07.07

Reminder - Today is a 1/2 day for students! Buildings will dismiss as follows: PS - 11:40, MS - 11:20, HS - 11:30

Picture day is Tuesday, September 23 for MCPS. Reminder for every student - even if you are not purchasing photos, you will be photographed for the yearbook. Forms were sent home last week and should be brought back on Tuesday. You may also order online @PRECISIONPHOTOONLINE.COM. . Bring your SMILES!!

The MS cross country team traveled to PORTA this morning for their invitational. The course was the hardest they have seen this year, with a challenging hill they had to climb 2 times. Even though the course was tougher than the one they ran on there last year, many beat their best times on the course. Jaina Butler missed getting a medal by only 2 places. Below are their places and times. Their next meet will be on September 18th at home at 4:00. Jaina - 22nd - 15:11.65 Taylen - 67th - 16:57.07 Iris - 106th - 19:16.81 Kennedy - 116th - 20:51.39 Reid - 55th - 14:54.24 Carson - 58th - 15:03.24 Nolan - 74th - 15:54.48 Liam - 87th - 16:35.98 Noa - 102nd - 17:58.99

nother good day of running for the MS XC team.  Almost every runner surpassed their best time on our home course today.  Below are our runners' places and times. Their next race will be at PORTA on Saturday. 

Jaina Butler -            14:55 - 7th
Tayen McLaughlin - 18:58 - 20th
Iris McKenzie -        19:50 - 22nd
Kennedy Prather -     22:01 - 24th

Reid Sidders -         13:45 - 3rd
Carson Campbell -  15:06 - 7th
Nolan Bartolazzi -  15:10 - 8th
Liam Frank -           16:18 - 13th
Remington Hollis - 16:53 - 16th
Noa Stage -              17:42 - 17th
Tyler Vanderwulp - 17:57 - 18th