Midwest Central Primary School - Home of the Raiders

🎃Trunk-or-Treat is almost here! Join us for a frightfully fun night on Friday, October 31, at Midwest Central High School! Trick out your costumes and stroll through a row of decorated cars!🥸

📣COMMUNITY MEMBERS - We invite you to join us! Decorate your trunk and yourself (if you wish), park in front of the high school by 4:45 p.m., hand out individually wrapped store-bought candy to all the trunk-or-treaters! 🍬

Inside, there will be games and devilishly delicious treats. Celebrate with us on Halloween night! 👻🕷️

November Menus

Reminder - Today is a 1 hour early dismissal and there is no school tomorrow for Parent/Teacher Conferences.

OPENING NIGHT!
7:00 p.m. Forman Center

Midwest Central will present "Shrek the Musical" on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 23-25 at 7 p.m., at the Forman Center in Manito. Shrek and his pal Donkey are on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona when all sorts of challenges arise. This story is suitable for adults as well as children. Tickets are sold at the door each night.

Pictured are Kamden Garman, Ashe Miles and Sabrina Martin, portraying Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona

Please stop by the lost & found located in front of the office while attending parent-teacher conferences.

Mrs. Herrin's second grade reading group earned all of their brownie points for positive behavior and hard work! They celebrated by watching Shrek and having brownies and Doritos (per student request!) Mrs. Herrin is so proud of them!

Ms. Timm and Mr. Mooney had the pleasure of presenting at the Illinois Principals Association! They got to share with other administrators about the awesome academic and social growth that the MCPS staff have facilitated in their students. It’s a great day to be a Raider!

Last Friday, all the 1st grade classes listened to a presentation from former teacher Mrs. James. They learned about what is like to run a pumpkin patch and the different parts of a pumpkin. James Farms even donated pumpkins so that each first-grade student could take one home. Thank you again! (Not all classes pictured).

Jaina Butler and Reid Sidders represented Midwest Central today at the IESA State Cross Country Meet. Both runners are the first Midwest Central Middle School runners to compete at that level. Jaina and Reid ran respectively and competed with the best in the state. Jaina placed 152nd with a time of 14:37.5. Reid placed 190th with a time of 13:25.2. Congratulations to both on their accomplishments.

Hear ye, hear ye! Far Far Away is coming here! 👑💚 Our students have been rehearsing, dancing, and belting their hearts out to bring Shrek the Musical to life — and trust us, it’s going to be ogre-the-top fun! 🧅 Bring your family, your friends, and your fairy-tale spirit to support these incredible kids. You’ll laugh, you’ll cheer, and you’ll leave believing that “beautiful ain’t always pretty!” 🎭

Today is the end of our 1st 9 weeks!

Dinner Theater Tickets

Midwest Central High School will present “Shrek the Musical” on October 23, 24, and 25, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the Forman Center in Manito. Tickets will be sold at the door. The show is directed by Susan Frank and Heather Burks.
There are also a free remaining dinner theater tickets for Saturday's show on October 25 at 5:30 p.m. The dinner theater is available by advance ticket sale only. Please reserve your tickets through the Midwest Central High School office. Call 309-968-6766 for more information.

Pictured is the cast of “Shrek the Musical” at a recent dance rehearsal.
Front Row, L to R: Sabrina Martin, Hayden Garman, Ashe Miles, Jackson Smith, Kamden Garman
Middle Row, L to R: Liam Frank, Addison Burks, Jovie Page, Maci Coile, Avery Herrin, Cooper Garlisch, Eliza Junkin, Brooklyn Edenburn, Bryar Huff, Harper Gough, Kennedy Prather, Saije Peters, Avery Koontz, Paisley Schmitgall, Charli Byrd
Back Row, L to R: Addi Coffey, Abby Strong, Jodan Kraft, Lilla Simer, Eliya Sansom, Cozette Marte', Dylan Streitmatter, Lillian Danner, Ennea Witt, Trenity Oertle, Leyla Danner, Jaden Flores, Leelinn Danner.
Also in the cast, but not pictured: Madison Hony, Maya Reynolds, Khloe Provence

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!