SUMMER 2021
THE MUSTANG ROUNDUP CONNECTING GRANDPARENTS AND SPECIAL FRIENDS WITH MAYFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL
A Note from Head of School, Joe Sciuto
Head of School, Joe Sciuto
Welcome! Grandparents and special friends play a vital role in our community, as loving supporters of our students and their education. We hope you enjoy reading about what's new at Mayfield Junior School and the many ways you can stay involved!
As we close out the 2020-2021 school year, we are all so pleased to have been back together as a community on our wonderful campus for the last several months. I know that our students, faculty and staff, and parents have all enjoyed this return to “normalcy.”
because that is not moving forward. There are things that we have done during the last year and a half that are better for our children and community, and we will continue to explore best practices in delivering our Holy Child program as we move forward with optimism.
As we end this school year we are of course, already looking ahead to the 2021-2022 school year. We are planning a fully in-person, oncampus school schedule that will look more like our schedule did before COVID-19.
We expect to receive new school guidelines and protocols from the city, county, and state by mid-summer, so it is too early to anticipate what those may be, but we will keep everyone informed throughout the summer.
We will go back to three Homerooms per grade level in the Lower School, and our Middle School schedule and class sizes will also be more traditional. We are investing deeply in our Student Services programs so that our students continue to be even more surrounded by the outstanding socialemotional and academic support they are used to throughout their years at Mayfield.
My prayers are with all of you for a healthy, safe, and happy summer. Our time together with our students on campus this school year was too short, but I am proud of everything that we have accomplished, and I know that our students felt loved, supported, and challenged. They are all ready to take on the challenges and experience the joys of the next grade level. As I told our 8th graders at their graduation ceremony, there is a lot to look forward to and a lot to be optimistic about. Let us all continue to be inspired by the optimism of our Mayfield children. Thank you for all that you do for Mayfield Junior School! .
We are also reimagining our 5th grade program since it is such a crucial bridge between our lower and middle schools. We have learned a lot during the pandemic, and we never want to simply get back to “normal”
ANNUAL FUND
Support MJS The Annual Fund supports the programs and experiences that make a Mayfield education special.
IN REMEMBRANCE
Mr. Jameson Hill
We are proud of our community’s strong commitment to the Annual Fund! It is the collective support of the entire Mayfield community that makes our success possible. Your support now is critical for a strong finish this year and as we begin to lay the groundwork for the 2021-22 school year. To make a gift to the Mayfield Annual Fund, please visit www.mayfieldjs.org/support or contact Associate Director of Advancement, Jessica Jones, at jjones@mayfieldjs.org
Our MJS community is saddened by the death of beloved teacher and colleague, Jameson Hill. Jameson passed away after a long, brave battle with cancer. For 22 years, Jameson was devoted to his students and to his friends and colleagues. Kind, generous, and thoughtful – we will miss his humor, his goodness, his enthusiasm and grace. Please join us in keeping Jameson’s family in your prayers.
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THE MUSTANG ROUNDUP
SUMMER 2021
GRADUATION 2021
BENEFIT 2021
Congratulations, Class of 2021!
Help Enhance the Greg Smith Gym
The Class of 2021 Graduation Ceremony took place on Thursday, June 3rd The final weeks of the 2020-2021 school year were full of joyous festivities celebrating the 8th grade class of 2021. On campus events such as the 8th Grade play, Grad Night, and Blue and White Day took on new and creative forms, but served as important celebrations of this class’ accomplishments nonetheless.
on campus on June 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
The Class of 2021’s MJS experience culminated in beautiful Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation ceremonies, which took place
Recordings of Baccalaureate Mass and the Class of 2021 Graduation can both be found on www.mayfieldjs.org/live.
Throughout this unusual and challenging year, the Class of 2021 was resilient, flexible and positive. We are so proud of them! Please join us in congratulating the Mayfield Junior School Class of 2021! Thank you to all those who raised their paddles high at Benefit 2021 – Let the Good Times Roll! The funds from this year’s Benefit Paddle Raise will support enhancements to the Greg Smith Memorial Gym. The Gym is the center of community activity at the school – home to generations of sporting events, school Masses, graduation ceremonies and more. We are excited to get to work this summer refurbishing the space with a traversing wall, new scoreboards, new padding, and new flooring with the updated Mustang Mascot.
MJS Class of 2021 (Socially distanced group photo via Photoshop)
You can still raise your paddle in support of this important effort. To donate to the 2021 Paddle Raise, visit www.mayfieldjs.org/benefit or contact Assistant Director of Advancement, Amanda Manker, at amanker@mayfieldjs.org.
ARTS WEEK AT MJS
A Focus on the Arts Each year, MJS celebrates the arts in the month of May In Mayfield’s arts program, so much learning and growth come from experience. Students explore the feel and range of different mediums in visual arts, cultivate creativity and self-expression in music composition, dramatic arts, and choir, and learn technical skills alongside performance acumen in theatrical plays and concerts. In academic classes, arts integration provides connection and more profound understanding through the study of art and music in different cultures in history or observational nature journaling in science. Each year, we celebrate the arts in May, and the scope of the program shines in the highlight of student creativity and skill. With continuing COVID safety restrictions this year, we once again presented the visual arts in a Virtual Art Show and the Spring Concert as a Zoomrecorded video. Yet it was still possible to witness the arts and arts integration in action. Eighth graders presented a live and pre-recorded musical on the field, kindergarteners danced to Mozart in the courtyard, third graders turned book reports into shoebox theater with cyclorama effects, fifth graders took over the Chapel floor as they finished various art projects, and seventh graders played tubano drums on the field as part of a history class deep dive into West African culture. These experiences and more offer a foundation for self-discovery and build upon each student’s unique potential in an environment of encouragement and possibility.
Mayfield Junior School ï 405 South Euclid Avenue ï Pasadena, California 91101 626.796.2774 ï www.mayfieldjs.org
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