Mix&Match Day (2024)

Mix & Match Day is all about encouraging our students to get out of their comfort zones, mix and mingle with new friends, and match up with some unknown kids!

Students will be…
*Paired with different grade levels at lunch and recess
*Encouraged to meet and mingle with new people
*Mentored by older students

In honor of Mix & Match Day the students are encouraged to wear “mixed-up” and “un-matching” clothes to school. The tackier the better! The students are encouraged to step out of their comfort zone, enjoy this day of fun, and make some new friends!

This year Mix & Match Day were joined with two other school-wide events.

The seniors at our high school do a class service project every year. For the first time, the seniors were divided between our two elementary locations. A small group of 3-4 students went into every classroom to "mix" and "match" with our younger students. This worked out better than I could have ever imagined. Our seniors mentored our younger students in such a great way. I would highly recommend this type of activity for your kiddos.

Our Mix & Match Day was on Friday, March 1st, which was the day before Dr. Seuss' Birthday. As many of you probably already know, Dr. Seuss' Birthday is a pretty big deal in an elementary school. Dr. Seuss' books have so many great lessons that fit in perfectly with Mix & Match Day. Many of the teachers dressed-up like Dr. Seuss' characters. The seniors wore Dr. Seuss' name tags and brought fish cookies, inspired from Dr. Seuss' book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.