Meridian Elementary School

Mrs. Meisenhelter and Ms. Henson class is learning about area. Today they are using rulers to measure and find the area of the shapes on the floor .

Pre-k students were able to choose a grown-up to bring to our buddy day today. Lisa Reeter came from Taylorville to show us how to do a fun cardio dance workout known as WERQ. Fun was had by all!

First graders brushing up on facts with egg carton math.

Mrs. Trimble's class made bird feeders in Science class!

This afternoon, Mr. Snively's computer programmers were writing code for their “robot” to follow. The goal was to get their “robot” to stack cups in a certain formation. This was a fun “unplugged” coding challenge! We also learned some key coding vocabulary: algorithm, coding, debugging, function, and parameters.

Fourth Grade Readers are engaged with reading about storms. Each student chose a different storm to research and gather information. Now they are compiling facts and illustrating their storms.

Meridian Elementary School 3rd Quarter Honor Roll Congratulations Hawks!! Keep up the great work! https://5il.co/2gozk

Congratulations to our March 2024 Students of the Month - Kindergarten: Payton Ballion, Ila Luka, Conner Osborne, Ivie Jackson 1st Grade: Karmen Powars, Zoe Dunmire, Madelyn Stickney, Autumn Wood 2nd grade: Zoe Webster, Jolie Rhodes, Jude Davison, Addison Christy 3rd grade: Leighton Johnson, Elysa Grimm, Nolen Householder, Corryn Tipton 4th grade: Molly Kraft, Elaina Kater, Harper McGuire 5th grade: Ruby Major, Alexis Webster, Kyndall Gillen

First Grade Bookworm was a success! We are so proud of our First graders for reading over 3,100 books! We appreciate all of the people who helped our eager readers bloom during the month of February. Thank you to the Blue Mound and Macon libraries for welcoming our students. Thank you to PTO for our t-shirts, Casey’s pizzas, and prizes. Thank you to Curt Grant for providing our drinks! Thank you to all of the parents for listening to our readers! Yay, Bookworms!

See the attachment for employment opportunities for the 2024-2025 school year.

See the attachment for employment opportunities for the 2024-2025 school year.

The district is excited to announce that our current elementary school principal, Lori Guebert, will be changing roles next year. She will become the district's Special Education Administrator/Curriculum Director. In this role she will supervise and provide support throughout the special education department. Additionally, as Curriculum Director she will work with teachers to provide assistance and resources as the district will be taking on a comprehensive curriculum review and mapping process next school year. Mrs. Guebert will also work to align professional development for staff. As such, the district is accepting applications for the elementary school principal position.

The time of the regular March School Board meeting has been moved up one hour. The meeting will be Tuesday, March 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the district office.

2nd grade students in Miss. Ward’s class practiced counting money by "purchasing" ingredients to make their own trail mix! Each student had a set amount of money they could spend and had to budget for what ingredients they wanted. They figured out the total cost of their trail mix and the change they had leftover.

Some 5th grade students have been working on fractions. This week they added and simplified some fractions to create our recipe. Today, they read their recipe and measured to make some chocolate chip cookies.

Spring Picture Day is coming up on 03/25/2024! You must preorder for your child's photograph to be taken. Online ordering closes at 11:59 p.m. the night before Picture Day. Order here: https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/85115KF

Little Hawks playgroup teamed up with Coach S and his 3rd grade PE class for some gym time fun!!

Reminder - 2024/25 Meridian District Kindergarten Screenings - Thurs. March 14th - please call 217-692-2535 to schedule an appointment. Students who are currently in the Meridian Pre K program or were screened last year, will not need to be screened. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Guebert at guebertl@meridianhawks.net or the school at 217-692-2535.

Reminder - tomorrow, Friday, March 8th is an 11:30 dismissal for teacher in-service in the afternoon.

Engineering in the Classroom - Rube Goldberg Competition - Saturday, March 2nd, Meridian Elementary School 5th graders participated in the Rube Goldberg competition held at Eisenhower High School. 5th graders from Central Illinois came together for the competition through Engineering in the Classroom. Mr. Punches 5th graders received 1st place and Mr. Punches’ class will advance to the Regional Competition. We are thankful for the help and support of our volunteer Engineers and our 5th grade teachers who inspired our students as they developed their machines and learned engineering skills. For the competition, students had to build a Rube Goldberg machine that could insert and remove a piece of toast from a toaster, using a number of complex steps. The goal of the event is to foster an interest in STEM fields in young students. Congratulations to our Meridian Hawk 5th graders and good luck at Regionals on Friday, April 5th at the University of Illinois.