Hello everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself and tell you about our Little Hawks Program! I'm Lindsay and I am the Pre-K Parent Coordinator. Little Hawks is a program designed to serve our Meridian School District families with little ones ages 0-3. We are a resource to help prepare children for Pre-K as well as educate parents on various topics ranging from behavior, nutrition, promoting literacy, health and safety, etc. We offer weekly playgroups to encourage social skills as well as monthly night events. If you would like to be a part of the Little Hawks community, please join our Little Hawks Facebook group! This is a great place to get your questions answered and keep up with all of the fun activities we have planned for the 2021-22 school year. I look forward to meeting you!
Mrs. Rambo and Mrs. Meisenhelter's class enjoying the Blue Mound Fire Department Fire Safety Program.
MES Picture Retakes - Mon. Oct. 25th. Order online at: inter-state.com/order and use code: 61510EB for October 25th.
Mrs. Smith’s 4th graders learned about the parts of our blood in science class today. They made mini models using Red Hots, marshmallows, rice, and water to represent each part.
Reminder - Friday, Oct. 8th is an 11:30 dismissal. We are in school on Monday, Oct. 11th Columbus Day.
MES Thursday lunch menu change - We will not have Calzones on Thursday, we will have cheese pizza. Other menu items remain the same.
Meridian Elementary School September Students of the Month - 2021
Kindergarten - Graham Hart, Reece Earhart, Kinsley Wilson, Harrison Noland
1st - Lawson Frieden, Cozette Holdener, Blake Manon, Avery Colbrook
2nd - Wiley Rhodes, Jennings Beasley, Madelyn Craft, Brylee Booth
3rd - Natalie Van Scyoc, Mila Woolington, Ian Flack, Ruby Major
4th - Lexi Metzger, Zada Dudley, MaKenzie Fisher
5th - Juliet Childers, Bella Nelson, Ella Parks
Congratulations!!!
This week in Mrs. Getz’s kindergarten class we began learning about letter s. Our activities included making a sock puppet, forming letter s with play dough, and hole punching out letter s. We are on our way to becoming readers!
Apologies from the music boosters….the cardinal tickets are $25! Not $20. Sorry and thank you!!!
Parents/guardians: the Meridian Music Dept is selling tickets for the Cards/Reds game THIS FRIDAY (game starts at 7:15) in stl. Tickets are valued at $47 and we are letting them go for $20!!! First come first serve! (It’s cardinal hockey sweater night too!) email hagans@merdianhawks.net or clarkt@meridianhawks.net
PTO Walk-A-Thon
Reminder - Friday, Sept. 3rd is an 11:30 dismissal. No School on Monday, Sept. 6th - Labor Day holiday.
Reminder - Picture Day for Meridian Elementary School is scheduled for Tuesday, September 7, 2021 and our school's Order Code is 59178WF. Orders should be placed online at: inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/59178WF.
Picture Day - Tues. Sept. 7th.
A big Meridian welcome to our new school secretary, Carla Comerford!!
Welcome Back to School - 1st Day Aug. 18th - 1:50 dismissal
Meridian Elementary School would like to welcome our new staff members for the 21-22 school year. We are so excited to have them join our Meridian Team!
Carla Comerford - secretary, Raeshel Duncan - nurse, Sarah Hott - 2nd grade , Amie Reynolds - 2nd grade, Ashley Wegeng - 3rd grade, Megan Pistorius - 3rd grade, Tess Spengler - part time Speech language pathologist , Alex Damery - 3-5 special education teacher , Aaren Rutan - k-2 special education teacher , Jessica Dalby - social worker , Madison Craig - RTI aide , Jessica Pfeiffer - k-2 aide, Lindsay Evenson - prek parent coordinator , Leslie Wolpert - RTI Aide, Tara Burgess - Prek aide, Jennifer Schroeder - lunch/recess supervisor, Carla Rambo- cook.
Back To School Night -
Meridian Preschool Screening
Meridian School District will hold our second preschool screening for the 2021-2022 school year on August 5th beginning at 8:30 a.m. If you live in the Meridian school district and have a child who will be 3 years of age by September 1st, 2021, they are eligible to be screened for this free program. Screening will take place at Meridian Elementary School located at 509 Lewis St. in Blue Mound. Children are tested on concepts, motor skills, and language. You may set up an appointment starting July 19th by calling 217-972-3039.
Screening does not guarantee a spot in the program.
Online registration for the 21-22 school year is now open for returning Meridian students. Please login to your SIS account to complete the necessary paperwork by Friday, August 6. Payment can be made online. If you would like to pay in person, please visit one of the offices beginning Monday, August 2. Completed medical forms can also be turned into the office prior to school starting or can be sent in with your child/dropped off on the first day.
In-person registration for NEW students will take place on Tuesday, August 3 from 8:00 - 2:00 p.m. If you have students in multiple buildings, you will only need to stop by one office to complete the necessary paperwork for all children.