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.
It's Book Fair Week!! Don't forget Family Night is tomorrow night. Shopping from 4-7 and we will be offering a $5 pizza dinner from 5:00-6:30. Additional shopping hours will be Tuesday-Friday 8-10:30 a.m. and Thursday after school 4-6. We can't wait to see you there!!
Congratulations to our fifth graders for their hard work and success at the engineering competition!
https://www.wandtv.com/engineering-in-the-classroom-host-a-rube-goldberg-competition/video_7ad893a3-a9a2-51c9-9042-1defb5de0e0a.html
Mr. Snively's 5th grade students at the Engineer in the Classroom Rube Goldberg competition. Great work, team!
Mr. Punches' class placed 1st in a Rube Goldberg contest today at Eisenhower High School. Great job!!!
Mrs. Meisenhelter's class presented their Rube Goldberg project at Eisenhower High School. Great job, Class!
Miss. Ward’s second grade class celebrated Dr. Seuss week by reading “Green Eggs and Ham” and doing a green eggs taste test! They then took a poll of who liked them and who didn’t, and graphed the results.
Ms. Bourisaw's 4th Grade was super excited to learn that our poster won 1st Place in the Farm Bureau's "Ag in the Classroom" poster contest! Molly, Ella, and Emersyn did an amazing job researching agricultural facts in Illinois and making such a bright & colorful poster! The 1st Place prize is a field trip for the whole class to the St. Louis Science Center! 🚜. Way to go!
Woo Hoo! The books have arrived and the kids are excited! Don't forget next week is Book Fair week!
2nd graders took advantage of the beautiful weather and took Math class outside!
First Grade Readers read a timeless story that everyone loves, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They practiced reading this story many days, and they ended the week with writing and illustrating their favorite parts.
Here is the February Newsletter for our Little Hawks - see the attached for information on our Bright Start 0-3 Screening and our Preschool Screening coming up. Call 217-692-2535 ext. 244 to schedule!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Eb-wUAvyjSzrTTFHfLbt8DlmKa74e6_osrQsxS2ewLA/edit?usp=sharing