Our Little Hawks playgroup enjoyed raking leaves at the Blue Mound Community Center today! We read the book Leaf Jumpers, did leaf rubbings as part of our craft, sang and danced to the song Leaves are Falling!! They worked hard and played hard today!!
5th Grade students learned about how the water cycle works by “making rain” with our Mystery Science experiment.
Mrs. Rambo class learning about force and motion. The students were given 10 craft sticks, 6 rubber bands, and a spoon to build a catapult.
Meridian Elementary is once again entered into the Red Ribbon Week photo contest to win $1000 and an Ipad for our school! Voting starts Wednesday November 2nd and runs through Wednesday Nov 16th. You may vote once each day per device. Our unique ID is below (once on the site scroll down to find our picture). Happy Voting!
https://redribbon.wishpond.com/school-category-photo-submission-2022/entries/200828870/reference
MES will be joining the Middle School in collecting food for the Blue Mound Food Pantry. Our food drive will be this week, Oct. 31- Nov. 4th. Please send in non-perishable food items. Thank you for helping us with this community service project!!
More pics from Fall Family Reading Night
Mrs. Quinlan and Mrs Spain had Family Reading Nights last week.
Fall Family Reading Night Pics
Thank You to Ameren for the presentation on electricity & natural gas safety, STEM activity making potato clocks, and for showing us the Ameren bucket truck. The 3rd & 4th graders really enjoyed your program!
The theme for today's Little Hawks playgroup was Five Little Pumpkins!
To find out more about our playgroups and activities going on in the community for our 0-5 age group, check out the October Newsletter:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yltDqos-ahb2unlv1-7xFwjFJUQCkgX93A6axikkhbc/edit?usp=sharing
3rd and 4th grade students learned about electricity and safety from Ameren today! They were even able to make a potato clock!
PreK and our Little Hawks visited Pumpkin Creek Farms last week!
Red Ribbon Week High School Readers
Thank You to the MHS students who visited MES today! We appreciated the SADD students reading a book to us with the message to "Just Say NO To Drugs!"
Family Reading Night 📚 🍂
Thank you to the families and students who stopped by to meet the Reading teachers during conferences last week!
Meridian Elementary School Red Ribbon Week 2022
Celebrate Life. Live Drug Free. "There's a party going on right here! A celebration to last throughout the years!"
Some of Ms. Bourisaw's 4th graders enjoyed trying on the firefighter's gear today!
MES Red Ribbon Week - Oct. 24-28
Monday - “Celebrate Life. Live Drug Free” Wear Red - School wide assembly: Matt Wilhelm BMX - 9am
Tuesday - “Lei Off Drugs” Wear Hawaiian or Floral colors
Wednesday - “Celebrate Life. Party in your PJs.” wear Pajamas, SADD HS Readers
Thursday - “Drugs are no laughing matter” Wacky Tacky Day.
Friday - “My future is too bright for drugs” wear bright colors and/or sunglasses.
5th Grade Students completed Math Task Cards working in partners during RTI
Fifth Grade’s STEM - Spider Web Bridge. Using limited supplies; 4 cups, 2 yards of yarn, and 3 feet of tape to see how many “spiders” linking cubes it will hold after constructed.
