
Congratulations to our MES classroom spelling bee winners. They will compete in our District Bee on Friday, Jan. 28th at the Middle School Auditorium. Good luck spellers!!
Cailtin Burgess, Kyle Hollgarth, Kylie Tatro, Austin Allard, Aiden Amenda, Ella Hilton, Ella Parks, Annaliese Essien, Juliet Childers, Addison Marion, Lucas Roberts & RaeLynn Selby


Yearbook orders -


Congratulations to our January Students of the Month -
Kindergarten - Fallon Hamilton, Bryker Woods, Brinley Woods
1st - Jaxon Horcharik, Finnlee Babb, Elysa Grimm, Lily Sauer
2nd - Anna Flemming, Gryphon Dudley, Liam Stewart, Molly Kraft
3rd - Aiden Marion, Ashlyn Koehler, Behr Tippit, Alexis Webster
4th - Caitlin Burgess, Jaylee Hadden, Aiden Amenda
5th - Pacyn Hatfield, Maggie Smithers, RaeLynn Selby


Little Hawks and Meridian Pre-K Presents: Parent Education Night!
Parents with children in Meridian School District ages 0-5 welcome!
Topic: Speech
Speaker: Jill Chlebus
Dinner and Babysitting will be provided.
All attendees will be entered to win a $100.00 Park District Gift Certificate at the end of the school year!
Please RSVP as soon as possible to Lindsay Trimble
evensonl@meridianhawks.net


Little Hawks and Meridian Pre-K Presents: Parent Education Night!
Parents with children in Meridian School District ages 0-5 welcome!
Topic: Speech
Speaker: Jill Chlebus
Dinner and Babysitting will be provided.
All attendees will be entered to win a $100.00 Park District Gift Certificate at the end of the school year!
Please RSVP as soon as possible to Lindsay Trimble
evensonl@meridianhawks.net

Reminder - tomorrow Friday, January 14th is an 11:30 dismissal and no school on Monday, January 17th.

Our first Little Hawks Home Visits took place today and the kiddos had a great time! We read 'The Color Monster' by Anna Llenas then the children got to help The Color Monster sort his 'feelings'. The future of MES is looking bright! :)


MES lunch menu change - Monday, Jan. 10th we will be serving cheese pizza instead of the garlic cheese bread. Everything else will stay the same.

Friday, January 14th will be an 11:30 dismissal. The district calendar listing that was provided at the beginning of the school year failed to include Friday, January 14 as an In-Service Day (11:10 dismissal for HS/MS & 11:30 dismissal for MES). We apologize for the error and any inconvenience this may cause.

Little Hawks is hosting Parent Ed Night January 25th from 5:30-7:00 PM at the Elementary School! The topic will be speech and the speaker is Jill Chlebus. Attendees will have have the opportunity to enter a raffle for a $100 Decatur Park District Gift Certificate at the end of the school year.


Mrs. Meisenhelter and Mrs. Rambo’s classes enjoying the Christmas season building a sleigh with a slope to see what team will get their sleigh to travel the longest distance?





Meridian Elementary School December Students of the Month -
Kindergarten - Wyatt Lovelace, Westyn Easley, Maverick Henderson;
1st gr. - Kenzlee Mosley, Levi Metzger, Brooklyn Bardfield, Dixie Major;
2nd gr. - Lucas Southerland, Elaina Kater, Harmony Grandon, Annabelle Grandon;
3rd gr. - Max Moyer, Hudson Noland, Charlie Patient, Joscelyn Green;
4th gr. - JT Hogan, Cayden Mudd, Matthew Nernberger;
5th gr. - Kellen McGuire, Cooper Tangney, Cheyenne Mudd -
Congratulations to these students for being kind, respectful, safe, and responsible.

3rd - 5th Grade Virtual Christmas Concert
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10tmwgS9FZDksETiiJDZCnDQcV9Tk6GKR/view?usp=sharing

K-2 Virtual Christmas Program
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gM-1RsgPHsvXaliuZ8UNCjxHHczZFDXs/view?usp=sharing

Grinch Day in Kindergarten!





Little Hawks Playgroup is back tomorrow morning (12/07) at 8:00 AM at the Pleasantview Township Community Center in Blue Mound! (Our usual location). I'm thrilled to announce we will now have a sub for Playgroup in the event that I am unable to attend. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!


Today, Fifth Grade Students completed a , “Snowman Stretch STEM Challenge.” The criteria was that the “snowman” must be as tall as possible, free standing, built in 30 minutes, and no more than three layers.





Little Hawks Playgroup this morning (11/30) has been cancelled. Have a great day and we will see you next week. ❄️

Little Hawks Playgroup will resume tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM at the Pleasantview Township Community Center 100 E Lincoln St.
Blue Mound IL 62513. We will do a craft, read a story, sing a winter song and have snack. I look forward to seeing you there!


Meridian Pre-k enjoyed our buddy day with a visit from Heartland Mini Hoofs. We learned what therapy horses do and how they help so many people. Our students were able to pet them and then make their own stick horse to ride in the gym. We would like to give a special thanks to Heartland Mini Hoofs for coming today, as well as Kara Morey and Dani Noland for donating the sticks to make our horses!



