
Here is the January Newsletter for our Little Hawks. Also, this week, Thursday, February 2nd, Little Hawks will be having open gym at the Blue Mound Community Center (the corner of Lincoln St. and Lewis St.) from 9:30-10:30am.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eGFdS2fzlvaNBmpwtAx9RfVJMp9mNzzDjVZ0Jgaeoe8/edit?usp=sharing

Pre-K enjoyed Pizza & Game Night last week!! For those who attended, what was your family's favorite game?





MES Spelling Bee Classroom Winners
Congratulations to our 4th and 5th grade classroom spelling bee winners. They will advance to the District Bee at the Middle School on Fri. Jan. 27th at 9am. Good luck spellers!!
McKenna Johnson
Aiden Marion
Eli Thomas
Emmalyn Moore
Harper White
Kyndall Gillen
Lexi Metzger
Brynlee Henderson
Kylie Tatro
Caitlin Burgess
Zada Dudley
Maxine Palmer


MES lunch menu change for Thurs. 1/26 -
Sausage and egg biscuit
Hash brown
Strawberry cup
Cheese stick

Little Hawks enjoyed a playgroup all about ice skating!!





5th grade reading to our Kindergarten Buddies!





MES January Students of the Month
Congratulations to these students of the month for being kind, being respectful, being responsible, and being safe!!
Kindergarten - Viviana Dudley, Vivian Booth, Madelyn Stickney, Amelia LeVault
1st - Talia Kinney-Coash, Cooper Cross, Fallon Hamilton, Ellis Luka
2nd - Colton Howland, Lawson Frieden, Elysa Grimm, Noah Keller
3rd - Aubrey Bardfield, Kyrstien Lynch, Leah Wade, Henry Moyer
4th - Aiden Marion, Liam Houser, Faith Eller
5th - JT Hogan, Brycen Walker, Maxine Palmer


Testing more acids




Testing acids to see if there is reaction.





Reminder - today is an 11:30 dismissal. No school Monday 1/16.

Our Little Hawks playgroup read the story “When Will It Snow?” By Marty Crisp, practiced fine motor skills using a q-tip to paint snowflakes, sang the song 5 Little Snowmen, made a snowman in the gym and enjoyed running around with the pieces!!





Mrs. Perrey’s art class came over and worked with Ms. Merano’s kindergarten on Monster art!





MES Yearbook ordering information.


For our last Little Hawks playgroup before break, we read Little Blue Truck's Christmas, jingled bells, made a Christmas tree craft, and did reindeer training in the gym!! Our next playgroup will be on Thursday, January 12th. Here is the Little Hawk's newsletter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tvNtz7_wHnOmBm5wRI8wGOGC1uDjEUwdK47OnSSnSIU/edit?usp=sharing





3rd graders had such a great time caroling around Blue Mound this afternoon!🎄🎅🏼





Meridian Elementary School December Students of the Month- 2022
Kindergarten - Anthony Gatons, Mia Walker, Macklin Wells, Ruby Koehler
First - Kinzlee Zindars, Cayde Davis, SJ Baylor, Bryker Woods
Second - Raegan Head, Kennedy Clark, Bella Black, Leighton Johnson
Third - Charlie Ward, Wesson Perry, Bryley Booth, Wren Pfeiffer
Fourth - Natalie Van Scyoc, Pierce Cramm, Ruby Major
Fifth - Liam Hoyt, Autumn Allard, Khloe Leffler
Congratulations!!!

The afternoon Pre-K class got to join the 2nd graders in PE class for making a snowman after they practiced their Christmas songs in the gym!!





While the morning Pre-K class was practicing their Christmas songs in the foyer, Coach S invited them into the gym to make snowmen with the 5th graders! Impromptu fun for all!!





First graders had fun using paint to review sight words!




Fourth Grade Readers have read several stories about food. We read about growing food in city gardens, hot peppers, comfort foods, and this week about the process of making maple syrup. We celebrated by eating pancakes with our favorite maple syrup.
