Staff had the opportunity to work with Dr. Todd Whitaker during his presentation, "What Great Teachers Do Differently." Dr. Whitaker is a nationally renowned educator and author of more than 60 books. Staff also received one of his books titled What Great Teachers Do Differently.
PreK and Little Hawks had a great evening for their Wheels & A Meal Night!! Thanks to all of the volunteers that came:
-Macon County Health Department for providing car seat checks
-Macon Fire Department
-Sky's The Limit Tree Service
-Pleasant View Township
-The Village of Blue Mound
-Smith Farms
-Dennis Noland
-Trimble Construction
-Prairie Material
-The Village of Blue Mound Police Department
-Blue Mound Fire Department
-The Beiler Family Racing
-Scott Fuller
-Meridian Bus Garage
- Gorden Farms
- Abby Smith
-Ben Thomas with Jenner Ag
-The Black Sheep Squad
-Kona Ice
Meridian CUSD #15 has an opportunity for a full time bus mechanic. See the attachment for more information.
PreK had Buddy Day and attended READiculous at The Decatur Public Library!
Mrs. Gorden's AM and PM classes took a walk around Blue Mound and cleaned up litter. The kids were so excited to help take care of our Earth. 🌎
PreK to Kindergarten Night - 5/7/24@ 6pm - MES cafeteria
To celebrate Earth Day, 3rd graders took a walk around Blue Mound and Wise Park to pick up trash!
Thank you, Head Farms, for teaching the 3rd graders about beef cattle!
Meridian Elementary School teachers choose one student from each classroom for Student of the Month. Students were chosen based on the character traits of being kind, being respectful, being safe, and being responsible. Congratulations to our April Students of the Month:
Kindergarten - Ben Reif, Henry Punches, Kal-El Cooper, Maisyn Zucco
1st - Ben Murphy, Olive Wurster, Chloe Beaman, Raylynn Reed
2nd - Izaiah Esparza, Tucker Zucco, Jackson LeVault, Emma Dudley
3rd - Colton Howland, Charlee Stolte, Tomini Fakunle, Dexter King
4th - Reyna Gaddis, Madden Hilton, Sloane Bush
5th - William Pistoirus, Sadie Snyder, Pierce Cramm
Please see the attachment for available paraprofessional positions for the 2024-2025 school year.
Our Kindergartners, First, and Second Graders have been doing very well over the last few weeks rehearsing for our Spring Concert! Please come out and join us Thursday, May 2nd at 6:30p.m. in the High School Gym as we sing our way into Summer! Please reach out to Mr. Anderson with any questions. andersonj@meridianhawks.net
Happy Jackie Robinson Day! April 15, 1947 was a big day when Jackie Robinson took the field to play first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. All MLB players are wearing his retired number "42" today in his honor!
Some 4th grade students have been learning about service animals in reading. They worked hard on writing letters to Mrs. Rhodes to ask her some questions about service dogs. They were surprised by Mrs. Rhodes and Yadi writing them letters back, and popping by to visit and answer their questions. Thank you to Mrs. Rhodes and Yadi for helping us learn more about service animals!
Solar Eclipse 2017 and 2024!
MES Staff wore blue today for child abuse prevention month and donated money to the @Macon County Coalition Against Child Abuse!!
Good luck tomorrow to Mr. Punches 5th grade class at the Rube Goldberg Regional Competition at the U of I.
Mrs. Meisenhelter and Ms. Henson class is learning about area. Today they are using rulers to measure and find the area of the shapes on the floor
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Pre-k students were able to choose a grown-up to bring to our buddy day today.
Lisa Reeter came from Taylorville to show us how to do a fun cardio dance workout known as WERQ. Fun was had by all!
First graders brushing up on facts with egg carton math.
Mrs. Trimble's class made bird feeders in Science class!
