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MHS Boys Varsity Track traveling to Richland County on 4/8/22 is cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
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Interested in getting involved at the middle school? Here are just a few of the opportunities available for the 2022-2023 school year! More applications for opportunities will be offered in the fall! These options are open to incoming 6th-8th grade students. Applications are due by April 22nd. Apply below:
https://www.mattoon.k12.il.us/o/mms/article/705679
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MMS
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Families enrolled at Franklin Preschool are invited to the "Raising Responsible Children" event on April 28th from 5:30 to 7:30 PM.
Pizza, childcare, and door prizes will be provided. RSVP by 4/26/22 at 217-238-8800.
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Mattoon Middle School is hosting a Community Day on the first Wednesday of each month at 10:00 AM! This is a chance for community members to come in, tour the school, and ask questions! If you are interested in the next event, please call the middle school office at 217-238-5800.
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The Birth - 3 Program invites you to their April playgroup Thursday, April 7 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM at the Douglas - Hart Nature Center.
This free event includes a scavenger hunt!
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #BirthTo3
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Riddle Elementary School is hosting an open house on Thursday, April 7th from 6:00 - 7:30 PM. Students will get to showcase their leadership and academic growth.
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary
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Mattoon HS Cancellations for April 6, 2022
Varsity Baseball @Robinson
Varsity Softball vs Normal West
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Congrats to Mrs. Dinaso’s class at William's Elementary for receiving the Class of the Month trophy.
They received the award for having the best behavior in the building among classes that needed substitutes recently. The class also organizes and runs the Lost and Found on a daily basis and they are doing an amazing job with this leadership project!
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #WilliamsElementary
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Information on our Elementary Summer School Programs.
The enrollment form is below. Please complete by April, 22nd. Enrollment in the Summer School programs is limited, and a waiting list may be necessary. Since the space is limited, please check the dates to ensure that your child will be able to attend regularly to experience the maximum benefits from this program. Confirmation and additional information will be sent to you regarding your child’s enrollment status prior to the beginning of summer school. Thank you!
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*Wednesday WIGs Student Takeover*
Hey! I'm Isabella Compton and I'm a student at MMS in 7th grade. One of my favorite things we do at school is WIGs! WIGs are wildly important goals for all. Our principal, Mr. Pugh, has displayed his personal WIG to encourage others to reach for their WIGS. His goal is to be in the halls during transition times 80% of the time to be there for his students. My personal WIG is to read a book of a different genre by Spring Break! Right now, I'm enjoying A Good Girls Guide to Murder by: Holly Jackson.
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MMS #WednesdayWIGs #WildlyImportantGoals
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Another scholarship opportunity has been added to our list for MHS students! Find the list and direct scholarship links in your email & Schoology.
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MHS #Scholarships
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Franklin Preschool is hosting a Parent Advisory Meeting on Friday, April 8th. This will be the last meeting for the school year.
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #FranklinPreK
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Interested in getting involved at the middle school? Here are just a few of the
opportunities available for the 2022-2023 school year! More applications for
opportunities will be offered in the fall! These options are open to incoming 6th-8th grade students. Applications are due by April 22nd.
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MMS
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Check out the latest field updates at Mattoon High School!
Within the last couple of weeks:
-Laid sod on the baseball field
- Working on the lettering/numbers on the football field (hence, why the Greenwave is currently crooked)
- Football video board is set up
- The girls have started practicing on the soccer field!
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MHS #Updates
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Mrs. Hawbaker, twelve of her students, and Ms. Craig at Riddle Elementary have decided to participate in the 3,000 squats challenge in April for the children's heart foundation to support congenital heart failure.
They will be doing 90 squats at school each day with homework of 10 each night and 100 each day on the weekends to get 3,000 squats a piece for the month of April!
Mrs. Hawbaker is sponsoring each kid that completes the challenge for $5.
The kids and teachers are building teamwork, creating comradery, working for a bigger cause, and learning dedication and commitment to support congenital heart failure in babies and children.
Here is a picture of the team, they are calling themselves, Heart Squatters, with their very own trackers.
Best of luck to all those doing the challenge!
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary
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Congratulations to Pride of the Green Wave Winter Guard for placing 10th at the MCCGA Winter Guard Championships at Ozark HS over the weekend! We are so incredibly proud of these young ladies!
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MHS WinterGuard
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Mrs. Minger at the Mattoon Middle school is asking for greeting card donations. They do not need to be entire cards, just the front. She is planning on having students create DIY greeting card journals after Spring Break.
You can drop off donations at the MMS Office or the Mattoon Public Library.
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MMS
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Riddle students have organized a canned food drive running through April 8th. The students chose a theme for each day, but will gladly accept all varieties of items each day. Students have placed collection boxes in each grade-level hallway. Their goal is to deliver 1000 items to the Mattoon Food Bank at the end of the week. We hope you will join us in supporting this community service project.
This promotional poster was created by Aiden, a student in 4th grade.
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary #CannedFoodDrive
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Ms. Rona, a Supervisor at Williams Elementary staged herself in the display case outside of the library as an April Fools' joke last week. Needless to say, the kids LOVED it!
#MCSUD2 #Mattoon #WilliamsElementary #AprilFools
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It's National School Librarian Day and National Library Week and our celebration of Mattoon District Librarians continues. We want to say thank you to Mrs. Minger who works at Mattoon Middle School.
" I never feel like I am coming to work, as my job is so wonderful and I love it so much that it never feels like "work". I LOVE our students here so much and try to learn every single kiddos name so when they come into the Media Center I can call them by name! I want each and every student who comes into the Media Center to feel like it is a safe place where they are loved and cared for and valued. We always have fun things happening in the Media Center - like a spring egg hunt or a collaborative puzzle or collaborative coloring pages, or DIY Projects. I just visited a few public libraries this week that have awesome Maker Spaces, so I will begin implementing new things in the library to meet that need as well!" - Mrs. Minger
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MMS
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