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William Elementary School's Spring Picture Day will be Thursday, April 7th. You can now pre-order your photos online! All pre-orders receive: Free 4x10 Collage + Free shipping to school + Best pricing
https://wagner.portraitpics.co/login Online
Pre-Order Password: 7G7V8Q6
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Mrs. Hoenes and Ms. Ames' classes celebrated the end of IAR testing and Fun Friday on March, 25th with a Glow Party! The students had an absolute blast...and so did the teachers! :)
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #WilliamsElementary #GlowParty #Celebration
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MMS had a spring egg hunt today in the school media center. Students were able to HOP in and hunt for eggs and a prize. The kids loved it!
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MMS #EggHunt #Spring
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Softball at Centennial is cancelled for today (3/29/22)
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A couple more scholarship opportunities have 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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Jasper County Jr High has canceled the track meet for Tuesday, March 29th due to weather concerns. We are looking at dates to reschedule.
There will be track practice today for all groups until 5 pm.
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The Mattoon High School Drama Club presents โDisco Infernoโ on March 31st and April 1st at the MHS gymnasium.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for kids.
โDisco Inferno,โ is a book by Justin Sepple. In the promotional material for the play, โThree words that describe this stylized musical would be Faust with Flare. With its retro setting, โDisco Infernoโ oozes nostalgia and inspires smiles to hustle their way into audience membersโ faces. If you love the 1970s, then youโll love this riotous trip back to the decade that brought us flared trousers, platform shoes and glitter. In โDisco Inferno,โ the story of Faust is brought back to life in an explosion of hit songs and high-energy dance routines.โ
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MHS #Musical #DramaClub
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Our Birth-3 gals completed a car seat safety check event with the Bloomington Fire Department. They were able to complete 6 various seat checks to remain up to date and certified! ๐ ๐
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Remember the Kindness Cafe? They are a group of students at Riddle Elementary that brainstorm ways to spread kindness and serve others throughout the school and community.
Their next "Dollar Drop Day" is Friday, April 1st. They are asking students and staff to donate $1 and wear mismatched clothes. The money raised will go to the Salvation Army (voted on by the school).
They created this graphic all on their own to help spread the word about their fundraiser. You can hit "share" if you'd like to help them out.
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary #KindnessCafe
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You can now register for the Mattoon Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken League. Register before March, 31st on their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/Mattoon-Babe-Ruth-Baseball-League-129637333784623
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon
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MHS Varsity Cheer tryouts are Tuesday, April 19, Wednesday, April 20 and Thursday, April 21 from 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm. Students will receive their packets when they attend the first cheer clinic on Tuesday the 19th.
Get more details by filling out the survey below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZrh0PMW13xV7mW9GdFztB75HlGN-Wie24kkeQPkCx4B6eFA/viewform
#mcusd2 #mhs #cheerleading #mattoon
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Good morning Greenwave Nation! Wishing you a great day and a wonderful week.
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon
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Today was the 2nd Annual Williams Elementary PTO 5k and 1 Mile Color Run/Walk! It was a little chilly, but a lot of fun ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐
The event also included a ninja course, food, a tattoo station and more!
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #WilliamsElementary
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Congratulations to Riddle Elementary's Camden Hedges for being the 1st student to ever earn 30 Miles participating in the Riddle Run Club. A special thank you to Mrs. Drake and the Riddle Elementary STEAM class for helping Camden check 30 miles done.
What an awesome accomplishment!
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary #RunClub
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Friday Feel Good!
Tami Sander's Wave Time Class at MHS put together a project recently to give back to the community. They decided to do a pallet wood project since they had plenty of resources available to use at the high school. They created and designed decorations to sell, voting to give proceeds to One-Stop Community Christmas.
The class was able to present a $250 check to One-Stop! We are thankful for their hard work and thoughtfulness.
Pictured Left to Right: Sadie Brazzell, Kim Henness - One-Stop Community Christmas, Allie Wells, Emily Maple and Kaleb Wright.
You can find more details on One-Stop below:
https://www.facebook.com/OneStopCommunityChristmas
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MHS #GiveBack #Community
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We love seeing students' artwork hanging in the hallways!
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary #Art
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Here's some behind-the-scenes progress from the LIFT renovations! This will be an office on the Communications floor.
If you aren't following LIFT on Facebook yet, click below:
https://www.facebook.com/LIFT-Central-Illinois-113275517933700
You can also find more information on the LIFT website:
mattoon.k12.il.us/lift
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #LIFT #LeadersInnovatingForTomorrow #Explore #Lead #LIFT
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Mattoon American Legion Auxiliary Unit 88 awarded first place in the Americanism Essay contest to Madeline Landrus, eighth-grade student at Mattoon Middle School. The title of the essay was "Patriotism: How We Are More Alike Than Different". Madeline was presented a check and read her essay at the March meeting of the Auxiliary at the American Legion. Her essay has been forwarded to the District Auxiliary for further competition.
The American Legion Department of Illinois sponsors the essay contest each year for students in the seventh through twelfth grades. The purpose of the contest is to aid the schools in the teaching of Americanism and citizenship.
Pictured is Mattoon American Legion Auxiliary President Gina Lockhart, MMS student Madi Landrus, and Auxiliary Chaplain and Americanism Chairman, Rhonda Davis.
Congrats to Madi and best of luck on the next stage of the competition!
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MMS #Contest
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Exciting stuff! The girl's soccer team had their first practice on the new field.
#MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MHS #SoccerField #Updates
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Here is the tip of the day and tomorrow's testing schedule at Williams Elementary. Tomorrow wraps up the testing!
#MCUSD2 #TestingTips
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