MMS is hosting 6th Grade Orientation night on Tuesday, May 2nd from 5:30-7:00 PM. We can't wait to welcome our new Wildcats!
We hope everyone had a great Spring Break! We can't wait to welcome students back tomorrow (4/11).
The Riddle Elementary Student Lighthouse Team recently donated $854 worth of toys from an Amazon wishlist to the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital in Indianapolis.
The team worked hard to establish their "why". Their goal was to "provide comfort to children in a hospital."
They decided to host a Market Days event held in February. The team worked, on their own time, to create handmade items to sell. They set up their items on the Riddle stage to sell their items alongside the Junior Student Lighthouse Team, who helped to market the items for sale. These items, including pet rocks, hand-drawn posters, candy grams, paintings, jewelry, and more, brought in over a whopping $850!
The team researched hospitals and chose to partner with Child Life in Indianapolis. The students called the hospital to find out how to best serve them. They were directed to an Amazon wishlist filled with a ton of toys and items for their patients. The team filled out purchase orders to place orders for their gifts.
The students were able to donate 47 toys and items of need to the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital! The team would like to thank the Riddle Elementary School community for the generous donations made to their cause.
Eat pizza and support the Mattoon Middle School Band this Wednesday (April 5th) from 4-8 PM at Mattoon Domino's .
MMS now has a Chess Club! The club has grown considerably and they now have Wednesday and Friday morning meetings. The hope is that by next year, they can compete against other schools. Way to go Wildcats!
Wishing you a happy Spring break!
The MHS Tech Leadership students have been collaborating with other teams throughout the district at Riddle, Williams, and MMS. Each tech team has collaborated on what is working well within each respective team, what they enjoy about their leadership opportunities, and areas that they would like to continue to grow.
Students in Mr. Young's 8th Grade STEAM class at MMS are building Pinball Machines from scratch! With a budget of only $300 STEAM Bucks, these students are expected to focus on meeting the criteria for the project to be successful while staying within the constraints of the project. Using concepts like Forces in Motion, measurement, the 4 C's of 21st Century Learning, and viewing videos on the history of Pinball Machines, students are finishing up designing these Compound Machines utilizing the Simple Machines in daily life to build their own Pinball Machines. Students are creating the mechanisms for the flippers to be used with cardboard, popsicle sticks, and rubber bands. Way to go Wildcats!
A successful weekend for MMS Wrestling!
Mitchell Clapp was named the new State AA Champion for his weight class 215lb.! He scored 27 team points.
+Memphys Howell placed 2nd and scored 22 points.
+Creed Cole placed 6th and scored 7 points.
+London Miller scored 3 points.
+Brody Goonan scored 2 points
+Jaxtyn Howell scored 2 points.
Overall, Mattoon Middle School finished 11th in the State. Congrats boys, we are so proud!
Help send the MMS STEAM Team to Physics Day! Purchase your Wildcat spirit wear with the link below before March 20, 2023!
bit.ly/mmsorders
In February, the Mattoon Middle School Scholastic Bowl team competed in the Crestwood Classic tournament hosted by Paris Crestwood. The Wildcats were victorious throughout the entire pool play portion of the tournament by posting wins against teams from Chrisman, Crestwood, and Shiloh. By doing so, MMS was able to earn the tournament Runner-Up Championship! Congrats to the team!
MMS is asking for parents and guardians to take the 2023 Illinois 5 Essentials survey.
Please take the survey with the link below:
bit.ly/mms5essentials
Thank you!
6 MMS wrestlers are state bound with Coach Fryman and Coach Edwards!
Four 1st 🥇 🥇 🥇 🥇 place!!!!
One 2nd 🥈 place!
One 3rd 🥉 place!
1st place:
70 Creed Cole
75 Jaxtyn Howell
85 Memphys Howell
215 Mitchell Clapp
2nd place:
275 London Miller
3rd place
126 Brody Goonan
Congrats to all of our kids!
Congratulations to the MMS 8th grade volleyball team for an amazing season and congratulations to Coach V and the family on an adorable addition to your family!🍼
Congratulations to the MMS 7th grade volleyball team on a great season!
Diapers to Diplomas! MHS Senior Jason Skocy holds one of LIFT's littlest leaders, illustrating just how lucky we are to serve families and kiddos as they grow into the incredible young adults they are meant to be!
Check out this photo from when the MMS 8th grade boys Basketball team defeated rival and 2nd seed Charleston in the 2nd round of regional play 38 to 35 on February 1st. Mattoon lost in the regional championship at Mt. Zion against the No. 1 seed from Rochester.
Students in MMS Mass Media, STEAM Club, and Mattoon Innovation Team (MIT) have been working with our Instructional Technology Coach, Claire Vogel and Media Specialist, Ingrid Minger on increasing Computer Science and Computational Thinking in a variety of ways over the past few months. Based on student interest, teams have been collaborating to code a light display at the MMS Winter Wonderland event, fly drones to capture and produce media, and explore robotics with Sphero RVRs, MicroBits, and VEX robots.
Through a partnership with EIU, Mattoon Middle School was selected to be a Pathways to the Future Pilot Program to receive a grant to purchase new technology to support our students' learning. We are very excited to see what the future holds with these technology learning opportunities!
#CoachingBrightSpots
Congrats to the 7th grade Volleyball team!
All MMS practices/open gyms are cancelled for Wednesday, January 25th. The building is closed. Please focus on e-Learning tasks and be safe.
All events for Thursday, Jan 26th will continue as scheduled at this time.
