May 25, 2022
Mrs. Hawbaker and Mrs. Simpson's Multi-Age classes wrapped up an economics unit with Market Days the last week of school. Students made digital video ads to play at their booth, d...
May 25, 2022
The Sarah Bush Lincoln Family Medical Center will hold the annual summer sports physical clinic again this summer. Please take advantage of this service which donates a portion o...
May 25, 2022
The students at Riddle Elementary met over 5,300 WIGs (Wildly Important Goals) this year and voted to shave Assistant Principal Mr. Rahar's hair. One student per grade level was n...
May 24, 2022
The Kindess Cafe has been busy again! The last two months they continued Dollar Drop Days at Riddle to raise money for two more organizations. Salvation Army -- Riddle Elementar...
May 24, 2022
Riddle Elementary held its 5th-grade awards assembly on Wednesday, May 18. The students pictured are the W.O.N.D.E.R. K.I.D.S recipients. These students were nominated by teac...
May 23, 2022
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May 19, 2022
The following is from the Nutrition Department, Illinois State Board of Education on resources for Infant Formula.
"In light of nationwide infant formula supply chain shortag...
May 16, 2022
Last week on May 11, we held a district-wide End of the Year Celebration & Collaboration for our Tech Leadership Teams! They enjoyed snacks and an awards ceremony. All awards were...
April 8, 2022
Riddle Elementary Students collected 1,212 items for the Mattoon Food Bank. They surpassed their original goal of 1,000 items in just five days! Members of the Student Lighthouse ...
February 25, 2022
Students in Miss Weber's multi-age class enjoyed their D.E.A.R Day recently. D.E.A.R. stand for Drop Everything And Read. The students were allowed to bring in blankets, pillows, ...
January 5, 2022
Students in Mrs. Simpson's Multi-Age classroom spent time on the first day back from Winter Break reviewing teamwork expectations. They practiced synergizing to build the tallest ...
November 10, 2021
On Tuesday, November 9th students from Riddle that sold enough fundraiser items were rewarded with a limo ride. The students were taken to the 19th Street Dairy Queen where they e...
October 16, 2021
Riddle Elementary students in grades K-2 learned about coding using Sphero Indi robots in STEAM class. The different colored tiles tell the robot what to do.
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October 4, 2021
On September 29, school leaders from surrounding areas participated in a Leadership Visit Day at Mattoon Community Schools. Riddle students discussed their leadership opportunitie...
September 23, 2021
The new Riddle Student Lighthouse Team sought out fellow classmates of all ages who are creative and artistically talented to make posters representing each of the 7 Habits for th...
September 21, 2021
If you use Amazon, consider using smile.amazon.com as a way to give back. AmazonSmile is a simple way to support Riddle PTA every time you shop at no cost to you. On your first...
September 20, 2021
Last year we began using the app SORA to provide digital books to students during remote learning. SORA allows our students to read and listen to books right from their Chromebook...
September 20, 2021
STEAM classes learned about communication last week with Mrs. Drake. They began their activity by building structures using Legos. Then they used only communication to explain to ...
September 17, 2021
Students in Mrs. Washburn's class created pumpkins during their Art class with Mr. Niemerg. They used shadows and shading to add detail to their drawings. Some students even added...