Hello Cardinal Elementary Families,
I hope that you have enjoyed the weekend and are looking forward to the week ahead. We are getting ready to celebrate teachers and all staff at Cardinal Elementary. Please join us for some fun dress-up days to help us celebrate. Here is another episode of CWNK (https://youtu.be/FK5EuAFRcoQ) news report to tell you more! Izzy Watson and Brody Flagel have more to tell you about some exciting events in May!
Highlights Include:
-Celebration of Mental Health Awareness (May 13th-17th) Dress Up Days to come.
-Move Up Day (May 15th)
-Cardinal Track and Field Day (May 23rd)
-Cardinal Carnival (May 29th)
Check out these Cardinal first grade readers who met a reading goal by reading 5 days a week since October! Way to go!
Student Kiwanis Readers from the Cardinal Lighthouse team read to our preschool friends today! They love sharing their talents with others!
Cardinal students enjoyed some outside time today to work on Habit #7: Sharpen the Saw. Being outside on a beautiful spring day is a great way to nourish your spirit! 🌸
Cardinal awarded the Count on Me award for Habit #7: Sharpen the Saw, to Miss Taylor Back! Taylor is a special education teacher at Cardinal Elementary. She has been a great addition to our Cardial staff this year and is always modeling and encouraging the use of good habits with students and staff. Thank you for being a rock star leader, Miss Back!
Staff Shout Out to Ms. Pam Bowman who was awarded our High Hopes award for Habit #7: Sharpen the Saw. Pam does an amazing job as a paraprofessional at Cardinal Elementary. Her support and encouragement for the academic and behavior success of our Cardinal students does not go unnoticed! Thank you Ms. Pam!
2nd graders participated in the 2024 Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District poster contest. Kinley D. had an outstanding entry and has won the 🥇1st place local award. Her poster will advance to the Regional Conservation judging.
It was a great morning for a bus evacuation drill!
Cardinal Elementary awards today include some special poetry awards for second grade students. Please see the video (https://youtu.be/AiMueW_qiQ4) for more details about our High Hopes and Count on Me award winners for Habit #7: Sharpen the Saw. Congratulations to all these outstanding award winners!
Maquoketa Track and Band Families,
The Conference Track meet has been moved to Friday, May 3rd starting at 11:00 am at Monticello. This is due to the anticipated weather for Thursday evening. This has been schedule during the day to allow all band students to attend Conference Track and any students who are participating in Large Group Band and Vocal Contests in the evening.
Please join us in celebrating our awesome staff with these fun-theme days for the week of Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week May 6th - May 10th.
So many exciting things happening in Ms. Denger's first grade class this past week! 😃
Mrs. Trusty's first graders had an amazing time at Eden Valley today! Such a perfect day!
More from Mrs. Trusty's class as they explored the nature center at Eden Valley. So much fun learning about living and nonlivng things!
First graders had a great time looking for living and non-living things at Eden Valley today. 😊
More fun looking for living and non-living things at Eden Valley.
Please see the updated version of our Cardinal Carnival plans. Hope you can join us on this day. The new flyer has designated times for grade level rotations if you were planning to take time off work. Please contact Cardinal Elementary if you have any questions.
During Kid Town last week first graders had a great time spending their money they earned. They also got a chance to work together as they took turns running the different stores.
More fun at first grade's Kidtown at Cardinal!
Hello Cardinal Elementary Families,
I can't believe that we are entering our last month of school for the 2023-2024 school year. This week's CWNK news report (https://youtu.be/YSf56798GDM?si=9pn0Rw8FkLtllkhR) is filled with some exciting events as we wrap up the end of the year. I would also like to share some things that are happening toward the end of the month that parents are invited to attend. We look forward to celebrating the many accomplishments of our students and staff as we say goodbye for the summer break.
Highlights include:
-Cardinal Carnival - May 29th from 12:45-2:15 (The Carnival will be on the Cardinal blacktop and we will use grade level rotations. TK/Kindergarten: 12:45-1:25, 1st Grade: 1:25 - 2:00, 2nd Grade: 2:00-2:45) at Cardinal Elementary
-Cardinal Track and Field (See times in the flyer for grade levels) at the High School Track
