Another first grader met the goal of reading 5 days a week! Way to go, Kinsley!
Tonight you will find a free book coming home called, Dragon Flight School. This is a book provided to all students from Eastern Iowa Mental Health and Disability Services. The story is about a dragon who learns how to treat others with kindness and calm down when he is frustrated. Enjoy reading this book with your child.
Hello Cardinal Elementary Families,
We are looking forward to another week at Cardinal Elementary. Please see the CWNK news report (https://youtu.be/dx53xhehB9A) for a look at what's ahead for the week.
Highlights Include:
-Kindergarten Field trip to McDonald's and the park on Thursday.
-Dress-Up Days for Mental Health Awareness Week
-2nd Grade to the YMCA on Friday
Have a great week!
Our raffle winner for today goes to Mrs. Richardson, our superstar kindergarten teacher. She won a free beverage from Downtown Nutrition! Thank you to Downtown Nutrition for supporting our Maquoketa staff!
A big SHOUT OUT to our Cardinal Parent Lighthouse Team who go above and beyond to provide for our staff and students at Cardinal Elementary. Your dedication, support, and kindness does not go unnoticed. We are grateful to you all! Thanks for all the fun treats and incentives during our Staff Appreciation Week!
Cardinal Parent Lighthouse Team: Kayla Flanker, Courtney Whitmore, Lorene McLaughlin, Becky Nowachek, Hannah True, and Heather Drury
Students in Ms. Liz's class are enjoying the new giant Lego-style building blocks. Thank you to the Maquoketa Education Fund Grant program for these awesome new items!!! 🤩
It's a great day to BE KIND! 😁
Chip-Chip Hooray it was a COLORFUL Day as we continue to celebrate our Staff! Mrs. Liz was the winner of a chocolate chip brownie cookie from the Humming Arrow. Thank you, Sadie Gerlach for the donation and supporting our staff!
ORANGE You Glad It's Friday! Another day to thank the Parent Lighthouse Team for supplying the our Cardinal staff with some energy throughout the day! We also got to see some team pride as students and staff showed of their favorite teams!
Please help us bring awareness to Mental Health Awareness Month by participating in these fun dress-up days May 13th - May 17th!
Today we celebrated like ROCKSTARS how amazing our Cardinal Staff is! We also enjoyed some yummy desserts in the lounge thanks to our Parent Lighthouse Team! Teacher Barbie (a.k.a Mrs. Liz) even made an appearance.
Congratulations to Miss Amanda, one of our PK-2 paraprofessionals at Cardinal Elementary. Today she won a pair of tickets to the VOY theater. Thank you to the VOY for always supporting the work of our staff at Maquoketa!
Congratulations to Ms. Emily Dontje who was the recipient of a gift card to Tada Meats during the Cardinal raffle today! Stay tuned for more winners this week as we raffle out more fun prizes gathered by the Parent Lighthouse Team to support our staff. Thank you Tada Meats for your support and recognition of educators in Maquoketa!
Today we celebrated how much we "POSITIVELY" love our Cardial staff! Thank you to the Parent Lighthouse Team for providing some energy this morning! Another thank-you to school board member Kacee Nohr for providing the yummy brownies! We are so grateful!
Two more first grade students met the reading goal of reading 5 days a week since October! Way to go Shane and Cameron!
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!
