Don't forget to help us celebrate Valentine Spirit Week at Cardinal and Brigg's Elementaries!
Maquoketa Families,
Due to the expected forecast of freezing rain, we will. not have practices and/or events after school today. If your child is in an activity/sport please remember to check Rooms in our district app for any messages and/or updates about the rest of the week.
Hello Cardinal Elementary Families,
Please join us in celebrating Valentine Spirit Week with some fun dress-up days for our Cardinal and Briggs students. Happy Valentine's Day!
Maquoketa Families,
Due to icy road conditions, Maquoketa CSD will have a 2 hour delay, tomorrow, Thursday, February 6th. All morning activities and morning preschool will be cancelled. Please stay tuned for any additional weather updates.
Cardinal Elementary National School Counseling Week Staff & Student Dress Up Days for the rest of this week! See below:
Wednesday - Mrs. Fuerste SUPPORTS us - Show how we support each other by wearing your favorite MCSD/Cardinal gear.
Thursday - Mrs. Fuerste Sprinkles Kindness Like Confetti - Wear a positive message related to kindness and/or caring for others.
Friday - Mrs. Fuerste Teams Up to Help All - Wear your favorite NFL gear as we celebrate the upcoming Super Bowl and show Mrs. Fuerste we appreciate how she "cheers us on!"
National School Counseling Week Staff & Student Dress Up Days for the rest of this week! See below:
Wednesday - Mrs. Fuerste SUPPORTS us - Show how we support each other by wearing your favorite MCSD/Cardinal gear.
Thursday - Mrs. Fuerste Sprinkles Kindness Like Confetti - Wear a positive message related to kindness and/or caring for others.
Friday - Mrs. Fuerste Teams Up to Help All - Wear your favorite NFL gear as we celebrate the upcoming Super Bowl and show Mrs. Fuerste we appreciate how she "cheers us on!"
Today we wore green for National School Counselor Week and in recognition of mental health awareness. We greatly appreciate Mrs. Fuerste and all those that support the SEBH of our students! Tomorrow we plan to wear our Maquoketa gear. 😊
Hello Cardinal Elementary Families,
Happy first week of February! Watch this weeks CWNK newscast (https://youtu.be/UTy347gkZXc?si=J3GzKsRqUz9ktSqv) to learn more about what is happening this week.
Highlights Include:
-New focus habit - Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood.
-High Hopes and Count on Me Award Winners
Have a great week!
Hello Maquoketa Elementary Families,
Help Cardinal and Briggs Elementaries celebrate National School Counselor Week and Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 9th) as we Team Up to support one another on Friday, February 7th. We encourage students and staff to wear their favorite NFL colors or apparel.
Hello Cardinal Elementary Families! National School Counseling Week 2025 (NSCW25) is Feb. 3-7, 2025 to focus on public attention to the unique contribution of school counselors within the U.S. school systems. This year's theme is School Counseling: Helping Students Thrive. In honor of National School Counseling Week 2025, please check out the NSCW Newsletter 2025 from our School Counselor, Mrs. Fuerste. The newsletter provides information about the role of the School Counselor and updates for Kindness Month activities happening in the month of February at our school.
Maquoketa Kiwanis Members helped Cardinal 2nd graders set a goal, plan action steps, encouraged them to achieve their goals , and rewarded them with a pizza party! Congratulations to these Terrific Kids who achieved their goals! Thank you to our Kiwanis Club for your continued support!!!
Happy 100th day of learning from Cardinal Elementary!
2nd Graders are working on writing a persuasive friendly letter. So far they have written a letter to Mrs. Bennis to persuade her into letting them have french fries every day and a letter to Mrs. Johnson to persuade her to letting them have a piece of bubble gum. In their letter they have to include a greeting, an opening sentence, 3 reasons why, and a closing statement. They have been very creative on their reasons to persuade the audience.
2nd grade just finished their Knowledge unit all about life cycles. Marilyn did a great job of drawing the life cycle of a chicken!
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Hello Cardinal Elementary Families,
Welcome to our final week of January! Please see what's coming up this week at Cardinal on the CWNK news report
(https://youtu.be/awakKK259kg). We hope you have a great week as well!
Highlights Include:
Kindergarten Leaders of the week.
Habit Focus: Habit #5 - Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood.
100th Day Celebration, Thursday January 30th.
Additional Information:
Feb. 3rd, Vision Screening
Feb. 17th NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day
Congratulations to our kindergarten Leaders of the Week! Watch this week's edition of the CWNK news (airing at 4:00 pm on Sunday) for more information about these leaders! Thank you for being great role models for others at Cardinal Elementary.
Conner Breitbach
Za'Leah Frisch
Sayven Spidle
John Edwards
A big shout out and thank you to our Maquoketa Police Department, Assistant Chief Thomson, Taylor Marshall, and School Resource Officer James Tenney for providing lunch for two of our Cardinals Leaders, Liam Borushaski and Finley McAfee. As part of this honor these boys got to select a teacher that has made a positive IMPACT on their learning at Cardinal Elementary. Well deserved, Mrs. Allison Johnson & Mrs. Taylor Fuerste! We are proud of you all! ❤️👏
Kids can help make this affordable after-school snack. Serve with fresh veggies, pretzels or pita chips. Find the recipe at https://spendsmart.extension.iastate.edu/recipe/after-school-hummus/
#PickaBetterSnack #HealthyChoicesCount
After School Hummus
1 can (15 ounces) reduced sodium garbanzo beans
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
1 ½ tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon oil (vegetable or olive)
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
½ cup plain nonfat yogurt
Directions
Use a blender or food processor. Combine garbanzo beans, garlic, lemon juice, cumin, oil and pepper. Blend on low speed.
Stir in yogurt with spoon.
Refrigerate for several hours or overnight to blend the flavors.
Serve with pita chips, pretzels or fresh vegetables.
Maquoketa CSD will have a 2 Hour Delay on Tuesday, January 21st 2025. We will continue to monitor to determine if this may change to a cancellation. A reminder that if school is cancelled, we will implement our first virtual learning day. Please review your email for virtual day learning reminders.
Thank You,
Superintendent Notz
School Cancelled for Tuesday, January 21st
Due to our area being updated to an extreme cold warning until noon, school will be cancelled on Tuesday, January 21st. This will be our first day of Virtual Learning:
Elementary Students: Please complete the "Day 1" packet sent home during conferences.
Middle & High School Students: Complete assignments posted by your teachers on Canvas. If you have questions, contact your teachers via school email or through Rooms.
At this time, high school basketball games and practices are still scheduled for tomorrow evening, as the weather advisory is expected to end by noon. Middle school practices are cancelled for tomorrow. We will provide updates if plans change.
Stay safe and warm, and thank you for your understanding!
Superintendent Notz
