We are wishing the best of luck to our elementary school students who are testing this week and next!
Riddle Elementary 4th and 5th-grade students are invited to participate in the Illinois Readers Choice Program, the Bluestem Award. There are twenty nominated books, and this month students are able to vote for the book they believe should win the award. For each Bluestem book read, students answer questions about the book and are entered into a monthly drawing for free books.
Pictured are the drawing winners for the month of February. Congrats to all our winners!
Riddle and Williams Elementary schools recently took some students to Barnes and Noble to help select books for their libraries. Students qualified for the trip by reading 18 or more of the 20 nominated Bluestem titles for the year by mid-February. During the day they had a budget and located books they thought kindergarten through fifth-grade readers would enjoy. It was a great day and they can't wait to start reading all the new purchases! It was a day full of books, ice cream, and lots of laughs! This year 10 students from Williams and 8 students from Ridde were able to attend.
Check out some of our POP fundraiser prize winners from the week at Riddle Elementary! Remember there is still time to register and send messages over the weekend to be entered into the $250 Amazon gift card drawing on Monday! You can still earn the Golden Ticket prizes.
Riddle Elementary School is hosting a Blood Drive with the American Red Cross on Monday, March 13 from 2:00 - 6:00 PM.
The drive will take place in the school cafeteria. All blood types are needed.
Riddle Families- Riddle PTA needs your help to hit its goal! Register and enter at least 20 contacts on your personal donation page for a chance to win this COOL fridge stuffed with cash! #itspossiblewithpop #beawesome #empowerkids #stepitup #makeadifference
Riddle Families- Check out the materials coming home with your student today on how you can help Riddle PTA! Make sure you register and enter 10 or more contacts to get in on the FUN! Step it UP! is launching thanks to our friends at POP!
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Riddle Families! Step it UP! Is about to launch thanks to our friends at POP! We’re empowering our kids to make a difference at our school. Plus they’ll earn some cool prizes! Look for more information to come home with your students from the Riddle PTA on Monday. Are you ready? #itspossiblewithpop #beawesome #empowerkids #stepitup #makeadifference
Riddle students have completed their 2022-23 School Year Mural. The mural depicts a blend of two great artworks from history. The painting blends Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night with the woodblock print called Great Wave off Kanagawa made by Hokusai. The two paintings work together framing the town of Mattoon. The town of Mattoon is also bordered by a nice cornfield which transitions and flows into the Mattoon School District logo. Special thanks to all the students that helped on this project. The mural will be the centerpiece for the Riddle School Cafeteria.
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!
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Riddle Elementary art students continue to work on the 2022-2023 School year mural. The mural will be a combination of Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and the "Great Wave of Kanagawa".
Riddle Elementary 4th and 5th grade students are invited to participate in the Illinois Readers Choice Program, the Bluestem Award. There are twenty nominated books, and in March students are able to vote for the book they believe should win the award. For each Bluestem book read, students answer questions about the book and are entered into a monthly drawing for free books.
Pictured are the drawing winners for the months of November and December. Congrats to all the winners!
A reminder that Mattoon CUSD #2 will be closed tomorrow in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Meet Maria from Miss Hawbaker's class at Riddle Elementary. She was the 2nd Quarter Art Award Winner at Riddle Elementary. Each quarter students demonstrating leadership throughout the year are entered into the Art Bucks raffle. Maria's name was drawn and she received all of her favorite treats as the winner!
Riddle Elementary art students have been working on a new cafeteria mural. The mural is a combination of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night and the Great Wave of Kanagawa. Students are very excited about the progress made and can't wait to display it!
Today we want to welcome our students back to school! Wishing you a wonderful day and an amazing semester.
Today we welcome teachers back and tomorrow students return from break to begin a new semester!
Happy New Year! Drop your 2023 resolutions & Wildly Important Goals in the comments!
Photos from the 5th Grade Winter Band Concert held on Tuesday, December 20. This concert brought together students from Riddle and Williams Elementary schools. What a wonderful night of music!
