Riddle Elementary School

Riddle Elementary Spring Picture Day is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20, 2022. You can now pre-order your photos online! Pre-order at www.WagnerPortraitGroup.com Online Pre-Order Password: 4H6X8P2 #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary

We can't let National Assistant Principal Week wrap up without showing our appreciation for ours! We thank you Mr. Shaffer (High School), Mrs. Kleiss (Middle School), Mrs. Kraft (Williams Elementary), and Mr.Rahar (Riddle Elementary) for all you do for our students and families. #MCUSD2 #Mattoon

In honor of National Library Week, Mrs. Muzzy, Riddle School Librarian would like to recognize some people that are important to the running of Riddle School Library. It truly does take a village! Kris Gambrill is the library paraprofessional, working with all the students each week to help them get just the right books, keeping track of Monarch and Bluestem reading, and tending to the mountains of books going in and out each week. She is pictured with Mrs. Daniel's kindergarten class Kennady Drennan is a Mattoon High School Helper taking an Early Childhood Clinical Class and has been spending an hour and a half in the library each day second semester working with students, teaching lessons, making displays and jumping right in to assist any way she can. Tonya Norviel has been volunteering in the library weekly for several years. She reads stories to kids, listens to students read, helps prep new books, and shelves books. Thank you from Mrs. Muzzy and the rest of the staff at Riddle! #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary

Riddle Elementary has its first newspaper that's created FOR students BY students! The paper is called "The Riddle Reporter" and is created and edited by Chloe Ervin, Rosemary Cook, Addison Perkins, and Annalie Wang. In each issue, these four interview students and staff, take photos, create advertisements, and sketch comics. They meet twice a week to work on the Reporter. Pictured is issue #4. Big shout-out to these students for all of the hard work that they put into making this dream of theirs come true. #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary

On Wednesday, April 20th from 5-10 PM, Buffalo Wild Wings in Mattoon will donate 15% of your total bill (not including tax, gratuity, or promotional discounts) to the Riddle PTA. Please consider getting some tasty wings for a great cause. #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary

Riddle Elementary School student Jessen Horst, a third-grader in Jennifer Ferrar’s class, was selected to be a Kidcaster on WCIA. Jessen spent the morning with Jack Gerfen and helped him in a live weather forecast. They also interviewed Jessen about the December tornado, which will air on April 19. What a fantastic experience! Watch the clips below: https://www.wcia.com/video/kidcaster-jessen-horst/7580372/ #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary

Riddle Elementary School is hosting an open house on Thursday, April 7th from 6:00 - 7:30 PM. Students will get to showcase their leadership and academic growth. #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary

Information on our Elementary Summer School Programs. The enrollment form is below. Please complete by April, 22nd. Enrollment in the Summer School programs is limited, and a waiting list may be necessary. Since the space is limited, please check the dates to ensure that your child will be able to attend regularly to experience the maximum benefits from this program. Confirmation and additional information will be sent to you regarding your child’s enrollment status prior to the beginning of summer school. Thank you! https://forms.gle/PV9QkLp9S1kxtGAM8

Mrs. Hawbaker, twelve of her students, and Ms. Craig at Riddle Elementary have decided to participate in the 3,000 squats challenge in April for the children's heart foundation to support congenital heart failure. They will be doing 90 squats at school each day with homework of 10 each night and 100 each day on the weekends to get 3,000 squats a piece for the month of April! Mrs. Hawbaker is sponsoring each kid that completes the challenge for $5. The kids and teachers are building teamwork, creating comradery, working for a bigger cause, and learning dedication and commitment to support congenital heart failure in babies and children. Here is a picture of the team, they are calling themselves, Heart Squatters, with their very own trackers. Best of luck to all those doing the challenge! #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary

Riddle students have organized a canned food drive running through April 8th. The students chose a theme for each day, but will gladly accept all varieties of items each day. Students have placed collection boxes in each grade-level hallway. Their goal is to deliver 1000 items to the Mattoon Food Bank at the end of the week. We hope you will join us in supporting this community service project. This promotional poster was created by Aiden, a student in 4th grade. #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary #CannedFoodDrive

It's National School Librarian Day and National Library Week and our celebration of Mattoon District Librarians continues. Next up, we want to say thank you to Mrs. Muzzy who works at Riddle Elementary School. "I have been running Riddle Elementary School Library since the school opened in the fall of 2003. I may be biased, but our library is the most beautiful room in the school! I love helping students and staff find just the right books to learn from and enjoy. Our students recently voted in the Illinois Readers Choice Elections. Students in K-3 read from the Monarch Nominated Books, and grades 4-5 read the Bluestem Books. There are so many great books it can be a difficult choice! We recently took a group of students to Barnes and Noble to help select books for our library, and now are gearing up for the Battle of the Books for our upper elementary students. Each and every day is a new adventure in the library." - Mrs. Muzzy #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary

The Miss Bagelfest Pageant will be held on July 16th, 2022. This form is due on orientation night (April, 29th, 2022). If you have any questions, contact Heather. #MCUSD2

Have a fun and safe day. Happy Friday Greenwave Nation! #MCUSD2 #Mattoon

The Mattoon Middle School will be hosting 6th Grade Orientation on April 26th from 5:30-7:00 PM. Please arrive at the Wildcat Gym on time to ensure you don't miss anything. Students will be able to meet the teachers, practice opening lockers, tour the building, and enjoy a scavenger hunt while learning more about MMS. #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #MMS #Orientation

Remember the Kindness Cafe? They are a group of students at Riddle Elementary that brainstorm ways to spread kindness and serve others throughout the school and community. Their next "Dollar Drop Day" is Friday, April 1st. They are asking students and staff to donate $1 and wear mismatched clothes. The money raised will go to the Salvation Army (voted on by the school). They created this graphic all on their own to help spread the word about their fundraiser. You can hit "share" if you'd like to help them out. #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary #KindnessCafe

Congratulations to Riddle Elementary's Camden Hedges for being the 1st student to ever earn 30 Miles participating in the Riddle Run Club. A special thank you to Mrs. Drake and the Riddle Elementary STEAM class for helping Camden check 30 miles done. What an awesome accomplishment! #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary #RunClub

We love seeing students' artwork hanging in the hallways! #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary #Art

The Kindness Cafe is a group of students at Riddle Elementary that meet twice a week to discuss ways they can spread kindness and serve others throughout the school and community. This is a first-year student ran and operated group, facilitated by multi-age teacher Mrs. Simpson. Students brainstormed "Dollar Drop Days" where each month money is raised for a different place in the community. The place selected each month is voted on by the entire school. For February, $150 was raised and went to the Mattoon Police Department. Pictured is Officer Kasey Alexander accepting the check from the Kindness Cafe. "I absolutely LOVE these projects with these kids. I have found great joy in taking a step back and letting the kids take the reins to plan, organize, brainstorm, etc. every step of the way. I am literally just a guide on the side to step in if they need me. To say I am proud of those kids is an understatement. All the credit goes to them. It is such a pleasure to watch them blossom as leaders." - Mrs. Simpson We are so proud of the Kindness Cafe and the kids who are using their talents and strengths to lead and serve. #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary #KindnessCafe

We want to say thank you to Diamond Bros Insurance & El Vaquero/Tacos Amigos for providing a luncheon for the Riddle School employees on March 10th. The luncheon was to celebrate the success of the SmartDollar Program. SmartDollar is an employee financial wellness program that helps equip participants with budgeting, debt reduction, savings for the future, and retiring with confidence. Dimond Bros. is one of our SmartDollar Wellness program sponsors for the district. #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #RiddleElementary #SmartDollarProgram

The last day to turn in cash or checks for the POP fundraiser at Riddle Elementary is Monday, March 21st. Thank you for all of your support with this AMAZING fundraiser. Level-up prizes will be delivered soon, and we are looking forward to celebrating our students at our Day of Awesomeness in May! #MCUSD2 #Mattoon #Riddle #StepItUp #Fundraiser