Check out all of the exciting and spooky opportunities at Douglas-Hart Nature Center in October. Please go to: www.dnature.org for more more detailed date & time information.
Mr. Todd Morton, Head Supervisor at Williams dresses up in a unique costume every Friday to help entertain students and to spread positivity throughout the school. We are so lucky to have Mr.Todd on our staff, along with the rest of our awesome team of supervisors!
Our Feature Teacher of the Week at Williams Elementary is Ms. Cerys Boston , who teaches 5th Grade. She is new to the district, but she arrived with some very unique experience. She did half of her student teaching experience in Ireland. She volunteers at Lincoln Log Cabin in her spare time and she is also a Youth Program Coordinator there for their summer day camp for kids age 8-12. She became a teacher because she had many excellent teachers that made learning fun for her when she was a student. Her favorite thing about Williams so far is the wide range of supports available to teachers and students and she has also been impressed with the way the schools are so tightly connected to the community.
Domino's Pizza PTO fundraiser for Williams Elementary is on Thur. Sept. 30th from 4-8pm. 15% of all orders will be donated to the PTO. We would like to thank Domino's for continuing to be an excellent community partner with our schools.
October Elementary Breakfast and Lunch Menu
Various staff members from Williams created a float for the homecoming parade recently. Several of them marched in the parade alongside the float. Students could be heard up and down the parade route yelling enthusiastic greetings and words of support for their teachers, administrators, and other staff members who were marching.
Students in Kelly Keller’s Deaf and Hard Hearing classroom recently worked on a collaborative project to help teach their preschool students about the letter D. The older students researched and wrote out recipes for making doughnuts. The younger kids were involved in mixing the ingredients and shaking bags of cinnamon and sugar. The final activity included a “Cooking with Kelly” mock TV show. The students participated in this as well and then all were able to enjoy some delicious doughnuts.
Williams 4th Grader Natalie Angell recently won the Midwest Junior Super Series drag race competition in Sikeston, Missouri. She has been racing since the age of 6. Her dad, Jeremiah Angell has also taught her how to do maintenance on her car, including how to work on the brakes. Natalie’s race car is called the Feisty Mouse 2.0 and she wants to be a professional drag racer like her idol, Erica Enders. Her friends and teachers at Williams are all very proud of her for setting such high goals for herself and for working so hard to be one of the best in her sport.
It's not to late to get signed up for the Broadway Bolt 3 mile run and FREE 1 Mile fun fun/walk! Both events end at Peterson Park so be sure to stick around and watch the MHS Homecoming Parade after!
Sign up by today to guarantee your shirt!!!! All proceeds to go support MCUSD#2 Green and Gold Day Projects!!! Follow the link below to get signed up!
https://runsignup.com/Race/IL/Mattoon/bolt
Williams Elementary Picture Day will take place on Sept. 24th.
Wagner Portrait Group will be photographing students for portrait packages & school records.
NEW! ONLY ONLINE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
(Please do not bring checks, cash, or order forms to school as they will no longer be accepted.)
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
https://bit.ly/3D0Ipzw
www.WagnerPortraitGroup.com
Online Pre-Order Password: 5G3V5V9
Can’t order online or have other questions? We are happy to help! 314-567-5900 or 1-800-444-7986
Mrs. Schafer is our Feature Teacher of the Week at Williams. She has been teaching 3rd Grade since 2018 and this year she is teaching a multi-age classroom including grades 2-3. She is originally from Michigan, where she grew up ice skating and playing hockey. She was so successful in high school that she was recruited to play hockey at The Ohio State University, where she played for 4 years and earned Defensive Player of the Year honors twice. She even tried out for the US Olympic hockey team in 2014. She met her husband in college and they moved to Mattoon after graduation to be near family. She has a son named Sam, 1 dog, and 3 cats. We are so proud to have this amazing and energetic teacher on our staff!
Half of the Williams Student Technology Leadership Team attended some excellent training with Mr.Nate Carlson, who is the Digital Literacy Coordinator at Booth Library @ EIU. He spoke to the students about digital footprints and making safe decisions when posting things online or sending texts,emails,etc. The students pictured were working on a mission statement for the newly formed group at Williams.
Please click the following link for information about the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program: https://getemergencybroadband.org/
Please click the link below regarding vaccination opportunities at MHS on Saturday, August 26th, and Saturday, September 18th!
https://5il.co/xy0k
https://5il.co/xy0j
The flag at Williams Elementary was lowered to half mast this week to honor the life of Mr. Les Edwards, who was the first principal in school history. He was on the architectural design team prior to the school’s construction and he served as principal from 2003-2005. He was a kind and caring leader that touched the lives of thousands of kids and dozens of teachers throughout his career. After retiring from MCUSD#2 he went on to become a student teacher coordinator at EIU. He was a beloved educator whose terrific smile and comforting laugh will be missed by all of those who were fortunate enough to have known him.
First Ever Foreign Language Program kicks off at Williams on the first Monday of the school year. Students were excited to try speaking Spanish with the assistance of Ms. Seay and the Rosetta Stone language program.
Students will now sign in to Schoology with Clever.
Williams Family Orientation Night: Click on the following link for a readable view of orientation information: https://5il.co/wxwq
Welcome Back Letter/ Please click on the following link to open a very important letter from our principals: https://5il.co/wxy8
