
Mrs. Hamilton was the first recipient of the amazing donations our Parent Lighthouse Team collected from local businesses. Thank you, Flower Cart, for recognizing our amazing teachers!


Notice anything that looks familiar?
This is our Lost & Found table at Briggs.
If you spy something that belongs to your student, remind them to stop by & pick it up, or use Rooms to message their teacher to remind them to pick it up. Sometimes items are left by Cardinal kiddos who attend the After School Program so look closely!!
Any items left at the end of the school year will be donated.






Join us Thursday, May 9th for the Briggs Elementary/Before and After School Program Literacy Night!!


Cardinal students and staff were very COMFY as we celebrated Staff Appreciation Week! Thank you once again to the Parent Lighthouse Team for the potato bar lunch!







Hello Cardinal Elementary Families,
Today we recognized our last round of 2nd grade Leaders of the Week for the year. See the video (https://youtu.be/HCAzks-tAXY). We also had a few staff shout outs and another round of raffle prizes for Cardinal staff. Congratulations to Nurse Carlee who won a bouquet of flowers from The Flower Market. Our preschool paraprofessional, Stephanie Ricklefs, who won a special gift bag from Dollar Fresh. Thank you to Dollar Fresh and The Flower Market for your generosity and recognition of the dedication and hard work of staff at Maquoketa Community School District. We also celebrated our School Nurse Carlee on National School Nurse Day!




Happy Wednesday! Just sending out a quick message to make parents/families aware the Maquoketa MMEU will be doing some utility work in Little Bear Park this afternoon that may interfere with end of day/pick-up plans you have arranged with your student. During the time that Maquoketa MMEU is in the park, it will be closed down/inaccessible due to safety reasons. If you are changing end of day/pick-up plans and wish to notify your student, please call the school secretary before 12:30pm so that we can get the message to your student. Thank you!

Join us Thursday, May 9th for the Briggs Elementary/Before and After School Program Literacy Night!!


Getting prepared for conference track meet!!


Join us Thursday, May 9th for the Briggs Elementary/Before and After School Program Literacy Night!!


7th grade:: Day at the Dam










Students in the local dirt track squad went around town hanging up the Maquoketa Speedway schedule at different businesses.




Maquoketa Track and Band Families,
The Conference Track meet has been moved to Friday, May 3rd starting at 11:00 am at Monticello. This is due to the anticipated weather for Thursday evening. This has been schedule during the day to allow all band students to attend Conference Track and any students who are participating in Large Group Band and Vocal Contests in the evening.

Thank you to all those that were able to join us for the 1st and 2nd Grade Cardinal Elementary Spring Music Concert and Art Show!










Today we held the annual ribbon cutting ceremony for 1st Grade's Kidtown! This year our town was named, Iowa City Town. Let the fun begin!





Happy School Bus Driver Appreciation Day. Thank You to all of our bus drivers at Maquoketa CSD for transporting our students safely to school and home each day! You are such an important part of our students' school experience and you make a positive difference in our community!


Hello Cardinal Elementary Families,
This will be an active week for our students at Cardinal. Please see the CWNK news report (https://youtu.be/3RfcT4HmgGc?si=fKJlwNAg0W_XUKq9) for more information on all the excitement!
Highlights Include:
-Monday, April 22nd - Cardinal Blood Drive hosted by Liam True and his Family
-Thursday, April 25th - Cardinal Spring Concert (Grades 1-2)



Prom 2024


Students in Mr. B's science class working on a skeletal system lab!





Maquoketa Families,
There will be a 1:30 dismissal today due to the potential of severe weather moving into our area later this afternoon . Thank You for your understanding as we try to keep everyone safe.

Another team win tonight for our lady Cardinal track team over a loaded field tonight. Congratulations!!!
