
A little fun before break! 8th grade NEST classes had a friendly competition to see who could create the best snowman. It was tough deciding on a winner!


Fun night of Cardinal wrestling


Cardinal girls with a victory over Bellevue tonight. Go Cards!!!


Our brass band sounded beautiful today playing Christmas carols at Maquoketa State Bank today! Thank you to MSB and to all those who listened and celebrated our Maquoketa musicians today! Also Thank You to Mr. Hovey and our students!



Thank You to our student presenters from Cardinal who shared about their leadership jobs at the board meeting. Thank you also to parents for bringing their students and to our staff who support student leadership! Also, thank you to our MS and HS teams for sharing math data and how they are supporting student instruction/growth in math! Proud of all the work our staff and students are doing for kids!





Sock Fundraiser Update: If you ordered socks from the fundraiser we are hoping to have them here by the end of the day tomorrow. I will keep you updated as to when they arrive and are ready for pick-up.

It's not looking like a white Christmas is heading our way, but at least we had one fun day in the snow at Cardinal Elementary!







Thank You to Maquoketa Kiwanis who has sponsored Leader In Me at Briggs Elementary for a couple of years. The first year they provided all students with program binders. This week students and teachers explained how they use the binders and more about Leader in Me.


Family Photo Day @ Middle School





Another wonderful holiday music concert today with Briggs Elementary students. Thank You to Mr. Ely, our Elementary Music Director for supporting this great event! Thanks also to our staff, the entire music department, high school band students, accompanist, Pam Crawford, custodians, bus drivers and many more who made today a success.






Tomorrow is our Briggs Winter Concert! Please join us in the High School Gym for a 9:30am performance.
Can't be there in person? Join us virtually! Click or "copy & paste" the Zoom link below to watch our concert from where you are.
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://maquoketaschools.zoom.us/j/96002899085?pwd%3DT2p2amNrVitvYnNET3UrdHBhKytZUT09&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1702822158056159&usg=AOvVaw2EjABiC9Ki54BXpiUxmYfv

Thank you to all who had a part in preparing, participating, and/or viewing the Cardinal Holiday Sing-Along this morning! What a wonderful performance!









Did you know that MMS is 1 of 3 Iowa schools which offers an Aerospace Connections in Education course?Ms. Johannsen's STEM class participates in this program in partnership with co-teacher Lt. Garrett Thomas from the Civil Air Patrol. An awesome opportunity for our students!




Mrs Hurd's students are learning about osmosis and diffusion. Today they conducted a lab with starch and iodine to experiment with permeability.




Meet our very first Maquoketa Cardinals Girls Wrestling Team.


Pep band creating a great atmosphere tonight. Thank you


Cardinal boys take the floor


Victory for the Cardinals


Great win for the Cardinals tonight over Grand View Christian. Great night to be a Cardinal

Way to go Cards!! Final score 75-72!!
