Happy 2024 from TK!!!!!
Today we recognized our High Hopes (students who are working hard and making gains on their academic achievements) and Count On Me (students who are showing good leadership skills and being a friend to others) awards at Cardinal Elementary. Throughout December we focused on Habit 3: Put First Things First. Starting in January we will focus on Habit 4: Think Win-Win!
2nd graders had a jam packed day! We began our day by visiting Kindergartens. We played a game, read a story, and gave them some reindeer food to take home. We had our holiday party, complete with snacks, juice, crafts, Secret Santa gift exchange, games, and a movie. Everyone had so much fun!
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Merry Christmas from Second Grade 🎄!
Hello Cardinal Elementary Families,
If you are not able to make it to the concert tomorrow and would like to watch the Livestream, here is the link: https://maquoketaschools.zoom.us/j/91644440912?pwd=WTJlVFZ4aVdqcVltS3N1VUhBaXVaQT09
Warm Wishes,
Sara Bennis
Hope you can join us for the Holiday Sing-A-Long tomorrow!
Ms. Bahlmann's second graders had fun learning about verbs and a new morning meeting greeting! We are busy practicing our math facts!
Hello Cardinal Elementary Families, As the temperatures fluctuate, I wanted share our expectations for outdoor recess in regards to how we determine whether we have indoor or outdoor recess. Please reach out to me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Sara Bennis
Please read our posted news article for an update about student, Ty Hinz, and a thank you to all of those who supported and cared for him during last night's basketball game. Ty’s family would like to share that he is at home recovering and at this time is doing well.
We have several teaching and para educator positions open at Maquoketa CSD. In interested please apply at iowaworks.gov or contact building administrators for detailed information about each position.
Please see the following opportunities for Cardinal age students to learn more about agriculture and participate in a winter adventure camp over the holiday break.
Text invitations for Rooms! Parents, many of you have created a Rooms account and are using this new tool to communicate with Maquoketa staff. A new round of text invitations was recently sent to those who have not yet logged into Rooms. If you received this text today, the document below provides helpful instructions for next steps!
The Cardinal Elementary Staff is excited to greet customers at Copper Cardinal on Thursday, November 30 from 4:00-9:00 for a fundraiser event that will benefit the Leader in Me program at Cardinal Elementary. Any orders dine-in, carry-out or delivery will support the fundraiser.
Hello Cardinal Elementary Families,
Tomorrow is the turn in day for the Cardinal Elementary Sock Fundraiser. Please have all orders in to the school secretary, Kaitlyn Lane, no later than 3:30.
Thank you,
Sara Bennis
Cardinal Elementary Principal
Hello Cardinal Families,
We are excited to welcome back our Cardinal students tomorrow! We hope you had a great holiday break. The temperature seems to have moved more toward winter weather and we will want to make sure students are well dressed for the outdoors when it comes to recess time. Please send hats and gloves along with a winter coat. If you are in need of any of these items, please reach out to us and we can help!
This week we are looking forward to our Copper Cardinal Night on Thursday, November 30th! Please see the attached flyer with more information.
Have a great week!
Sara Bennis
Cardinal Elementary Principal
Cardinal Elementary will be hosting a Leader in Me Fall Family Night on Tuesday, November 14th from 5:00-6:30 pm. Please make sure to RSVP, as a meal will be provided for those who attend. RSVP by scanning the QR code and filling out the form online.
Maquoketa CSD is excited to announce the launch of our new website. The goal of the site is to provide timely, professional and systematic communication that celebrates our students, staff and families. Families will receive information on social media and via email by Friday, November 10th about how they can access our new district app and "Rooms", our two way communication platform between families and teachers.
High School Students who achieved honors accomplishments during fall sports and music were celebrated by our elementary students. Congratulations to Chloe Leon for All-State Choir, Mia Reicks, Ainsley Munson and Abby Taliaferro for All-State Band and Izzy Hardin for State XC.
Mrs. Dostal's class read "How Spider Saved Halloween" and then watched a Mystery Doug episode about spiders. We learned about which spider is the biggest and made our own spiders crawl to the fly (ruler). The students loved this and learned so much!
