Today we raised the flag at our newly renovated Locust School. Members of American Legion 192 served as the Honor Guard. Students then said the Pledge of Allegiance and listened to the National Anthem.
Adding the roof!
Locust construction progress
Locust construction progress
More construction on the inside of Locust
Locust Elementary Summer Construction
Concrete day!
Locust Remodeling
Our Amazing Teachers!
Snow Cones Teachers & Friends!
Field Day!!! Students enjoying their last day of school!
Perfect attendance!! Great job!
Final day of Grant’s Readathon and the whole school did their last 15 minutes of reading outside. Beautiful day for it!
Locust 3rd graders visit/tour Grant Intermediate School.
Mr. Burke gets slimed! Over 50% signed up online to raise money for the Kids Heart Challenge.
What does chocolate cake have to do with our Readathon? Ask a Grant student. 😊
Lunch outside for students who read 60+ minutes for Grant’s Readathon!
Can you guess the Mystery Reader for Mrs.Cisneros’s Kindergarten Class??
Superintendent, Lea Damisch, reading to a remote Kdg class.
Mrs. Hart's Mosaic Art - Students show off their creativity in the classroom.
Farm Day Activities!
Mrs. Nolen's Class on Farm Day!
Mrs Nolen’s class enjoying Farm Day.
Technical Difficulties----No Health today! Friday February 26, 2021.
District 165 Has Heart ❤️
Looks just like Frosty (Elina-MCMS)
A fabulous snowman (Hannah-2nd Grade)
What a great snowman (Bodyn-Pre K)
Those are bright eyes in that snowman (Nicolas-4th grade)
A perfect snowman (Ivan-K)
A very bright snowman (Alexis-7th grade, Kevin-K and little brother Evan)
Max and Frosty!!
This one took teamwork! (Ethan —6th, Mason-3rd, Elka-1st, Aleigha-3rd and Rainin)
The best snowman ever (Julie -5th grade)
What a perfect snowman! (Mrs Cederlund—3rd Grade)
Are we supposed to playing or building a snowman? (Chelsea-1st grade and Elijah-Pre K)
A great day for building snowman (Molly-3rd grade and little sister Faith-5 years)
That is an amazing snowman! (Leah-K)
The Weidner Family’s Snowman!
Hello Kitty (Hannah -1st Grade)
Josephine (kindergarten) having fun making a snowman
Taking a break (by Mrs Metras)
Even Frosty does E-Learning (Made by Mr Market)
The White’s Snowman
Mrs Bright (secretary) at MCMS challenges you to pick the better the snowman!
Yee Hah! Mrs Cisneros at Locust School!
Aiden (6th) and Audrey( Pre K) Snowman
Pretty in Pink (Gabe-7th, Isaac-3rd, and Charlotte-K)
Mrs a Polnow’s Snow Dog!
Mrs Polnow’s Helper
Miss DiDi’s Snowman
Making “bags” for “BAGS”. Thank you Ms Bruening and Mrs Cunningham!!
Mrs. Wyrostek's students creating Gingerbread ornaments! So cute!
Students decorating donuts in Mrs. Currier's class as part of their monthly incentive - and enjoying their treats too!
Selfie with an Elfie at Grant Intermediate - Happy Holidays!
Maggie Spring, President of the Marengo Area Schools Education Foundation presented Superintendent Damisch with a check in the amount of $17,472.81. M.A.S.E.F. is a non-profit corporation founded and run by private citizens. It's sole purpose is to promote and manage donations and other assets to our community's public schools. Thank you very much for the generous donation, this money will be used for upgraded surveillance equipment for District 165 schools.
MCMS Teachers of the Month - Congratulations Ms. Zanon, Ms. Feltman, Ms. Weeks, Ms. Wuestenfeld, and Ms. Orozco.
MCMS 6th Grade Students of the Month - Congratulations Taylor Guida, Maxton Baartz, Jayden Gochis, Katrina Hutcheson, Karyme Montes, Leah Addis, Landyn Nelson, and Molly Winters.
MCMS 7th Grade Students of the Month - Congratulations Meckenzie Carlson, McKenzie Babincsak, Lucas Ensor, Gerardo Gonzalez, and Parker Mandelky.
MCMS 8th Grade Students of the Month - Congratulations Allison Raether, Karla Perez, AJ Chavez, Alyssa Pollnow, Faith Miller, and Dakotah Nelson.
Thank you from Mrs Bailey’s Preschool Class
Thank you Veterans (Mrs Hart’s Classroom)
Thank you veterans!
Thank you veterans!
Art Work from Mrs Struck
What a wonderful experience for our students to see a red tail hawk and an owl up close and personal today. Thank you Rockford Park District!
Remote Students can have Halloween Fun too!
Halloween Fun at Locust Elementary!
Pumpkin Towers with Mrs. Hart!
Thank you CEPTA and Cafe 20! Special treat for our staff!
MCMS Students of the Month - 8th Grade
Sydnee Slavin
Noah Depew
Quinn Lechner
Nick Koziol
Nikole Czepczynski
MCMS Students of the Month - 7th Grade
Myles Aukes
Alexis Harris
Suzie Reck
Jett Lesiak
Karlyn Stratton
MCMS Students of the Month - 6th Grade
Eileen Ponce
Nathan Scholfield
Steven Zugay
Audrey DiMaria
Liliana Gonzalez
Cole Vroman
We hit our fundraiser goals so Ms. Beam had to kiss a pig and Ms. Damisch had to kiss a chicken. Great job students!!!!!
Huge shout out to 3M for donating back to the community. Thank you thank you thank you for all that you have given us!
Board of Education April Election - 4 Seats There are 4 school board member seats that will be coming up on the April ballot. Qualifications include but are not limited to: United States Citizen, Resident of the State of Illinois and of the School District for at least one year preceding election, at least 18 years of age, can not be employed by the district. For further information and to request a petition packet, please contact Maureen Matzer at 815-568-8323.