Monday is Field Day. Please have your child wear their Field Day shirt if they bought one. We will have a picnic lunch. If your child does not want the hot dog lunch, please send a cold lunch. Students will get a grilled hot dog, a bag of chips, cookies and juice. No hot lunch trays will be served from the cafeteria on this day.
Students should wear tennis shoes. Please consider putting sunscreen on your child before coming to school. It will be hot! Mrs. Gallagher has adjusted some of the games due to the heat. A couple of the rotations will include coming into the building throughout the day to do the activity in the air conditioning. Students will also be given water breaks and a cool treat. We're looking forward to a great day on Monday!
L.E.A.S.E. will be holding free preschool screenings at First United Methodist Church, 100 E. Sixth St. Mendota on Tuesday, April 11th in the morning. You may make an appointment by calling Jean at 815-433-6433. The screenings are for children who are 3 or 4 years old. L.E.A.S.E. will screen key developmental areas such as motor development, speech, language, vision, hearing and general readiness.
All children must be screened to be considered for the Mendota District #289 Preschool Program. If your child is currently enrolled in the Mendota District Preschool for All Program, he/she does not need to be screened again. Applications for Mendota District #289 Preschool will be at the screenings. The applications and screenings will be reviewed by the preschool team, and you will be contacted as to whether your child qualifies for preschool.
Mendota Elementary District#289 offers three need-based programs for three and four year olds: One is a Developmental Program for students who qualify for Special Education Services due to a significant delay in one or more areas and two PreSchool for All Programs that are funded through a State Grant and have specific qualifiers as “need-based” programs.
**Menu Change** Monday (2/27) and Tuesday's (2/28) menu days have been flip-flopped. Monday will now be Chili Cheese dogs and Tuesday will be chicken.
** Menu Change** Wednesday (2/22) instead of Beef Nachos we will be having Beef Tacos.
Thank you to all of our families who have supported our fundraisers to purchase this amazing new piece of equipment at Blackstone. Our students are loving this addition to our playground!
Today is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Thank you to the Mendota Police Department for all you do for our community. Mrs. O'Sadnick's students made thank you cards for the MPD. In addition, they are providing them a soup lunch today because we think they are "SOUP-er!"
Congratulations to our December principal award winners. They enjoyed a pizza lunch today to celebrate!
YMCA Basketball
Reminder that there is no school for Mendota #289 students on Tuesday, November 8th.
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Recordatorio de que no hay escuela para Mendota #289 estudiantes en martes 8 de noviembre.
Here are some photos from Wednesday and Thursday of Red Ribbon Week.
Wednesday Boots and Hats
Thursday Hawaiian
Check out some of these adorable photos from Day 2 of Red Ribbon Week!
Our first day of Red Ribbon Week was so much fun! Look at some of our proud students wearing their neon and bright clothes.
Don't forget that Blackstone's picture day is tomorrow!
Catch up with the latest student stories, events,
and news updates. It's everything Mendota #289, in your
pocket. If you haven't already, download the app!
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Catch up with the latest student stories, events,
and news updates. It's everything Mendota #289, in your
pocket. If you haven't already, download the app!
Download for Android https://bit.ly/3PeONbi
Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3PfgQHZ
We are loving our new app! Access documents,
news updates, and even emergency notifications, right from
your pocket.
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Mendota Elementary #289 would like to welcome our new teachers to the district. Some are new to us while others are starting a new role within the district. Front Row (from L→R) Presley Fisher and Amanda Foltynewicz. Second Row (from L→R) Steve Wasmer, Lynette Piller, and Elizabeth Ash. Third Row (from L→R) Susan Hoffman, Sloane Barnes, Mackenzie Tillman, and Alexis Pond. Back Row (from L→R) Melissa Blum, Missy Krull, and Chris Hansen. Not pictured: Eli Medina. We hope all these teachers and the rest of the staff at M289 have an amazing start to the school year.
We're thrilled to announce the new app for
Mendota #289! It's everything Mendota #289, in your
pocket.
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Blackstone School is currently scheduling kindergarten orientation times for Friday, August 26th. If you haven't called the school yet to set up your child's time, please call our office at 539-6888 and we will get you on the schedule.
K-5 Classroom Lists are now live. You can find them on each school's homepage or by following the links below.
https://www.m289.org/o/blackstone/page/classroom-assignments
https://www.m289.org/o/lincoln/page/classroom-assignments
https://www.m289.org/o/northbrook/page/5th-grade-class-assignments