Meridian School

🎉 Happy Educational Support Professionals Day! 🎉 Today, we celebrate the incredible individuals who work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure our schools run smoothly. These professionals include clinical service, maintenance, food service, health and student services, paraeducators, technical service, and transportation workers. 📚👏 Let's show our appreciation! Share your gratitude in the comments below or give a shoutout to someone who’s made a positive impact in your school community.

🌟We are thrilled to announce a new quarterly recognition program celebrating students from grades K-8 who exemplify the qualities outlined in our Portrait of a Graduate! 🌟 Each quarter, principals and teachers from every school will select five outstanding students who demonstrate these key competencies. At last week’s school board meeting, Board President Jordan Sklansky had the privilege of presenting certificates to our first group of honorees! 🏆 Congratulations to these amazing students for their hard work and dedication! We can't wait to recognize even more inspiring students in the quarters to come. 💙 #D102 #EveryDayEveryStudent

🎉Let's celebrate D102's School Board Members! They are dedicated leaders who guide our schools with vision, compassion, and commitment. Their hard work ensures that every student has the opportunity to succeed. 🌟 Thank you for your service and for making a lasting impact on our community! 🙌💙 #D102 #EveryDayEveryStudent #SchoolBoardMembersDay

💛 Happy #WorldKindnessDay! Today, our students and staff came together across the district to celebrate kindness by wearing their brightest yellow! 🌞 Each letter in YELLOW represents a key part of what kindness is all about: ✨ Y is for You—kindness starts with each of us. ✨ E is for Engage—connecting with others with an open heart. ✨ L is for Listen—taking time to truly hear one another. ✨ L is for Learn—about one other. ✨ O is for Offer—lending a hand whenever we can. ✨ W is for We—because kindness is something we build together. By wearing yellow, we’re raising awareness that kindness can brighten our community. 🌼 Be nice. Be kind. Be yellow. 💛 #BeYellow #KindnessDay #ChooseKindness

✨ Shoutout to our amazing School Psychologists! ✨ Every day, they work tirelessly behind the scenes to support our students, families, and team. You’ll find them diving into data, guiding solution-focused conversations, and standing by families during critical moments. Their expertise drives our decisions and helps us keep D102 moving forward, together. Thank you, School Psychologists, for all that you do! 💙📚

🎉✨ Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest Recap! ✨🎉 Students at Meridian showed their creativity and commitment to a healthy, drug-free lifestyle through our Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest! 🖌️📜 Each grade crafted unique posters, and the hard work didn’t go unnoticed. Our amazing staff shared feedback with participants, providing encouragement and advice to fuel future creativity! 👏❤️ The final verdict was up to the students—each grade voted for their favorite from the other grade level, making this a true community effort! 🏆🙌 A big shoutout to all our talented artists and our contest winners. Thank you for inspiring us all to live drug-free! #d102 #redribbonweek #everydayeverystudent

District 102 had another successful Safety Night! Parents attended a Stop the Bleed training and attended sessions on topics such as suicide prevention, building healthy home routines, child CPR, and more. Officer Diaz presented about safety at home and school. Families who attended were entered into a free raffle to win *huge* gift baskets containing family games, books, and craft activities!

As we conclude Principal Appreciation Month, we want to thank our principals for their leadership in our district! We see their work in action in so many ways, supporting students, serving as instructional leaders, and managing our schools every day. We are grateful for their dedication to our students, staff, and families and the important role they play in the success of our school community.

Pritchett School will be celebrating Veterans Day this year by honoring our local veterans! We will be holding an all school assembly and writing letters for these amazing individuals who have served. If you know a veteran (family, friend, neighbor, etc.) and would like to participate in receiving letters and/or attending the school assembly, please fill out this form by Friday, October 25. https://tinyurl.com/mt2mv32v Thank you so much and we can't wait to honor your veteran on this very special day!

November is right around the corner! Be sure to double check your calendars, as there are some dates with no school ahead.

Pritchett School will be celebrating Veterans Day this year by honoring our local veterans! We will be holding an all school assembly and writing letters for these amazing individuals who have served. If you know a veteran (family, friend, neighbor, etc.) and would like to participate in these events, please fill out this form by Friday, October 25. https://tinyurl.com/mt2mv32v Thank you so much and we can't wait to honor your veteran on this very special day!

We are featuring Mr. Michels at Meridian as our last Principal for Principal Appreciation month. Mr. Michels is described as being kind, caring, and approachable. His strong leadership qualities are also paired with an excellent sense of humor! Give a shoutout to Mr. Michels!

Community member, Gail Berman is back with more sidewalk chalk art this year! She's getting in the spirit of Halloween and most recently, created our school mascots. Thank you, Gail, for bringing a smile to the students of D102 on their walks to school.

You are invited to attend the D102 Family Safety Night on Tuesday, October 29 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at Aptakisic Junior High School. This event will be conducted in two groups, one geared towards students in grades EC-3 and the other for students in grades 4-8. The event will focus on various aspects of safety, including safety in the home, Safe Prescription Drug Disposal, suicide prevention, depression awareness, healthy home routines, and CPR. There will be a Stop the Bleed training session offered from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Childcare will be provided for school-age children upon request. There will be age-appropriate safety activities and therapy dogs. Younger children are welcome to attend the event with their parents/guardians. Please complete this interest form to register! https://tinyurl.com/4w4s8xdr

Meridian School was recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for 2024-2027! Mr. Michels gathered the staff to celebrate while staying on theme with apple cider and apple donuts for everyone.

Fourth-grade students in Mr. Seegert's class conducted an erosion experiment. The activity tied to their unit of study on landforms, which studied the makeup of soil, physical and chemical weathering, and landforms. Today, students took on roles such as recorder, timekeeper, and encourager to help support the activity. Mr. Seegert created various scenarios with different levels of sediment and water to simulate the effects of a flood. In the end, students understood that land made of stronger root systems will best hold up to floods. 

In honor of School Custodian Appreciation Day, we want to take a moment to recognize the incredible custodial team that keeps our campuses running smoothly every day. 🧹✨ From early mornings to late nights, their hard work ensures that our schools are clean, safe, and ready for learning. We appreciate all that you do!

Thank you to all of our teaching assistants for everything you do to support our students! Whether you are assisting students in the general education classroom, facilitating groups in one of our specialized programs, providing individual support to a student, or working alongside our EC teachers with our youngest learners, you are an important part of the team and the work you do is vital to our students' success. Your dedication and commitment to our students, and our D102 community, is very much noticed and appreciated. Our work takes many hands. Together, we are D102!

S N E A K. P E E K. Meridian School's TEAM DAY was a success! Here's a sneak peak of their morning. Follow along for more photos and videos soon!

Mrs. Cummin's students measured an object's shadow at different times throughout the day. Their goal was to see how the size and angle of the shadow changed due to the sun's position in the sky.