Meridian School

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.

Friday was orange day in kindergarten at Pritchett! Throughout the week, students were writing the word orange, brainstorming things that were orange, and learned a song, too! This Friday will be yellow day!

Introducing D102's new app! It's everything D102, in your pocket. With the new app, you can access documents, events, news updates, and even emergency notifications.

Capturing smiles and memories on school picture day at Tripp Elementary!

Ishaan Agrawal, Mohammad Azhar, and Bowen Li have been named this year’s #JuniorInnovators Top 300. Founded and produced by the Society for Science, the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge is the premier STEM competition for middle school students. Finalists will be announced on September 18. Congratulations, gentleman!

Students in Mrs. Pacanowski's class at Meridian were making more music! They composed an eight beat rhythm pattern with their classmates. These fifth graders selected percussion instruments and practiced the song “Ickle Ockle.”

Mr. Funke’s Project Lead the Way class was creating base bots 🤖where they had to put the blue block into “safe zones.” 😎COOL!!😎

It is the last first day of school for these Meridian School teachers! Thank you to Tracy Tincknell, Cheri Brill, Sherrie Cummins, and Stacy Lipshutz for their dedication to students at D102 over the years. Show your support with a shoutout to these ladies in the comments!

It is the last first day of school for these Meridian School teachers! Thank you to Tracy Tincknell, Cheri Brill, Sherrie Cummins, and Stacy Lipshutz for their dedication to students at D102 over the years. Show your support with a shoutout to these ladies in the comments!

The first day of school for our 1-8 grade students has finally arrived! Don’t forget, today is a half day. Teachers and staff have been busy preparing and are eager to see students walk through the doors. We are ready! Are you? Mark your calendars: The first full day of classes for all students is tomorrow, Thursday, August 22. Special reminder to our Kindergarten and early childhood families! Please remember your first day of school is Wednesday. Have fun at drop in today! We are so excited for a year filled with learning and fun!

The FirstView app will not be running until the first day of school. We are working on sending out more bus information by the end of the week. Thank you for your patience!

We can't believe it's already the last day of July, but we are so excited to start a new school year in a few weeks! The first district newsletter of the 24-25 school year will be sent out on Tuesday, August 6. It will contain important information regarding the beginning of the year. If you don't already receive our newsletter, you can join our mailing list by clicking this link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/MuvDLA1

District 102 alum Paul Juda qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympics! Paul secured his spot on Team USA after placing fourth with 168.85 points at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials on Saturday, June 29. "I only had one goal, and it was to hit all my routines and leave here healthy," Juda told NBC following his final event. We're so excited to cheer Paul on while he's in Paris.

Here's a reminder of our calendar changes this week.

Don't forget about our calendar changes this week!