Here are the updated Sullivan community dropoff points for the Day of Giving: IGA, VFW, Sullivan Eyecare, Oakwood Apothecary, Sullivan First United Methodist Church, and the Vineyard Church. An even better option is to send your donations with an elementary student, so they get to see Mr. Ogle get a pie in the face, courtesy of Mr. Allen.
Over the next few weeks, Sullivan Middle School and Sullivan Elementary School will be competing to see who can raise the largest number of meals for the local foodbanks. The winning school will get to see their principal hit the losing school's principal in the face with a pie!
If you wish to donate, please send money or the listed food items with a student to their school (preferably elementary) or to another designated location. Other locations that are collecting include: Sullivan IGA, Sullivan VFW, United Methodist Church, and more locations to be announced at a later time. Please check back for those and please share!
Please note the following menu change for Friday Nov. 9th:
B choice will be Chicken Patty on Bun
Please join Sullivan Elementary School for its Veterans Day program on Monday, November 12, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m in the SES gym. Mrs. Leach has put together a tremendous program which will end in plenty of time for those who wish to also attend the high school program at 10:15 a.m. in the SHS gym.
Menu Change for Monday Nov 5th:
Choices will be A: BBQ Rib, B will be Ham & Cheese, C will be Pretzel & cheese stick tray
Mrs. Watkins’ students are enjoying their book of the month: Just So Thankful by Mercer Mayer
Please note the following changes to the printed menu:
Friday Nov. 2nd will be Pepperoni Pizza/ or pizza sticks/ or Italian Dunker with sauce for A choice, the rest will remain the same
Mrs. Watkins’ kindergarten class enjoyed another guest speaker in honor of Veterans Day. SGT Sean Clark shared his experience in the Army. He brought some of his equipment and medals to share as well. Thank you for your service Sean!
Just a reminder that the spooktacular PTO Monster Mash is November 1 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the SES Gym. This event is for SES Kindergarten through 4th grade students only, and parents must stay with their children throughout the dance. Costumes are encouraged, so long as they are school appropriate.
We are looking forward to having a frighteningly good time!
Students in Mr. Campbell’s science built “bumper coasters” today. During this activity students were able to investigate and discover how height of hills give roller coasters energy.
Mrs. Watkins’ kindergarteners loved having guest speaker (in honor of Veteran’s Day) Joshua Perrott. They enjoyed listening to him share about his job as a helicopter pilot. We want to thank both Joshua and his wife, Jaime for their service!
Mrs. Becker’s class was excited to get to know our EIU practicum student !
Some Sullivan Elementary Students got to sing happy birthday and make cards for Doris Featherling who will turn 101 years young tomorrow! Happy Birthday from your friends at SES, Doris!
Students in 3rd and 4th grade enjoyed “tasting” each of twenty 2019 Illinois Bluestem Award nominated books at the “SES Bluestem Cafe.” The Bluestem cafe was complete with the ambiance of, flowers on the table, a cozy fireplace (on the smartboard) and dinner music (played on an IPad). While “tasting” the books students used their best restaurant manners. They then marked on their menus the books they were most interested in reading. Students who read four or more Bluestem nominated books by March will be eligible to vote on their favorite book, along with other students in Illinois. Pictured is Mr. Friese’s 4th grade class.
Based on the responses we have received since the last post regarding our book sponsorship, we have met our goal, sponsoring all 503 students in our building. This equals over 4000 books they will be able to purchase! Extra money that comes in will go to helping sponsor more students next year. Thank you so much for your help in providing this opportunity for our students! #onetribe
Scholastic Book Sponsorship update! Due to some tremendous efforts by our teachers (notably Mrs. Dickens and Mrs. McCain, who raised not only enough money for their classrooms but enough for several other classrooms as well), we are down to having just 38 students needing sponsored! We cannot begin to tell you how appreciative we are to both the businesses (Aspen Creek and Sarah Bush Lincoln) and community members (and alumni) who have contributed to this cause! Because of your generosity, we are closing in on getting all of our nearly 500 students one book a month for the rest of the school year!
Reminder: Fall Fundraiser pickup at the elementary school is this afternoon. The east entrance will be open at 2:30 and the west entrance at 3:15. All items must be picked up by 6:00.
First grade has recently been learning about insects. We spent a morning making insects, learning how to eat like an insect, and exploring for insects. A HUGE thank you to Mr. V, Mr. Palmer, Mrs. Lehman, and many others !
Mrs. Becker’s class loved learning about fire safety from Freddy the fire truck !
This week in Mr. Campbell’s science class, 4th grade students explored how energy can make things go. Students created and experimented with rubber-band cars to figure out how much energy the cars needed to end up in the designated box. Also, a huge shout-out to Angie Matlock of McDonalds in Sullivan for donating the majority of the items needed to complete this activity! Thank you!
