Thanking Our Bus Drivers!
First Day of School!
Our best to all students for a great 2019-2020 school year!
Welcome Back Cardinals!
Adopt a Living Wedge Animal for Summer!
Our Matoaka Living Wedge animals are looking for adoptions for the summer! Normally, our wedge club kids take them home for the summer but this year the invitation is extended to ANY budding naturalists at our school. The animals can go home starting June 2 and would need to be returned to Matoaka the week of Open House in August. If you are interested, please contact Mr. Spence (in person or via email: john.spence@wjccschools.org) for guidelines and availability.
Farm-to-School: Cabbage!
Thanks to SHIP, cafeteria staff, and PTA volunteers, on Wednesday May 22nd students got to sample locally-grown cabbage in support of healthier food choices!
Plant Life Science in the Garden
Spirit Night at Blaze Pizza – Tonight – Thurs May 16th!
Rev Your Bev with Kindergarten!
Our awesome Kindergarten students got to sample fruit-infused water today as we demonstrated a healthier alternative to sugary soft drinks! Thanks to all for sampling our 2 blends: watermelon-lime and strawberry-orange!
Fire & Flick May 18th – RSVP by May 8th!
Don't forget to RSVP by Wed May 8th for our much anticipated annual event: Fire & Flick!
Teacher Appreciation Week 2019 is Here!
To all of our teaching staff at Matoaka - everything you do everyday for our kids is appreciated and amazing! THANK YOU!
Farm-to-School: Radishes!
Thanks to SHIP, our kind cafeteria staff, and devoted student samplers, we had a fun lunchtime today tasting locally-grown radishes!
Carnival – This Saturday, May 4th!
Wristband Pre-orders – Apr 29th – May 3rd (form)
Cakes for Contest/Cake Walk – Drop off Fri May 3rd by 12pm (office)
Donations – Drop off in office
CARNIVAL – Saturday May 4th – 2-5pm at Matoaka – RAIN OR SHINE!
Earth Day Tribute in the Matoaka Garden – Student Art from Recycled Trash!
Carnival – Saturday, May 4th (New Date!) – 2-5pm
Help Out With Carnival 2019!
It’s not too late to help with 2019 Cardinal Carnival! Please see the link below to help with donations for the silent auction, cake walk, and book walk! Thank You!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e45adad2ba2f58-matoaka1
Reflections Reception
In appreciation for sharing their creative talents, MES PTA held its annual Reflections Reception for students who participated in National PTA’s arts program competition. Nice work – we are very proud of our participants!!
The 2019-2020 theme will be Look Within and submissions will be due in October. To learn more visit: https://www.pta.org/home/programs/reflections
SHIP – Farm-to-School Tasting – Kale!
Thank you to our sampling experts who recently enjoyed locally-grown kale!
Spirit Day – Chick-Fil-A – March 14th
6732 Mooretown Rd (near Home Depot)
Thursday, March 14th - 6:30AM – 10:00PM
Show your school spirit by scanning your Chick-fil-A One app and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to our school!
To receive a bonus donation, place a mobile order instead & reference Matoaka’s name within the special instructions!!
Spring Cleanup in the Garden!
A big thank you to all the Matoaka friends who worked this past Saturday to get our garden ready for the season! See more pics and get all the news on the Garden page!
Grand Readers Thanks!
