Mark Twain's October Celebration is tomorrow!
Parade will start promptly at 1:15. Please refer to the email that was sent out yesterday for additional details regarding the parade. Students are welcome to wear their school friendly costumes to school. (Masks can be worn during the parade, but not during the school day)
Tomorrow is a half day! Mark Twain will dismiss at 10:55am. Please see the attachment for info about half days! #twaincusd1 #marktwain #westicktogether
October 31 is our October Celebration. All students are encouraged to dress up for school in a kid friendly costume. All classrooms will also be having their fall parties, and we will end the day with a costume parade at 1:15. We invite all parents to join us at 1:15 to watch the parade. Please references the attached images for additional information about our celebration and for a map of the parade route. Information will also be coming home in your child's backpack.
Mark Twain students will get their Leader in Me shirts today at school and will wear them home to keep! We will have 1-2 Leader in Me shirt days per month. Mark your calendars with these dates for the year.
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Tomorrow is Mark Twain's monthly fundraising pizza night. Be sure to order dinner Thursday 10/17 from Domino's (217-345-3030) between 4pm and 8pm and 15% will be donated back to Mark Twain. This is a great opportunity to support our school and our community.
Upcoming pizza nights: 11/21, 12/19, 1/16, 2/20, 3/13, 4/17, 5/15
Good luck tonight Trojans! Your littlest fans are rooting for you! #tfl #marktwain #twaincusd1 #trojans #homecoming
🌈No place like Mark Twain☁️
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We have spirit, yes we do!
We have spirit, how 'bout you??
We hope to see you along the parade route tonight at 5:30. Tomorrow wear vacation clothing for our last day of spirit week.
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What would be more fitting on red day than to have the fire department visit? Thank you Charleston Fire Department for helping with our #leaderinme monthly celebration by letting us tour the smokehouse and sit in the fire truck. We even learned how a fire fighter and EMT are leaders in our community. Tomorrow is red and gold day for Homecoming Spirit Week! #homecomingspiritweek #marktwain #twaincusd1 #westicktogether
Sports day was a homerun today at Mark Twain! Tomorrow is class colors. PreK and K students wear red ❤️ #homecomingspiritweek #twaincusd1 #marktwain #westicktogether
Today is the last day of September and we are pretty proud of our attendance rate at Mark Twain, 94%! We are always striving to go from good to great, so our attendance goal for October is 96%, can you help us meet our goal?!
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Mark Twain students had the best time tie dying our Leader in Me shirts yesterday and can't wait to see how they turn out! Thank you CHS athletes, CMS art students, and EIU women's basketball team for helping us. We will have 1-2 "Leader in Me shirt days" per month and we encourage students wear their shirts on those days. Shirts will be sent home October 18.
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Tomorrow is Mark Twain's monthly fundraising pizza night. Be sure to order dinner Thursday 9/19 from Domino's (217-345-3030) between 4pm and 8pm and 15% will be donated back to Mark Twain. This is a great opportunity to support our school and our community.
Upcoming pizza nights: 10/17, 11/21, 12/19, 1/16, 2/20, 3/13, 4/17, 5/15
It is an exciting week at Mark Twain. We have had two weeks to learn routines and procedures and we are ready to start adding on some special privileges and opportunities for kids. Today we picked our first school-wide Star Students AND we had our first pledge leader. Each day, Mrs. Titus will have one student lead the Pledge of Allegiance on the morning announcements.
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We had our first books earned from the book vending machine at Mark Twain today! Each week our school-wide star students earn a token to the book vending machine. Students also have the opportunity to earn tokens for being a leader, achieving academic and/or social emotional goals, and for many other reasons!
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Two full weeks in the books and students are really starting to get the swing of things. The staff at Mark Twain appreciate all of our parents and students for a great start to the school year! #marktwain #twaincusd1 #westicktogether
We are always striving to make Mark Twain the best environment for all children and this summer we were able to make the playground and nurse's office even more inclusive with the installation of two communication boards. A communication board is a tool that students can use to express themselves and communicate their needs and wants. The boards promote independence and improve social interaction among all children. Thank you to our former SLP, Brittany MacColl and the Excellence in Education Foundation for helping us get these new additions!
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All things at Mark Twain are designed to achieve our Mission Statement. Each day centers around students building a strong academic and social emotional foundation in order to be successful in the future.
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Instead of doing traditional fundraisers, Mark Twain partners with our local Domino's Pizza to have monthly fundraising nights. On the 3rd Thursday of every month, 15% of ALL orders (dine-in, carry out or delivery) placed between 4pm and 8pm is donated to Mark Twain. Our first pizza fundraising night of the year is tomorrow. Be sure to order dinner tomorrow, Thursday 8/22, from Domino's (217-345-3030) between 4pm and 8pm and 15% will be donated back to Mark Twain. This is a great opportunity to support Mark Twain and our community. #winwin Upcoming pizza nights: 9/19, 10/17, 11/21, 12/19, 1/16, 2/20, 3/13*, 4/17, 5/15
*March is on the 2nd Thursday due to spring break
The kindergarteners weren't the only ones experiencing a special first day today. Welcome to the Mark Twain family 🌵Miss Piercefield (speech therapist), Miss Gamboa (paraprofessional), Miss Buchanan (art teacher/librarian), Mrs. Koebele (paraprofessional), Miss Sherwood (kindergarten teacher), and Miss Fisher (LBS1)
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