Manhattan School District 114

MSD#114 is proud to present our student scarecrow to the Village of Manhattan! If you see our scarecrow lined up on Route 52 be sure to give him a friendly wave!

Manhattan Junior High School is excited to start our Chapter of National Junior Honor Society! Students and parents received information about NJHS on Friday. NJHS is for 7th and 8th-grade students who meet the academic standards while exhibiting the other pillars of character!

The Harlem Wizards dropped by Anna Mac today to visit with the kids and share some basketball tricks.

MJHS 8th grade students share their ideas and help choose the color of the student desks for the new building.

Maureen Pinta will be joining us for the 23/24 school year as an Instructional Assistant for Anna McDonald. Welcome to MSD#114, Maureen! We apologize if you saw the first post on Maureen as it had an incorrect bio attached to the photo. Thank you for understanding!

Sarah Ciesla will be joining us for the 23/24 school year as an Instructional Assistant for Wilson Creek. Welcome to MSD#114, Sarah!

Thank you to our elected officials and school board for taking the time out of your day to review the progress on the new MJHS! Pictured in the first photo from left to right: Ben Rose (Pepper Construction), Kirk Beutke (Pepper Construction), Senator Patrick Joyce, Colby Lewis (STR architect), Jeff Dvorak (Pepper Construction), Superintendent Rusty Ragon, Barb Steffen (Board Member), John Burke (Board Vice-President), Elizabeth Caparelli-Ruff (Will County ROE Superintendent), Mayor Mike Adrieansen, Representative Anthony DeLuca, Terry Doyle (Board Secretary)

Wilson Creek joined hundreds of schools across the nation to celebrate Rock You School Day today! We had a great day making memories with our rockstars! #wilsoncreeklearns

Congratulations to September's Students of the Month at MJHS. These students were selected by staff members for displaying preparedness, our asset of the month! We are thankful for all our students that show Demon P.R.I.D.E.!

Earlier this week, MJHS held its first Small Group House Meeting, pairing up students from grades 6-8 with a staff advisor! During our first meeting, students worked on figuring out how we are all connected as people! Great work, Demons!

How many drops of water fit on a penny? How are potato chip styles different? Our 2nd grade scientists have been busy using the scientific method! #wilsoncreeklearns

The Manhattan Demons Cross Country team did it again this weekend! Two medalists and a 2nd place finish for our girls team at the Westview Hills Wildcat Invite! Way to run, Demons! 👟🏃🏼‍♀️💙

MJHS Picture Retake/Makeup day is scheduled for next Tuesday, September 26th! We can't wait to see all your smiling faces again!

We had a beautiful morning for our first K-2 School Pride Assembly to be outside. In addition to reviewing the parts of our assemblies, Mrs. Worth reminded students about how our Buddy Bench works and Mrs. Tatar shared what to expect with Payton, the therapy dog!

Congratulations to our Demons Cross Country team this week! With the girls' team coming in 2nd overall, the boys' team placing 6th, and three individual medalists, the Demons had a good day at the Bishop Mac Irish Invite! Good luck to the team as they travel to Troy this weekend! Go Demons! 👟🏃🏼‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Mr Jerry Zimmerman (Mr Freeze) from Fermilab visited with students today at Anna Mac. Kids enjoyed a variety of experiments using liquid nitrogen. Check out the photos. Have a great weekend Anna Mac!

MSD#114 School Board toured the new MJHS construction site this week. Progress is right on schedule for a 24-25 school year opening!

Wilson Creek students have been busy enjoying fine arts and (2nd grade) technology in their classrooms with Mrs. Walsh! 🎨🧑🏻‍🎨💻🧑🏽‍💻 #wilsoncreeklearns

Students and staff are getting the opportunity to view sample furniture and provide feedback for the new Junior High! Thanks to Hon Furniture for their help in the process of outfitting the new building!

MJHS is excited to implement our Character Strong Curriculum during Morning Advisory this year! The students and staff did a great job in the first session hearing more about the program and the importance of the SEL lessons! #DemonPRIDE