Manhattan School District 114

Ten 5th grade students from the Anna McDonald 5th grade Choir were selected to perform with a State-wide choir at the Illinois Music Educator's Association's All-State Conference and Festival on January 27th. The festival will take place in Peoria and will include high-achieving 4th and 5th grade music students from all over the state. The Manhattan students selected are Kaylie Chmura, Alice Harvey, Addison Cooke, Emillie Olszewski, Blaise Rose, Alyssa Marzec, Winter Reddicks, Kailey McGraw, Mira Joseph, and Carly Connelly. The entire Anna McDonald 5th grade choir will be performing their winter concert, along with the 4th and 5th grade orchestra and 5th grade band, on February 15th at 6:30pm in the Manhattan Junior High School's gym.

Good afternoon. I sent out a message yesterday evening but I wanted to share a portion of the message here on our website and Facebook pages in the event of a school closing due to inclement weather. In the event we need to close schools due to inclement weather, we will do our best to contact you as early as possible. We will always try to contact you the day/night before but if not, then we will notify you before 6:00am. The methods of communication will include; text messaging, email notification, posting an announcement on Manhattan 114 Webpage and Facebook, and notification on the Emergency Closing Center which includes announcements on radio such as WJOL and the local television stations.

We mixed extra holiday spirit into our school pride assembly today. We celebrated our family of the month, enjoyed music from our 2nd graders, sang along to holiday classics, and both staff and students made attempts at the Ms. Book's possible shot. Have a wonderful break, Wilson Creek!

Incredible day of dodgeball at THE MAC. Our last season as a 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade bunch. Congrats to 3rd-Zaleski; 4th-Gilbert; & 5th-Kijewski for winning the grade level championships. Our 18th Annual Holiday Tourney Grand Champion this year goes to 5th-Bucz. They absolutely came out of nowhere and went on a very impressive win streak. I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday Season. Great day Anna Mac! Mr McW

Bravo to our 2nd graders, their teachers, and Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Bloom! We had another wonderful night of art, music, and light at Wilson Creek.

The first half of our 2nd graders did a wonderful job at their Fine Arts Night tonight! Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Bloom, and our students shared their hard work in both art and music this year. #wilsoncreeklearns

The MJHS Bands, Choirs, and Orchestras performed their annual Winter Concert for a Packed House! Our students were AMAZING! Thank you, Mrs. Pedziwater and Ms Perkne! BRAVO!

The Manhattan Village Elf visited the new Junior High construction site to check out the progress.

The MJHS Student Council is holding their annual fundraiser for the Angel Tree Network. This fundraiser raises money to support local families in need during this time of the year. 6th-8th grade students can bring money to donate to this cause December 4th-8th.

📢 Calling all educators! Wilson Creek Elementary School is hiring a temporary Special Education Teacher, passionate about making a difference in students' lives. 🎉 Join us ASAP until May 31, 2024, and help shape tomorrow's leaders! Apply now! #EducationJobs #MakeADifference 🌟

MJHS Girls' Volleyball Tryouts will be held on December 5th & 6th. All students trying out must have a physical on file with the school nurse. Please contact coaches, Mr. Turek and Mrs. Clark with any questions!

The 5th graders' stop-motion animated video premiere was a huge success! If you weren't able to join us for the big event, or if you'd like to watch the video again, you can view it here or by copy/pasting this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naR9awcftSI

Exciting times at the new MJHS! Our new building is taking shape and we can't wait to share it with you. We're not just building a school; we're building the future of education in our community. For those who've been curious about the construction progress, we've captured a drone flyover of the new MJHS construction site. Get a bird's eye view of how far we've come and envision the amazing learning space this will soon be. Click here to watch the drone footage and see the exciting progress for yourself! https://youtu.be/60VSacCsEvU

Thank you to all the 5th grade families who attended last night's Coral Reef night at the library! Thank you to our 5th grade students and STREAM teachers Mrs Ramsey, Mrs Miller, & Mrs Boersma for their ideas, projects, & putting the night together. Also a big thank you to Mrs Newcomb & the Manhattan Library & staff for hosting the reef displays. The 3 winners of the 3D printed mascot raffle are: Aleks Jachymiak, Leighton Duff, & Vinny Salerno.

The Manhattan Wrestling season has begun! With almost 70 wrestlers in attendance, the program continues to grow. We're looking forward to another successful season cheering on our Demon Wrestlers!

MSD#114 is thrilled to announce the newest addition to the Wilson Creek team: Amanda Charapata, joining us as an Instructional Assistant! A warm welcome, Amanda! We're beyond excited to have you on board, and we can't wait to see all the amazing contributions you'll make.

Today is the first day of MJHS Wrestling practice at Anna McDonald! All students in grades 5-8 are welcome to join! If your student is interested in participating, please be sure that the school has a copy of their physical on file. Contact coaches, Mr. Galassi & Mr. Quinn with any questions!

Happy Thanksgiving! As we gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, MSD#114 extends warm wishes to our students, staff, alumni, and the entire community. 🦃

The staff members at MSD#114 eagerly tested out the new student desk samples in Mrs. Shinovich's class. Come Monday, we're excited for the students to experience them for themselves!

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