Millikin Elementary Newsletter

Parents and Guardians,

Our students continue to amaze us with their hard work, determination, and resilience! Every day, they show up ready to learn, take on challenges, and keep pushing themselves to grow. We are proud of the effort they put into their learning and the positive attitudes they bring to our school each day. Even when things get tough, they continue to show us what it means to persevere!

A big thank you to our students and staff for all of their hard work and for the support they show one another and our school community. The kindness, enthusiasm, and willingness to give your best make our school a special place. Keep working hard, keep believing in yourselves, and keep being amazing!

For the second year in a row, Millikin Elementary earned a rating of "Exemplary" on the Illinois School Report Card. The Illinois School Report Card measures school districts on a variety of factors such as academic achievement, academic growth, attendance, and the 5Essentials Survey. This is a testament to the hard work of our whole school community, but especially your children. If you would like more information, the school report card can be found on this link. There was also a story written at the district level that can be found on the following link.

Philip Moe

Millikin Elementary Principal

pmoe@geneseoschools.org

A huge thanks to Mrs. Dewey for leading our Veterans Day bulletin board. These are included on the board to your right as you enter Millikin at the main doors. If you have a picture of a family member that has served in our military, you are welcome to send it in and we will add it to the board. Please send a copy or a print out of a picture; not one you will be needing back. You can include name and the branch they served on the back. We would love to include it on our bulletin board.

We are excited to host the school board for the November Board Meeting on November 12 at 5:30pm. The meeting will take place in the music room. Meetings are open to the public. Lyla Gorman, Cora George, RJ Southwick, and Weston Nordstrom will be presenting to the school board.

We are looking for some help in purchasing prizes for our incentive assemblies. Our students receive LEAFS tickets for demonstrating outstanding learning behavior. On Friday afternoons, 4-5 students from each grade level are picked from our ticket drum to choose a small prize. Once per quarter, we plan to hold an assembly with some bigger prizes and games to celebrate our great behavior. If you are interested in contributing, please take a look at the following Amazon Wishlist.

Check out the following links from our PTA. The next meeting is Tuesday, November 10.

Please reach out with any questions to: millikinpta@geneseoschools.org

Website: www.geneseoschools.org
Location: 920 South Congress Street, Geneseo, IL, USA
Phone: 309-945-0475