Each week teachers at Mark Twain pick 3 students as our "Star Students" of the week. These students are chosen based on their leadership skills and for exhibiting one of the 7 habits. Star students are announced over the announcements, they are highlighted on our website, and their picture is hung up in the hallway for the week. Mrs. Titus also visits the home and leaves a yard sign in the child's yard for the week. After their week is up, their picture in hung on our "wall of fame" for the year. Check our website each week to see our newest start students!
The Family Resource fair is a couple weeks away! Here is your friendly reminder to add it to your calendar. Two opportunities: Sep 8 and Sep 9, 6-8pm at the Charleston High School. We hope to see all of our Mark Twain families there!
Trying to keep up with all of the things can be tricky! We hope this sheet will be a good reference for our Mark Twain families for early dismissal, no school, and Leader in Me shirt days. We will be tie dying our Leader in Me shirts in September and they will be sent home with students once they are ready!
It's a great day at Mark Twain. Students did wonderful at drop off and are ready for the day! They will be excited to find their names to remind them that their loved ones at home are thinking of them! #twaincusd1 #marktwain #westicktogether
Will you be utilizing the car line at any point this year at Mark Twain? Please watch our arrival and dismissal video to be up to date on our procedures! https://youtu.be/yGyFjrqKUEA?si=fpEX6_R9oIF9ddgb
If you have an incoming kindergarten student for the 2025-26 school year and have not filled out our first step registration form yet, please do so by clicking this link https://forms.office.com/r/7wGtPR47xM.
Mark Twain's office closes for the summer at 3pm, Monday and while you can still complete First Step Registration after Monday our response back to you will be delayed.
Stop by Mark Twain to see if your child forgot something on our lost and table. Anything left on it will be donated at the end of the week!
Classrooms at Mark Twain have been celebrating meeting their goals with drinks from Ginger Ales. Mrs. Oakleys class is pictured enjoying their drinks. Thank you, Ginger Ales, for being a great community partner with our schools! #twaincusd1 #gingerales
End of the Year reminders! Please have your Kindergarten student wear their tie dye shirt to school.
Tomorrow is Mark Twain's last fundraising pizza night for this school year. Be sure to order dinner Thursday 5/15 from Domino's (217-345-3030) between 4pm and 8pm and 15% will be donated back to Mark Twain. We are grateful for your support this year and appreciate Domino's for partnering with us! #winwin
Attention Mark Twain Kindergarten Parents: Tomorrow (Thursday 5/15) at Mark Twain is T day so we are going to say T is for Trade and trade T for W so we can celebrate Water Day while the temps are warm and the rain isn't falling. Please send your Kindergartener with a swimsuit and towel tomorrow for Water Day! (T is for Tie-dye will now be celebrated Tuesday, May 20). Preschool students will celebrate T day tomorrow and will still have water day on Tuesday, May 20.
We are excited about this new tradition! We hope to see all Kindergarten students at Trojan Hill, Friday (May 9) to receive the Trojan Spirit from the seniors. Be at the football field around 6:15pm so you are ready for the event at 6:30pm.
#twaincusd1 #chscusd1 #schoolspirit
🍭🍬Incoming Kindergartener Night🍬🍭
If you or someone you know has a child who will be coming to Mark Twain next year, we would like to invite them to a candyland themed game night on May 14 between 4 and 6 pm!!! We will have fun activities and games to practice skills needed for the start of kindergarten. Parents will also learn information about how to help prepare their child to have a successful start to the school year. For each game room visited, a ticket will be given for a chance to win a prize basket!!!🧁
🍨This is ONLY for incoming kindergartener students who will attend Mark Twain the 2025-2026 school year. The first 100 kids will receive a swag bag full of games, activities, and other goodies!!!!🍪
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1st Step Kindergarten Online Registration opens today!!
If you have a student that will be a kindergartener in the fall (5 years old on or before September 1, 2025), please complete this form:
https://forms.office.com/r/7wGtPR47xM
This is your first step to kindergarten registration.
Step 2 - complete district registration on Skyward (opens in July)
Step 3 - Kindergarten Assessment (late July)
Step 4 - Start Kindergarten :)
Incoming kindergarteners need to have a school physical/shot record, dental appointment, vision appointment, and birth certificate turned in prior to the school year starting. Get your appointments scheduled now to avoid the beginning of school rush.
Forget Applebee's, we fancy like....Mark Twain on a Friday, Got that Chicken Patty with a chocolate milk
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E is for Exercise and it's for excited, which is what we were when the CHS spring athletes spent recess with us yesterday! #marktwain #twaincusd1 #abccountdown
Staff Drawing Contest Post 2 (I was limited to 10 pictures per post!)
Yesterday was D is for Drawing day. As part of the fun, we hosted a staff drawing contest. I am blown away by how talented Mark Twain's staff is at both teaching and drawing!
Yesterday was D is for Drawing day, which got all of our creative juices flowing. As part of the fun, we hosted a staff drawing contest. I am blown away by how talented Mark Twain's staff is at both teaching and drawing! #marktwain #twaincusd1 #westicktogether #abccountdown
Our kids loved D is for Drawing day. Check out the work of our PreK artists! #marktwain #twaincusd1 #abccountdown
Did you know that Friday, April 25th, is a 2-hour early dismissal AS WELL AS the Perfect Date Day? Now you do. #twaincusd1 #perfectdateday #marktwain
