
Run, run, as fast as you can! PreK caught the gingerbread man!










👀Look out for gingerbread houses coming home with your child today. Celebrate the season and enjoy building this gingerbread house with your family! Please take photos of your creations and use the QR code to share them on our PTO Facebook page!


Join us tonight at the virtual PTO meeting. https://meet.google.com/def-vtgg-prw
Starting in less than 10 minutes!

PreK has been getting festive! 🎄⛄️🎅🏻



Little Appleknocker Basketball
Informational Meeting Dec. 7 @ 4:30 in the cafeteria 🏀⛹️⛹️♀️⛹️♂️


Look at these adorable snowmen! ⛄️ These snowmen were brought to us by a generous community member who lovingly created them for some our students. The snowmen have a fuzzy fleece hat sized for our students and on the inside there are gloves and a scarf to match! Thank you for your kindness!



The bus for the field trip on Wednesday will leave school at 9:30 am. We will not be participating in concessions at the basketball game.

1st-5th grade Field Trip to SIU Women's Basketball Game
Wednesday, December 6th
*Sack lunches needed. School provided sack lunches available.
*Parent volunteers are encouraged to meet the buses at the Banterra Center at 10 am.


Picture Retakes are next Friday, December 8th. The office has extra order forms if needed.

Our kindergartener, Waylon, earned a reading pass from Mrs. Genung. He chose to visit Mrs. Wiltowski and read the book "A Big Bat."🦇 Waylon did a fabulous job!


For those students who attend Good News Club on Wednesday afternoons- Good News Club will resume in January after Christmas Break.

Let's get into the holiday spirit Appleknockers! This calendar will show you how we plan to celebrate the season leading up to Christmas Break.


Dental Safari is scheduled for Monday, December 4th. Forms are still available if still needed. Please call Nurse Holly at 618-893-2311.

No 1st and 2nd grade tutoring today

Currently our school telephones are not working. Our internet is also intermittent at the moment.

After a week of planning and preparation, the students in Mrs. Middleton’s class were ready to host their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade! Students designed and built their own parade balloons, which they then showcased to the rest of school as a way to kick off the holiday break. Happy Thanksgiving!











Good morning!
2:00 Dismissal today
No Appleknocker Club
No school next week
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁🍽

Our thankful turkeys are eating their Thanksgiving meal 🍽️ 🦃🍁❤️






•PTO Pie pickup tomorrow 2:15-3:15 🥧❤️🥧 •2:00 Dismissal on Friday. No Appleknocker Club available. 🍎🍎🍎 Enjoy Thanksgiving break! (November 18-26) 🦃🍁🍽️❤️ Return to school Monday, November 27th