
We look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Please join us for the ribbon cutting and open house for our new gym! Open to the community.


A big "THANK YOU!" to PTO from Mrs. Genung's kindergarten for the awesome gingerbread houses (and trains)! 😊


Reminder- Picture retake day is tomorrow!


Join us at the Cobden Elementary Christmas Program!
Friday, December 22nd
at 9:30 AM
in the NEW High School Gym
*Doors will open at 9:10 AM for families.
*All students will need to wear slippers or slipper socks for the program!
*K-5th Students may be signed out in their classroom in the elementary building after the performance.
*PreK & Head Start- Arrive at classrooms at 8:30 AM. PreK and Head Start can be signed out in the gym after program.


Let's go Toby! Toby got the chance to play knockout on the SIU floor during halftime. 🏀⛹️🏀⛹️


Our 1st-5th grade students had a blast at the SIU Women's Basketball game yesterday! Let's go Dawgs! 🏀⛹️♀️🐾











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.