Mora Elementary Newsletter

Congratulations to our students, parents, and staff for earning recognition as an #ESEADistinguishedSchool! Mora Elementary is 1 of only 100 schools to receive this honor.

The Minnesota Department of Education took notice of Mora Elementary School and nominated MES for this award. Each state has the opportunity to nominate two schools to receive the honor of Distinguished School.

Mora Elementary's award category was for excellence in serving special populations of students such as the homeless, migrants, English learners, etc.

To qualify a school must meet the following criteria:

• Poverty rate of over 35%,
• Demonstrated high academic achievement.
• Meet or exceed state standards for adequate yearly progress.

Mora Elementary managed to rebound in its MCA test scores to near pre-pandemic levels in science and reading and actually exceeded our 2019 math results. What is most amazing is that we are the first Minnesota school to actually receive this honor in the past ten years.

Great things happen at Mora Public Schools!

Mrs. Verdon's class celebrated the 50th day of school by going back to the fifties! We compared life from then to now, did a lot of fun 50s-themed math and literacy activities, had a sock hop, learned about solids, liquids, and gases while enjoying root beer floats, and ended the fun with a bubble gum-blowing contest!

This was one of the monthly room transformations our class is doing this school year. These special days were made possible by a grant from the Mora Education Foundation. Thank you, MEF, for supporting our love of learning!

Pictured above are some of our November BE Club winners. Congrats, everyone!

First graders in Ms. Koep’s room had a beach day to celebrate all of their hard work reaching their November reading goals!

Mrs. Gustafson's class used a watercolor resist method to paint these fall leaves.

Our COVID numbers are still quite low, thank goodness!

Thank you to everyone in the community for doing your part in helping reduce the spread!

Just as a friendly reminder it is still cold and flu season, so if you are sick- please stay home and contact our attendance line. The best way to help reduce the spread of illnesses is by good handwashing!

Email: brianahallin@moraschools.org
Website: Moraschools.org
Location: 200 North 9th Street, Mora, MN, USA
Phone: (320)679-6200
Facebook: facebook.com/MoraElem
Twitter: @MoraElem