Metcalf School kindergarten teacher Cassandra Mattoon and Illinois State University Interim Associate Director of the School of Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor of Early Childhood Literacy Sherry Sanden have a shared passion for honoring how early learners respond to literature.
Since August 2015, we have invested in teaching our students the seven learner qualities: I Wonder, I Think, I am Self Aware, I Reflect, I Question, I Have Grit, and I Connect.
We’d like to invite you to Metcalf’s Winter Festival on Friday, February 8th from 5:30-8pm at the Children’s Discovery Museum in uptown Normal.
The Scholastic Book Fair, which will support the library and teacher classrooms, will be held February 5-7 in the Metcalf Library. Times are listed on the Metcalf calendar. On Wednesday, February 6, we will be having a special family night where the library will be open for shopping from 5-7 p.m. Our Scholastic fair homepage
The Barnes & Noble Bookfair, which supports Metcalf School, will be held 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, November 4.
The College of Education has selected Dana Kinley as the new superintendent of the University Laboratory Schools and assistant dean of the College of Education, effective July 1.
Please join Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Story for our annual Barnes and Noble Book fair on Sunday, November 5th from 10am-8pm.
Ty Wolf has been appointed as the interim superintendent of the Illinois State University Laboratory Schools for the 2017-2018 academic year.
The theme this school year at Metcalf is focused on Learner Qualities, with each of seven qualities being a main focus during each month’s professional development session.
Classes and students all throughout Metcalf School conducted acts of kindness all day April 7 in honor the seven men lost in a plane crash.
