DuQuoin CUSD #300

Congratulations are in order for our elementary PE teacher, Erin Kuhnert. Erin recently wrote for and was awarded an SIH I ❤️P.E. grant for a new game and equipment. With the fund...

Students in our 2nd grade TaG (talented and gifted) program completed biography projects this week as part of a research study. Check out the photos of the celebrities and see i...

Congratulations to our 2nd grade short story writing winners. The students were awarded with a certificate, medallion and special prize from the 2nd grade teachers. 3rd Place:...

DES Community, We have reached the end of the year, which as always, is filled with lots of busy event and opportunities to celebrate all our hard work. We have finished the F...

Du Quoin Elementary families, First we want to thank the community, PTO, Domino's, Marks Bakery, Baked on Division, Modern Woodmen and all our families for helping or contribu...

DES Families, We have had a fantastic week at Du Quoin Elementary. Our students are enjoying the daily theme/activity days and our educators definitely feel appreciated! Thank...

Du Quoin Elementary families, Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with us! This yearly event to say thank you to teachers around the nation is being held May 3 -7, 2021 this y...

Du Quoin Elementary Families, The PTO is holding the Scholastic Book Fair next week. This will be a unique experience as we will have it outside. I'm really looking forward to...

Beginning tomorrow, April 20th, we are on the countdown to summer vacation. Many of the countdown ideas are activites that we will do at school and some are special themed days. Y...

Dear DES Families, As I write this message, I was reminded today that we have fewer than 30 days of school remaining. Wow, it always such a surprise how quickly, even in the mid...

Welcome to April and all the wonderful spring weather it brings. As a reminder, please watch the temperatures and make sure your student brings a jacket on cooler days. We do take...

DES Families, We have had a great week at DES! Just in case you haven’t seen our various classroom challenges, we are still awarding classes who have achieved 20000 po...

DES families, As of this news, most of our students are back in person. Thank you for the trust and confidence you have placed in us to hold school safely this year. We appre...

Du Quoin Elementary families, We hope this message finds you well and full of energy from a great week with family and busy outdoors activities. Monday, March 15th marks the re...

Du Quoin Elementary families, Believe it or not, we do finish reading Rump this week. Have you enjoyed our One School, One Book selection this year? The schedule continues wi...

Dear DES Families, Next week begins our American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge! By participating in the Kids Heart Challenge, your child will raise funds to help ki...

Good afternoon DES families, I hope and trust this message finds you and your family well. I know this has been tough, so we appreciate all you and our students are doing to me...

Du Quoin Elementary School families, With the District 300 announcement concerning our school days switching to Remote Learning, we will follow the Friday Remote Learning sche...

DES Families and Community, I hope this news message find you well and safe. The past few days of inclement weather have brought snow, sleet and, as I write this, freezing rain ...

Du Quoin Elementary Parents and Guardians, Are you enjoying Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin? It's been great hearing students talking about the characters and ...