Wheaton North High School presents "Elf Jr., the Musical" on December 14 and 16. Families can also join for cookies with Santa & Buddy the Elf after the Saturday morning show! Tickets are available for purchase at this link: https://www.showtix4u.com/events/16241 #YourCommunitySchools
The next All Wheaton Charity Chess Tournament is Saturday, February 24, 2024. Registration is online at https://www.kingregistration.com/event/AllWheaton. Good luck!
Look who just paraded into Dr. Craig's office! It's the students from 4th grade PACE reading. They shared an activity they did comparing themselves with characters from the novel, Esperanza Rising. Thanks to Mrs. Hagemeyer for doing such interesting activities with her students. #YourCommunitySchools
Washington 5th grade band has only been playing together for a few weeks, and they already sound incredible! Thanks, Mr. Klos, for all of your work with elementary band! #YourCommunitySchools
Thanks to the PTA and all of the awesome parent volunteers for the fun parties today! #HappyHalloween #YourCommunitySchools
Washington staff kicked off Halloween with our tradition of grown-up trick-or-treating. Happy Halloween, everyone! #YourCommunitySchools
The colorful, falling leaves make recess so much fun! #YourCommunitySchools
Our student council organized and promoted a food drive to Stuff-a-Truck for the People's Resource Center. Thanks to all who participated, and thanks to Mrs. Dillon, Ms. Switalski, and Mr. Ourada for their work with student council this year! #YourCommunitySchools
Kindergarten classes celebrated the 50th day of school with 1950s-themed activities! Thanks to Mrs. Weisheit, Mrs. Willems, Mrs. Bonga, Ms. Thomas, Mr. Casper, Mrs. Kovarik, Mrs. Ferrone, Ms. Duffie, and Mrs. Terpstra for a fun day! #YourCommunitySchools
The ADK students in Mrs. Willems's class always have fun using the parachute in PE! Thanks, Mr. Lopez! #YourCommunitySchools
Our 2nd graders are reading, researching, and writing about frogs as part of their current Bookworms unit. Are you curious about frogs? Ask these kids - they are quickly become experts! Thank you to Washington parents Mr. and Mrs. Diehl who brought their tree frogs to visit all three classrooms! A huge shout-out to 2nd grade teachers Mrs. Coover, Ms. Heatherington, Ms. Newport, ML teachers Mrs. Kovarik & Mr. Clark, and LLC director Dr. Babb for collaborating and co-teaching this unit. #YourCommunitySchools
Parent night with Rich Wistocki - Empowering Parents On How To Protect Their Children On Their Devices, Social Media And Gaming Platforms - on Monday, November 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Wheaton North High School. You don't want to miss this incredible speaker! #YourCommunitySchools
Every Friday, Ms. Sheppard's 5th grade class has a raffle using tickets students earn for positive behavior. They also discuss their "scholar goal" and "social goal" for the next week. This Friday, students gave input into their social goal of becoming more effective partners and teammates when working together. Way to go, Knights! #socialemotionallearning #SEL #YourCommunitySchools
The scientists in Mr. Ourada's 4th grade learned a lot from their erosion and lava investigation. #STEM #YourCommunitySchools
We are all bookworms at Washington! #YourCommunitySchools
October is National Principal Appreciation Month! Dr. Jennifer Craig has worked in education for 29 years and says the best part of her job is seeing students smile and laugh as they learn! Thank you, Dr. Craig, for all that you do! #YourCommunitySchools
In PE, 1st and 2nd graders practiced the striking skills they will use for many different sports. Mrs. Theisen made it so fun by letting the students use balloons! #YourCommunitySchools
All three 3rd grade classes joined together in the LLC today for a super fun force and motion lesson on air resistance, surface area and drag. Students tested out different sizes of fabrics and used science vocabulary in their observational notes. Thanks to the 3rd grade teachers - Ms. Schmitz, Ms. Banta & Ms. Switalski for making this happen for our students! #STEM #YourCommunitySchools
2nd graders created clay models of Earth. Here are Mrs. Coover's students showing off their good work. #STEM #YourCommunitySchools
ADK music class with Mrs. DeCraene is always fun! #YourCommunitySchools
