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Thank you to Mr. Nick Illinois Storm Chasers for coming to Washington School today to help our students understand and learn more about severe weather! The kids learned all about tornadoes, lightning, and hail. Mr. Nick also brought a lot of fun demonstrations for the kids to see real life examples of what is going on when we have severe weather conditions! Special shout out to the Pontiac District #429 Education Foundation for funding this event!
Today was an 🥚egg-cellent day 🥚 at Washington School! We held our annual egg drop event. Each 4th grader built a contraption this past week and today it was dropped from the cafeteria roof. The students' goal was for their contraptions to be designed and constructed so that the egg inside did not break🍳! We had lots of eggs today that survived! Thank you to the Pontiac Firefighters Local #3239 🚒for coming in clutch by getting our contraptions and egg droppers on the roof safely 🚛! We appreciate all of your help! Also, a big shout out to Mr. Miller and Mr. Carlson for braving the roof and being our official "Egg Droppers!" Have a great weekend!
We celebrated our April students of the month for their continued display of Respect here at Washington. We appreciate them and the way they treat others, themselves, and their belongings at school! Top row (l-r): Millie Stenger, Melissa Romero, Charli Brown, Dominic Bartolo, Malakai Dixon. Bottom row (l-r): Will Diaz, Dallas Ahlers, Aiden Wade, Jacksen Harmon. Not pictured: Eryk Melvin and Tanyn Beller.
Can you spot the butterflies? 4th graders have been learning about how there are different types of camouflage that animals can use to survive, communicate, and hunt prey. How many can you find?
Mrs. Francis and Mrs. Iskrzycki's classes have been doing a fun project that involved “reducing, reusing, and recycling” items from their student's homes! Each student made a Chia Pet and decorated it with old items that they could find from home that they no longer needed/used. Shout out to Livingston County Environmental Association that provided each class with many of the materials needed for this project (dirt, grass seeds, etc.). Everyone has really been enjoying this project and looking forward each morning to see how much their "pet's hair" has grown!
Today Washington Elementary, Pontiac School District 429 had the pleasure of hosting Marlon Eilts - COUNTRY Financial. Our Enrichment Committee reached out to Marlon to see if he could come teach our students about insurance, and he along with Brittney sure delivered. Students played a hands-on game with poker chips, cards, and dice, where they saw the effects of insurance over a couple of years. The game that he created was a HUGE success and helped with the mastery of what insurance is. This also was a great start to the whole school economics unit. Thanks Marlon! You and your staff are always welcome here at Washington 🙂.
Who is ready for some Trivia? You can still join the fun by walking in for the event! We can't wait for this PTO hosted fun!
March's students of the month were chosen because they are individuals who show perseverance in the classroom. Way to stick with it even when things get tough! Top row (l-r): Kellin Carter, Jase Pshack, Camila Soto, Makenna Pennington, Henry Reiman. Front row (l-r) Serena Stephens, Mila Matic, Sadie Johnson, Kylie Newbury. Not pictured: Kaylynn Miles and Jude Bryan
We were excited and amazed at how cool the solar eclipse was today! Shout out to Pontiac Family Eye Care and Pontiac Public Library for donating the ISO approved safety glasses for all of us!
Washington School Families -
Washington Elementary School 4th grade and 5th grade students will soon be diving right into our economics unit in Social Studies. We will be ending the unit with an application activity where all the students will be creating a product, selling this product, making an income, and buying other products, which is our annual Market Day. The day is truly one of our favorites and the kids really love it. We are in need of some items to make this day go off without a hitch. Below is a link to our Sign Up Genius with all the items that we need for products for the ENTIRE fourth and fifth grade classes. Please sign up and have these items in by Monday, April 22, or sooner if possible. We are also collecting paper towel rolls or toilet paper rolls and egg cartons so save them at home and send those in as well. Market Day is scheduled for May 28, and we promise to share pictures and commercials for this fantastic event. Thank you in advance for your help as this wouldn't be possible without it!
Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090549A9A622A4F85-market2#/
Last call for pizza sign up for trivia is today!
Link to sign up: https://bit.ly/PTOfamilytrivianight
This is your reminder to get signed up for trivia night next Friday, April 12. Pizza orders are due THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 5, but you can sign up all the way until the event. 20 Washington Bucks are being awarded to every Washington School student, but ANYONE and EVERYONE is welcome to come to the event. So call your grandmas, grandpas, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, and friends so you can get a team together. If you wouldn't mind, would you please share so we can spread the word. We can't wait to see who will take home the trophy for our 2nd annual Kid Trivia Night!
4th and 5th graders took a trip into outer space thanks to the awesome ⭐️Star Lab ⭐️from U of I Extension McLean County STEAM in the Classroom! Students were able to learn about how the moon 🌝 changes into different phases, and how solar and lunar eclipses work. All of the students loved the experience, and thought it was cool to go into the gigantic dome. We are pumped for the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th! Make sure to turn in your child's permission form in by Friday, April 5th!
Today, we celebrated good behavior and positive choices with a jump start to our spring break by showing off our fantastic dance moves 💃🕺💃🕺at the Neon Dance. We will see everyone back on Tuesday, April ✌️ after a much deserved spring break. #keeponglowing🕶 #springbreakfun
"Ms. Zega and Mrs. Edinger's class have been getting into the March Madness spirit! They have spent the month of March doing a March Madness Tournament of Books. Each day the students would listen to the 2 stories of the day and vote on their favorite. The final four included We Do Not Eat Our Classmates, A Tale of Two Beasts, Orion and the Dark, and Do Not Open This Book. Today we finished the tournament and crowned the winner, We Do Not Eat Our Classmates!"
Mrs. Farley's class would like to thank Domino's Pizza in Pontiac for the generous and delicious pizza donation! Our class met our goals and decided to celebrate with a pizza party; when Domino's offered to donate the pizzas we thought it was a perfect example of the rewards that come when you work hard and achieve a goal! Thank you again for your kindness, Domino's!
Part 2 of 4th grade finished up learning all about energy! For our end of the unit project the students were challenged with designing a chain reaction machine that showed at least 3 energy transfers, and completed a task. Check out some of the successful machines!
Link: https://youtu.be/1QDNSVkbqfA
To our students and families, great job completing your Book Blast Treasure Maps and enjoy your fun prizes! We will celebrate soon with all the books heading our way. Jump for joy and get ready for book delivery day! Contributions will be accepted through Sunday. To help all students at the school, make a school-wide contribution: http://tinyurl.com/WashingtonCommLink
#bookblast #bookblastadventures #letsread
FREE family trivia night event thanks to PTO! Grand prize will be awarded to the top team! See flyer for details, and sign up using the link below!
Link to sign up: https://bit.ly/PTOfamilytrivianight
Time is ticking to earn our students more books! You can contribute through the invitation from your favorite student or make a school-wide contribution
Video Link: https://video.wixstatic.com/video/4d38e4_4afd966ab0c7403fa0238d72dd42fc97/720p/mp4/file.mp4