No School on Monday, September 1, 2025 in observance of Labor Day!
Washington's School Store opened for business this week, and business was good! Our students have already earned a lot of Washington bucks for their hard work and positive behavior choices. The year is off to a great start, and we are looking forward to what is to come.
Students can earn the ability to read the morning announcements by earning points with their Reading and Math Log activities completed at home!! Mrs. Nollen loves the help and the students feel empowered when they do this!!
All P429 Schools will be closed on Monday, August 25, 2025. After school activities will continue as scheduled.
Today was an exciting Math Day! 🎉 Students rotated between classrooms, learning various games that could count for our math logs. They even got to take home math kits filled with supplies and game directions! 🏠✨ Huge thanks to Mrs. Adcock for planning this fantastic event! Ask your students about their favorite games today—let’s keep the math fun going! 💡😊
Quite a few Washington students earned the 1st "Surprise Recess" on Tuesday just by participating in the Road to Reading or The Game of Math. Keep up the great work Washington!
Show Your Warrior Spirit!
Wear Orange & Blue Every Friday!
Washington Students will be engaging in a variety of math games on Wednesday 8/20 for a "Math Day" ! This will go along with the Math logs students bring home. They can turn these in weekly to earn a variety of prizes based on where their game piece are on the Game Board!
OPEN HOUSE - Monday, August 11, 2025 from 3:30 - 5:30 for All Schools. We hope to see you then!
The Red Fez Shrine Club of Illinois is sponsoring a free screening Clinic
for Children August 23, 2025 8am –noon hosted by the Livingston
County Health Department in their Building on Torrance Ave in Pontiac.
The purpose of the Clinic is to help parents of children that could get
help at Shriners Children’s in Chicago fill out paper work and initiate
contact with Shriners Children’s. Clinic walk -ins are welcome or make
appointment at 815-343-7661.
for Children August 23, 2025 8am –noon hosted by the Livingston
County Health Department in their Building on Torrance Ave in Pontiac.
The purpose of the Clinic is to help parents of children that could get
help at Shriners Children’s in Chicago fill out paper work and initiate
contact with Shriners Children’s. Clinic walk -ins are welcome or make
appointment at 815-343-7661.
Play Day 2025 is in the books! We had a great day full of laughs and fun! Thank you so much to the parents that came and volunteered their time to run stations!
Just a reminder that there is no school Monday, due to Memorial Day! We are excited for our last day of school with students on Tuesday (5/27)! Have a great long weekend!
What an incredible morning at our Market Day event! 🎉 Our students put in weeks of hard work making their products, advertising, and selling. Every shop earned a movie ticket after turning in their profits to the bankers! 🍿 A huge shout-out to Mrs. Smith for her hard work on this year's commercials! Also a HUGE thank you to all of the donations of items that we received from our parents. Without those donations, this school wide event would not be possible! 🌟
Don't forget our May dress up days! The first two days did not disappoint.
Congrats to Ms. Cortes and Mr. Cole on finishing up their student teaching!
Good luck with your future teaching careers!
Congratulations to our April Students of the Month. They have shown outstanding character for the month and we are happy to celebrate them! Top row L-R: River Roe, Sienna Serna, Lincoln Fiorini, Myla Bates, Marley Collins, Kataya Ramey. Bottom Row L-R: Jax Henry, Sophia Fosdick, Lincoln Barton, Avery Dickey, Ryleigh King.
We started off May with a bang! Today was "bring anything but a backpack day" at school, and the students did not disappoint! We saw everything from a stainless steel pot, mop bucket, to a cat carrier brought in today. Enjoy some laughs with these fun pictures! Tomorrow is mismatched shoes day!
Ms. M's class has been working hard learning all about magnets! Check out how they used a magnets force field to make their butterflies move around without actually touching them!
Technology Director Vacancy:
Please send letter of interest, resume and credentials to Mike Weaver, Superintendent at weavermic@pontiac429.org.
SOCU came to do a financial literacy activity with our 5th graders! Students used the luck of a bag of M&M's to determine a budget and then they had to purchase their needs and wants based on their income! We want to thank SOCU for providing this experience for us!
Plan accordingly for our Earth Day Spirit Week!
