Washington Gifted Academy
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Greetings!
This week, October 25th -Oct.29th is our Spirit Week. Student Council members have decided to have a competition among elementary students and middle school students to see whose class has the most school spirit. Teachers will be given one form to complete daily to show how many students present each day have dressed according to the daily themes. The elementary class and the school class with the most school spirit will have a donut and juice party on Friday, November 5th.
The daily themes are: Monday - Decades Day (any decade,example: 1970's-wear Hippie type outfits such as bell-bottoms, tie-dyed shirts, beads, straight hair, long bangs, etc. However, if girls wear mini-skirts, better have leggings underneath)
Tuesday - Team Jersey Day (or any sport t-shirt, sweatshirt, is OK)
Wednesday - Pink Day (yes, even boys can wear pink. Look at all the pink many sport teams wore last week)
Thursday - Nerd Day
Friday- Crazy Day (crazy hair, socks, mismatched clothing, shoes, etc)
We hope everyone will participate in this year's activities!
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Faber & Mrs. Hayes
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Here's to Our Heroes! ReadingSaves the Day!
Today's children are tomorrow's heroes...
Join us as we celebrate reading - and our everyday heroes (doctors, nurses, police officers, fire fighters). November 4 - 12 is Washington's fall book fair. Remember, books make wonderful Christmas presents for children and teachers. Consider starting your Christmas shopping early - at the book fair!
Book Fair Hours:
Thursday, November 4 9:15 am - 7:30 pm
Friday, November 5 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Monday, November 8 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesday, November 9 9:00 am - 7:30 pm
Wednesday, November 10 8:30 am - 9:00 pm
Thursday, November 11 NO SCHOOL
Friday, November 12 8:30 am - 1:30 pm
LUNCH WITH YOUR HERO!
New this fall, we will be hosting "Lunch With Your Hero" events for grades 1 - 5. Who is your hero? A parent? A grandparent? A neighbor? Invite them to join you for lunch, then shop the book fair together!
Dates and times for Lunch With Your Hero:
1st grade: Monday, November 8, 11:50am - 12:20 pm
2nd grade: Tuesday, November 9, 11:50am - 12:20 pm
3rd grade: Wednesday, November 10, 11:50 - 12:20 pm
4th and 5th grade: Friday, November 12, 12:25 - 12:55 pm
Book Fair Volunteer Opportunities
Please consider volunteering to help make our book fair a success! Remember - all proceeds from our book fair benefit the Washingtonlibrary - and tomorrow's heroes - our children. We are in need of parents who can help with set up, take down, and/or work a shift or two during the week. Please contact Monica Krysztopa(krysztopa@comcast.net) if you are available to help us.
Watch for details coming home next week...about Washington's next Reading Challenge! |
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Attention: All Ghosts and Ghouls
Join us for the "Monster Mash"
Please join us for the Monster Mash Dance this Friday, Oct. 29th from 6:00-8:00pm in our "haunted" Gym. Costumes, Music, Pizza, Snacks, Prizes, and Games..Oh my!
Admission is $3.50 at the door (Parents and children under 4 are FREE).
The Monster Mash Committee is still looking for Donations for the Raffle Baskets. Please contact Sue at 815-654-3904 or suebrauns@comcast.net by Wednesday, if you or a business you know are able to donate.
See you there!
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| Upcoming Events
November 6: Illinois Association for Gifted Children is presenting their Parent Academy from noon until 5:00 pm at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA). Their featured presenter will be Andy Mahoney, followed by breakout sessions including RtI, Social and Emotional, Parenting and School Issues. Registration Form
November 9: The Naperville Parent Affiliate, STAGE 203, will present Kim Corless: Helping Parents Address the Social and Emotional Challenges of Gifted Children at 7:00 pm. For more information and to RSVP, click here.
~ Mrs. Beach
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Contact Information
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1421 West Street
Rockford, IL 61102
815-966-3370
Web Site
Jill Faber, Principal
Amanda Hayes, Assistant Principal
School Hours:
9:15 - 3:15
Gifted Office:
Michele Beach Department of Academics - Gifted Curriculum
201 S. Madison St.
Rockford, IL 61104
(815) 966-3182
School Motto:
We are the Washington family who accept and respect each other while striving for success with integrity.
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Student Assignment Open House Meeting Dates
October 27th: 6:00-8:00 pm at Riverdahl School
(this was originally scheduled for October 21st)
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Elementary Music
Save the date! Thursday, Oct. 28th at 6 PM We will be doing a music program featuring the 1st and 3rd graders. We will be doing a multi-cultural program with songs in other languages. If students have folk costumes or authentic dress from other cultures, they are encouraged to wear them that night. Otherwise just dress nice (school picture nice). NO HEELS (trip hazard on choral risers). We will be doing songs in Spanish, Japanese, and African. Some songs are in English, but the tune is from other countries. The third graders will be doing some songs they did at the Peace Plaza in September. Mrs. Demmitt |
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Elementary Art
This year has been busy in art class for the 2nd and 4th grades! 2nd grade has covered concepts such as visual texture, overlapping, and still life. This week we asked the question "How does your pumpkin feel today?" The second graders are doing a fantastic job on all of their art projects, I am proud of all of their work.
The fourth grade classes have covered concepts such as visual texture, overlapping, biomorphic shapes, still life, fall leaf mosaics, and this week they created the most fantastic positive and negative faces which are displayed in the hallways! Nice job by all classes! All of the students and staff have been most welcoming at Washington, it's a great school!
Mrs. Carolyn St. Angel
Third grade students are learning how to weave around a paper cup. They are using a the over - under stitch with a variety of yarns and will add embellishments such as: feathers, beads and pipe cleaners.
Grade 1 just completed beautiful hand - leaves where they learned how to trace, cut and glue a collage along with finger printing in the background. The fall colors abound in these mixed media pictures.
Fifth graders are developing colored pencil drawings of their favorite school memory. They will be printed on a tile and permanently displayed at Washington.
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Middle School Movie Night
There will be a movie night for Middle School on Friday from 6:00pm - 8:00pm. This is the same night as Monster Mash for the elementary students. The movie the students selected is Haunting in Connecticut. Since it is PG13, if a student is interested in attending, they must obtain a permission slip from their homeroom teacher on Thursday or Friday, and present it signed by a parent or guardian at the door in order to be admitted into the building. The $1.00 admission charge will be for one snack item. |
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Middle School Art
Grade 6 students are beginning a color blending painting which incorporates leaf patterns and found object printing. Sculptural coiled basketry has been quite a challenge for grade 7. The figure 8 stitch and unusual yarns will surely make the fiber arts pieces a must see when they are displayed in the art room and the library. Check out the acrylic canvas board paintings by grade 8. They chose a realistic or abstract theme and learned a variety of painting techniques. |
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BAND AND ORCHESTRA NEWS
On Saturday, October 16th several members of the band and orchestra auditioned for the Illinois Music Educator's Association's All - District Band and Orchestra Festival. We are very pleased to inform you that two band and two orchestra students qualified to participate.
In the orchestra Arik Burke made it on violin and Cameron Larsen made it on cello.
In the band Victoria Wang made it on flute and Joshua Day made it on trumpet.
These four fine musicians will be going to Northern Illinois University in De Kalb on November 20th to participate in the All - District Festival. They will rehearse all day with musicians from this part of the state and perform a concert that afternoon.
CONGRADULATIONS TO THESE FINE MUSICIANS!!!
Don't forget the Winter Concert which is Tuesday, December 7th. The Orchestra students will need to be at school at 6:00 with the concert starting at 6:30 and the Band students will need to be at school at 7:00 with the concert beginning at 7:30. Remember that all students are required to stay for the entire concert.
If you ever have any questions feel free to contact me. The best way to contact me is by e-mail. My e-mail address is doug.hoffman@rps205.com.
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Parent/Teacher Conferences
REMINDER: Conferences are on November 4th & 9th from 4:00-7:00
6th & 7th grade conference request forms will be sent home with the students on Tuesday, October 19th. |
Athletics All students attending after school activities need to be picked up by 4:30. Anyone not picked up by 4:40 will need to take the activity bus to the school nearest your home.
Thanks to our team parents; Sue Ellenz (McGarry), Susan Maher, and Deanne Brown for doing such a great job organizing concessions for soccer and cross country.
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Basketball
Boys Basketball begins the season with a home game vs. Kennedy on Tuesday. 4:30 (6th), 5:30 (7th), 6:30 (8th).
We need help with concessions, score keeping, clock, and admissions. Please contact cwooly@comcast.net if you can help.
Girls Basketball tryouts begin on January 3, 2011.
REBA Boys and Girls tryouts will be in late November.
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Chess Club
Congratulations to our chess teams! Washington hosted the Fall Chess Challenge on October 16. Nearly 150 players from 28 schools participated. The Wolves finished in first place in all three divisions: K-2, 3-5 and 6-8. Here are some of our individual winners who came in first place for their grade:
First Grade: Pavao Vedo & Loral Hess
Second Grade: Chris Park
Third Grade: Sengdao Inthavong
Fourth Grade: Scott Du
Fifth Grade: Johann Maddix
Sixth Grade: Steven Do, Vincent Do, Spencer Folkerts
Seventh Grade: Douglas Chan, Seth Hayes, Sam Rinaldo
Way to go Wolves!! |
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Cheerleading
Please get your fees into Coach Handley as soon as possible. |
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PTO Information
Our next PTO meeting will be held Tuesday, November 2 at 7 pm in the cafeteria. We hope to see you there!
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Activity
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Chairs
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Fall Fundraiser 2010
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Carrie Adamany
Kari Lantz
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Monster Mash
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Kim Blasdel
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Teacher Conference Dinner
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Linda Williams
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Teacher Holiday Luncheon
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Jeremy Germano
Janet Kormatz & Susan Maher
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Bingo/Ice Cream Social
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Ellen Feenan
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ES Talent Show
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Paula Broski
Jeanine Puri
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Spring Teacher Conference Dinner
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Beth Sweeney
Linda Williams
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Support Staff Appreciation Week
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Deanne Brown
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Teacher Appreciation Week
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Catarina Golkerts
Nancy Ryan
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Family Fun Night
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Angie Torre
Ryanne Ludington
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Retail Revenue
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Sameena Zahurullah
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Concession
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Becky Wollacott
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Bulletin Boards
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Corey Johnson
Deanne Brown
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Spirit Wear
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Swav Krysztopa
Deanne Brown
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Family Skate Night
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Ellen Feehan
Rhonda Gorman
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Book Fair's
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Mary Makulec
Monica Krysztopa
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Ice Hogs Hockey Games
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Erin Davis
Sean Lilly
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Magnet Fundraiser
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Angela Stickler
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School Supply Kits 2011
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Stephanie DiBenedetto
Mary Beth Westin
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5th Grade Awards
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Jen Woods
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8th Graduation Ceremony
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Angie Torre
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Library Volunteer Committee
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Amy Nickles
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Market Day
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Lori Cabral
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Volcano Falls Night
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Jennifer Shriver
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Restaurant Night
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Beth Sweeney
Andrea Hinrichs
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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! to all the parents who have generously volunteered their time to chair a committee for the PTO. We appreciate you! |
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T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Polo Shirts, Jackets,
Tote Bags or Window Decals for your car!
Washington Academy Spirit Wear is always on sale! Go to the PTO page on the school's web site (here is the link: http://webs.rps205.com/schools/washington/pto.html ). Scroll down to the bottom of the page and download the pdf file: PTO Spirit Wear Catalog and Order Form. Send your order forms (with payment) to school with your student. Show off your School Spirit!!
Labels for Education
Parents, please take note of the link to a very special offer listed below. If you happen to have a Hilander Plus Card (Kroger is the parent company for Hilander) please sign up and help Washington earn bonus points!Labels for Education
Keep sending in those boxtops, Swiss Valley caps, and Campbell's Soup labels. It's a quick and easy way to support our schools!
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Upcoming Events
October 28 1st and 3rd grade Music Concert 6:00 October 29 Monster Mash & MIddle School Movie NIght 6:00-8:00
November 4 & 9 Parent/Teacher Conference 4:00-7:00 |
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