Washington Gifted Academy
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Greetings!
Middle School Report Cards have been generated and should be arriving in your house soon, if you haven't received them already. Please remember to contact your child's teacher with any questions or concerns.
Thank you to all the families that have attended conferences thus far. We will have one more night of conferences, November 9th from 4-7pm. Conferences are an important time for you to become a part of your child's educational team and learn more about making your child successful. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday night!
Just a couple reminders that we would like you to review with your children. There should not be any eating or drinking on the school bus at any time. Cell phones are also not allowed to be used on the school bus. Students should keep their phones in their backpacks and out of sight.
Also, please remind students that play fighting is not allowed at school. We have been seeing a lot of play fighting in our middle school, especially with our sixth grade students. Play fighting is listed in the district's discipline code. Please talk to your child about keeping their hands and feet to themselves.
Have a wonderful week! Mrs. Faber & Mrs. Hayes
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News from the Gifted Office - Mrs. Beach
Believe it or not, it's time to get the word out about Gifted Testing. If you know of anyone, a neighbor, someone in your Sunday School class, a relative, etc., that might benefit from our program, please let them know about the following events:
Gifted Open Houses
Interested in the program? Want to learn more? Curious about the testing? Do you have questions about the Academy at Auburn? Consider attending a Gifted Program Open House.
- November 16, Washington Academy, 5:30 - 6:30
- December 2, Auburn Freshman Campus, 5:30 - 6:30, this evening is for current Washington 8th grade families as well as new students and families
- January 11, Washington Academy, 5:30 - 6:30
Gifted Testing
Our regular winter eligibility testing is coming up. In addition to recommending friends, you might want to consider volunteering on one of the testing dates. We can use people to direct students and parents, check people in and answer questions or share your family's experiences with the program. Testing dates:
- Current Kindergarten students: January 22, 2011
- Current 1st - 4th graders: February 12, 2011
- Students currently in 5th - 10th grades: March 12, 2011
For more informaiton and/or a flyer, visit our Gifted Program website. |
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Student Spotlight
Starting this week we are going to spotlight a Washington student. If your child is doing something or has done something that you think should be highlighted, please email Mrs. Hayes hayesa@rps205.com.
Emily Bear will be performing live on this week's results show of Dancing With the Stars on ABC. The show will air Tuesday at 8:00pm.
6th graders, Emma Lai & Max Thomas, members of the Rock Valley
Children's Choir, will be performing in the Rockford Symphony's
performance of "Carmina Burana" Saturday, November 13, 7:30p at the
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Book Fair Update
Thanks to many, many volunteer hours, the Washington Book fair has been set up and is open throughout this coming week. Please consider Christmas shopping early -and support our book fair! You can find many wonderful gifts for teachers and students.
New This Fall - Gift Certificates
The perfect gift for a student or teacher - consider purchasing a Scholastic Book Fair gift certificate. Available in all denominations, they are to be redeemed DURING THE BOOK FAIR.
Visit Us On the Web!
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/washingtonacademy
Shop On-Line!
Once again, we are offering friends and families of Washington students the chance to shop on-line. All purchases made between now and November 14. Please forward this link: www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs. Remember - all profits benefit Washington Academy, AND there is FREE SHIPPING!
Invite Your Hero to Lunch!
Who is your hero? A parent? A grandparent? A neighbor? Everyday heroes are all around us. We honor and celebrate them this week during our "Lunch With Your Hero" days. What do you do? Invite your hero to Washington, and have them bring along their lunch. Together you can eat in the cafeteria, then shop the book fair together. Remember- everyone who shops the book fair with their hero can enter our drawing for a FREE POSTER!
Lunch Schedule:
Dates and times for Lunch With Your Hero:
1st grade: Monday, November 8, 11:50 am - 12:20 pm
2nd grade: Tuesday, November 9, 11:50 am - 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 Hours:
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 ** shop the book fair when you visit Washington for the middle school talent show. Anyone who shops from 5:30 - 8:30 can enter a drawing for a $25.00 book fair gift certificate!!!!
Thursday, November 11 NO SCHOOL
Friday, November 12 8:30 am - 1:30 pm
Don't forget the reading challenge! Read, read, read! From now until November 30 - the challenge is to read 100,000 pages! The winning class from each grade will attend a special Action Hero movie in the auditorium - complete with popcorn! Let the reading begin!!!
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An Evening of Health and Wellness
This event is for parents of all Rockford Public School students. Learn more about keeping your child tobacco free, nutrition, and everyday fitness.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:00-7:30
West Middle School - 1900 N Rockton Avenue
*event is hosted by the Parent and Community Engagement Department
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ECO-CLUB News
Our fourth and fifth grade ECO-Club members attended our first two meetings this month. At present, we have about 27 members. They are very enthusiastic and ready to make some change.
We got moving last Monday by gathering outside, during our meeting time and did a school grounds clean up. The students wanted to specifically tackle the wooded area near the playground. Three garbage bags later we succeeded in a decent clean up. They were quite happy with the results even though we did it within the 15 minute recess time period.
Our next endeavor is on a larger scale. The club members have decided to collect items for Noah's Ark Animal Shelter. Noah's Ark is Rockford's only no kill shelter. The items collected are ones needed to clean and feed those animals kept there. We began Wednesday, October 27, and will continue until Friday, November 19. The items needed include:
garbage bags
bleach
liquid laundry detergent
vinyl or latex gloves
rechargeable AA batteries
NEW mops/brooms/brushes/scouring pads
Postage stamps
Office Supplies (white copy paper)
canned or dry dog and cat food (for their pet pantry to give to those in need)
paper towels
Collection boxes are located near the front of the school. Check out Noah's Ark website: www.noahsarkanimals.org
ECO-Club's next meeting is November 1st.
Any questions? Please contact me, Mrs. Woodin.
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Winter Apparel Drive
Builder's Club is having an annual winter apparel drive. We are looking for new, nearly new, or clean coats, gloves, hats, etc. Our goal is to get 60 coats because last year we received a little above 40 coats. The priority of the coats and other winter apparels are to go to needy families in the school, but also we are donating them to Elizabeth House and Rockford Public Schools. We greatly stress that the items donated are CLEAN. Please help us reach our goal to keep needy families warm this winter. The bins will be located at all the entrances, the main office and outside of the library. The drive is going on November 8th to November 16th.
If you have questions please contact,
Mr. Aures: tim.aures2@rps205.com
Mrs. Maklezow: debra.maklezow@rps205.com
As a reminder, Mrs.Maklezow would greatly appreciate the donation of paper towels and wet wipes.
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Upcoming Events
November 9 Parent/Teacher Conference 4:00-7:00 November 10 Picture Retake Day Talent Show 6:30 |
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Contact Information
| Washington Academy
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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6th Grade Science News
All 6th grade students are beginning a unit studying the History of Earth. I will be using a new program called FOSS this year. FOSS is an active learning science program for teaching science in interesting and engaging ways. Each student will need a binder for FOSS. The best type of binder to purchase is a 1/2 inch binder. The school store has binders on sale for $2.00 each.
Each FOSS Module is broken down into investigations. The Earth History Unit has eight investigations. It is anticipated that this unit should take approximately 12 weeks to complete all of the investigations. From time to time I will be requesting materials that will be needed to complete the investigations. I would greatly appreciate any assistance that you could give to me to help make this program a success.
I am looking forward to many weeks of exciting investigations with the Earth History Module. If you have any questions or comments please fell free to contact me.
Mr. Smith
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Middle School Tutoring
Middle school morning tutoring will only be on Monday morning this week due to staff meetings on Wednesday and Friday.
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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.
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Basketball
Boys Basketball continues this week with games Monday at RESA and Wednesday at Eisenhower. Game times are: 6th- 4:30, 7th- 5:30, and 8th- 6:30.
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.
We are in need of a 4th grade REBA Boys Basketball Coach. If you are interested in this volunteer position please contact matthew.smith@rps205.com.
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Cheerleading
Several Washington Cheerleaders will be selling candy bars for $1.00 each during parent conferences on Tuesday. Please support our cheerleaders by purchasing a candy bar.
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PTO Information
Our next PTO meeting will be held, Tuesday, November 30 at 7 pm in the cafeteria. We hope to see you there!
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Monster Mash Survey
Please take a few moments to respond to our survey about this year's Monster Mash.Monster Mash Survey. The PTO would like to have your feedback so we can continue to make our events the best they can be. Thanks in advance for your help!
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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 Update
Post Brand Cereals joins the Labels for Education program. Keep sending in those labels! And remember, 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! www.labelsforeducation.com
Prairie Farm/Swiss Valley Cash for Caps
Continue sending in your milk caps. Caps that can be redeemed include gallons and half gallons of white milk, only.
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