Washington Gifted Academy
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Greetings!
Thank you to Mr. Hoffman and the band, orchestra and jazz band students for a wonderful holiday concert last Tuesday. They filled the halls with festive tunes as they practiced in the auditorium all week. The jazz band also performed at the "State of the Schools" luncheon hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. This was a wonderful opportunity for Washington to show off our talented students to the community.
Please remember to have students dress appropriately for winter weather. Elementary students will be going out for recess each day, weather permitting. If they want to play in the snow they will need boots, snow pants along with gloves.
Reminder Pick up Parents: Please pull up as far as you can before loading your students after school. This will help with the long line on the street. Remind your students to wait until you stop before they walk to the car (we'll remind them also). I do not want students chasing cars with ice and snow on the sidewalk. There is always a possibility that they might slip and fall. Please be very careful when pulling into the parking lot.
Please take time to enjoy your families and relax during winter break. We look forward a busy and productive new year when we return.
Our next newsletter will be sent out January 10th when we return.
News Update! Mrs. Hayes welcomed her new daughter into the world on 12/9/10 @8:30 pm. Her name is Ella Louise. Mom and baby are doing great. Mrs. Hayes will be spending some time off with her new family and return to school in March. Mr. Larson will be filling in for her while she is on leave.
Have a wonderful break! Mrs. Faber & Mrs. Hayes
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Salvation Army Food Drive
We Did It!!!!
We have exceeded our goal of 20 barrels and have collected 21 barrels. Thank you for all of your hard work. |
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Gifted Testing is coming...please consider helping!
It's almost that time of year - time for the annual gifted testing at Washington. This is a wonderful opportunity to help our school. Parents, if you are available on Saturday, January 22, 2011 from 7:15 am - 11:00 am, please contact Mary Makulec at muckymuck@juno.com .
Book Fair Update
A HUGE thank you to Mrs. Meehan, Mrs. Reali, and all the parents who put in so many extra hours working at the book fair, due to my illness. I simply can not thank everyone enough. Your hard work really benefited our school's library. Thank you also, to the parents who helped with set-up and take down, to Monica Krysztopa for the countless hours spent organizing volunteers, and to every student and their hero who had lunch at Washington and shopped the book fair.
Here are the final numbers:
Total fair sales - (excluding sales tax) $11,410.50
Library total pulled from fair - already received- $1,180.23 worth of books
Cash profit earned at the book fair: $2,459.68
The total cash value for our library - $3,639.91
Washington families graciously spent over SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS purchasing books (from teacher wish lists) that were donated to our classroom libraries, and the Washington Library!!!!
Book Fair Chairperson, Mary Makulec
SUPER READING CHALLENGE UPDATE!!!!!!!!!
Super Reading Challenge Results are in!
The challenge - to read 100,00 pages in November The prize- A Superhero movie and popcorn and drink
Six elementary classrooms competed in our challenge- and read a total of
105,567 pages! Way to go! The challenge was met!
Congratulations to the following grade level classrooms who will be attending the Super Hero Movie Event! These are the classes who read the most:
Second grade - Mrs. Lindmark's class -9,026 pages
Third grade - Mrs. Johnson's class - 16,471 pages
Fourth grade: Mrs. Armellini's class - 40,357 pages
Movie date will be set for sometime this month.more details next week!
Washington students are SUPER readers!
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Energy by Design Nicor invites you to explore Energy by Design: A Visual Arts contest for Students. This is a poster contest for K-8 grade students. This fun and educational poster contest challenges children to artistically communicate an energy efficiency message to their classmates and families. All entries will be judged on the students' ability to clearly and accurately communicate an energy efficiency message. Prizes will be awarded: - Grand prize winners in each grade category (K-2, 3-5 & 6-8) will be awarded a $1,000 savings bond, a pizza party for their class and a prize pack filled with fun, age appropriate prizes.
- Teachers of the grand prize winners will receive a classroom grant of $1,000.
- First, second and third place winners in each grade category will be awarded a $200 savings bond, a pizza party for their class and a prize pack filled with fun, age appropriate prizes.
For more information on eligibility requirements, how to order materials and judging criteria, visit www.energybydesign.org. Entries must be postmarked before February 4, 2011. |
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News from the Gifted Office - Mrs. Beach
Spread the Word!
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 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. If you would like to volunteer to help or speak on any or all of these dates, please contact Mary Makulec as noted above.
Gifted Forums
We had our second Gifted Forum, at Auburn Freshman Campus last Thursday. Despite the weather, we had quite a few families and teachers attend. In contrast to many public forums, i continue to be amazed at how thoughtful and respectful our speakers have been. I will be working to compile all data and comments and will be posting it on the Gifted Program website soon.
If you were not able to attend, you can always send your feedback via email to Mrs. Faber, Mr. Bay, Dr. Gaffey or Mrs. Beach.
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Upcoming Events
December
17- Elementary Holiday Parties
January
3- classes resume
22- Gifted testing current
kindergartners
24- PTO meeting in library 6:30
28- Bingo Night at Washington
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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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Attention 8th Grade Parents:
Our 8th grade field trip to the Holocaust Museum on Friday, January 7th has been changed to Tuesday, February 8th . This change will benefit our students, as we should be actively engaged in World War II at this time. The Rockford Coach busses will be leaving at 7:45 AM from school, as this will be an all day field trip. Please begin thinking on how your child will arrive to school at 7:30 that morning. We will leave Skokie, IL at 1:30 PM, so we should arrive in time for the students to be dismissed at 3:15, our regular dismissal time. The cost is $25.00 per student. I will be looking for nine parent chaperones to accompany us. There is no cost for the chaperones. Please let Mrs. Russey know if you would like to participate in this wonderful field trip.
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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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Swimming
Swimming begins on January 3, 2011. You must have a physical prior to January 3. Swimming takes place at West Middle School. We have a shuttle bus that departs daily for West at 3:20 p.m. Students will need to be picked up from West at 5:30 or they may take the activity bus from West. Please contact matthew.smith@rps205.com with any questions.
We want you to help create the design for the Washington/West swim team shirt. This contest is open to all creative minds at Washington or West. Please submit your entry to Mr. Smith or Mr. Adams by December 14. The winner will receive a complimentary shirt. |
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Student Council News
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Our next Rec Night will be held on Friday, January 21 at Forest Hills Lanes in Loves Park from 4:00-6:00 p.m. The cost of the event is $10.00 which includes one way transportation, unlimited bowling for 2 hours, shoe rental, 2 slices of pizza, and a pop.
The next student council meeting will be on Thursday, December 16 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in room 215.
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Basketball
The boys basketball playoffs start on Monday.
Monday:
6th Grade @ Flinn 5:30
7th Grade @ Kennedy 4:30
8th Grade @ Eisenhower 6:30
Tuesday: (If necessary)
6th Grade @ Flinn 4:30
7th Grade @ Washington 5:30
8th Grade @ Flinn 7:30
Thursday: Championship Games (If necessary)
6th Grade @ Flinn 4:30
7th Grade @ Flinn 5:30
8th Grade @ Flinn 6:30
Girls Basketball Tryouts begin on January 3.
Tryouts: (You must attend both sessions)
Monday 1/3
6th Grade: 5:15-6:45
7th Grade: 3:30-5:00
8th Grade: 7:00-8:30
Tuesday 1/4
6th Grade: 3:30-5:00
7th Grade: 5:15-6:45
8th Grade: 7:00-8:30
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REBA
We will be playing a scrimmage game at Rolling Green on Monday 12/13. Girls play at 4:00, Boys play at 5:00.
We will be playing a scrimmage game combined at Summerdale on Wednesday 12/15 at 4:00.
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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!!
PTO Retail and Revenue
Thank you Washington! Since September we have collected $436.30 in Box Tops, $165 in Swiss Valley milk caps and $33.84 in Tyson A+ labels and we have banked an additional 1135 points in our Labels For Education account.
Please continue to send in all those milk caps, labels and box tops. It really does add up to $$$ for the school.
A special thank you to Yolanda Aguirre and Carrie Davis for clipping, sorting and counting all those collections for the months of October and November.
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