We had some fun in the 🌞 today for our 4th quarter incentive! We kicked 🦵 it off with a kickball tournament for both grade levels. Mrs. I's and Mrs. Wright's class were victorious🏆 and earned medals🏅 for their WINS! Most importantly we all had a great time and enjoyed the beautiful weather 😎. Up next is play day, which is scheduled for TOMORROW!
You bring it, we sell it! We had a great Market Day today to wrap up our Economics unit. The students really enjoyed making their products, selling their goods, and then being able to purchase other classmates' items! Thank you to all the parents who donated items to make this event a success!
Washington School Students are wrapping up their Social Studies unit, and that culminates with Market Day. Their products are ready for their classmates to purchase. You can catch a glimpse of their hard work in their commercials. Check out 4th grade below and 5th grade will be posted a little later. Shopping and selling at Market Day will be posted a little bit later as well so STAY TUNED!
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The 5th grade enjoyed touring the Junior High this week and hearing about the expectations for next year.
Mark your calendars! On Thursday, May 30 a bunch of hard working, 5th grade entrepreneurs will be hosting a lemonade stand at Washington School. Through Math and Social Studies projects, they’ve been learning about things like entrepreneurship, profit margins, supply & demand, consumers & producers, investors, and the list goes on! These students are ready to apply what they learned with Washington School’s Galaxy lemonade, lemonade that is out of this world 🚀.
Not only are these kids learning about business, they’re also learning about caring for others as ALL of the proceeds from the lemonade stand will benefit St. Jude, the students’ chosen charity. Please come out and support these kids and St. Jude.
You can help us spread the news by liking, commenting, sharing, or tagging someone else! Thanks for helping us with the marketing of our stand!
Thanks also goes to Marlon Eilts COUNTRY, Happy Hedgehog, and Edinger’s Filling Station for investing in the Galaxy Lemonade Stand.
See you Thursday, May 30!
What do you get when you combine Mrs. Robey, Mrs. Cosgrove, Mrs. Wright, and Mrs. Vitzthum? If you said 100 years of dedicated service to the students of Pontiac District 429, you’re correct! Thank you for all you do for the students of Washington School! We hope you can celebrate on a beach as beautiful as your photo backdrop very soon. You deserve it!
Mrs. Farley's class was all smiles this morning! Thank you for spending some time with us, Mrs. Hunt and Mason!
4th grade had an eventful day thanks to the City of Pontiac. They spent their day seeing what all our beautiful city has to offer. Some of the stops included a tour of the fire station🚒 (Great Job Pontiac Firefighters Local #3239), a trip around the downtown museums, a trolley ride🚎, and a scavenger hunt 🔍to see the various murals. The weather was fantastic ☀️😎🌞and we had a fun filled day outside of the classroom. Special thanks to @PontiacTourism especially Liz Vincent👏 and her staff for helping to make today such a fun day!
Wishing all who are mothers or fulfill the role of mothers a very Happy Mother’s Day!
All of this week we are showing our appreciation for the teachers and staff that make our school a wonderful place to be. Check out just 12 of more than 160 reasons why students appreciate our Washington staff!
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#/