Congratulations to our August Warriors of the Month! Back row l-r: Caleb Wilson, Olivia Jensen, Chardonnay Johnson, Lacey Payton. Front row l-r: JaNae McClain, Emma Ulitzsch, Rayleigh Ahlers, Felix Patino, Aiden Melvin, Hank McKinley, Ben Brown. Way to go Warriors!
A new school year means new happenings at Washington School. In an effort to encourage positive behavior and academic efforts, we have opened a school store where students can spend the Washington Bucks they earn for their reading logs, math logs, and great behavior at school. There was a lot of shopping the past couple days, and students are excited for the opportunity. Make sure you ask your student if they’ve been to the school store or ask if they’re saving up for something BIG. Thanks for assisting with their reading and math logs, so they have the opportunity to earn extra bucks. You’re awesome! I guess we know where your kids get it from 😉.
This year Washington school is hoping to inspire our students to share what they have learned with others! We are implementing weekly Reading Logs and Math Boards for students to complete at home so they can share their thinking, their learning and their growth with family members. Be looking for these to come home! When students return their completed sheets, they will earn Washington Bucks that can be used to purchase all kinds of different items at our School Store! The excitement is building, and the school store opens next week!! Students have been learning new math games this week that they can in turn play at home! Check out some of our awesome readers and math game players!
School Picture Day! Thursday, August 22, 2024 - District Wide
Pontiac CCSD 429 will dismiss at 2:15 EVERY WEDNESDAY throughout the 2024-25 School year. Please note that this includes the first day of student attendance. Transportation routes will be adjusted and you will be contacted by that department once times are set.
Livingston County Health Department is offering School Physical/Sports Physicals/Immunizations. Please call 815-844-7174 to schedule your appointment today!
Another day, another successful event! Play Day 2024 is complete! Thanks to all who helped with this event. We sure had fun!
Cafeteria Subs Needed! Seeking Food Servers & Cooks. No experience necessary. Great hours and great way to earn extra money. Application can be found online at www.pontiac429.org or contact Matt Schopp, Food Service Director at schoppmat@pontiac429.org or 815-842-3147 with questions.
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!
