Pontiac429 Education Foundation - Dueling Pianos Fundraiser
Friday, February 23rd @ 5-9PM.
Congratulations to all of our Straight A's, Honor Roll, BUG (bringing up grades), and PE Physical Fitness students! Everyone worked so hard these last 9 weeks!
Just a reminder that Straight A and BUG students have earned a pizza party tomorrow at lunch (Jan. 26) from the Kiwanis Club!
We are excited to see even more students earn these rewards this quarter! Keep up the hard work!
Pontiac Grade School District #429 will be closed today, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 due to inclement weather. Evening activities TBD. School will resume on Wednesday, January 24. Please stay safe.
Pontiac 429 will not be in session Monday January 22nd, 2024 due to inclement weather. The school district will resume classes Tuesday January, 23rd, 2024.
We celebrated our students of the month for December! They have displayed kindness to their classmates and others throughout the building. Great job!!
Front row (l-r): Duke Hoerner, Daniel Voigts, Lacey Payton. Back row (l-r): Sadie Johnson, Roxxanne Persico, Leah Mackinson, Kye Metz, Ismael Malave, Malique Marc, Braxton Mahoney. Not pictured: Maddisyn Dunning.
2nd Semester is off to a great start here at Washington School! Today we focused on refreshing our expectations around the building. We then kicked off the new year with some fun Minute to Win It games, and lots of laughs. We are all hoping for a wonderful rest of the school year and fun days ahead!
We hope everyone had a wonderful break!
Happy New Year!
Some of us were lucky enough to meet the big guy today, Santa🎅, along with his trusty sidekick Mrs. Claus🤶. We hope that everyone has a Happy Holidays and a wonderful break! We will see you next year 😉!
And finally.... The Washington School Dodgeball Tournament! Our students played all morning in a double elimination tournament to see who our new school champs would be.
The winner of the 2023 Tournament, Mrs. Wright's 5th Grade Class🏆🥇🏆!
We hope everyone has a wonderful break, and we will see you all back at Washington School on January 9th, 2024🥳!
The kids flew all around the world today, to learn about Christmas's around the world. They did a variety of crafts, and learned about all different kinds of traditions! Tomorrow is the big Dodgeball Tournament! Don't forget to wear your workout wear!
Today we kicked off our last week before break with WinterPalooza 2023! The 4th and 5th graders traveled to various classrooms to do different holiday activities. Fun was had by all! Only 2 days until break!
Washington students had a blast attending the Peoria Rivermen game today! There was lots of cheering, dancing, and clapping to be had by all! Only 4 more school days, and then it's WINTER BREAK!
Rounding out today's animation features is Mrs. Vitzthum's Class! Again, special shout-out to Mrs. Smith for all her hard work and continue celebrating those Thanksgiving Day Parade Floats. Everyone did a FANTASTIC job!
Link: https://www.loom.com/share/ebe0cb4b8ad345b3b614eb1dbf410d20?sid=745707c4-887d-4383-a0b9-13e6fe51b096
Mrs. I's Class is NEXT!
Link: https://www.loom.com/share/dd9a84fd098e4f628906f12acf8f5677?sid=fc757c4b-f1cd-4c26-8546-999f28e5269a
It is Mrs. Starker's Class time to shine!
Link: https://www.loom.com/share/c2f660421c794138a065698373c7e975?sid=b6c9aa49-7956-4653-aeda-bd50911aaca5
Next up is Mrs. Rapp's Class!
Link: https://www.loom.com/share/b58456f1b65d4cc3802dee7f9cca890e?sid=cfad20a0-4d3b-4123-a6ba-7d29bbed77ed
Our Washington School 4th graders have been hard at work making a stop motion animation of their Thanksgiving day parade balloons! Each class has their own video of their projects, and will be posted throughout the day. First up, we have Mrs. Francis's class! Stay tune for the rest of the 4th grade classes! Shout out to Mrs. Smith for her awesome work on these projects!
Mrs. Francis's Class: https://www.loom.com/share/8893ed4b4bfd43feba210939ac76366b
Here is your reminder of the dress up themes for our 12 days of Christmas Dress Up. We can't wait to see those Christmas Character outfits tomorrow!
Holiday Countdown Day 4: Hat Day! Have a great weekend!
