Washington January Update

Happy Lunar New Year! 4th grade spent January 29th celebrating the Lunar New Year and learning all about it. From sharing red envelopes, to learning how to use chopsticks, and watching dragon dances.

Washington School was honored to have WHS students who are part of the SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) and NHS (National Honor Society) organizations spend an afternoon at Washington in grades 3-5 reading with students. The WHS students also spent time supporting math groups and having great conversations with the grade levels. Thank you WHS!

Each Friday on the morning announcements, Mr. G recognizes Washington Eagles based on her/his contributions to our Washington community; including excellence in the classroom, leadership abilities, and a positive mindset. Kindergarten, 2nd, and 4th grade students are recognized one week with 1st, 3rd and 5th grade recognized the next. Students are nominated by grade level and related arts teacher teams based on the following criteria:

1. Excellence in the Classroom - consistently advancing his/herself to higher levels of academic achievement. (Mindsets: Everything is Possible, The Time is Now, 100% Accountable)

2. Motivation/Improvement- having the ability to motivate and encourage his/herself or other students to advance past their expectations both academically and socially. This includes making a conscious effort to be better academically or socially and motivating others through empathy, encouraging words or help. (Mindsets: Everything is Possible, We are Connected, Live to Give, 100% Accountable)

3. Leadership- serving as a leader not only in the classroom through encouragement, behavior, classroom example etc., but also throughout the school (Mindsets: Live to Give, We are Connected, 100% Accountable, The Time is Now).

4. Creativity and Imagination- demonstrating creativity and imagination in the classroom (and beyond) that inspires students/teachers. (Mindsets: Everything is Possible, Passion First, We are Connected)

5. Overcoming Adversity- demonstrates a continued effort to overcome environmental situations and improves despite outcomes. Uses empathy to respond to others with kindness and compassion (Mindsets: Everything is Possible, Attitude of Gratitude, We are Connected)

Washington's PATT sponsored Art Night this past week. Mr. Mane, Washington art teacher, hosted two fun evenings of family art fun as everyone took their turn painting The Northern Sky. Thank you to PATT, Mr.Mane and our volunteers who helped make this annual event another huge success!

Thank you to our Washington PATT for sponsoring our special Polka, Popcorn and PJ day at Washington recently. Students and staff had the opportunity for a special dress-up day wearing their PJs while eating popcorn popped by PATT and enjoying the Pint-Size Polka assembly. Lots of music and dancing helped wrap up our short week!

Student Absences: If you child must miss school for any reason, you must phone the office by 9:00 AM to report the absence. 262-472-8600. We take student safety very seriously. If we do not hear from you regarding your child's absence, we will attempt to call emergency contacts. If we can not get a hold of you or the emergency contacts, we may ask for a well-child check from the police department. Please avoid this by calling the school office if your child will not be in school. Thank you!

We are excited to share that Washington will be offering a Girl's on the Run program again this spring for grades 3-5! Stay tuned for registration information. We are hoping to expand our coaching team this season. You do NOT have to be a runner. The program and workouts are highly scripted. Of course, if you would like to run with the girls, that is more than welcome! This may allow us to offer the program to a larger group of girls. The season begins in late March and we will host two practices a week, after school. You will find information about GOTR in this post.

Please email Coach Heidi Mane at heidimhancock@yahoo.com, if interested. We had great success this fall and are excited to provide another opportunity for Washington students! https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=litmus&hsimp=yhs-caerus&type=1476589-vsub-2_23712_nwtb&p=girls+on+the+run+southeastern+wisconsin

We are grateful for Ms. Delaney's time in our classroom while she completed her student teaching. We hope she learned a lot from us, and also had fun!! We wish her the best at her new school!!

The next PATT meeting will be on February 5 at 6 PM in the LLZ. We hope you can join us to hear about all the fun things happening with PATT! Dr. Caroline Pate-Hefty will be giving a presentation about the upcoming referendum

This year we will be selling Emil’s Pizza and Rural Route 1 Popcorn. Both companies are Wisconsin based and have a great selection of products. We have some exciting new incentives for those who choose to be part of this fundraiser!

Fundraising Incentives -Prizes will be displayed in the Office

Forms Due: February 10

Fundraiser Pickup: March 6

Our Fundraising Goal - $5000

1st Place Overall- Swimming for 10 at Whitewater Aquatic Center

2nd Place Overall- $50 Walmart Gift Card

3rd Place Overall- $25 Walmart Gift Card

Top 10 Sellers- A special lunch with Mr. G

Raise over $75- A Washington Eagle Water Bottle Sticker

Raise over $100-A Washington Eagles Water Bottle

Raise over $250-A Washington Eagles Wireless Speaker

Raise over $500- A Stuffed Liberty Eagle

Help us celebrate our awesome Washington Staff with a Luncheon on February 20 during conferences. Please consider dropping off some items to help out with the luncheon.

Go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044FA9AB23A2F49-54637882-february#/

Washington PATT will receive 20% of sales from 4PM-9PM on February 19.

Show your Eagle Pride with new spirit wear! All orders must be placed online. All orders are due by February 27 at 11:59PM

Go to https://wwwashington25spiritwear.itemorder.com/shop/home/

If you need assistance ordering please stop by the main office.

Yearbook orders are due March 21

The cost is $20

https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/

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