Wolverine News
October 16, 2026
Kindness Club is a student-led group of K-3 students who would like to make our school a kinder place. We have lots of ideas on ways to spread kindness, share positivity, and encourage others inside our school and within our local community.Club Leader: Mrs. Wollnik and Miss Wiacek
Club meetings: Last Monday of every month
10/26
11/30
12/14
1/25
2/22
3/22
4/26
*5/17 ( NOT the last Monday)
Please see Mrs. Wollnik (Room 145) or Miss Wiacek (Room 131) for a Kindness Club Application.
Applications are due to the front office by 10/21. Parents will be contacted on 10/22 regarding acceptance into the club. Space is limited, so we will be doing a lottery to select students at this time.
Any questions, please email either of us at:
We are looking forward to helping make our school and community a kinder place together!
Use this link here, for sign up or get a paper form from school!
May Watts will partner with Anderson's Book Fair Company to hold our first book fair of the school year. The students are always so excited to see the book fair set up and love to preview all the great new books! Purchasing from the book fair brings great books into your child's life and is also a fundraiser for the LMC. The funds help us to purchase new books to be added to our LMC collection for all students.
If you would like to volunteer during the fair, please see the Sign Up Genius here. Please email Ms. Happy with any questions: Elizabeth_happy@ipsd.org.
Celebrate your child’s birthday and promote a love of reading at the same time! The Birthday Book Club program invites students to donate a book of their special choosing to the LMC during the month of their birthday. This is a great way to give a lasting gift to the school and celebrate your child’s birthday at the same time.
If you would like your child to receive a birthday book, please visit the Push Coin webstore now to sign your child up with a donation of $10 for the book. Signing your child up now (even if their birthday is in May) helps us plan ahead, purchase books, and better allows us to present their book on time. Be aware, if you sign your child up right before their birthday, they will probably not receive the book before their birthday.
Children will choose a book during one of their LMC classes from our birthday book display (please do not send your child in with a book you purchased). We will present them with their chosen book at an LMC class during the month of their birthday (not necessarily on their exact birthday).
Additional details:
A nameplate will be placed in the book commemorating your child’s birthday.
Your child will be the first person to check this new book out.
The birthday book is an extra book checkout (e.g. if they normally check out 2 books, their birthday book is a 3rd book)
Summer birthdays will be celebrated on the child’s ½ birthday.
Please email Ms. Happy with any questions, Elizabeth_happy@ipsd.org.
Get ready for the 2026-2027 PTA Reflections Program! Reflections is a National PTA arts program that gives students the opportunity to get creative, share their unique perspectives, and be recognized for their amazing work.
This year’s theme is “What My Culture Means to Me,” and students can bring their ideas to life through one or more of these creative categories: Dance/Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, or Visual Arts.
Submissions are due October 9th, so start brainstorming, creating, and bringing those ideas to life. Keep an eye out for more information and submission instructions as we get closer to the deadline.
Want to learn more about reflections? Watch this video or visit www.pta.org/reflections for more information!
Rainbows for All Children is an international nonprofit organization that offers structured, age-specific, peer support groups for children who are grieving the loss of a family member as a result of death, divorce, or other traumatic separation event. Children are able to grieve, communicate with, and heal among peers without feeling alone in their grief, and can gain confidence in a totally confidential setting.
What a Rainbows support group can do for your child/ren:
Improve their school attendance, behavior and academic performance
Help develop and strengthen their problem-solving, coping and communication skills
Teach stress and anger management
Alleviate their depression and anxiety, emotional pain, and suffering
Reduce the likelihood of destructive behavior
St. Raphael Church in Naperville has a Rainbows for all Children program that is available for children in elementary and middle schools from all race, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. They will meet starting October 1, 2026 from 6:15pm – 7:15pm. If you or someone you know could benefit from this program, please contact Nisha Sotiroff at or nsantha3@gmail.com or Sheila Cavanagh at scavanagh3@live.com.
Would you like to volunteer in the LMC?
The LMC is a great place to volunteer if you are looking for a consistent way to volunteer at the school. Volunteering primarily consists of checking in and shelving books as well as helping students find and check out books. We primarily need support first thing in the morning to check in and shelve books as well as during Kindergarten, First and Second grade LMC times (these will be afternoon time slots); our older students do not require as much support therefore there is not a volunteer time slot available for every class.
If you have any questions specific to Watts LMC volunteering or missed our orientation on Friday 8/28, please contact Ali Bitzer, our LMC Volunteer Coordinator at alisonbitzer@gmail.com.
