Woodland School District 50

Friendship Parties at Elementary!

Today, our Elementary Wildcats celebrated Valentine's Day and Friendship! It was such a great morning celebrating the season and friendship.

A big thank you to our Parent Volunteers for helping make these parties so special!

Students throughout the district have been making Valentines for seniors in the community. Today is the day! We are on our way to join the Village of Gurnee and the Gurnee Police Department to spread the love and deliver the Valentines. 💌

Spreading the love at Woodland Primary with parties to celebrate friendship! Thank you to our Wildcat families for volunteering and sending in fun crafts and games for the kids. #LifeintheW

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the February Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting with special guest Dr. Mario Guzman Sescosse. Dr. Guzman Sescosse's presentation was "Parenting: A Relationship of Love and Discipline" and attendees found it to be very informative and interactive. We also raffled off copies of his book and he was gracious enough to sign copies for the winners.
While the adults were learning, the children in attendance created crafts with a few of Woodland's Dual Language teachers and volunteers from the “Avanza” student group at Warren Township High School. Our friend Tobias Comfort Dog was there too!
Thank you to Community Trust Credit Union and Starbucks Gurnee for donating additional prizes for the event! We appreciate your support. #LifeintheW

Check out the WMS Skateboarding Club in action! They have another trip scheduled in March. Club members teach each other new skills and encourage their friends to keep going. #LifeintheW
Club Motto:
"Be Relentless in What Matters! Fall, Get Up and Try Again!"
Club Sponsors:
Ms. Monterroso and Mr. Aablouche

Ms. Garcia and Ms. Vivas’ students created kindness flowers!

They were given a page filled with different actions - both positive and negative. They found the nice actions, then cut them out to use as the petals for their flowers!

It’s so nice to see our Wildcats choosing kindness!

Woodland’s SRO Det. Hansen took over health class for the week! She spoke to students about showing kindness to those around us, and how being kind to others is good for our mental health.

After her lesson, the students made Valentine’s for seniors in the community and Det. Hansen will deliver them this coming Friday!

Woodland was honored to host educators from Booker T. Washington (K-8) with Birmingham City Schools for a day of learning in the W! They spent the day touring Woodland's K-2 Dual Language classrooms to learn about our program and see it in action. They recently started a dual language program in their district, and this is the second group from Birmingham City Schools to visit Woodland. Thank you for your continued partnership! 💚 #LifeintheW

Wow!!! Thank you for coming to Woodland's Black History Month Celebration this past Saturday! It was a great event full of music and togetherness, amazing performances, wonderful support from our community partners and volunteers, and beautiful artwork by our talented students. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. #LifeintheW

In honor of the Superbowl and the Olympics, Ms. Rakosnik's class competed in a series of activities and challenges. The students were encouraged to work as a team to help each other cross the finish line. Great job Wildcats! #LifeintheW

Mr. Sheldon brought BIG ENERGY to Ms. Wieland's class for a discussion about solar power. Did you know that Woodland Intermediate has solar panels on the roof? #LifeintheW 🌞

We look forward to seeing you this Thursday, Feb. 5, at Woodland Intermediate for a presentation by Dr. Sescosse (6:30 p.m.). We will be raffling off signed copies of his books, gift cards, and bilingual books and games. There will also be crafts for the children, refreshments, and many more surprises!
Topic - Parenting: A Relationship of Love & Discipline
Learn More & Register HERE: https://app.smore.com/n/3v2d4
Thank you from the Bilingual Parenting Advisory Committee!

An interactive Math lesson with Ms. Del Campo! These 5th grade students were learning about cubic units, building models, and working in pairs. Way to go Wildcats 🤩 #LifeintheW

Hip, Hip, Hooray - it's the 100th day!
Happy 100th Day of School Wildcats. Ms. Santos is using the excitement about 100 Days in a fun math activity for partners. Great job 1st graders 🤩 #LifeintheW

Celebrating Groundhog Day in Art at Woodland Elementary! Students listened to a Groundhog Day book, then learned to draw their own groundhog in Mrs. Wilinski’s art classes. Shadow or not, these are some great artists! #LifeintheW
So... did the groundhog see his shadow?
2026 Groundhog Day Results:
Woodstock Willie (IL) - No shadow (Early Spring)
Punxsutawney Phil (PA) - Shadow (More Winter)

A classroom visit full of Kindness, birthday celebrations, and winter poetry! Thank you to Ms. Buckland's class for sharing your day with us. #LifeintheW

Our littlest Wildcats wrapped up Kindness Week with a ROAR!
At their ROAR Rally they celebrated kindness, learned “Please” and “Thank you” in ASL, and shared ways they can be kind to each other at school, in the classroom, and on the playground. They also danced with Wiley, their teachers, and their friends. What a great way to end the week!

Many thanks to State Representative Joyce Mason who met with us this week to review several pieces of legislation she is drafting to address our state authorized charter school funding issue. We are grateful for Representative Mason’s support and her unwavering commitment to the children of Woodland CCSD 50! #LifeintheW
To see more news and announcements, check out the Woodland ROAR Report for Friday, Jan. 30 - https://app.smore.com/n/sc8y0v

The Intermediate Spelling Bee Has a Champion!

Earlier this week, the final four spellers of the Intermediate Spelling Bee went head-to-head, spelling some truly challenging and tricky words.

Congratulations to the Final Four:
4th Grade: Shrita and Beckham
5th Grade: Vikram and Jaysen

The final round came down to Vikram and Beckham!
After an intense back and forth, the winning word was piccolo, and the champion was Vikram–for the second year in a row!

We are so proud of all of our Wildcats who participated in the Spelling Bee! Amazing work!

Also, a big shout out to Ms. Silasiri for organizing the Bee, to our spell master, Principal Sheldon, and to our wonderful judges, Ms. Shiffer, Ms. Newman, and Ms. Kallal

WMS Girls Volleyball Woodland Green vs. Woodland White!
The Boys volleyball teams are playing tonight too. The gym is packed. Go Wildcats 🏐💚