Woodland Schools Will Be Open on Wednesday, Jan. 17
Thank you for your patience and flexibility over the past few days while we have been responding to the winter weather impacting our area. This message is to let you know that we planning for a full in-person return to school on Wednesday, Jan. 17. Additional Information: https://www.smore.com/wz46s
Woodland schools and offices will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024 due to extreme temperatures and dangerous windchill. Please read the full message for additional information HERE: https://www.smore.com/xg71r
Dear Woodland Families,
Due to the winter weather impacting our area, all Woodland schools and offices will be closed on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. This will be a traditional snow day/emergency closure; an eLearning Day will NOT be used. As a reminder, the district is also closed on Monday, Jan. 15 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Read the Full Message: https://www.smore.com/qbp1w
Thank you for your understanding and support.
Sincerely,
Dr. Robert Machak, Superintendent
Woodland D50
One of our most favorite ways to kick-off a new year is by celebrating Woodland's amazing educators! #LifeintheW
We are now accepting nominations for the Village of Gurnee Teacher of the Year program! Based on your nominations, we will select a winner from each school, and an overall district winner. Recognition and celebration for the winners will take place later this spring, but the deadline for submissions is Jan. 29.
Learn more: https://www.dist50.net/page/gurnee-teacher-of-the-year
Support the Woodland PTA 50 with a stop at Wendy's on Tuesday, Jan. 9!
Join us tomorrow for our first 2nd Tuesday Fundraiser of 2024!
From 5-8p Wendy's on Grand will give back 30% of their sales when you show the Woodland PTA flyer and mention us at the register.
Thank you for your support!
The WMS 6th/7th Cheerleading Squad performed two halftime cheers at the College of Lake County Women's Basketball game this weekend. They did such a great job performing and representing Woodland! 💚🏀
Happy New Year Wildcats!
We hope you are enjoying your winter break. The district office is open and we are here if you need us. Otherwise, please continue relaxing and recharging your batteries for a few more days.
We look forward to welcoming our teachers back on Jan. 8 for a Teacher Institute Day (no student attendance), and our students back on Jan. 9.
We are Ready to ROAR in '24! #LifeintheW
Wishing you a Warm and Wonderful Winter Break!
Read the final newsletter of 2023 (includes highlight from the Board of Education Meeting, and information about the next Parent University Event)
https://www.smore.com/euk71
We hope that you have a relaxing winter break, and that you come back Ready to Road in '24!
The excitement for Winter Break was building throughout the day at WMS!
The Winter Parties at Intermediate had plenty of good cheer, silly games, creative crafts, and energetic party helpers! #LifeintheW
Dual Language Students in Ms. Hoy's class recently went on a field trip to see a movie in Spanish. When they returned to school, they did a class activity exploring culture, making connections back to the movie, and talking about overcoming challenges and reaching your full potential. The finished product is a culture tree that represents all the students in the class! #LifeintheW
Ms. McGinn's Challenge Math Class: Gumdrop Tower Challenge!
15 minutes.
100 toothpicks.
1 box of Dots.
Build the tallest tower in 15 minutes. Students brainstormed together, created blueprints, and then began to build.
#LifeintheW
Winter Party photo album from Woodland Primary! Thank you to all the Parent Party Helpers who provided helping hands, cool crafts and festive games to make this a celebration to remember. #LifeintheW
The Annual Holiday Food Drive was a HUGE success!
Thank you to everyone who volunteered, brought in non-perishable food, contributed with a financial donation, or supported the food drive in some other way over the past few weeks. With your generosity, we were able to support 82 Woodland families with extra food, warmth, and resources to help them through the holidays and winter break. There were multiple food drive competitions and fundraising events across the district, and the result was a pop-up food pantry for families to shop for their needs in a warm and welcoming environment. There are many different reasons why someone may need additional support this time of year, and you helped lift up your friends and neighbors with your contributions. Here are a few photos of our AMAZING volunteers, including student volunteers from both Woodland and Warren Township High School, setting up for the event. #LifeintheW
Look who stopped by Ms. Rubino's class to help cook English Muffin Pizzas! Special guest chefs Mrs. Drake and Officer Hansen. #LifeintheW
Reading Relay at the Middle School Today!
The students have formed 39 teams, and 225 students are participating. They have to take turns reading for 20 minutes at their team table to keep their chair hot ALL DAY. The teams decorated their tables in themes, and the stacks of books you see are donations to Bernie's Book Bank.
Elementary Shop with an Educator Event
Thank you to the Woodland Elementary and Transportation staff members who volunteered at the Shop with an Educator event on Wednesday evening. Many district families came to shop for the Annual Holiday Food Drive on the final night of collections. The students were so excited to pick out items that were needed from the Food Drive wish list. Thanks to your generosity, we will be able to stock Woodland's Pop-Up Food Pantry and provide extra support to district families over the winter break!
We had a ROARific assembly today! It featured the Cheerleaders, Poms, Flags, Jazz Band, student challenges, staff challenges and concluded with the 8th grade basketball teams playing each other. Academic and interscholastic successes were acknowledge as well.
