Woodland School District 50

Math in Action!
Ms. Butera's 4th grade math class uses manipulatives to practice subtraction and regrouping.
Ms. Odden's 5th grade class uses fraction number lines while working on a math lesson.
Keep up the good work Wildcats! #LifeintheW

Student Leaders at Woodland Intermediate kicked off a Red Ribbon Week project with Det. Hansen yesterday. Stay tuned to see the final product on display during Red Ribbon Week at the end of October! #LifeintheW

Please help us welcome Ms. Krinninger to the #LifeintheW Team! Ms. Krinninger is a new teacher at Woodland Intermediate, and she is excited to bring her experience and dedication to the Woodland Learning Community. We are so happy you are here!

Woodland's districtwide Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration event is this Saturday! We hope to see you there #LifeintheW
Date: Saturday, Oct. 4
Time: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Woodland Middle School
Please join us for performances, music, arts & crafts, displays, and friendship!

Thank you to all of the Green Apple Day of Service volunteers who joined us this past Saturday at Woodland Primary for a day of painting, weeding, gardening, projects, and FUN! #LifeintheW 🍏

The celebration of new Woodland teachers/staff continues. Please join us in giving a warm #LifeintheW welcome to Jaci Farstead! Recently, we visited Mrs. Farstead’s class at Woodland Elementary where she and her students were working hard on Geography and labeling maps with continents and countries. Teaching has been a dream of Mrs. Farstead her whole life and she is very excited to bring her passion and dedication to Woodland and our Wildcats!
We’ll continue highlighting our new staff members over the next few weeks, so keep those welcome wishes coming! 💚

Woodland Primary is looking forward to an exciting Green Apple Day of Service on Saturday, Sept. 27! We have designed several projects so everyone can participate including painting, weeding, and gardening. We will also be collecting shoes for SWALCO Reuse a Shoe! #LifeintheW 🍏

The Woodland D50 Board of Education will meet on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Please note: The meeting starts at 6 p.m., but the first item on the agenda is a closed session. The public meeting will begin immediately following the closed session when the Board of Education returns to open session at approximately 7 p.m.
Watch on Woodland Live: https://www.youtube.com/@woodlandlive9671
Agenda: https://5il.co/3q5ua

The Woodland Middle School Marching Wildcats had an amazing performance last night at the annual Fill the Drum Marching Band Exhibition. Gurnee School District 56 and Warren Township High School Marching Bands were awesome too! Thank you to the band families, fans, and community members for coming out on a beautiful night to support music in our schools and the Warren Township Food Pantry. Truly an unforgettable night on Warren's football field. Way to go Wildcats and friends! #LifeintheW

The Woodland Middle School Drama Club is working on “Stage Presence” which includes voice projection, facial expressions, and telling a story. At each meeting they work on a particular set of skills that will help them prepare for auditions and future performances! (HINT: there will be Robots.)
Congratulations to this year’s WMS Drama Club Officers:
President: Ryan S.
Vice President: Ben H.
Historian: Ella S.
8th Grade Representative: Valerie F.
7th Grade Representative: Xavier S.
6th Grade Representative: Charlotte Z.

Young scientists at work in the lab! The students in Ms. Rice's class are collecting data on how fast an object sinks based on the shape of the object. The more streamlined the shape, the easier it can overcome the force of friction. #LifeintheW

The Transportation Team was on hand at Woodland Primary today to practice Bus Evacuation Drills with our Wildcats. Safety drills are an important part of a safe start to the school year. Students watched a video in class, heard a brief safety talk while seated on the bus, and then school staff helped them evacuate safely. Great job Primary! #LifeintheW

Have a safe flight!
The Butterfly classroom at Primary had the incredible opportunity to release monarch butterflies on the playground today. One of the students raises monarch butterflies at home with his family and his mom came to share all they have learned about these special butterflies. After being released today, they will begin their long migration to Mexico! #LifeintheW

Fill the Drum Marching Band Exhibition, Sept. 24
The Woodland Middle School Marching Wildcats invite you to their first performance of the year! On Wednesday, Sept. 24 the WMS Marching Band will take the field at WTHS O'Plaine Campus to perform their Lion King show "Lead With Pride."
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025
Time: 7 p.m. - Woodland will be the 2nd band to perform!
Location: Warren Township High School, O’Plaine Campus, Football Field
Woodland, Viking, and Warren School Districts come together for this annual event to showcase their talented marching bands, and to raise money for a good cause. This year we will once again be raising money and accepting food donations for the Warren Township Food Pantry. Bring your friends, family, neighbors, food pantry donations and/or $$$, and come enjoy an amazing night of music in Gurnee!

This was a busy week of training for Woodland's Parent Mentors! They are ready to join their partner teacher in the classroom starting next week. This morning they had a meet and greet with the Principals and presented their versions of a "Perfect School" and explained how they will lead with their head, heart and feet.
It's not too late to join the program! If you are interested in supporting students and teachers in the classroom, please fill out this parent interest form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjAwrBarPnAZTFRRFPKUYibYKS-VFx6rxBB9_6nbg3rsr96Q/viewform

Thank you for attending the first Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC) meeting of the year! We had a great turnout to hear from Martha Lucía Aristizábal, a bilingual therapist from Warren Township Youth and Family Services. The topic was “How to help your children prepare for the start of the school year.” While the adults were engaging in the discussion, students were busy crafting with Woodland Dual Language teachers! Thank you to the United Way, Community Trust Credit Union, Starbucks, Jewel Osco, Waukegan Park District and Tacos El Norte for donating prizes and materials for this event. #LifeintheW
Save the Date for the next BPAC Meeting - Nov. 6
https://www.dist50.net/o/dist50/page/bpac

Chromebook care tips and checking out books at the Woodland Intermediate Learning Resource Center (LRC)! #LifeintheW

The celebration of new Woodland teachers/staff continues. Please join us in giving a warm #LifeintheW welcome to Aura Juliet Figueroa Echeverry! Ms. Figueroa is a 5th Grade Dual Language Spanish Teacher at Woodland Intermediate. This is her first year teaching and her students adore her. She moves around the classroom giving high fives and engaging all of her students in the lesson. We are so happy you are here!
We’ll continue highlighting our new staff members over the next few weeks, so keep those welcome wishes coming! 💚

Ms. Rakosnik's class had a surprise visitor last week! Pancake, the hamster lives in a classroom down the hall. While his cage was being cleaned, he stopped by to visit a neighboring class. #LifeintheW