Fall Festivities in Kindergarten! It was a great pumpkin investigation for these little Wildcats and a few parent helpers.
Answer these questions:
How tall is your pumpkin?
How big around?
How much does your pumpkin weigh?
Does your pumpkin float or sink?
Should we carve a silly face or a scary face?
Bonus Content: You will see students in their pajamas for a Red Ribbon Week spirit day. "Follow You Dreams, Be Healthy!"
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Kicking off the Annual Holiday Food Drive!
We invite our entire Woodland learning community to get involved. There are several ways to participate, LEARN MORE: https://secure.smore.com/n/xe35mq
Take a look at the flyer to see the list of items we are requesting. You can drop donations off at your child's school, or the district office. THANK YOU! #LifeintheW
(Photos in this post are of Food Drive Volunteers setting up the Woodland Food Pantry in December 2023.)
Thrills and chills in the gym! The students were super excited to visit haunted stations in P.E. #LifeintheW
Great Red Ribbon Week staff photo @WPrimary50 @Woodland50News #LifeintheW
Red Ribbon Week has started @WPrimary50 @Woodland50News, and today, we wore red! #LifeintheW
New Opportunities to join the #LifeintheW Team! Please help spread the word.
Facilities Manager: https://www.applitrack.com/dist50/OnlineApp/default.aspx?Category=Non-Certified+Supervisory
Primary Principal: https://www.applitrack.com/dist50/OnlineApp/default.aspx?Category=Administration
All Positions: https://www.applitrack.com/dist50/OnlineApp/default.aspx
We will be introducing some Primary Families from the responses to our family questionnaire. Be on the lookout for a new family each week!
Happy Principal Appreciation Day to Mrs. Anderson, Mr. Reardon, Mr. Sheldon, and Mrs. Drake! National Principals Month is celebrated throughout October, but Oct. 25 has been designated as Principal Appreciation Day in Illinois. This dynamic team of school leaders was recognized at the Board of Education Meeting last night. #LifeintheW #ThankAPrincipal
I am thankful and grateful for the opportunity to work as a principal at @WPrimary50 and @Woodland50News. Thank you to the Board of Education and Dr. Machak for celebrating our principal team for National Principals Month. It's always a great day to be a Wildcat! #LifeintheW
Introducing WISE – the Woodland Inclusion and Special Education Empowerment Parent Group! This initiative started last year as a Special Education Resource Group for parents, and we are ready to bring you a whole new series of programs for year two. WISE will be a great place to connect with other district families, get to know Woodland staff members who can help with resources, and get answers to your questions.
Join us for the first WISE meeting of the 2024-2025 School Year:
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 23
Time: 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Location: Woodland Educational Support Center (District Office)
RSVP:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_Eqssnpeuq5o6QMkHxsRyky79Ejafla_L72VQv9PSynvRpA/viewform
Topic: Managing Behaviors and Meltdowns: Strategies for Parents
Families will learn proactive strategies to de-escalate behavior and manage meltdowns. The session will also provide tips on how to help children with self-regulation.
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Thank you to the Advocate Ronald McDonald Care Van for visiting Woodland to provide vaccines and physicals to help keep students from being excluded from school. This is an amazing community resource for students with no insurance or state insurance. For more information about health resources in the community, please contact the Health Office. https://www.dist50.net/page/health-services
These Wildcats had a special lunch on Monday. They had fantastic ROAR behavior the week before in the lunchroom and their class won the raffle for a fancy lunch table! Way to follow the ROAR expectations in the lunchroom!
On Friday, Primary Wildcats met up at Warren Township Park for our second Primary Playdate! It was a beautiful day for students to play and meet up with classmates and friends from school.
ROAR fancy table winners @WPrimary50 @Woodland50news #LifeintheW
This week is America's Safe Schools Week and National School Bus Safety Week! Safety on the school bus starts with our Woodland drivers 🚌
To celebrate School Bus Safety Week, our drivers are "Stepping into Safety" with snazzy new safety socks!
Woodland bus drivers are employees of the district, and they are responsible for transporting our students to and from school safely. This is a job they take seriously and we appreciate these dedicated employees for their commitment to our students. School bus drivers in Illinois must go through a rigorous training and licensing process, as well as background checks and other safeguards, to ensure they are qualified to perform this important role in the district.
Every day, Woodland bus drivers conduct a full safety inspection of their bus before picking up students. Drivers are also provided professional development and go through safety evaluations to make sure our students are in good hands.
Learn more about safety on the school bus on the Wildcast!
https://woodlandwildcast.podbean.com/e/s2-e2-transportation-going-the-extra-mile/
It was a busy day at Primary! These little Wildcats had some very special guests - their families! Parents and guardians came to school today for the Early Childhood & WELE Round Up. Yee Haw! 🤠 They went to the Primary Pumpkin Patch, went on a hayride, and spent time in the classroom making fall arts and crafts.
YE-HAW! Our EC/WELE students are having a fabulous time at our Round Up Event. The students and families got to go on a hay ride, play games and enjoy some pumpkin fun!!
Primary Weekly is here via Smore: https://secure.smore.com/n/z72yg
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Woodland is excited to roll out a new bus app that will allow parents/families to more accurately track their child’s bus. Watch for an email invitation to join BusWhere, on Monday, Oct. 21.
Learn more: https://secure.smore.com/n/xe4tcq
Woodland is participating in a Hoodie/Sweatshirt drive to support Morgan Ghys and Caring for Kids Clothing! Morgan is a former Woodland student and current Miss Gurnee. She is collecting new and gently used Hoodies and Crewnecks to help local kids stay warm this fall and winter.
Morgan has placed donation boxes at each school and the district office. We are collecting donations thru Friday, Nov. 1.
💚 Details for Woodland's Drive: https://5il.co/2xpia
Or you can bring your donations to her collection event on Nov. 3 at Gurnee Mills.
💜 Details for Morgan's event: https://5il.co/2xpi9
