Clara Still earned 673 AR points for the year allowing her the opportunity to Silly String WGS Principal, Mr.Befort!
These 4th, 5th, and 6th graders earned at least 150 AR points to Silly String a friend! Congratulations to Emma, Brendall, Bryce, Opal, Harper, Camden, Sawyer, Theodore, Clara, and Gabriel!
WGS students in 2nd and 3rd grade who reached at least 100 AR points for the year got to choose a classmate to Silly String! Way to go Julian, Johanna, and Atreyuu!
Third grade partnered with Ag in the Classroom through Ellis County Farm Bureau. We were able to have a complete lesson from Farm to Table with wheat. First, we grew wheat grass in our classroom, followed by a lesson on grinding wheat to flour, and finally edible cookie dough!
The 6th graders are CPR trained! Thank you to Nurse Jaymi and Sheresa Brull for coming in to train our students. ❤️
Addyson and Morgan represented WGS at Beach/Schmidt in the Famous Figures competition today. Both girls did a great job and Addyson (Anne Frank) came home with a 5th place trophy! 🏆
Open the link for the year end announcements. https://5il.co/3f30v Mr. Befort
The Ellis PD came to WGS today to share bike/scooter safety tips with the 2nd-6th grade students. 🚲🛴
The Hutchison Cosmosphere presented an exciting experience to the students at Washington Grade School. They entered a portable planetarium, where they learned about the wonders of the night sky. It was a truly memorable moment for the young learners.
Open link for WGS announcements. https://5il.co/3eh27 Mr. Befort
Congratulations to the 5th graders who competed for a spot at the Hays Arts Council Famous Figures competition! Addyson McMillan (Anne Frank) and Morgan Howland (Annie Oakley) will represent our school next week at Beach/Schmidt on Friday. Way to go!
A couple of changes to the calendar. The Ellis PD will have bike/scooter safety on May 1st for all students 2nd-6th grade, bring your bike or scooter to school that day. The Field Day on May 14th will be held at the football field at 9:00 and students will be dismissed from there at 11:30.
The 4th, 5th, and 6th graders traveled to Rolling Hills Zoo for a field trip today. It was the perfect day and we made it through the zoo before the rain moved in!
The WGS PTO has declared a Penny War for our school!
BACK 2 BACK 2 BACK!!
1-2-3-4 we declare a Penny War! Start collecting loose change for a friendly Penny War competition at WGS! Students can add positive points to their class bucket and add negative points to another class (or faculty) bucket. Pre-K through 6th grade class buckets will be located near Theresa's office.
Penny War starts Monday, April 28th, and the winning class will get a pizza party! Good luck!
*All proceeds will go to the WGS PTO to continue sponsoring WGS events and supporting our teachers and school.
In honor of Earth Day, 6th graders did their part and cleaned trash from all over Ellis. This was only a small portion of the trash they collected! It was a beautiful morning of community service.
The 5th graders had their classroom competition for Famous Figures this morning. Everyone did a fabulous job! The gym competition will be Thursday morning to see who will advance to the Hays competition. Good luck to all the contestants!
To celebrate Earth Day, Mrs. Kauten's fourth grade spent the morning cleaning up the lilac bushes at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Video update: There was an issue with the upload of the April 16th BOE meeting video. The initial upload cut off most of the meeting video. The issue has been fixed and the entire meeting video is now up on the USD388 YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/USD388
The 3rd-6th graders celebrated their hard work on assessments with a nacho fiesta!! 🪅🎉
Bristol Honas was the winner of jelly bean contest in Mrs. Kauten's room! Her guess was 737 jelly beans. There were actually 738 jelly beans! Way to go!
