Washington Grade School

Open the link for next weeks announcements. https://5il.co/32iux Mr. Befort

If you didn't get to the grade school concert tonight, you missed out on a wonderful show!! Awesome job to all the kids and Mrs. Wildeman!

There was a lot of math happening in Mrs. Kautens 4th grade math class today. Some of the 5th graders came to help the 4th graders perfect their long division skills.

The band will play tonight right at 7:30, followed by the 4th-6th grade singing. Band students should be here around 7:15.

Updated WGS weekly announcements. open the link; https://5il.co/31s7h Mr. Befort

The fifth graders watched a video about how the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade balloons are made. Next, they tested how many paper clips it took to make different sized helium balloons hover. Finally, we created our own balloons! 🎈🦃

This year, Washington Grade School will celebrate the holiday season with “12 Days of Holiday Cheer!” Below is the calendar schedule of events. Each day will also feature a secret activity or holiday item, keeping the students excited and guessing! Please remember that appropriate shoes for PE and recess are required each day. Thank you to the WGS PTO for making this possible!

These students would like to send a big THANK YOU to Vyve Broadband for sponsoring their way into state cheer. It was wonderful of Vyve to provide this opportunity for our students!

The pep bus is on the road heading to Topeka! They are all excited to cheer on the Railer Cheerleaders at state! 📣🧡🖤📣

Open the link for the next two weeks announcements: https://5il.co/31nkv Also the menu has changed for next week, we are switching Monday and Tuesday's meals because of attending the FHSU basketball game. Mr. Befort

We have the opportunity to take the students to the game free of charge. We will be taking all 2nd-6th grade students to the game. We will eat lunch early and take the bus over at 11:30. The game is at 12:00, and we should be back around 2:15. Any questions call the school Monday.

The play that kindergarten and first grades saw today in Hays is playing again tonight! Admissions is free!

The sixth graders were challenged with creating devices that showed different forms of potential energy. They came up with some creative solutions!

IMPORTANT!!! EHS Blood drive is tomorrow (11/20/24) from 9:30-2:30 in the EHS gym. Stuco hopes to see you there! Visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time to sign up for a time, or just swing in when you can! We will see you there!

Open the link for WGS announcements. https://5il.co/314sh Mr. Befort

Blood drive will be on Wednesday, November 20th from 9:30-2:30 at EHS. Students age 16 can donate with a parental consent form filled out. These will be in the EHS office. See you Wednesday! 🩸

Ms. Kelli from Kansas Corn presented to many WGS students today about the life cycle of corn and how farmers care for the corn. 🌽🚜

Blood drive 🩸 November 20th from 9:30-2:30 at EHS. Please sign up at the link below: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=Ellis

Last night's USD388 BOE meeting will premiere on the USD388 YouTube Channel tonight at 5pm Visit https://www.youtube.com/c/USD388 to watch the meeting. Visit https://go.boarddocs.com/ks/usd388/Board.nsf/Public to view the meeting agenda.

On November 20th, from 9:30-2:30, the EHS Stuco is hosting a blood drive in the high school gym. If there are enough bags of blood collected, one Stuco senior will earn a $500 scholarship. Please visit the QR code to sign up! 🩸