The Playground Raffle is quickly coming to an end! A few reminders:
• Top-selling students win a cash prize
• The "Live" drawing for winners is Wednesday, October 4th, at 7pm through the WGS PTO Facebook page
• ALL tickets and money raised are due no later than October 2nd. Whether students were able to sell two tickets or twenty tickets, packets (including all unsold tickets) MUST be returned.
The Play and Learn Committee wants to thank all WGS students for their efforts in raising funds for new playground equipment. You're making a positive impact for our school and community!
Thank you!!
Kayla
The Kansas Education Enrichment Program(KEEP) provides qualifying parents and guardians with a $1000 award per eligible student to spend on approved educational good and services. Visit https://www.keep.ks.gov for more information or to apply.
Fourth grade has been learning about light and sound. They visited different stations that included using cup phones, learning vocabulary, a compare and contrast activity, and reading an article. 🔊💡 I think the cup phone station was a favorite!
The sixth graders used beads to represent genes to see how often each color trait would show up in two generations of offspring.
Upcoming events at the Ellis Public Library:
Washington Grade School will have their picture day Monday September 25th.
Mr. Befort
I want to thank the Wiesner grant for the awesome new Gaga pit on our playground. The kids love it! Always packed during recess and they love playing during PE.
Open the link for WGS Weekly announcements https://5il.co/25gtn
Ellis Public Library Annular Eclipse Makey Event
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Mr. Befort
The 6th graders and kindergartners enjoyed book buddy time together!
Students in Mrs. Kauten's math classes worked on their math wheels today! These are tools/resources that they can keep with them for years to come to help refresh their memory on different math topics.
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https://5il.co/2483c
Mr. Befort
The 4th graders were given parts and challenged with the task of creating a circuit that would light up a bulb 💡 They were all successful and worked great together!
Open this link https://5il.co/23xao for next weeks announcements.
Mr. Befort
Congratulations to 2A for officially being accepted into the 2nd Grade Hero Training Program. This morning, headquarters surprised the kids and presented them each with letters of acceptance. The kids will work on leadership skills and academic studies throughout the school year.
Here is some information about Dot Day at the Ellis Public LIbrary
2A has been learning lots about being heroes. They made Hulk Smash pudding to show that challenges lead to great accomplishments, masks so we have super hero vision making hard goals, shields to defend us from distractions, and capes to go above and beyond in all we do.
The 4th, 5th, and 6th graders had fun with team building and cooperation activities during the first couple days of school!
Please open this link https://5il.co/23all to read about the nut allergy that we have here at WGS, and the reasons we cannot have any nuts or types of food made with nuts in school. This is for the safety of our children.
Please send water bottles to school.