Washington Wildcat Chat

All trimester 1 report cards will now be made available to view digitally this school year through the District’s parent portal! Instead of receiving a paper copy, parents will access their child’s report card at their own leisure and convenience. The trimester 1 report card will be available to view on December 1st at 8am. After viewing online, you will be asked to digitally sign off that you have viewed your child’s report card. To be sure you can access this report card, please follow these directions for how to login. We hope this will allow parents better access to their child’s educational achievement.

If you would still like to request a paper copy or are unsure of how to login, please contact the main office for assistance prior to December 1st.

If you are a fourth or fifth-grader, now is the time to make plans to participate in this year’s Science Olympiad, which takes place on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Information, along with the ONLINE registration form, are available on the District 64 Science Olympiad Web Page. The last day a parent can register you for this great event is Friday, October 27.

Please see the Science Olympiad Flyer for more information.

The Washington PTO and Student Council will sponsor our first Wildcats Give Back initiative of the school year with a food drive benefiting the Maine Township Food Pantry. Please bring your donations to the school from November 6th through the 10th. Classrooms and the Student Council will package the food items to be donated on November 13th. Please see below for the list of requested items. Thank you for your generous support in helping those in need!

The PTO is bringing Griffin's Tale Children's Theatre Repertory Company to Washington! Griffin's Tale is Northwestern University's only Children's Repertory Theatre Company. They take stories and poems written by kids in the Evanston and Chicago areas and turn them into skits, sketches, songs, raps, dances, and more! Then, they visit the schools these amazing students attend and perform their stories for them. Griffin’s Tale is collecting submissions from Washington students from now until Thanksgiving break. One submission per student, please. Please turn any student writing samples into the main office by Friday, November 17th.

Our Scholastic Book Fair starts tomorrow! The Book Fair will be open in the LRC from Tuesday to Thursday. A couple of things to note:

• Book Fair hours are: T 4-8 p.m., W 3-6 p.m., TH 4-8 p.m.
• Student and teacher Wish Lists will be stored near the register. Ask a volunteer to help you find yours!
• Sales benefit the school library as well! Mrs. Joyce and Mrs. Jaffe can select many new books for free to help bolster our library. The higher our sales, the more free books our library will earn.
• Three volunteer spots remain open - one each on these days/times: T 4-6 p.m., W 3- 4:30 p.m., TH 4-6 p.m. Click here to sign up!

Our Halloween parties will take place on Tuesday, October 31st. Please see below for the Halloween guidelines:

• Students will come to school in costume. (Students may wear a Halloween mask during the parade only).

• Room parents are asked to contact classroom teachers about plans for the holiday celebration.

• Children should not bring any food or candy to share.

• At 3:00 pm, the parade will begin. We will send the parade route out later this month.

• All children will parade slowly, so there will be plenty of opportunities for pictures and videos.

• Please remember to help your child make safe and respectful decisions about his/her costume. Students may wear a mask in the parade but not during school.

Once you finish enjoying Halloween treats, the Washington Green Committee is encouraging students and staff members to collect and bring in their Halloween candy wrappers for recycling. There will be a Trash or Treasure™ box at the front of the building where we will collect empty candy wrappers! Once the box is filled up with candy wrappers (and only candy wrappers, please!), we will mail it back to the recycling processor. During processing, candy wrappers start their Second Life® as part of the circular economy. The wrappers are sorted by material, cleaned, and ground into small pieces. The plastic pieces then go down a long conveyor belt and into a machine that heats the shredded material, turning it into very small balls called plastic pellets. These pellets are used to make new plastic items! Thanks for your help!

Washington's Garden Club helped to transition our gardens for the fall season. Members of the club meet weekly to eat lunch and tend to the gardens on the school property. Today, members added a colorful touch by creating school rock gardens. Washington students designed these rocks and included bright colors and words of encouragement.

Mark your calendars--Washington's annual Holiday Sing will occur on Wednesday, December 20th. Our music teachers have already begun preparing our students for a show that will surely not disappoint. More information regarding show times will be coming soon, so please stay tuned for details.

• Parent Teacher Conferences, October 17, 24 and 26

• Book Fair, October 24-26

• Halloween, October 31

• Picture Day Retakes, November 1

• Board Meeting, November 16

• Thanksgiving Break, November 20-24

• Holiday Sing, December 20

Inspire all students to discover their strengths, embrace learning, achieve personal excellence, and demonstrate care. Students thrive in a rich, rigorous, and innovative curriculum delivered by highly qualified teachers. Each student learns and grows in a safe, nurturing environment. In collaboration with student, parents, teachers and the community, District 64 provides opportunities for each learner to investigate, be successful, be resilient, and become inspired and empowered as they contribute to our global society.