Sophomore English students used a STEM activity to work on their shelter building survival skills. They are currently reading Lord of the Flies, which is about a group of boys stranded on an island. The huts were judged on: Most Sturdy, Most Thoughtful, and Most Creative.
Yesterday, the JH choir went to Circa’ 21 to attend a variety of workshops followed by lunch and a great play, “Murder on the Orient Express”.
Leah Franklin, Elle Eastman, and Elizabeth McGill finished a cutting board as their first woodworking projects in Mr. Trill's class. Great job!
There is no k kids meeting on Friday Feb 2. We will have a meeting next Friday Feb 9.
Congratulations to today's spelling bee winners! Julia Cruz placed first by spelling the winning word, crookedly. Max Schiltz placed second, while Isaiah Cornish placed third. Julia will advance to the regional spelling bee, which will be held at Augustana College on February 24! Great job!
4th grade students in Mr. Keane's PE class working on coordination and reflexes using hurdles with a variety of movements.
Last night, Pre-K staff organized a pizza and family game night for their students and their families. Everyone had a great time!
Wethersfield Elementary's Book Blast event starts next week where we will set off in search of treasure to build our students' home libraries. Follow the steps on the Treasure Map coming home next week to embark on an epic quest to earn exciting prizes and books! All monies will go towards students getting new books for themselves and all additional monies will be used to improve our current Elementary Library book selection, new book displays, and modern furniture!
Tonight's LTC Tournament game for the Geese v. Stark County will be streaming on the Mercer County Junior High YouTube channel. The game is scheduled for 7:30. Go Geese!
7th grade completed a lesson on symmetry with a radial symmetry project. Students started with their names to create the patterns.
We will be conducting the Youth Basketball Camp for 1st through 4th Grades this Saturday (February 3rd) as a make up for the Saturday we missed earlier in January.
Times will remain the same for the age groups :)
Last week in music class, kindergartners learned about penguins. They sang songs about penguins ice skating, so they decided to ice skate along with them while they sang their songs.
Congratulations to Braydin Finin and Hadley Frank on winning this week's $5 Friday Outstanding Goose Award!
Wethersfield was well represented today at the Elementary All-State Choir Concert in Peoria. Congratulations to all of our students that were selected and thank you Mrs. Hagaman for all that you do to grow their love of music. Great job everyone!
Congratulations to Senior Landon Sauer for scoring his 1,000th Career Point tonight in a 22-point effort at Mercer County! @@geeseathletics
Just a reminder...tonight's Boys Basketball games versus Mercer County in Aledo begin with the JV at 5:30 followed by Varsity.
K-Kids & Key Club have paired together for a fundraiser to raise money for the Martinez family. Elementary students were given forms today for "Have a Poppin' Day!" Let your friends know you are thinking about them with a $1 pop. Please fill out the tags that were sent home and send back with your money. Tags and money are due back by Monday, Feb. 5th. No late forms will be accepted. Pop cans will be delivered on Valentine's Day!
Junior Achievement kicked off in the junior high classrooms today. We are so appreciative to have community members volunteer their time in our school! Seventh graders will be learning about career clusters and job options, while eighth graders will be learning about career paths and soft skills!
Yesterday, second-graders in Mrs. Hagaman's Music class created their own 4 beat song! The students had a blast!
The Key Club officers ran the noon-time Kiwanis meeting yesterday. In addition to running the meeting, they also presented what the club has been doing this school year and talked about a couple of upcoming events, including this Friday’s blood drive.
