As we close out this portion of our school year, we are filled with gratitude. December felt like a month long celebration. From the beautiful sound of children's voices lifted in song, breakfast with Santa to the fun things our teachers planned for your children in the classroom this last week, we wrapped up 2024 with an abundance of goodwill and cheer. #WarsawInspires
Recently we had some pretty great Hornets graduate or complete educational programs. Mrs. J and Mrs. Nunez finished their Transition to Teaching program through Grace College, while Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Stiers received their Master of Education in School Administration and Supervision at Indiana State University. These women inspire us daily to do our best and reach new heights. Congratulations, graduates! #WarsawInspires
Washington 1st Graders learned about magnets. They used magnets to learn vocabulary such as attract and repel. Then they went around the room to see what types of objects will attract a magnet. Students also did a little magic! #WarsawInspires
WAY TO GO HORNETS! Our boys' basketball team gave a great showing at their last game capturing the title of City Champion Runner-Up. Our girls' basketball team had a nail-biting season ender and came out as City Champions! We could not be more proud of of each of them. Congratulations, Hornets! You give us so many reasons to be proud! #WarsawInspires
It's the most wonderful time of the year . . . to be a Hornet! We are enjoying this week of fun activities and learning about holiday traditions all across the world. #WarsawInspires
Washington 5th graders have been working hard on their Mars Pioneer PBL. Students decide if they would rather travel back in time to be a Native American or to the future to be a Mars Pioneer. Mrs. Tucker's science class has been programming LEGO EV3 Robots to complete missions on the Mars Mission board. Mrs. Guilford's Social Studies Class studied different Native American tribes and built examples of their homes. Miss Slone's writing class wrote a persuasive essay on which option they would choose! STEM Integration at its BEST! #WarsawInspires
Washington has a fun-filled Spirit Week planned for our final week before Christmas Break! Be sure to check each night to see what fun is in store for the next day. We look forward to seeing all the Christmas Spirit next week.
Outstanding job to all of our spelling bee participants today. A special, "way to go," to our Washington Spelling Bee champion and runner-up. Your perseverance and hard work paid off. The boys will go on to compete in the city-wide spelling bee in January at Lakeview Middle School. Congratulations, Aarav and Caleb! You inspire us! #WarsawInspires
Dear Washington Families, We cannot thank you enough for your incredible support during the book fair! Your generosity and involvement have made this event a huge success, and we are so grateful for each and every one of you. Thanks to your support, we’ve been able to provide wonderful books for our students and create lasting memories. #WarsawInspires
SANTA!! We know him! Santa made his annual visit to our Washington Hornets and their families at the annual Breakfast with Santa sponsored by our "elftastic" PTO. The Hornets have been super good this year. They enjoyed meeting Santa and eating breakfast together as a family. 18 more sleeps until our jolly St. Nick makes his rounds. Keep being good Hornets. #WarsawInspires
Washington 2nd graders dissected grasshoppers this week. They learned about the internal and external anatomy. Students were able to see the crop, stomach, and some had eggs! Thank you to Mrs. Gough's high school dissection class for leading the lab!
We are proud to announce that we've been recognized as a Riley Red Wagon Corporation by the Riley Children’s Foundation in partnership with the Indiana Association of School Principals!
Thank you to our students, staff and community for coming together to make it possible for us to support the children and families receiving care at Riley Hospital for Children.
#WarsawInspires #RileyRedWagon
Just a reminder that Breakfast with Santa is tomorrow morning, Friday, December 6th! Doors open promptly at 8am by the gym and the office. Students must be with an adult to attend and stay with the adult until 8:55 when the bell rings. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning!
Join us for the Warsaw Schools Orchestra Holiday Concert on Sunday, December 10, 2024, at 7:00 PM at the Warsaw Performing Arts Center!
Featuring performances by:
🎶 Beginning Orchestra
🎶 Advanced Middle School Orchestra
🎶 Obbligato String Orchestra
🎶 Philharmonic Orchestra
Admission is free, and free-will donations are accepted to support these talented young musicians. Don't miss this festive evening filled with holiday cheer! 🎄
#WarsawInspires
Thursday, December 5th (today) and Friday, December 6th (tomorrow) are the last days for Washington's book fair. The fair will be open today until 4 and will reopen tomorrow from 8 a. m. - 4 p. m. Explore a wonderful selection of books perfect for the holiday season, including festive holiday stories, fascinating science and history reads, Spanish books, and so much more! Support our amazing teachers by contributing to their classroom book wish lists, every little bit makes a big difference for our students. You can also order books here https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/washingtonstemacademy1
Washington STEM Academy's Girls Who Code club teaches girls in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade how to program and code. They also learn about women who have made contributions to technology and engineering. But the best part is making some cool friends! Check out this video about Washington's Girls Who Code club!
https://youtu.be/qzG9uuH7pmQ?si=L4tpg3rGYB6mjjmY
#WarsawInspires
We are grateful for the dedication and support of our Special Ed staff. They help create learning environments so that all children can reach their full potential. Their compassion, patience, and understanding of unique learning is truly inspiring! We'd like to give a heartfelt thank you for all that you do! #WarsawInspires
We had the most fun today! Pajama day, parades, and turkey crowns are just a few of the fun things on the agenda today. The PTO spoiled the staff with a dessert bar. What a great way to kick off Thanksgiving break. We wish all of our Hornet families a safe and happy holiday. We are thankful for all of you. Thank you for sharing your time, talents, and most of all your kids with us. Happy Thanksgiving! #WarsawInspires
Washington 2nd graders created Thanksgiving Parade floats using Sphero Indis and BeeBots. Both use screenless coding to program their robot to drive around a specific parade route. Kindergarten, 1st, and 3rd grade all enjoyed watching the parade and were treated to some suckers! #WarsawInspires
Students have explored and engineered with Lego simple machines that focus on solving problems and creating unique playground equipment for our school. Using the engineering design process, students helped develop their own playground equipment model based on their observations and discussions of equipment. This week, they enjoyed presenting and explaining their models to the class.
