Watseka Elementary

Tuesday, August 29th- Join to learn more about Early Childhood Education and Care from the Birth to Five group. Scan the QR code for the Zoom links.

Good Morning! 8/23/23 & 8/24/23 Elementary E-Learning assignment pages are found at this webiste: https://www.watsekaschools.org/o/watseka-elementary/page/e-learning-watseka-elementary All WJHS/WCHS students need to log into Google Classroom to view their assignments. Stay Cool Today!

E-LEARNING Due to the heat advisory forecast, Unit 9 will be utilizing Elearning days this Wednesday and Thursday. KACC students will still be required to go to KACC. Regular bus hours are the same for these students. Assignments and expectations will be communicated by teachers tomorrow.

Iroquois CUSD 9 is very proud of the amazing working relationship we have with all of the public entities in Watseka. Today we would like to thank the Watseka Fire Department for changing out our flag at WCHS/WJHS.

Unit 9 is hiring!

Do you have all the paperwork done for school?

Monday, August 14th, Watseka Schools invite your students to come visit us!

School starts NEXT Wednesday, August 16th Here is a list of building times.

Ready to Learn! Here a building times for this school year.

Back to School Important Dates! You can also see district wide events, including no school days, games, open houses, on our website. Just scroll to the bottom of the page and select "see all events"

School Supply Lists are available here: https://www.watsekaschools.org/o/watseka-elementary/page/school-supply-lists Please note--there is NOT a supply list for high school students. All 6-12th grade students need a chromebook bag. They brought their bag home at the end of the school year and need to bring it back to technology pick up (9-12 grade) or first day of school (6-8). If your child lost or has a damaged bag, you can purchase one on your own.

IMPORTANT!! The PowerSchool App is not working for everyone. If you can't see your child's schedule, you will need to log into PowerSchool on a web browser (not the app). https://watsekau9.powerschool.com/ If you have questions about school supplies, open houses, breakfast, lunch, chromebooks etc, please take a look at our Back to School Newsletter. https://www.watsekaschools.org/article/1169625

Free Birth to Age Two (2) Screenings will be available on the same day. When: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 Where: Iroquois County Unit #9 District Office 1411 W. Lafayette St. - Watseka, IL 60970 For an appointment time call: Wanda Kendall School 1-815-432-2112 Iroquois Special Education Association 815-683-2662

Mrs. Findlay's 1st grade students are featured in this fun video! https://youtu.be/-tMT9QNWSFM

All Unit 9 students need to returned their chromebooks, chargers, and hot spots (if they have one checked out). Collection dates: Watseka Elementary & WJHS-Wednesday, May 24th WCHS 9-11th Grade-Thursday, May 25th. Please remind your student to bring ALL items back to avoid charges.

Congratulations to May GRS Students of the Month! 1st grade: Zara White, Robert Taylor, Sophia Dominguez 2nd grade: Dallas Rieches, Zoey Rohlfs, Avery Marcier 3rd grade: Reed Tegtmeyer, Parker Adkins, Keely Genzel 4th grade: Kade Legan, Felix Tovera, Sofia Lopez 5th Grade: Wesley Bricker, Connor Harris, Luiz Martinez

Jalyn Newman and Amy Schroeder from IMH came to talk to the 2nd grade students about disability awareness. Thank you for spending time with our students!

Unit 9 is hosting a Summer Breakfast Program!

Glenn Raymond Students---S.U.M.M.E.R. Countdown starts on Thursday!

Glenn Raymond Students of the Month for April 1st Grade: Lucian Poulos, Yatziri Villanueva-Sanabria, Jason McGhee 2nd Grade: Eliyah Ortega, Logan Rogers, Amber Roberts 3rd Grade: Blakely Henneike, JeCorey Pendleton, Ryli VanHoveln 4th Grade: Daisy Gomez Escareno, Emily Foor, Wyatt Keath 5th Grade: Ashlyn Rojas-Bautista, Owen Hughes, Aubrey Wichtner (JeCorey P, Emily F, and Ashlyn R are not pictured)