Washington Elementary

Hold your horses! Nobody broke a leg! Washington's 5th graders finished their lesson on idioms yesterday with a Reader's Theater for their parents! Check out these fun actors' and actresses' performance photos! Parents! If you have additional photos and/or videos, please share in the Facebook comments. We'd love to see those! #WAWildcats #ReadersTheater

All lanes lead to fun!! Wildcat Bowling Day 2024 was a total blast!! Check out Facebook for ALL the photos of your favorite faces! #WAWildcats #BowlingDay

Yo ho, yo ho. A pirate's life for me!! 4th graders celebrated the end of their Treasure Island Reading unit yesterday with a Pirate Day! The students dressed up and lived a pirate's life for the day! #WAWildcats #GYTO

Memories Monday! Who remembers their favorite childhood book?? Mrs. McIntosh is giving her 4th graders the opportunity to share their favorite childhood books with their class! Share your favorite book from childhood below! #WAWildcats #ReadersBecomeLeaders

Adams Middle School's Jazz Band and Swing Choir had Washington grooving today! From "You've Got a Friend in Me" to "ABC," the music was incredible!! THANK YOU for sharing your hard work and talents with us!! Check out Facebook for videos!

🎥 Spotlight Teacher Awards!! 🔦 We have TWO this week. Congratulations to Miss Jaz and Miss Melissa!! You both had SO many notes from students saying how much you love and help them each day!! Congratulations! Washington is lucky to have you! #WeRNPPS #WAWildcats

📰 From the Washington Preschool Times 📰 "Preschool was proud to host the parents for The Little Feet Meet! The students had so much fun being the teachers to the parents and getting to explore the playground together. We also had a special surprise at the end where the students got to pie Miss Folchert in the face! It was a great way to end such a wonderful event. Thank you to everyone who came and made this year so special! We truly have the best kids and parents around!" -Miss Folchert

From Wildcats to Bulldog Graduates! Congrats to the NPHS Class of 2024! This morning, Washington Elementary welcomed home former Wildcats who will graduate from High School this weekend! Our students were SO excited to celebrate their success. And to our graduates! Thank you for sharing your pictures and advice with our students this week! You are influential! Keep working hard and chasing those dreams! We are proud of you! Check out Facebook for photos, videos, advice, and future endeavors of these NPHS Grads! #WAWildcats #WeRNPPS #OnceAWildcatAlwaysAWildcat #OnceABulldogAlwaysABulldog

Wildcat WINNING! Check out this traveling trophy award made by Owen Phillips, Washington 3rd grader!! During Guidance class, Mrs. Simmons always picks a "Hidden Hero." She watches this student throughout the class. If he or she is following expectations (Washington Way), that student gets a Simmons Starbuck and earns a point for his or her class. Owen used his 3D printer to make this awesome traveling trophy for his class so the Hidden Hero can have the trophy for a week! What a brilliant and thoughtful idea!! "Green Award" - we use the Zones of Regulation. Green Zone means you're calm and ready to go (learn)! Thank you, Owen (and parents)!!!

Washington's 5th Grade Ambassadors' Last Meeting was this afternoon. Oh, how I'll miss them! Chloe's mom provided delicious cookies, they wrote a letter to next year's 5th Grade class with words of wisdom and encouragement, then we finished off with a Snowball fight! (See Facebook for video) Each student wrote 3 unique things about him or herself and crumpled it up. A snowball fight ensued. Then they grabbed a random snowball, read the 3 things and guessed to whom it belonged. This class has a LOT of character, talent, and joy. I can't wait to see them go on and blossom 🤍

Our 5th graders had a busy couple of days last week and we couldn’t be more proud! DARE Graduation, Presidential Awards, and DARE Day! Congratulations to Washington's newest DARE program graduates! DARE is a drug abuse prevention education program intended to provide students with the skills needed to resist peer pressure to use tobacco, drugs, and alcohol. Aria Will was the DARE Essay Contest winner. Her essay was shared with her class, staff, and families in attendance. Congrats, Aria’ The President’s Education Award follows a strict rubric - including GPA, character, and leadership - for the selection of recipients. This year, the awards were presented to Hennisi Frondosa, Audrianna Kellie, Isabella Murphy, Kinsley Sack, Easton Teets, and Taden Vohs. #WAWildcats #WeRNPPS

Washington PTO's End of the Year Bash!! Family - Fun - Food - Sweet Treats - Bouncy Houses - and More! You do NOT want to miss this evening of fun. Here are the details: #WAWildcats

🎥 Spotlight Teacher Award!! 🔦 Congratulations to Nurse Jackie! Students said she is kind, helpful, and takes care of us! We are so glad we get to have you at Washington! Keep getting your NURSING on, Nurse Jackie! #WeRNPPS #WAWildcats

⚽️🏀🎟️Washington Way Prize Day!! 🎟️ 🐻🐲 These students ROCKED the Washington Way and had their tickets drawn for prizes!! Thanks for being SAFE, KIND, RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, POSITIVE INFLUENCES!!! Keep up the good work, Wildcats!! We're so proud to see you finishing this year strong! Some won 10 minutes of extra recess with a friend, 3 others won stuffy puppets! #WAWildcats

Did you know that May 1st is Principal Appreciation Day?! You would NEVER guess that this is Mrs. Gale's first year as a principal. She is confident, empowers and inspires others, loves our Wildcats, and makes things better as she goes! WE APPRECIATE YOU, MRS. GALE!! LOVE, Your Wildcats

The NP High School Theatre Class put on a BRILLIANT performance for our Wildcats today! 🦜🏴‍☠️🧜🏽‍♀️ Thank you for the laughs and joy you brought to our day, NPHS Theatre Class!! As always, check out Facebook for more photos! #WAWildcats #WeRNPPS

Washington's 3rd grade field trip to the fairgrounds was a blast! They studied animals - inside AND out!

Attention Budding Entrepreneurs! Washington's 1st graders had a special visitor yesterday from the North Platte Chamber of Commerce! Mr. Cody Johanson shared about some of the new businesses that are coming to North Platte and how KIDS can become entrepreneurs. They got to hold, see, and smell corn board, which is used to make pallets. He also let each student try the new beef chips that will be coming to North Platte. They were the first ever to try these specific chips! North Platte has some exciting things coming and these students were eager to learn how they can grow, network, and build alongside our awesome community. The students were even given the opportunity to open an account with First National Bank and automatically receive $25 to get them started!

Attendance at Washington continues to improve. Thank you for prioritizing education!

May Newsletter https://secure.smore.com/n/kn3w4e