The 8th grade Civics classes just spent 12 weeks covering the Constitution and US Citizenship. Every student passed their 100 question test on the 1st attempt! The students celebrated with a movie. Great job 8th graders!
Girl Scouts will not be meeting at Wethersfield this evening due to the weather.
All Wethersfield athletic events AND practices after school today, April 16th, have been canceled due to the pending weather situation.
On April 15th, WES had the Quad Cities Canine Assistance Network (QCCAN) bring in three special furry friends! To help celebrate the ending of IAR testing, therapy dogs were located in the carpet gym. The children loved to see the dogs and were able to ask questions about each dog and what it takes to have a therapy dog trained.
Wethersfield JH Track, Varsity A-W softball, and JV A-W baseball for tonight, April 16th, have been canceled due to the forecasted weather conditions! Stay safe everyone!
On Friday, 7th grade students in world geography completed an Africa Escape Room. Students worked in pairs to complete a secret mission to decode interesting facts about Africa. Pictures are of the winners of each class. They received Gatorade and chips as their prizes.
Congratulations to Kennedy Peed, Madi Ingle, Breck Rieker, and Emmanuel Cepeda on their $5 Friday Outstanding Goose Awards!
The junior high students had a great time at the Hawaiian-themed dance on Friday night!
Just a reminder that the Sophomore class has its LaGondola fundraiser today from 11-3. Tickets can be purchased at the door!
April is Oral Health Month, so students in K-2 enjoyed presentations given by the following students and their instructor: Annika O'Dell, Monica Ruiz-Hernandez, Sarah Wisslead; they are second year dental hygiene students at Carl Sandburg College and Becky Echelberger, RDH & Adjunct Clinical instructor who also works at The Dental Group of Galesburg. Becky and her students discussed dental health, taking care of our teeth at home by brushing, flossing, and eating a healthy diet. Lastly, they stressed the importance of having a professional dental cleaning and exam, twice per year.
Mr. Trill took students to Rock Island on Wednesday night to learn how to get started in different careers and unions such as electrical, plumbers and pipefitters, carpenters, an masons.
Fifth graders will begin taking the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) on Tuesday, April 16th, while 8th grade students will begin taking it on Tuesday, April 23rd. Please help your child be prepared for these testing days! We want all students to experience success!
Each eighth grader in Mrs. Hagaman's Music Appreciation class created a "Soundtrack of My Life" and presented it to their classmates. The students picked songs that meant something to them from their early years to the present day! "The beautiful thing is music can be like a time machine. One song - the lyrics, the melody, the mood - can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can."
Our 5th-8th grade Band & Choir Spring Concert is tonight at 6:30. Please join us for a great night of music!
Thank you to the Galva Rotary Club for donating books to our 2nd and 3rd grade students! The Galva Rotary Club paired with the Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center on a grant to provide students with age-appropriate books in addition to hand-drawn laminated bookmarks created by those involved.
The WHS Art Alliance Club hosted a barn quilt painting night! Community members and staff were invited to purchase tickets to attend. Mrs. Kegebein and her club members led the workshop, and everyone had an amazing time! The fundraiser was a wonderful success. Everyone left with a beautiful and unique painted barn quilt to display at their home. The Art Alliance would love to hold more workshops in the future!
Fifth grade students in Mrs. Hagaman's music class completed a musical composer project. Students were able to choose a composer from a list and then create a Google slide presentation, which they shared with their peers.
7th grade students in Mrs. Dana's science class are learning about the reproductive system in plants and dissected all areas to see all the structures and learn the functions.
5th grade science students studied why a solar eclipse occurs and why we don’t see one every month. Here are a few of the students' models
We will host a 2024-25 School Planning Night on April 22nd in the Cafeteria at 6:00 pm. The first hour will be for incoming Freshmen and the second hour will be for students who will be Juniors or Seniors next year.
