Washington Grade School District #52

Come join our team at LGS! Complete the online application at d52schools.com under the employment tab.

As you register for the 2024-2025 school year, don't forget about our fabulous Extended Care Program offered at LGS for before/after school care!

It may be summer break, but LGS teachers are setting time aside to continue to grow, learn and be their best for our kids!

The D52 Board of Education recognized the 2024 Friend of Education Award recipient, Esther Endress (and Willow), for their outstanding service to D52! We appreciate all you do for our students!

This is a reminder that D52 will be offering a STEM Camp this coming week to students who will be entering 1st-6th grade next year. The camp will run June 10-14 from 9-3:30 daily and will be held at WMS. More info can be found below. You can sign up at invent.org/camp. Let us know if you have questions!

As we wrapped up another great year at D52, we took the time to recognize our 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 year service award recipients! Congratulations to all! We also recognized Ms. Lukavich, Mrs. Carter, and Mrs. Feeney for their outstanding careers in education! Thank you for your service to D52 and we wish you the best in retirement!

End of year is approaching quickly! Please login to your students Skyward lunch account and check their food service balance and plan accordingly for the number of hot lunches they will be eating. Last day for hot lunch will be May 21st. WMS snack items available: Chips only. Any questions email me at D52Slink@D52Schools.com Have a Great Summer! Sonya Link Food Service Director Washington GSD #52

One School One Book Update: In chapter 11 of The World According to Humphrey, Humphrey pulled the plug on the TV and A.J.'s family had to come up with screen free ways to entertain themselves. Today at school, students came up with lists of screen free options for tonight at home and we want to see what you came up with! Post your screen free photos in the comments!

This is a reminder that D52 will be offering a STEM Camp this summer to students who will be entering 1st-6th grade next year. The camp will run June 10-14 from 9-3:30 daily and will be held at WMS. More info as well as a code for $15 off can be found in the attachments. Let us know if you have questions!

Congratulations to all of our Young Authors award recipients! It was a great night reading all of the wonderful stories and seeing our gym transformed into an art museum!

The Month of May we will be offering a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, along with a several flavors of applesauce. Fruits offered will be: Gala apples, fresh oranges, fresh pears, clementines, fresh strawberries, and watermelon chunks. Vegetables offered will be: Baby carrots, romaine salad, broccoli florets, zucchini slices, grape tomatoes, celery sticks, cauliflower florets, and fresh spinach. Applesauce flavors: Blue raspberry, mango/peach, mixed berry, sour apple, strawberry, and watermelon. Awesome way to end the school year, 15 lunches to go! Have a great summer, Sonya Link Food Service Director Washington GSD #52 D52Slink@D52Schools.com

LGS: Menu change for Thursday May 2nd, 2024 Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwich instead of Nachos w/meat & cheese. With end of year approaching menus items are subject to change due to receiving product from suppliers. If we have a change notifications will be sent out on the district Facebook page. Sonya Link Food Service Director Washington GSD #52 D52Slink@D52Schools.com

Join us this Thursday, May 2 from 6-7 p.m. in the LGS Gym to read books from our K-4 authors and view student artwork displays. Hope you can make it!

Celebrate our LGS & WMS School Lunch Heroes on Friday, May 3rd, 2024. School Lunch Hero Day is held the first Friday in May of each year and marks a day to recognize our school nutrition professionals’ outstanding and important work. The school cafeteria/recess and its staff are about more than just lunches—they’re about interacting with students and providing a great experience when in the cafeteria and at recess. A few other things that the cafeteria staff do are: make sure students get fed, manage the federal lunch program (which is a task!), and make sure students with allergies have appropriate food choices. As the saying goes, not all heroes wear capes (some wear aprons!). Lgs Staff: Nichole Boswell, Jenny Bowen, Janeen Chave, Taunya Meeks, Kathy Robinson, Susan Hedgepath, Patty Schrock, Cathy Loy WMS Staff: Kim Widmer, Kirby Gevelinger, Krista Owsley, Carol Schinzel, Pam Board, Riley Metzger, Amy Larsen Thank our school cafeteria/recess staff on School Lunch Hero Day May 3rd 2024. Have a great Summer! -- Sonya Link Food Service Director Washington GSD #52 D52Slink@D52Schools.com

Welcome to our new LGS pet, Humphrey! He made his debut at our One School One Book kick off assembly this morning! Look for more information to come home with your child today on this fun reading project!

LGS: Menu change for Wednesday April 24th Cheese pizza instead of mini corn dogs

Good Morning! This is a reminder that all 3rd through 8th grade students will be taking the Illinois Assessment of readiness next week, April 8-12. Students will need headphones/earbuds for this assessment, so please make sure you child has some at school next week. Please see the attached letter for more information. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

LGS & WMS April 2024 Lunch Menus Enjoy Spring Break from your Lunch Staff.

What a great start to our week with the 1st-4th grade music programs! Excellent job to Mrs. Maston and students. Love seeing the passion for music shine bright!

Congratulations to Sally Hillman for winning a $25 gift card for taking the Parent 5 Essentials Survey during open house!