The middle of March hasn’t shown much of a break in the weather. After many, many years of watching Tom Skilling, I just learned about a bomb cyclone storm. Great things are happening at Woodlawn and we are looking forward to a an awesome week before we go on Spring Break. Check out the information in the blog this week!
8th Grade Parents-Very Important End of the School Year Information
End of the year events and graduation information is available on the website. You will need to go to the 8th Grade Info site, print out the information and turn back to the Woodlawn main office. Information about graduation gowns and tickets, the bowling party, our Great America trip and the last ½ day of school are all in this letter.
ATTENTION WOODLAWN PARENTS!!
SPRING FLING is THIS WEDNESDAY – MARCH 20th at 2:30-5:00pm!!
Tickets are on sale NOW. Be sure to have your student purchase their ticket during their lunch hours.They won’t want to miss this very fun after school event!
Admission is $10 each and tickets will be on sale through Wednesday. Basketball and Ping Pong Tournament registration deadline is Tuesday!
We also are still in need of volunteers to help. It takes several volunteers to make this event run.Please consider volunteering a few hours of your time on Wednesday after school to help make this event a success!
Sign up here 2019 Spring Fling Volunteer Form. Thank you for your support!
Illinois Science Assessment
All Illinois schools will adminster the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) to students enrolled in grades 5-8 only. The assessment takes one hour. Woodlawn will be administering the ISA to 8th graders on March 20th.
Parents- Beware of this App
I get nervous when an app with the best of intentions is used for the wrong reasons.
Tik Tok the Super Popular App...
Spirit Week is Upon Us!
Encourage your student to participate in each of the spirit days for this upcoming week. We will remind the students in our daily announcements and a little push from home will also get our students involved.
Monday 3/18 = March Madness Day -- wear college, high school, or middle school spirit wear or sports jerseys
Tuesday 3/19 = Grade Color Day
8th Grade = red; 7th Grade = yellow; 6th Grade = green; Staff = blue
Wednesday 3/20 = HAT & HOODIE DAY - Help Mr.Dunn Raise $ for St. Baldrick’s- Bring $1 to Wear A Hat or Hoodie -Money will be collected in homerooms on an optional basis
Thursday 3/21 = Homeroom Wars -- Each homeroom picks a theme to dress for and the homeroom with the most creative participation wins! Students will make their choices in their homeroom class this week.
Friday 3/22 = PJ & Slipper Day
Sponsored by Woodlawn’s Student Council
Parents of D96 Middle School Girls
District 96 middle school girls can sign up of Dream Day 2019. The DreamGirls Initiative is a nonprofit organization committed to inspiring young women in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) by exposing them to female role models.
This is a FREE workshop, however, you must register. Space is limited to the first 150 girls. MANY SPOTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN!
This event will take place Saturday, April 6th between 10a.m.-1:30p.m.
REGISTER NOW! Spots will fill up fast.
PTO MONTHLY BLOG -
Please check out the SPECIAL UPDATES to the PTO Monthly Blog for important news on our upcoming events in March including School Supply Kit Sales, SPRING FLING, Nominating Committee and MORE!” CLICK HERE FOR THE PTO MONTHLY BLOG!
On Friday, March 22nd during the assembly, we are going to hold a St. Baldrick’s event.
Help us conquer childhood cancers.
Mr. Dunn is going to shave his head and his beard! Student’s can participate too, but you need to grab a participation form in the office, Learning Center, or from Mr. Dunn.
For each $1 a student donates, they will receive a ticket for a chance to shave off Mr. Dunn’s beard! They will be available during lunch and in the Learning Center.
If you need information on how to participate, donate, or help, please contact Mr. Dunn ([email protected])
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Finally, the term “humble brag” has been introduced to my home. My oldest son points out these humble brag moments when someone is telling a story that shines a spotlight on themselves. This term first came about when I was together with my high school friends, we started talking about baseball games that we played in and how we performed in those games. It is so ironic that I can tell you who the pitcher was, where we played a game and what the count was in the 7th inning of a baseball game back in 1982, but I have no idea what I had for dinner last night. Anyways, our humble brags continued and we had a great time talking about our past. Fast forward to now, I embrace the humble brags of my children at the dinner table. I want to know what they did well and how it impacted their day. Here at Woodlawn, I absolutely love it when a student tells me a positive story about themselves. I have really learned to embrace the humble brag and I want our students and staff to feel that it is alright to talk about what we do well. The next time you are at the dinner table, challenge your child to give you a humble brag about school, their friends or anything else that is making their lives better. I then recommend that you share some humble brags about yourself. I know it will bring you all together.
Have a great weekend.