Students had a great time with their Reading Buddies during a snow make up day.
This is a friendly reminder to please drop off elementary students in the morning between 7:40-8:00 at the south doors. During all the snow and ice and hard surface roads, Mr. McClanahan stood by the doors until 8:10, but now we'd like to get back to our previous schedule.
Thank you!
DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time.
A Read-A-Million Minutes tradition.
February Menu's
Quick reminder about this Friday, February 2nd. WACO will have school as part of a snow make up day. Other snow make up days will also be on Friday, February 16th and Friday, April 12th.
Here's what we have going on this week with The Wild Robot!!!
These are some DEAR pictures
Here are some pictures of WACO families reading The Wild Robot at home.
To help share with parents and community, Mrs Langr created a website for Read A Million Minutes! Check it out!!
https://sites.google.com/wacocsd.org/wacoobos/home?authuser=0
WACO High School's wrestling meet with Van Buren County and Lone Tree tonight (1/23/24) has been postponed to Tuesday Jan. 30.
WACO Schools will be delayed 2 hours today, January 23rd. Buses will be on hard surface roads. We will continue to monitor the weather through the morning. Thank you.
Buses for WACO Schools will be on hard surface roads this afternoon, Monday, January 22nd. If you have questions about your pick up spot, please contact your driver. Thank you again for your patience as we navigate today's weather.
Get ready for Week Two of Read a Million Minutes - The Wild Robot Edition!
WACO Schools will be delayed 2 hours on Monday, January 22nd.
WACO Schools will be delayed 2 hours today, Friday, January 19th. Buses will run on hard surface roads.
Read-A-Million Minutes 2024:
One School One Book Initiative
The Wild Robot
Read-A-Million Minutes kicked off on January 17 with an earlier start date this year. We are super excited to be participating in a reading initiative called One School One Book that promotes families reading together at home. Every family with an elementary student received a copy of the book The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. Families will get to read this book together over a six-week period that will conclude on Leap Day with a pizza party and school wide assembly. With the addition of two extra weeks and more minutes read at home, we have a legitimate chance of actually reading 1 Million Minutes this year.
We have many activities planned for RAMM including: different dress-up days, a book giveaway, DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time, reading buddies, Robot STEAM activities, a friendly classroom competition for the most minutes, and Family Reading Night.
Anyone can read extra! All family members, high-school students, WACO staff, and community members are welcome to read and turn in their minutes to: chad.mcclanahan@wacocsd.org.
WACO Elementary would like to thank all of our sponsors that are making RAMM a fun way to promote reading at school and at home: The WACO PTO, The Faithful Followers at Wayland Mennonite, Atlas Molding, and Community First Credit Union in Washington.
Mrs. Langr and Mr. McClanahan – Project Coordinators
WACO Schools will be hard surface roads starting on Wednesday and it goes through Friday. We are currently are on time for school on Wednesday. Thank you.
WACO HS basketball games at WMU tonight (1/16/24) have been postponed to Thursday, Jan. 25.
A quick reminder about snow make up days. We will have school this Friday, January 19th, as a snow make up day. We will also have school on February 2nd and 16th along with April 12th. Please add those dates to your calendars. Thank you!
WACO Schools will not have school on Monday, January 15th. The County is still working hard to clear roads and make them safe. Please use caution if you have to go out. Thank you.