WMS Friday Forecast

At Wredling, we believe that a strong foundation in American History is essential for every student. Understanding the key events, influential leaders, and milestones of our nation helps students develop a deeper sense of civic pride and critical thinking skills.

To make history both educational and engaging, I’ve launched a Daily American History Challenge! Each day during our video announcements, I pose a fun American History question. Throughout the day, students are quizzed randomly on these facts, and those who answer correctly can win a small prize, like a Jolly Rancher or mint!

This initiative isn’t just about memorizing names and dates—it’s about sparking curiosity and building awareness of the people and events that have shaped our country. From learning about our presidents to discovering pivotal moments in history, we hope to inspire students to explore history beyond the classroom.

We encourage you to talk to your child about what they have learned through this activity. Ask them about the daily question or share your own favorite historical facts! Together, we can make history come alive for our students.

Thank you for your continued support in fostering a love of learning here at Wredling!

Enjoy your weekend!

Tim

As we finish up our winter i-ready benchmark please keep in mind this information for accessing diagnostic results from our Director of Assessment and Accountability:

The For Families diagnostic results report is now easily accessible from your child’s i-Ready dashboard upon completion of their diagnostics. In lieu of being backpacked home, this will be considered the primary method for providing these results to you. *Please click here for directions on how to access the report. You may contact your child’s school if a hard copy of the report needs to be provided to you.

*Please note: The code for accessing reports is only good for the current school year, and current year reports. Once the school year is over the code no longer works and access to the current year reports ends, so please print or download your student’s report as soon as possible after testing is completed. The instructions will be updated each year with a new code.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact your child's counselor or Francesca Favero, assistant principal at 331-228-5232 or francesca.favero@d303.org

Our WMS Athletics webpage has transitioned to using Snap (formerly 8-18). This change will allow us to incorporate some new features, including online registration for our various teams. Snap has been in use by both St. Charles East & St. Charles North for years. Thompson also began using Snap this school year. We are excited to be able to utilize this platform

Girls Basketball Registration will open on Monday, December 9 via our new Wredling Athletics page. It will remain open until Monday, January 6 2025. Students must be registered by January 6th with a current physical on file in order to try out for the team. The athletic fee for basketball is $135.00. Please do not pay the fee until your child has made the team.

Below is the list of our RedHawk Pride Award recipeients. They can pick up their award in the Wredling Main Office on Monday. This award is given by our teachers for a variety of reasons, from following our Guidelines for Success to Academic Achievement and Growth. We are proud of our RedHawks who work hard every day.

Current Recipients Presented By:

The following information is being provided as a reminder of District 303's attendance procedures and how information may be recorded and shared with a student's family throughout the school year.

Calling all 7th and 8th grade writers! Do you enjoy poetry? Have a knack for storytelling, or a love of nonfiction?

We know we have some AMAZING and CREATIVE writers at Wredling, and here is the perfect opportunity to show off your talent and celebrate your writing skills! The Saint Charles/ Batavia/ Geneva chapter of The American Association of University Women (AAUW) will be hosting a creative writing contest for all local 7th and 8th grade students!

There will be a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner in each category of fiction, non-fiction and poetry for both 7th and 8th grades. Additionally, three honorable mentions will also be awarded in each category for each grade.

Writers may submit one entry in any of the following three categories:

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Poetry

You can submit your ELA summatives, other assignments from classes, or another original piece of writing. Winners are honored with a medal, certificate, and special recognition ceremony. Winners may also have their writing published in part or in whole! This is such an awesome opportunity for students interested in writing!

All entries are due to the main office on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 by 2:50 p.m. No late entries will be accepted. Winners will be notified on March 13, 2025 and will be invited to attend a special ceremony in their honor on Thursday, April 10th, 2025. Check out this slideshow for more specifics, and contact your ELA teacher if you are interested in applying.

Let’s go Redhawk Writers!

Check out what is happening around our community. There are lots of opportunities to explore!

The City of St. Charles Youth Commission is reaching out to let students and student groups know that we offer financial grants to support kids working to improve the lives of kids in St. Charles! If you are working with young people on a project or you know of some young people working on something positive we'd like to hear about it. If funding is needed, maybe we can help!

The process to request a funding grant is pretty simple:

• We're interested in youth-designed, youth-driven plans, activities or projects that promote healthy lifestyles for the young people of our community. Creative interpretation of this goal is OK!
  
• Complete the application linked here. All instructions are included. It’s best if it’s in the student’s own words, but don't stress too much. It's really not about the perfection of the application, but it is definitely about the authenticity of the request. We feel the ideas of our young people have the best chance of resonating with other young people. It's also great if your group would like to come to the meeting when your request will be reviewed. The students can answer questions we may have.
• Applications received by the 15th of any month will be reviewed and considered for approval at our monthly meeting at the start of the next month. (FYI - No meetings in July or August).

Another thing...STC Youth Impact Award...Do you know of any D303 students making an especially significant positive contribution to the greater STC community this year? In the spring, we'll be recommending a person or persons for this special commendation at a City Council meeting. We're hoping some school personnel like you can help us identify potential candidates since you work with so many students every day. Let us know!

Please email any questions, applications, or recommendations to us at YC@stcharlesil.gov . A member of the Youth Commission will reach out to you once they receive it.

For more information, see below:

Link to Youth Commission Opportunities webpage

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Phone: 331-228-3700

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