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As we approach winter vacation, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who makes our school such a special place. Our students have shown tremendous growth and resilience this semester, working hard academically and contributing positively to our school community. Our staff continues to go above and beyond to create engaging, meaningful learning experiences and foster a supportive environment for every student. And, of course, our families and community members have been incredibly supportive, helping us all work together to make this school year a success.

The winter break offers a chance to pause, recharge, and reflect on our accomplishments. It’s also an opportunity to set new goals and be inspired to take on the second half of the school year with energy and enthusiasm. As we celebrate this season, let’s carry forward the spirit of kindness, generosity, and hope that brings us together as a community.

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Winter Break will be held from Monday, December 23 through Friday, January 3

Monday, January 6th is a Teacher Institute Day - No School.

School resumes Tuesday, January 7th.

Wednesday, January 8

7:00-9:30 p.m. Central School Commons

Geography Bee - Our 10 finalists (2 each from 4th-8th grade) are set for our school level competition on Fri, Jan 10th at 2:00 in our Central school library. Good luck and have fun looking over maps and studying over break.

Tuesday, January 14th at 8:30 a.m.

Click the Virtual Backpack Link to see the archive.

Best wishes for a wonderful Holiday break to all! As we approach the holiday break, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt thanks to all of our families for your continued support and involvement this year. Your time, energy, and generosity have brightened our school and made our events and initiatives a success. We are excited for more opportunities to work together in 2025!

Lou Malnati’s Pizza Sale

Order forms were sent home with students and are due back after break on Wednesday, January 8th. Pizza coupons will be delivered via student backpacks the first week of February. Prizes will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place sellers! There will be a movie & popcorn party for students that sell 10 or more pizzas or opt to make a $25 direct donation to WEF. See the flyer for more details or contact Jessica Cook (jessicaf1984@yahoo.com / 630-391-1323) with any questions.

Bingo Night is back!

Join us on Friday, January 31st from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Winfield Central Cafeteria for an evening of Bingo.

This is a Family Fun event--all students must be accompanied by an adult. There is no cost to attend and there will be prizes for the winners! Questions? Contact Angie Adams (ang1404@yahoo.com)

Trivia Night: January 11, 2025, 6-10:30 p.m. American Legion Post 76: 570 S Gary Ave, Carol Stream

Historically tickets have sold out for this adults-only event, so don’t wait too long to get signed up! Purchase your tickets here! If you have any questions, email Kelly at: winfieldpto@winfield34.org

Project Hope was a Success!

Thank you to all of our donors and volunteers who helped make Project Hope successful! With your help, we collected enough blood to save 39 lives, received dozens of winter coats and gear to donate to People’s Resource Center and we provided gifts and gift cards to 45 kids! We are so thankful for our community!

You can still make a monetary donation if you want to support our gift giving program to help us cover some of the remaining gifts and gift cards we purchased. Donations can be made through Zelle to wef@winfield34.org.

Holiday Cookies

Thank you to everybody who baked cookies for the staff! We put lovely trays of cookies in the staff lounges and boxes for the crossing guards and custodial staff - the delicious treats were very appreciated!

Cook’s Night Out

Our next Cook’s Night Out event will be at Culver’s in Wheaton (908 E. Roosevelt Rd) on January 15th. The event will be from 5-8 p.m. and our school will receive 10% of ALL sales during that time. No flyer necessary! Hope to see you there!

Box Tops - Holiday Bonuses

Don’t forget to scan your receipts to check for box tops. There are bonus box tops on many of the things used for holiday dinners! Let’s keep scanning and earning!

PTO/WEF Meeting:

Next PTO/WEF meeting: Wednesday, January 8th at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Thanks for your support!

Kelly Kurzer, PTO President
Mary Campbell, PTO Vice President
winfieldpto@winfield34.org

Lesley Gena, WEF President

Gina Christensen, WEF Vice President

wef@winfield34.org

hank you to WEF for funding new puzzle boards and puzzles for our second grade classes! The students are having a wonderful time working on more challenging puzzles over a number of days.

This week in third grade, students wrapped up their holidays around the world research project with a gallery walk. We also reviewed parts of speech. We practiced identifying and using parts of speech in a variety of holiday-themed activities. It was a super busy week in 3/4 Brach! The 3rd graders used context clues to define unfamiliar words in their novel The One and Only Ivan. They also identified examples of figurative language taken from their novel-similes, metaphors, idioms, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia. The 4th graders found examples of imagery in their novel Number the Stars. They worked on using context clues to define unfamiliar words and they also practiced identifying figurative language taken from their novel including oxymoron and allusion. Both 3rd and 4th graders also studied prefixes and how they influence the meaning of words. Finally, 3rd and 4th graders got into the holiday spirit by creating gifts for their family members. 5th grade this week wrapped up their division unit by utilizing their problem solving skills to solve application-based word problems. They also analyzed figurative language the author used in an excerpt from the novel Esperanza Rising.

In advanced digital photography class, students participated in the "Big World, Small Object" challenge with the macro lenses. They had such awesome creativity with small figurines of animals and cars. We took photos of the object to make the object look really large and then zoomed out and took a photo of the object to really see how small it is in our big world. We put the photos side by side for a comparison.