Carleton Washburne

We hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Thank you for making time to connect with our staff during winter conferences this past week. Your collaboration with our teachers is a crucial piece of the student experience at Washburne. We know our staff were excited to share and reflect on the progress made by Washburne students as they continue to demonstrate the characteristics listed in our Portrait of a Graduate. As we head into spring (hopefully sooner rather than later if the current weather is any indication), we are encouraged by our students’ resilience and look forward to their continued growth and development.

Lost and Found

Thank you to all of our families who checked our lost and found during conferences. We know that many long-lost items were recovered. We will be keeping our lost and found out in the front foyer over the next few weeks. Please take a look at the photos below and stop by school to claim any lost items.

Institute Day - February 16th

As a reminder, Friday, February 16th is a half day of student attendance. At Washburne, students will be dismissed at 11:50am.

Take Care and Be Well,

Andrew Fenton & Ben Horwitz

Carleton Washburne Principal & Assistant Principal

Washburne Families, we want your feedback on our lunch program.

Please Click Here and take a few minutes to share your feedback as we look to ensure you have the highest quality food service program possible.

Calling all engineers, inventors, and robot wranglers! Spark your creativity and get ready to design and build beyond your wildest dreams! We’re bringing back the Washburne Robotics Club kicking it off on Tuesday, February 20th, continuing for the next 15 weeks!

Here are the details:

Time: Tuesdays, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, a perfect after-school adventure!

Dates: February 20th - June 4th, let's conquer the spring semester with bots!

Location: The CW CoLab, N102, (Mr. Selgrat’s room) Washburne

What to Expect: We will collaborate to build and program Lego robots! We will work together to choose our path as a club, sharpening our creativity and problem-solving skills.

No experience needed: Just bring your enthusiasm, curiosity, and willingness to participate.

The First Lego League Robotics Club is live on the District Web Store.

This year's dance marathon benefiting Lurie Children's Hospital will take place on Friday, March 15th from 3:30-5:30pm at Washburne. If you haven't received a fundraising link from your child or his/her/their advisor yet, you can find your link here. Advisory Links

Where does the money go? Children's Miracle Network

The energetic and creative Dance Marathon Student Steering Committee has set its sights on beating our total from last year, which made us the top fundraising middle school in the country! Our total last year was $83,186.70.

Last, there will be plenty of ways to volunteer to help plan and run the dance Marathon through the PTO. That information is forthcoming. Stay tuned!

Friday, February 16th: 1/2 day Student Attendance, 11:50 AM Dismissal

Tuesday, February 20th: D36 School Board Meeting - 7:15pm @ Washburne School

Families may now access the calendar for the upcoming school year, also available on our District website.

The Accelerated Placement Act requires Illinois public school districts to adopt and implement policies on acceleration that provide opportunities for single subject and grade level acceleration. To learn more about District 36’s acceleration policy implementation, click here to view an infographic and click here to visit our updated webpage. Note that the acceleration request form will be open February 26-March 22.

If you have questions about the policy, please contact the Asst Supt of Innovation, Teaching and Learning, Dr. Becky Mathison, at beckymathison@winnetka36.org.

The District offers regular sessions for families to learn more about a variety of topics.

Click here for the Winter/Spring 2024 schedule.

Videos of the Fall 2023 sessions are available here:

• The Winnetka Experience: Portrait of a Graduate, Portrait of an Educator, and Progressive Education

• District 36: Benchmark Assessments

• The Middle School Experience, AKA “Why is my child acting like this?” Please help.

• Literacy Pilot: How District 36 Educators are Testing Literacy Programs and Practices

The tradition continues – fun for the whole family at Winter Carnival!

On Friday, February 23 from 5-8:30 p.m., the New Trier Senior Class is hosting its annual Winter Carnival, during which the entire Class of 2024 will work with their adviser rooms to transform the Winnetka Campus into various carnival attractions for children. Carnival-goers can expect everything from the classics, like Pop-A-Shot and Putt Putt Golf, to more unique activity booths, such as Glitter World Salon and Human Bowling. Admission at the North main entrance (along Trevian Way) is free and activity tickets are $1 each. Parking is free, and is available in the lots on the east side of the school as well as in any space marked "New Trier High School" in the Indian Hill lot adjacent to the Metra lot at Winnetka Avenue and Green Bay Road.

This year’s carnival will also feature an optional Magic Show, raffle, and more! Purchase tickets for the Liam the Magic Man Magic Show from 5-5:30 ($10 per family) here: https://newtrier.revtr

ak.net/fundraising/fundraising-senior-class/liam-the-magic-man-s-magic-show/

All proceeds benefit the 2024 Senior Class Service Project, Embarc Chicago, which provides “real-world experiential learning accompanied by a state of the art in-class curriculum to change the trajectories of students’ lives.”