Friday, October 16, 2015

Do you want to join in on some fun!!!???  It's that time of the year again and we will be making apple pies at Hy-Vee on Locust Street!  Hy-Vee on Locust Street is our business partner and we assist in peeling, assembling, packing, and sampling of apple pies.  Hy-Vee gives the Washington Renaissance Program a portion of sales!  We are looking for students/parents, and staff to assist us on Wed, Oct. 21st - Friday Oct 23rd from 3:30 to 7 (approx. ending time) and from 9 to 4 on Oct. 24th and Oct. 25th.  Sign up in the Activities/Attendance Office if you are interested in helping!  This is a great way to demonstrate COMMUNITY!

 Sign up in attendance/activities office for 7 and 8 grade girls basketball and  7th and 8th grade wrestling! PRACTICE STARTS NEXT WEEK!
Band musicians in grades 6-8 will combined to March in the Dubuque Halloween Parade on Monday, Oct 26. The parade line is at Jackson Park at 5:30 p.m. a The parade begins at 6:30 p.m. and ends at Washington Park. All musicians are to pick your permission slip and return it to the office or Mrs. Stevens. School appropriate costumes may be worn/no masks.  Musicians are responsible to bring your instrument home the day of the parade and get it back to school the following day.  The Band will be playing The Monster Mash.

On Tuesday, October 20th, the Washington VPA program will host a Panera Fundraising Night to raise money to support this year's production of "The Music Man"!  If you stop into Panera anytime between the hours of 4 and 8pm and show them the flyer that you will receive during home base on the 19th or an electronic version of it located on the Washington website, then Panera will donate a portion of the proceeds from your purchase to our show!  It’s a handcrafted, delicious meal, all for a great cause!  Questions?  See Mrs. Bookless or Mrs. Schumacher!

 No LEAP activities today!
Another date has been added for cupcake wars since there was such a huge response.  Oct. 21 is the second date.  The names of the participants will be posted on the LEAP bulletin board soon!  New dates for safe sitter will be Nov. 3, 10, and 17th.  Remember you must attend all three classes.

Reminder!! Please hand in your track, volleyball and cross country uniform to Cori in the attendance/activities office ASAP

 Happy Birthday!!!
10/16/2015
Haileigh Brockling
Mercedes Cook
Brandon Mangers
10/17/2015
Maya Duerksen Aldunate
Tameisna Johnson
Hannah Winders
10/18/2015
Gabreilla Rangel
Hannah Snyder
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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Do you want to join in on some fun!!!???  It's that time of the year again and we will be making apple pies at Hy-Vee on Locust Street!  Hy-Vee on Locust Street is our business partner and we assist in peeling, assembling, packing, and sampling of apple pies.  Hy-Vee gives the Washington Renaissance Program a portion of sales!  We are looking for students/parents, and staff to assist us on Wed, Oct. 21st - Friday Oct 23rd from 3:30 to 7 (approx. ending time) and from 9 to 4 on Oct. 24th and Oct. 25th.  Sign up in the Activities/Attendance Office if you are interested in helping!  This is a great way to demonstrate COMMUNITY!

 Sign up in attendance/activities office for 7 and 8 grade girls basketball and  7th and 8th 
grade wrestling! PRACTICE STARTS NEXT WEEK!

 LEAP activities for the day: Bringing Books to the Big Screen, Animal Allies, #Chatter Challenge, Lego Exploration, Multicultural Sweets, and Homework Help!
Another date has been added for cupcake wars since there was such a huge response.  Oct. 21 is the second date.  The names of the participants will be posted on the LEAP bulletin board soon!  New dates for safe sitter will be Nov. 3, 10, and 17th.  Remember you must attend all three classes.

 On Tuesday, October 20th, the Washington VPA program will host a Panera Fundraising Night to raise money to support this year's production of "The Music Man"!  If you stop into Panera anytime between the hours of 4 and 8pm and show them the flyer that you will receive during home base on the 19th or an electronic version of it located on the Washington website, then Panera will donate a portion of the proceeds from your purchase to our show!  It’s a handcrafted, delicious meal, all for a great cause!  Questions?  See Mrs. Bookless or Mrs. Schumacher!

 Happy Birthday
Andre Jurisic
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015


Mock Convention: 8th grade students participating in the mock convention will meet next Wednesday Oct. 14 and Wednesday Oct. 28 during homebase with Mrs. Gurdak  in the LRC on the computer side. See you then!

LEAP activities for the day: Bringing Books to the Big Screen, Safe Sitter, #Chatter Challenge, Lego Exploration, and Homework Help

Highlights of the 6th grade athletes who placed in the top 3 of their event at the 6th grade track meet last week. 
*Long Jump—Max Harter- 3rd
*Boys 100 meter dash—Easton Stackis-3rd
* Boys 4x 200 Relay (Easton Stackis, Alec Parkin, Logan Tiesdale and Max Harter)- 3rd
*Boys 800 Dash- Max Harter- 2nd Easton Stackis- 3rd
*Girls Shotput- Maggie Schreiber- 1st
*Girls 800 Dash- Lily Balyati- 2nd
*Girls 200 dash- Jamia Harris- 3rd
*Girls 4x 400 Relay- (Lily Balayti, Jayda Gooch, Evelyn Blackman, Kaitelyn Gross)- 3rd
Congrats to all 6th grade track participants on a great season!

Do you want to join in on some fun!!!???  It's that time of the year again and we will be making apple pies at Hy-Vee on Locust Street!  Hy-Vee on Locust Street is our business partner and we assist in peeling, assembling, packing, and sampling of apple pies.  Hy-Vee gives the Washington Renaissance Program a portion of sales!  We are looking for students/parents, and staff to assist us on Wed, Oct. 21st - Friday Oct 23rd from 3:30 to 7 (approx. ending time) and from 9 to 4 on Oct. 24th and Oct. 25th.  Sign up in the Activities/Attendance Office if you are interested in helping!  This is a great way to demonstrate COMMUNITY!


Sign up in attendance/activities office for 7 and 8 grade girls basketball and  7th and 8th grade wrestling! PRACTICE STARTS NEXT WEEK!
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Monday, October 12, 2015


Mock Convention: 8th grade students participating in the mock convention will meet next Wednesday Oct. 14 and Wednesday Oct. 28 during homebase with Mrs. Gurdak  in the LRC on the computer side. See you then!



Sign up sheets for wrestling and girls basketball are in the athletics office . Practice starts towards end of this month. Please sign up now and make sure you have a physical on file!
Do you want to join in on some fun!!!???  It's that time of the year again and we will be making apple pies at Hy-Vee on Locust Street!  Hy-Vee on Locust Street is our business partner and we assist in peeling, assembling, packing, and sampling of apple pies.  Hy-Vee gives the Washington Renaissance Program a portion of sales!  We are looking for students/parents, and staff to assist us on Wed, Oct. 21st - Friday Oct 23rd from 3:30 to 7 (approx. ending time) and from 9 to 4 on Oct. 24th and Oct. 25th.  Sign up in the Activities/Attendance Office if you are interested in helping!  This is a great way to demonstrate COMMUNITY!

 Happy Birthday!!
Zenebework Andrews
Dylan Dean
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Thursday, October 8, 2015

No School on Friday 10/9/2015

Happy Birthday!!!
10/8/15  Cecelia Brown
10/9/15  Tyler Dietzenbach
10/10/15  Kyle Powell
10/11/15  Hope Donath Gmur
10/11/15  Grant Paar
10/11/15  ThaiLeah Winfrey


Starting Tuesday, the fire doors to the hallways will be locked at 3:30. All of our sports lockers are big enough that players can put their bookbags in the sports lockers. They NO LONGER will be allowed to go back to their school lockers.

 LEAP activities for the Day:Bringing Books to the Big Screen, Y-Club, Animal Allies, Lego Exploration, Introduction to Golf, and Homework Help.

 VPA: If you are in the cast and did not receive a script yet, please bring a binder and a pencil to rehearsal TODAY in order to receive it!  If you cannot be at rehearsal, please make sure to notify Mr. Slade, Mrs. Schumacher, or Mrs. Bookless!


Sign up sheets for wrestling and girls basketball are in the athletics office . Practice starts towards end of this month. Please sign up now and make sure you have a physical on file!











Also in VPA news, we have a Wendy's night coming up next Monday, October 12 from 5-7pm.  Make plans now to get dinner at the Wendy's on JFK that night!  The VPA program will benefit from your support and you can enjoy a delicious meal!














Mock Convention: 8th grade students participating in the mock convention will meet next Wednesday Oct. 14 and Wednesday Oct. 28 during homebase with Mrs. Gurdak  in the LRC on the computer side. See you then!


Sign up sheets for wrestling and girls basketball are in the athletics office . Practice starts towards end of this month. Please sign up now and make sure you have a physical on file!

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