Monday, October 26, 2015


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

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.

Please stop in the activities office to  pick up your sports pin if you participated in fall sports! thanks Cori

The following Band Musicians will be performing in the Loras College Honor Band this Friday, Oct 30th.  The Concert begins at 6:00 P.M. in the Loras College Fieldhouse.

During the school day, students are to first receive teacher and office permission to use the phone in the office. Use of the office phone should be defined to school-related matters. Cell phones are not permitted for use in school after 7:45 a.m. You are not allowed to text or call during class or while passing in the hallways. If it is necessary to bring a cell phone to school it cannot interrupt the learning environment. Electronic devices such as, Kindles and Nooks may be used at the
discretion of the classroom teacher. 
Students are not allowed to have their cell phones out at any
time during the day, unless you are given prior 
permission from a staff member. If a staff member sees you with your cell phone out, and you did not get prior approval your phone will be turned into the main office.
-First offense the student may pick up their phone at the end of the school day from the main office.
-Second and any offense thereafter a parent/guardian will need to come into school and pick up the cell phone from the main office. 

Joe Delaney, Jasmine Dye, Kayla Sass, Foster Hull, Sophia Kramer, Brylee Lindmeier, Lyden Michels, Max Enabnit, Gavin Hall, Lucia Nelson, Emily Allman, Anna Mae Wu, Jack Kates, Adam Kramer, Caitlyn Larson, Matthew Lemier, Madeline Reel, Peter Rettenmeier, Liam Sass, Jonathan Schultz, Leah Sullivan, Joy Sjoenyi, Jackson Trotman, Kes Whalen, Zander Winders, Payton Zentz, Dalton Dehn, Harrison DementGrahm, Calvin Davis and Noah Buzzell







Friday, October 23, 2015


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

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.

Happy Birthday!!!
10/23/2015
Alexis Martin
Alvin Roberson
10/25/2015
Cory Blackman
Jonathan Schultz

All fall sport uniforms MUST be turned in by Monday October 26th or accounts will be charged! Please bring them to the athletic/attendance office! 

REMINDER
Apple Pie Making at HyVee on Locust Street
Friday 3:30 to 7:00
Saturday 9:00 to 4:00
Sunday 9:00 to 4:00



Please stop in the activities office to  pick up your sports pin if you participated in fall sports! 

Thursday, October 22, 2015

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.

Happy Birthday!!
Evelyn Blakeman
Ellana Culbertson

All fall sport uniforms MUST be turned in by Monday October 26th or accounts will be charged! Please bring them to the athletic/attendance office! 

REMINDER
Apple Pie Making Tonight at HyVee on Locust Street

3:30 to 7:00

Wednesday, October 21, 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!


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.

LEAP activities for the day: Y-Club, BLING, Creative Arts, Drumline and Homework Help, and Cupcake Wars

Happy Birthday!!
Josette Andre
Gynuwyn Thomas

All fall sport uniforms MUST be turned in by Monday October 26th or accounts will be charged! Please bring them to the athletic/attendance office! 

Tuesday, October 20, 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!


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.

TONIGHT, 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!

Girls basketball full practice starts tonight. Wrestling starts Thursday, Oct 22! 

Happy Birthday!!!
Jazmine Scharpf