D60 co-teachers and differentiation specialists recently got some time with Universal Design for Learning on impactful instructional planning to support all students. #d60learns
The Westview Hills Cross Country teams continue to excel!
Westview recently hosted the Wildcat Invitational at Central Park in Bolingbrook. 14 other schools competed against Westview on the two mile course. In the varsity race, Westview was led by Santi who won the race while running a personal best time of 10 minutes and 42 seconds! This is fourth fastest time by a Westview boy in school history! He was followed by Mesfin in 4th, Braden in 7th, Kasper in 10th, and Emmett in 11th who all won medals for finishing in the top 15. Our boys won the varsity race and continued their undefeated season. In the open race, 10 of the 15 medals went to Westview runners. It was a dominant showing led by Ryder P. who won his 2nd race of the season! He was followed by Theo in 2nd, Jack in 3rd, Isaac in 4th, Aayush in 6th, Matthew in 8th, Owen McKinniss in 9th, Shashank in 10th, Oskar in 11th, and Miles in 15th. So many of our boys ran their best times of the season and should be proud of their race Saturday. A special thanks to Mrs. Wolf Golbach, Mr. Visby, and Dr. Scott for helping at the meet!
Today is National Custodian Day! Our custodian and maintenance staff work hard to keep our schools in tip-top shape for our students every day. Thank you to our incredible team!
There are many ways to make sure that students are ready to learn and feel safe and supported while at school. At Maercker D60, a renewed focus on student behavior and positive support have resulted in things looking a little different than in the past. We sat down with Director of Student Services Maureen Kidd and learned more about this work. Read the full story: https://www.maercker.org/article/1784467
Tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 2) is an early release day!
October is National Bullying Prevention Month and is a time to acknowledge that bullying can cause serious harm and that we all need to work together to prevent it!
Westview Hills saxophone and clarinet students had a great clinic last week with Shawn Maxwell from VanDoren reeds. What a great way to grow in their instruments! #d60learns
Holmes is looking great with decorations celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month! #d60learns
If you missed the first parent coffee, you can still get the information by checking out the presentation that was shared at the link. Don’t miss the next Parent Coffee on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at Holmes at 6 p.m. which will be focused on student behavior and attendance! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qQvvf6zPlNJ8jblSDDsqFSAM4zh4po7nsQlUlWCSbZ4/edit#slide=id.gec2964a664_1_6
Westview Hills band students took part at a great step up band event at Hinsdale South High School last week! The Wildcats enjoyed the fabulous marching band halftime show, visited with Westview alums, and had the opportunity to join in a mass band performance of “Handclap” and the Hinsdale South fight song. #d60learns
Students and staff at Maercker celebrated Dot Day by dressing up, completing a cool Dot Day activity on the app Breakout EDU and some classes even designed and colored their own dot with the magic of the app Quiver to see their creation come to life! #d60learns
Maercker D60 is looking for an amazing EL Teacher to join our team at Westview Hills Middle School! Browse the details and apply today! https://www.applitrack.com/maercker/onlineapp/default.aspx?AppliTrackJobID=870&ref=
The Maercker PTA September Membership Drive is almost over! Have you joined this month to be eligible for the prize drawings?
https://www.maerckerpta.org/join-d60-pta
Everyone is doing great with the early release days this year! Tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 25) is another early release day.
The Westview HIlls boys cross country team competed this Saturday in Shorewood, IL at the Troy Invite. There were 47 schools in attendance and a total of three separate races for all three grades. In the 6th grade race, Westview was represented by Nick M., Nick S, Suvan, Adam, F. and Aronas. It’s a big deal for 6th graders to run a race this big and they did a great job of competing in a race of over 270 runners!
In the 7th grade race, our boys took 1st place. Yebby finished in 2nd, Emmett finished in 5th, Isaac in 13th and Theo in 14th. All four boys earned medals for their impressive races and each ran their best times ever! Also running personal best times were Matthew S., Owen M., Shashank, Owen M., Ahmed, and Amatya.
In the 8th grade race, our boys also took first place. Santi finished in 3rd, Mesfin in 9th, Braden in 17th, and Kasper in 22nd. All four boys earned medals and ran their best times ever! Also running personal best times were Jesus, Jack, Anwar, Oscar, and Khelan. Congrats to our team on a great weekend! Way to go Wildcats!
Don’t miss the Westmont Fire Department Open house on Saturday, September 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with tons of free and fun activities for the whole family!
Students at Westview Hills really enjoyed having a visit from New York Times best selling and Newbery Honor winning author Jasmine Warga last week! She spoke about her work as an author and her latest book A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall. Such a great visit! #d60learns
Interested in volunteering with the Maercker PTA? Plan to drop in to meet other PTA volunteers and learn about the different roles and opportunities to help with the PTA on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at the Indian Prairie Public Library. Light refreshments will be available, kids are welcome to attend if you need to bring them along. Open house style, so come for part or the whole time. Please RSVP so they can plan for refreshments!
https://www.maerckerpta.org/event-details/volunteer-information-session
Last week the staff at Holmes joined together to learn about redirecting language to support students with behaviors. This is part of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) work centered around the book The Power of Our Words. #d60learns
Maercker D60 has a great mentorship program in place for our new teachers! Our mentors and mentees recently spent time learning together around strategies to build relationships and routines in their classroom. #d60learns
