It’s the end of the 2024-25 school year, but it’s never too early to start thinking about school supplies for next year. The Maercker PTA makes it easy to order School Supply Kits!
https://www.maerckerpta.org/school-supply-kits
Chromebook Device collection continues this week! An important reminder for families! Students will keep their cases in a safe place at home over the summer. Chromebook collection will take place at Holmes May 27, at Maercker May 28, and at Westview May 27 & 28.
There is officially one week until the last day of the 2024-25 school year! Friday, May 30 will be a half day. Westview Hills will dismiss at 11 a.m., Holmes will dismiss at 11:30 a.m. and Maercker will dismiss at 12 p.m.
Don’t forget, Monday May 26 is a non-attendance day. Enjoy the long weekend before the final days of the 2024-25 school year!
Maercker D60 is celebrating four amazing members of our team who will be retiring this year. Between the four of them, they have 82 years of service to the students of our district! Be sure to thank and congratulate:
-Karen Martin – Psychologist - 30 years
-Sue Schirle – Homes Special Education Teacher - 14 years
-Trudy Vacek – Maercker Instructional Assistant - 21 years
-Joanne Van Hoegarden - Maercker Administrative Assistant - 17 years
Yesterday, Mrs. LaPointe's WIN class partnered with the Village of Westmont to plant two drought-resistant native trees on the Westview campus. This initiative helps increase the tree canopy cover in our area and contributes to reducing the urban heat island effect. The project not only supports environmental sustainability but also provided students with a meaningful, hands-on learning experience in local ecological stewardship. Great job!
The Maercker PTA is looking for volunteers for the Westview Hills 8th Grade Dinner Dance! Sign up to help out at the link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4DA9A82DA1F58-56890617-westview?fbclid=IwY2xjawKTL4VleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF1UHNhRU1JUktRZWVFYmo1AR6za82wD8EG1I2eAEr5DRe8sIk0jqOJraU32IvHTQ8Pegu8Oer67XUvh8G5Cg_aem_6qEC1yXZ43rqz_zaX1Hqbg#/
An important reminder for families! All student devices, chargers/cords, and styluses will be collected beginning on Wednesday, May 21. Students will keep their cases in a safe place at home over the summer. Chromebook collection will take place at Holmes May 23 & 27, at Maercker May 23 & 28, and at Westview May 27 & 28. Devices for 8th graders will be collected on May 21.
The boys volleyball team defeated Herrick yesterday to become the 2025 SDEAA Boys Volleyball Champions!
The team was firing on all cylinders, connecting on strong attacks, making outstanding defensive plays, and displaying great communication to help lead them to victory. Imran and Niko played super tough at the net, Shashank and Vinnie played strong defense in the back row, Sri, Braden, and Rituraj connected on several attacks, and Sorbilig's serves were on fire. Coach Hosman is proud of the entire team for their dedication this season and for coming together to achieve season goal!
Our Maercker School Art, Books, and Beyond is happening on Thursday, May 15, from 5:00-6:30 PM. So much talent and so much fun! #maerckerpride
At their May meeting, the D60 Board of Education approved the hiring of the next leader of Holmes Primary School, Elisa Maldonado!
“I have heard so many great things about Holmes,” said Maldonado. “One thing that stood out is how engaged the community is. It is clear that the families are committed to the school so I want to continue that relationship and cultivate a school that represents the community that we serve!”
Read the full story for more
https://www.maercker.org/article/2211875
Science Fair for 7th and 8th graders can progress to the Regional and State levels. This year, six students from Westview planned and carried out their own experiments, writing a detailed lab report, and made it to the State Exposition in Urbana Champaign, where they competed for $60,000 of prizes and scholarships. It was a grueling ordeal with over nine hours of judging, but our students did an amazing job. Aayush, Bhaumik and Rituraj, and Sreyashi and Madhurya all placed in the gold category for their projects, with Bhaumik and Rituraj receiving the Thermo Fisher Prize for being in the top 10% of all projects. Angel received a special cash prize for Outstanding Use of the Metric System. Way to go, Wildcats!
Maercker School families, come view your student's hard work in STEM and fine arts at the Art, Books, and Beyond Fair at Maercker School on Thursday, May 15 from 5-6:30 p.m
The Westview Hills Future Problem Solvers compete in teams of four, trying to apply the six step problem solving process to complex issues anticipated for our society’s future. In competition, students have two hours to read a setting scene from 20 to 40 years in the future, develop 16 potential challenges based on that scene and their background research, distill those challenges to an underlying problem, generate solutions to solve that problem, create a rubric to determine the qualities of the best solution, apply the rubric, and then develop an action plan. Later, students create a 3-4 minute oral presentation to sell their action plan.
This year the topics were Food Security, Agricultural Industry, and for State, Nanotechnology. While the Wildcats did not place in the written packet, there was a lot to celebrate!
-The team with Madhurya, Sreyashi, Jessica, and Angel got 6th in oral presentations
-The team with Aayush, Giovanni, Bhaumik, and Alex got 3rd
-The team with Ayla, Nour, Georgia, and Shreeya got 2nd place in their division.
-Last but not least, our team with Sana, Adhishna, Vaishnavi, and Vihaan did the best of all the teams at their written packet.
Good job all!
The Maercker Band and Choir Concert was a huge success! The students did a great job and were so impressive. Way to go! The show featured the Maercker 5th grade beginning band, 96 members strong who have only been playing their instruments for nine months!
Summer Band registration is also happening now!
Summer band will be at Westview Hills Middle School Mondays through Thursdays from 7-8 p.m. June 16 - July 4
The band will be performing the National Anthem at a Kane County Cougars game on June 19 and performing a concert in the gazebo at Ty Warner Park on July 4 in the afternoon!
Don’t forget that the deadline for the accelerated math appeals process is the last day of school! You can get more information about the program and the process on the website! #d60learns
https://www.maercker.org/page/accelerated-placement
Sophia S. is up for Ask an 8th Grader! She will be going to Hinsdale Central next year.
What is your best memory of your time in Maercker District 60?
I truly enjoy every day. If I had to choose my best memory I would say talking with my teachers and classmates and them making me laugh. Another memory that I had is if you are in SLT (student leadership team) there is Step up day for the fifth graders and it’s where they come to Westview and you get to talk to them about Westview and what to expect and I truly enjoy it.
Who is a teacher who made an impact on you during your time here?
Every teacher has made an impact on me. If I had to choose a few I would say Ms Pervan, Mr Larson, and Ms Regalado.
What are you interested in doing for your future?
I’m not sure yet but maybe something with kids
What advice do you have for students starting at Westview Hills Middle School next year?
My advice for students starting at Westview Hills is try your best and don’t be afraid to ask questions because the teachers are always there to help you. You can also go in during WIN. Also have fun because three years will go by really fast, especially 8th grade.
Congratulations to the Westview Hills boys and girls swim team for an amazing season! Westview placed 6th overall as a school. The boys did a great job and placed 3rd at the meet.
-Sean L. placed 2nd in 25 back, and 50 back, 6th in the 100 yd free
-Paul S. Placed 4th in the 25 breast, and 6th in the 60 breast
-Logan G. did a great job contributing to the relays and helped the team place 4th in the medley with Sean, Paul and Gab
-Suvan P. did a great job placing first in his heat for the 50 yard free (participating in his first swim meet ever!)
-Masood R. did a fabulous job in his first meet helping the relay team of Sean, Jason and Suvan place 6th in the 100 free relay
For the girls team, Miriam K., Sreyashi N. and Amy Z. sped down the lane in the 25 free event. Vaishnavi braved through multiple events in breaststroke, and Adrianna Q. flew down the pool in the 25 butterfly event. Great work!
May is also Jewish American Heritage Month, which pays tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who helped form the fabric of American history, culture and society!
April was Arab American Heritage Month and students at Holmes heard about the language and calligraphy, architecture, music, food, clothing and viewed maps and flags of Arabic countries. Thanks to the parent volunteers that helped make this happen! #d60learns
