These kindergarteners have been learning about birds. Using various tools, they mimicked how different beaks are suitable for different kinds of food based on their structures! #d60learns
First graders had a great time creating their own digital communities on a collaborative tool called Padlet. They were able to add captions to share how different people and places contribute to a community! #d60learns
The district’s food service provider, Whitsons Culinary Group, recently had a pop-up event at Westview Hills Middle School. With the help of Chef Camerron (Cam) Dangerfield, two-time Food Network Master Chef Champion, the Whitsons team prepared a honey fire chicken sandwich with tater tots, fruit, and vegetables. Thank you to Whitsons and Chef Camerron for this delicious experience! 🔥 #d60eats
Thank you to the Westmont Rotary Club who donated dictionaries to our third graders at Maercker Intermediate School for National Dictionary Day! 📖 #d60learns
Science you can eat: FACS students are making pizza and discovering how yeast works its magic to make dough rise. 🍕 #d60learns
Today, Westview Hills celebrated Veterans Day with the annual Veterans Day Assembly, attended by approximately 30 veterans and their families. This meaningful event honored the service and sacrifice of those who have served our country.
The program included musical tributes to the branches of the Armed Services, a performance of Taps, and a heartfelt Google Slides presentation recognizing the family members of staff and students who have served. We were also proud to celebrate one of our own, Mr. Colon, whose military service and continued dedication to our school community exemplify the values we honor on this day. Thank you Veterans! #d60learns
The program included musical tributes to the branches of the Armed Services, a performance of Taps, and a heartfelt Google Slides presentation recognizing the family members of staff and students who have served. We were also proud to celebrate one of our own, Mr. Colon, whose military service and continued dedication to our school community exemplify the values we honor on this day. Thank you Veterans! #d60learns
This Veterans Day, we honor all who have served.
First graders at Holmes have been experimenting with light this fall. They’ve learned all about how light helps us to see and that opaque objects make shadows! 🎃🦇 #d60learns
In health class, students participated in an empathy-building activity in which they created personalized shoes representing their emotions and the factors that evoke those emotions. Students then engaged in a reflective exercise by connecting with each of the displayed shoes to deepen their understanding of empathy and emotional awareness! #d60learns
In Spanish class, students learned vocabulary related to the different rooms and features of a house. After using Airbnb in Spanish to research potential places to stay, students collaborated in groups to debate which option is the best—conducting the discussion entirely in Spanish to enhance language fluency and cultural understanding! #d60learns
At the end of the day today, Westview Hills celebrated national Saxophone day with some musical accompaniment! #d60learns
Thank you to Laura from the Indian Prairie Public Library who visited to tell all our Westview 6th graders about the Write-On writing competition. Westview is proud to have had many entries and winners in past years. Good luck to our participants! #d60writes
Our girls basketball teams have been crushing it! At their first home games of the season, the Varsity team won 30-18, and JV followed up with a 28-10 victory. Let’s go, Wildcats! 🏀 #d60knowsball
In 6th grade Social Studies, students have been learning factual information about the five major world religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. Through guided lessons, discussions, and comparative activities, students explore each religion’s core beliefs, symbols, traditions, and places of worship. The goal of this unit is to build cultural awareness, promote respect for global diversity, and help students understand how religion has shaped societies and world history! #d60learns
Westview Hills Middle School is looking for a Head Wrestling Coach in order to be able to offer Wrestling beginning in December. Applicants must meet all sport specific coaching certifications and district mandated training requirements. Get more information and apply today: https://www.applitrack.com/maercker/onlineapp/default.aspx?AppliTrackJobID=907&ref=
Holmes has a new social focus this week - following teacher directions!.=We kicked off our focus with a read aloud featuring Mr. Frasz. We know when we all work together we can meet our goals - use our coping strategies and we know you can make good choices to follow teacher directions. #d60learns
Holmes kindergarten students loved being junior directors in their mini green screen debuts! They created their own character, setting and one special event to tell their own story to share with family and friends. #d60learns
Join us online tomorrow, Nov. 5 for the Community Speaker Series webinar on mental health with Dr. Jonathan Singer. Today's adolescents are facing more mental health challenges than any previous generation. In this webinar, Dr. Singer will discuss how to tell the difference between everyday stress and more serious conditions like anxiety or depression, how to recognize warning signs of crisis, and how to talk with kids about these sensitive topics. Register here: https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E127580&id=61
There is QUITE a buzz in the library at Holmes with the second annual Literacy Pumpkins! We had 114 pumpkins sent in and everyone in the building loved walking through them to see all of the amazing creativity! Thank you for helping your students be creative, have fun and celebrate literacy together! #d60learns
This week is National School Psychology Week! Thank you to our school psychologists who have the wellbeing and success of our students at the center each day.
