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Girls on the Run

1/29/2020

Calling all 3rd - 5th grade girls!

The spring season of Girls on the Run will kick off in mid-March. Practice will be held from 3:30-5 on Monday and Friday afternoons at school. Interested girls need to commit to attend practice both days. Register at www.gotrchicago.org.

Registration deadline is 2/14/2020

Contact Anna Harris for more details.

Mr. Raman's 2020 Rock Band!

1/29/2020

7th and 8th graders are invited to come meet and audition for the 2020 Water's Rock Band. If you have some experience singing and/or playing an instrument and would like to play with others, come to room 301 on Tuesday, February 4th at 3:20!

Contact Mr Raman for more information.

Wildcats represent at the Network STEM Exhibition!

1/21/2020

Congratulations to our Regional STEM Exhibition participants! Middle school students, Sylvia Foster-Rice, Elias Vlamis, Noah Bjurstrom and Malaina Rangel represented Waters School at the Truman College Regional STEM Exhibition on January 17th. They did a wonderful job and received many compliments from the judges! A special shout-out to Sylvia Foster-Rice and Noah Bjurstrom, who will move on to represent Waters (and the Network) at the City STEM Exhibition at Illinois Institute of Technology later this spring. Way to go Waters Wildcats!

New to Public School? Attend the next LSC Meeting!

1/15/2020

LSC stands for Local School Council, and the council includes Ms. Kipp, teachers, members of staff, parents and community members. Happening on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, LSC meetings are very informative and a great way to stay informed. Click here to learn more about what the LSC does for Waters, and consider attending the next meeting!

Volunteer to help put on the Art Show

1/15/2020

Volunteers are needed to help with the art show and there's something for everyone: hanging artwork, putting together one of the art stations, grabbing materials, or help run the event - all we're asking for is a couple hours of your time at home or at school! Join the fun and become be a part of this fabulous event!

Click here to sign up.

Email Mrs. Vecchioni or volunteer@waterstoday.org to see how you can help!

Network Science Fair Judges Needed!

1/13/2020

Friday, January 17th 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Truman College, Main Building - Cafeteria
1145 W. Wilson Ave.

Our Network Science Fair is seeking judges to help judge our network fair. We had a good number of judges come out and help us at our fair and it would be great if we could help our Network experience the same. The fair is scheduled for Friday, January 17th at Truman College with judging taking place during the morning. Please join us for this wonderful opportunity by visiting this link for more information and to sign up. Please email Ms. Ballasch if you have any questions.

Recycle Clean Plastic Bags

1/9/2020

Dear Waters families,

Our parent Art/ESL class is beginning a project which seeks to protect our environment. The project is called N.L.F.O.B. which means New Life for Old bags. Parents will crochet the recycled bags into mats for our kindergarten students to sit on during story time. Many bags are needed and we are asking you to please help by donating clean, plastic grocery bags (or plastic bags of similar size). You may drop off the donated bags in our school main office from now through Friday, February 14th.

If you would like to help us crochet (we'll be happy to show you how) please join us anytime on Thursday mornings, 8:30 am - 10:00 in the teachers lounge. We welcome your participation!

Sincerely,
Noelle Garcia, Victoria Mendoza and Rachel Stemple
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Queridas familias de Waters:
Nuestra clase de padres de Arte / ESL está comenzando un proyecto que busca proteger nuestro medio ambiente. El proyecto se llama N.L.F.O.B. lo que significa "New Life for Old Bags" (Nueva Vida Para Bolsas Viejas). Los padres tejerán las bolsas recicladas en esteras para que nuestros alumnos en el jardín de infancia se sienten durante la hora del cuento. Se necesitanmuchas bolsas y le pedimos que nos ayude con donando bolsas de plástico limpias (o bolsas de plástico de tamaño similar). Puede dejar las bolsas donadas en la oficina principal de nuestra escuela empezando desde ahora hasta el viernes 14 de febrero.
Si desea ayudarnos a tejer (estaremos encantados de mostrarle cómo), únase a nosotros en cualquier momento los jueves por la mañana, de 8:30 a.m. a 10:00 en la sala de maestros. ¡Agradecemos su participación!

Sinceramente,

Noelle Garcia, Victoria Mendoza and Rachel Stemple

New Addition Update: Exterior Design

1/8/2020

Here are some images of the exterior design for our new addition, which presented at the Waters LSC Facilities and Ground Committee Meeting on January, 7th.

View from Campbell Avenue.

View from Wilson Avenue.

January 2020 Menus

1/7/2020

Construction Update

1/3/2020

Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 6 p.m.

Please join Administration and LSC Facilities and Grounds Committee for a special presentation of the new Annex design by representatives from CPS Planning and Design. They will present renderings of both the exterior and interior design, including color scheme and floor plans.

This is a great chance to see what lies on the other side of our big construction project.

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