School-Wide Exhibition
Friday, June 10 – First Floor Hallway 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Join us for the Second Semester All-School Digital and Visual Art Exhibit: "Inside-Out(siders): Celebrating Self-Taught, Outsider and Vernacular Artists In America!"
While you're here, check out the Celebration of 5th grade Ancient Civilization Studies: "Night At The Museum."

As with every school-wide exhibition, Ms. Vecchioni needs lots of help hanging student artwork every day the week before the show. Thank you in advance!

City Playoff Game – 7th/8th-Grade Girls Soccer Team
Wednesday, June 1 – Garfield Park 5:00 p.m. 
Congratulations to Waters 7/8 grades girls soccer team who won network championship game last Friday. The team advances to the city playoffs and will play their first game against an opponent to be announced today, June 1. Many thanks to Coach Gaytan.

Stay tuned to the Waters Elementary School Facebook Page this coming Monday as the final auction items from Big Night will be up for grabs throughout the day. Please note this is not the official auction post. The auction will begin Monday, June 13 at 9am with a separate official post.

Available Packages: 

Item #1: Flag Football and Swimming
Your kid can be active on land and sea with this great package! i9 Sports offers youth sports leagues, camps and clinics for boys and girls ages 3-17 in today’s most popular sports. Your child will love their season of flag football, soccer, or basketball, grades PreK-8th, with i9's focus on fun, safety, convenience, and good sportsmanship. Then, if your child is ready to learn to swim or looking to perfect a stroke, they will swim like a fish ... or a dolphin after these sessions at Blue Dolphin! Chicago Blue Dolphins offers state-of-the-art swim lessons in the comfort of a 90 degree indoor pool. Eight sessions of kid's group swimming classes will provide them with all the training they need. Blue Dolphin certificate is non-refundable, non-transferable and is valid one year from the date of purchase. i9 certificate expires 12/31/2016
Value of $378.
 
Item #2: Orthodontics
New Clients get $500 off your orthodontist work from this friendly, professional, on-time, wonderful orthodontist, Dr. Karen Seder. (Used and recommended by Waters parents!) Dr. Seder promotes healthy oral care and builds confidence through orthodontic treatment for children, teens, and adults. Her practice specializes in using the most leading-edge practices and techniques in the dental market today. Seder Orthodontics offers clear and metal braces, lingual braces, Invisalign®, and expanders. The friendly staff is passionate about putting you at ease, answering all questions, and will even play movies for you while you wait for a family member! For new clients only. Expires 5/2017.
Value of $500.
 
Item #3: Be Well with Wellbeing Personalized Healthcare
Explore alternative medicine with your choice of an initial functional or naturopathic evaluation. Functional medicine is a personalized, whole-person approach to identify and address the root causes of disease and dysfunction. Physicians listen to patients’ histories and look at the role that lifestyle, genetic influences, dietary patterns, and environmental exposures can have on long-term health and complex and chronic disease. Or, have a naturopathic medicine evaluation, unique in its holistic, natural approach to health and healing. This patient-centered approach offers tailored treatments to help patients obtain optimal wellness on all levels: physical, emotional, chemical.
This wellness package also includes an initial chiropractic medicine visit, with exam and treatment. Chiropractors use a drug-free, hands-on approach to treat the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system using manual therapies such as manipulation of the spine, other joints, and soft tissues. They also recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises, as well as provide nutritional, dietary, and lifestyle counseling. Wellbeing Personalized Healthcare is located at 1767 W. Wilson in Chicago.
Value of $225.
 
Item #4: Create A One-of-a-kind Family Portrait
The Abstract Family Portrait is both a whole family experience and work of art created for your family that is unique to them. The first layer of the painting is painted by the family at the Artist's studio. The Artist then completes the painting over the next three weeks. The finished product is both a work of stunning beauty and a living symbol of the family's bond. It is an experience that lasts a lifetime. **Size of painting 24"x36". Final product is based on the direction agreed upon by the family and the artist during the phone consultation preceding the studio visit. Elizabeth Tuckwell Painting.
Value of $1,000.
 
Item #5: City Kids Dental
New Patient only - first visit at City Kids Dental. The visit includes an introduction to the dental setting, finger and pacifier habit discussion, oral exam of soft tissues and teeth, a cleaning and a fluoride treatment. Expires 4/30/17.
Value of $210.
 
Item #6: Solve the Mystery
The Mystery League specializes in intense puzzle hunts and events that send you around a museum or neighborhood hunting for clues, playing games, solving riddles, and deciphering codes. This hunt takes place at the Art Institute of Chicago. It requires at least 3 people and can support up to 15 people (who will be split into 3 teams). Players will be given a guide, and then sent around the museum to inspect the art and hunt for answers. Players should expect to walk a couple miles around the museum throughout the course of the event. The event should 3 hours, though we can tweak it to be less or more. We will work with you to find a good date. Art Institute admission must be purchased separately.
Value of $1,000.

Biodiversity Day and Bioblitz
Wednesday June 8 – Waters Grounds
Waters is hosting a Biodiversity Day and Bioblitz on our school grounds. A Bioblitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. At the event, students, teachers, parents, and local naturalists work together to get an overall count of the plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms that live in a specific place. One of the goals of the Bioblitz is to increase our awareness of how important biodiversity is, even in our urban environment!  A US Forest Service Bioblitz grant is funding materials for the ecology program. We will be using the​ iNaturalist website and mobile app to record and report our findings.
Here's a video of a Schoolyard Bioblitz.

Upcoming Drama Events
Throughout the month of June, opportunities for the 3rd – 8th grade drama classes will be made so that these classes can present short plays that have been the focus of the curriculum. Questions? Contact Ms. Garcia.

Stone Soup and Broadway Tunes
Thursday, June 9 – 9:00 a.m and 1:00 p.m
Friday, June 10 – 9:00 a.m and 1:00 p.m.
The fourth graders from Ms. Rivadeneira’s class created a dramatic performance in Drama class with Ms. Garcia based off of the story “Stone Soup”. In addition, the second grade classes have honed their voice skills and will be performing a selection of Broadway songs after the play.

Variety Show
Tuesday, June 14 – Gym 8:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
Wednesday, June 15 – Gym 8:45 a.m and 12:45 p.m
Students from various grade levels will be sharing their talents! Participants will have one dress rehearsal during school hours on Monday, June 13.

Kindergarten Showcase
Tuesday, June 21 – 9:00 a.m.
Kindergartners are practicing for their upcoming kinder celebration – we look forward to sharing our songs and dance routines with you! We are excited to show you what we learned in drama this spring.

Second Annual Wildcat Walkathon
Friday, June 3 2016
WatersToday now supports all sports programming at Waters, including sports/chess teams, coach stipends, team uniforms and equipment. Waters needs $12,500 for the 2016-17 school year to keep these programs running, and the Wildcat Walkathon is a great way for students and families to help raise these funds!
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​Our goal is for each student to raise $50 in pledge donations. 

• Consider encouraging your child to identify five to 10 family and friends and ask each person for $5–$10 pledge. ​
• Promote online pledging by helping your child create a video to text or email to friends and family.

Pledge sheets are due this Wednesday, June 1.
Sign up here to volunteer.
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Individual Pledge Rewards
• Raise any pledge: Exclusive Wildcat Sunglasses – wear on Walk-A-Thon day!
• Raise $50+ in pledges: Wildcat Duffle bag with more Waters swag

Top Five pledge raisers are eligible for one of the following rewards
The Number One pledge raisers will get first pick, Second pledge raiser will get second pick, etc.
• Two Cubs tickets: 7/18/16 Monday evening game
• Six private swim lessons at Galter Life Center (expires 5/16/17)
• $100 gift card to New Balance athletic shoe store
• Field Museum Annual Family Membership (activate by 8/31/16)
• LSAC Pool Party (one hour in pool, one hour in kids club, one lifeguard and one Kids Club staff included, up to 15 kids, children cannot be unattended in pool area; must be redeemed by 12/15/16)
Class Rewards
• An extra hour of recess during the last 10 days of school will be awarded to the class who raises the most money in each grade.  
• The class who raises the most money in the entire school will also enjoy a one-hour fitness clinic (soccer or yoga) and a class trophy!

Waters Families: Try this easy script for your student(s) to use in a pledge request video to family and friends.
Hi (Family or Friend),
On June 3rd, my school will be having it's annual Wildcat walk-a-thon. I am hoping you are willing to pledge $5, $10 or maybe even more money. I am walking to be physically fit and raise money to support my school's sports and chess teams. The more money I raise, the more rewards I earn. If I'm a top pledge raiser, I'd really like to have ______ reward or _____ reward. Thanks so much for your support ! Love ya, (Family or Friend)!

Learn more here about the event.