Join the LSC for Curriculum Report
Tuesday December 13 – Annex 6:30 p.m.
UPDATE: CPS Network 2 Chief Eduardo Cesario will be joining us for this month's LSC meeting! One of the primary responsibilities of our Local School Council (LSC) is to monitor the Continuous Improvement Work Plan (CIWP), which is the living document that drives the curriculum being taught at Waters. At next week's meeting, the LSC will give a progress report on the curriculum goals for 2016-18.  If you have interests, questions, or concerns about the curriculum and how it is implemented, student-led parent-teacher conferences, test scores, etc–please join us! We will also be hearing a new STEAM update and proposal from Mrs. Vecchioni and a report from our Bilingual Advisory Committee (BAC), in addition to our normal committee reports (tentative agenda). Finally, in the spirit of the season, bring a snack or treat to share if you feel so inclined!

Learning Continues Over Winter Break
The Chicago Public Library (CPL) is challenging kids to mix it up this winter break by exploring the world of chemistry! From December 19 to January 9, be a chemist by cooking with an adult, making your own bubble solution, or trying one of the experiments below. To complete the challenge:

• Read (book, magazine or website) for 20 minutes a day for at least five days
• Discover and Create by doing at least one of the activities below and telling us about it
• Keep track of your progress on the Winter Learning Challenge log (Spanish log). Return your completed log to any CPL location by January 17 to receive a prize.

GROWCommunity Builds Support for Neighborhood High Schools
Support our neighborhood high school with a yard sign to go alongside your Waters yard sign! Amundsen High School yard signs are now available in the Waters main office. A suggested $5 donation will help offset the production costs and support GROWCommunity, a local non-profit striving to strengthen north side neighborhood schools K-12 and especially our high schools.

Reunión del B.A.C.
Viernes, 9 de Diciembre – sala de maestros 8:30 a.m.
Acompáñanos! Próxima Reunión del B.A.C.
Tema: La Inteligenica emocional de mis hijos y su é​xito escolar.

B.A.C. Meeting
Friday, December 9 – Teacher's Lounge 8:30 a.m.
Join us for our next BAC (Bilingual Advisory Committee) meeting where we will be be discussing the topic of the emotional intelligence of my kids and their success at school.

Ms. Alvarez

​Waters Music Program Notes
Thanks to all the families that have come out for all of our installments of "A Night Out With Mr Bradford." The shows have been fantastic. It's nice to see our Waters families out together. We're fortunate to have a resource available to us like this just blocks away. If you haven't attended a performance at Old Town School, please do yourself a favor and experience this great venue. I'll be listing future dates as soon as they become available for their spring shows.
Our classrooms have also taken several music field trips to Old Town already this year with more to come. We're also going to be providing more opportunity's for students to perform. We are presently planning additional performances for our classrooms and newely formed school choir later this school year. Those details will be coming soon.
Please check out The Waters Winter Fest show on December 21 and  22. 
Mr. Bradford

Waters Winter Fest 2016 – Classroom Holiday Performances
Wednesday, December 21 and Thursday, December 22
You are invited to see classroom holiday performances! There are three different shows so all classrooms can participate and to accommodate seating as best as possible. Kindergarten and 1st grade will have a separate show. Odd and even grade levels will be on different days. Parents are encouraged to choose one performance time to attend.
 
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Wednesday, December 21 8:45-9:15 a.m.
Thursday, December 22 8:45-9:15 a.m.
 
2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th Grades
Wednesday, December 21
9:30-10:30 a.m.
2:00-3:00 p.m.
 
3rd, 5th and 7th Grades
Thursday, December 22
9:30-10:30 a.m.
2:00-3:00 .p.m