All students in 4th to 8th grade have access to Typing Club.  Typing Club teaches students "touch typing" and requires them to use all 10 fingers to type.  Students took a typing placement test in Digital Media class and were placed within the program.  Students can unlock more lessons the more they work.  

Students are encouraged to cover their fingers with paper while they are typing so they will learn to look at the screen while typing.  Ideally students would also work on typing at home when available as they best way to encourage the muscle memory required is to type often (five to ten minutes) daily.  Students can access Typing Club the same way they get to Myon by using Clever at cps.edu/clever.  If you have questions, please contact Ms. Herman.    

All students have access to the Brain Pop Suite of educational material.  Brain Pop, Jr (found at jr.brainpop.com) is for K to 3rd grade and Brain Pop (brainpop.com) is for 4th to 8th graders.  While these videos and activities are used be classroom teachers, students can also explore this at home on their own. Students were given the username and password in Digital Media.  Please email Ms. Herman if you need the username and password. 

Some younger students call it "Moby" as that is the name of the robot in the program.  There are apps that you can download if you would like to use the program on a tablet.   

Congratulations to our Cross Country Runners who competed at City Wide Finals over the weekend.  All runners did a great job. A special shout out to Forrest Durnbaugh, a 6th grader here at Waters School, for his spectacular run at the City Finals last weekend.  He placed 5th in his age group with a mile time of 6:09.18! What a great run.

Thank you for all the support.  The students loved the pep rally, the chalked sidewalks on the school grounds, and all the support.  A big thank you to lunchroom manager Mr. Williams and 6th grade teacher Ms. Aguilar for joining the team at the race.  

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Have your student join in the fun by dressing up for our Spirit Week Days.  We will start this Friday and end next Thursday.  (No School for students on Friday, November 2nd).  Click here for flyer.  

If your child was absent for school pictures, the retakes will be on Thursday, November 1st.  

There are several days of no attendance for students in November. Please note your calendar.  See the CPS calendar here. 

No School for students on Friday, November 2nd for a School Improvement Day.

No School on Monday, November 12th for Veterans Day. 

No School for students on Wednesday, November 14th for Elementary Parent Teacher Conferences.
(details to follow)

No School on Wednesday, November 21st, Thursday, November 22nd, and Friday, November 23rd for the Thanksgiving Break.