A HUGE Congratulations to the Wredling Science Olympiad who competed in the State Olympiad Tournament! The team Placed 4th in Division A for Middle Schools. This is a HUGE deal! Thank you to all the team members for their hard work. We are so proud of their teamwork and accomplishments!

Medals were awarded to the team in the following events:

• 1st place - Game On, Heredity, and Circuit Lab

• 2nd place - Food Science

• 3rd place - Dynamic Planet

• 4th place - Experimental Design, and Fossils

Our Wredling Science Olympiad Team members: Samahi Shah, Yaseen Khan , Ria Ladhani, Kieran Edwards, Kyna Patel, Arpan Shah, Delilah Rodelo-Bristol, Kunal Gaind, Bobby Ward, Ameya Yammanura.

A special shout out to our Science Olympiad Team Leader, Mrs. Stacy Martinez, who received a Distinguished Service Award from the Science Olympiad organization for her many years as a coach and membership on the organization's leadership team. Congratulations, Stacy, on this well-deserved honor!

Just a reminder to parents...

1. You need to pick up kids at the Norris Center parking lot after school, not off the Dunham Road driveway, Kirk Rd, or Fox Chase Blvd roadways.

2. Go slowly and be aware of all students and cars in the lots, crossing the roadways.

3. You need to pull into a parking space in the Norris lot.

4. Please follow all posted signs and arrows. This includes Fox Chase Rd being closed from Kirk Rd to East HS daily for our bus traffic.

5. Parents may NOT pick-up students from our back parking lot without permission from Mr. Loversky (ex. due to injury). They will receive a pass for this purpose. We have too many smaller buses trying to pick up students from this area.

Thank you,

Tim

If your child was assigned to our Remote Academy at any time this year, we would like your RedHawk 8th grade to be in our End-of-the-Year video! If you would like that too, please send a photo of your 8th grader, preferably at their work station (if that makes sense) to meghan.cannon@d303.org.

Please include your child's name in the subject of the email. (ex: Fred Jones 8th Grade Photo)

We are excited as we celebrate our 8th graders as they move to high school. We will send specific details closer to the date. Here are our tentative plans:

• 8th-grade yard signs for all students (see sample photo)

• A lunch and treats provided by our WMS PTO

• The debut of our 8th-grade awards video

• Yearbook signing with classmates.

We are working with our PTO and 8th-grade teachers to make this day as fun as possible while still maintaining social distance.

The Wredling Athletic Department is asking parents of track athletes to follow the guidelines below to help align with IDPH and prevent the spread of the COVID-19. These are the guidelines that all schools in the athletic conference are following in order to maintain consistency and fairness.

• Home meets: We are encouraging no more than two spectators per family.

• Away meets: Parents are asked to not attend away track meets this season. In accordance with this, we are asking that athletes be picked up upon arrival back at Thompson.
  
  

Are you interested in working a few hours per day? Only when students are in the building? The WMS lunchroom is looking for lunch supervisors. Hours 10:45-2:00 pm when school is in session.

Creative Writing Awards

The AAUW Batavia-Geneva-St. Charles branch continues its tradition of encouraging and honoring aspiring young writers through its Creative Writing Contest. This year they celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the contest. Their judges read every entry carefully and find it rewarding to see that many young people still take time to seek self-expression through writing. They would like to thank all the teachers and parents for supporting their children’s interest in writing.

Wredling students receiving Honorable Mention recognition are:

• Thomas Howe for his 7th Grade Poetry submission, "I Had to Write"

• Lauren Martin for her 6th Grade Poetry submission, "The Words of Mother Nature"