Kindergarten students use the Amplify curriculum to blend different sounds and grow the skills necessary to become confident readers! #d60learns
The kindergarten day starts with students arriving and putting their items in their cubby. Then it’s time for a morning meeting, which is an opportunity for students to greet one another and learn about each other while having some fun! #d60learns
This week, we are going to spotlight kindergarten at Holmes Primary School! Teacher Danielle Wenc shared a bit about what makes kindergarten special and talked through what a day looks like in her classroom! #d60learns https://www.maercker.org/article/2038631
The legendary former band director John Olsen joined current directors George Huff, Peggy Sue Casey, and Karen Moffett for the 50th Annual Band Spaghetti Dinner!
Yesterday, Westview Hills celebrated students for being respectful, responsible, and ready to learn with a student incentive day! Students earned this special day by filling the PAW tower with student PAWS. Activities included making friendship bracelets, karaoke, sports, visiting with a therapy dog, Lego building, and career speaker sessions. #d60learns
The chess team completed their regular season yesterday with a solid victory over Cass by a score of 18-12. With the win, the team finished in 1st place in the Conference with a perfect 9-0 record!
Leading the way once again was Bhaumik AKA “The Chess Wizard”, who finished the season as the only player on the team with a perfect 9-0 record in matches. Other Wildcats who won their match were: Aayush, Sri, DJin, and Jonathan.
Congratulations to the team on an amazing regular season! Up next the team will compete in the Conference Tournament at Cass Jr. High on Saturday. Good luck, Wildcats!
Don’t miss 123 Andrés performing a free concert on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at Westview Hills Middle School! Join us at 6 p.m. for the BPAC meeting with the concert kicking off at 6:30.
Maercker Wildcats in Mrs. Nessingers 3rd grade class started their Viking voyage this week! During this interactive ELA unit, students will learn about the life of a Viking and explore various locations in Scandinavia! #wonderfuldaytobeaWildcat
Each Friday, a group of second graders announce the Weekly News for the whole school to enjoy during their morning meeting. We love our Holmes News Crew who shares the School Focus, fun facts, holiday of the day, jokes and sings the school song for everyone! #d60learns
World Read Aloud was a hit with eight different authors virtually joining all of our K-2 classrooms to read aloud and hold a Q&A with the students. We even had one author join us from Pakistan at 10 p.m. her time! It was a great way to celebrate reading together! #d60learns
The Maercker Band Spaghetti Dinner is coming up on Friday, Feb. 21. Thank you to the Conductor's Circle Level Sponsors including Melissa Lively Homes, Aura Massage and Skincare, Clarendon Vision Advanced EyeCare, Beata and Sara Kolpek with Platinum Partners Realtors, and Bua Thai Kitchen!
Students at Holmes love STEM activities! STEM library stations are a lot of fun for all grades and allows students to use all kinds of coding robots, games and activities! #d60learns
50 years of D60 Band Spaghetti Dinners! The D60 Band Spaghetti Dinner is returning on Friday, Feb. 21 from 4:30-8:30 p.m. at Maercker School. We can’t wait for this awesome event!
On Friday, Feb. 7, The Westview Hills student leadership team did their first “movie night” after school with a showing of Shrek complete with fresh popcorn! Students did a great job with the planning and organizing our first movie night and community fundraiser and we hope will pave the way for many more student-led events like this.
Maercker students share the love with our community by making special valentines for the residents of Burgess Square. Such a wonderful day to be a Wildcat!❤️
Don’t forget that Monday, Feb.17 is a non-attendance day!
The D60 Band Spaghetti Dinner is returning on Friday, Feb. 21 from 4:30-8:30 p.m. at Maercker School. Every year, the band program puts on a spaghetti dinner as the main fundraiser to support music education in Maercker District 60. This year is the 50th anniversary of the dinner and it’s going to be a big celebration of half a century of music in our community! If your company or family would like to sponsor the event, get more information to find out how you can support the band program in our schools.
https://maercker.revtrak.net/spaghetti-dinner-sponsorship/
Don’t miss Bilingual Bingo at Westview Hills on Wednesday, Feb. 19! There will be two groups at 6 and 7 p.m. respectively. This is always a ton of fun! #d60learns
https://www.maerckerpta.org/bilingual-bingo
Due to inclement weather, the Maercker D60 Kindergarten Kick Off Meeting will be postponed until Thursday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. at Holmes where we invite parents of future kindergarten students to join us to learn about our kindergarten programs!
Maercker D60 Schools will be moving to an E-Learning Day for Wednesday, Feb. 12 due to forecasted inclement weather.
Find all E-Learning Information on our Website: https://www.maercker.org/page/e-learning
