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Science you can eat: FACS students are making pizza and discovering how yeast works its magic to make dough rise. 🍕 #d60learns

Today, Westview Hills celebrated Veterans Day with the annual Veterans Day Assembly, attended by approximately 30 veterans and their families. This meaningful event honored the service and sacrifice of those who have served our country.

The program included musical tributes to the branches of the Armed Services, a performance of Taps, and a heartfelt Google Slides presentation recognizing the family members of staff and students who have served. We were also proud to celebrate one of our own, Mr. Colon, whose military service and continued dedication to our school community exemplify the values we honor on this day. Thank you Veterans! #d60learns

This Veterans Day, we honor all who have served.

First graders at Holmes have been experimenting with light this fall. They’ve learned all about how light helps us to see and that opaque objects make shadows! 🎃🦇 #d60learns

In health class, students participated in an empathy-building activity in which they created personalized shoes representing their emotions and the factors that evoke those emotions. Students then engaged in a reflective exercise by connecting with each of the displayed shoes to deepen their understanding of empathy and emotional awareness! #d60learns

In Spanish class, students learned vocabulary related to the different rooms and features of a house. After using Airbnb in Spanish to research potential places to stay, students collaborated in groups to debate which option is the best—conducting the discussion entirely in Spanish to enhance language fluency and cultural understanding! #d60learns

At the end of the day today, Westview Hills celebrated national Saxophone day with some musical accompaniment! #d60learns

Thank you to Laura from the Indian Prairie Public Library who visited to tell all our Westview 6th graders about the Write-On writing competition. Westview is proud to have had many entries and winners in past years. Good luck to our participants! #d60writes

Our girls basketball teams have been crushing it! At their first home games of the season, the Varsity team won 30-18, and JV followed up with a 28-10 victory. Let’s go, Wildcats! 🏀 #d60knowsball

In 6th grade Social Studies, students have been learning factual information about the five major world religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. Through guided lessons, discussions, and comparative activities, students explore each religion’s core beliefs, symbols, traditions, and places of worship. The goal of this unit is to build cultural awareness, promote respect for global diversity, and help students understand how religion has shaped societies and world history! #d60learns

Westview Hills Middle School is looking for a Head Wrestling Coach in order to be able to offer Wrestling beginning in December. Applicants must meet all sport specific coaching certifications and district mandated training requirements. Get more information and apply today: https://www.applitrack.com/maercker/onlineapp/default.aspx?AppliTrackJobID=907&ref=

Holmes has a new social focus this week - following teacher directions!.=We kicked off our focus with a read aloud featuring Mr. Frasz. We know when we all work together we can meet our goals - use our coping strategies and we know you can make good choices to follow teacher directions. #d60learns

Holmes kindergarten students loved being junior directors in their mini green screen debuts! They created their own character, setting and one special event to tell their own story to share with family and friends. #d60learns

Join us online tomorrow, Nov. 5 for the Community Speaker Series webinar on mental health with Dr. Jonathan Singer. Today's adolescents are facing more mental health challenges than any previous generation. In this webinar, Dr. Singer will discuss how to tell the difference between everyday stress and more serious conditions like anxiety or depression, how to recognize warning signs of crisis, and how to talk with kids about these sensitive topics. Register here: https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E127580&id=61

There is QUITE a buzz in the library at Holmes with the second annual Literacy Pumpkins! We had 114 pumpkins sent in and everyone in the building loved walking through them to see all of the amazing creativity! Thank you for helping your students be creative, have fun and celebrate literacy together! #d60learns

This week is National School Psychology Week! Thank you to our school psychologists who have the wellbeing and success of our students at the center each day.

We love these adorable and spooky submissions for our staff pumpkin decorating contest! Which one is your favorite? #d60halloween

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has updated the proficiency benchmarks for the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) to better reflect students’ progress toward real college and career readiness expectations. These new benchmarks ensure that student scores more accurately represent what students know and can do.

Check out the latest issue of the D60 E-Newsletter for more information:

https://maerckersd60il.edurooms.com/engage/important-updates-from-maercker-school-district-60/newsletters/maercker-d60-news-notes-october-29-2025

🌟 Gold Standard Spotlight: Sarah Erwin 🌟
Sarah’s adaptability, data-driven leadership, and collaborative spirit inspire both staff and students. She empowers teachers, strengthens PLCs, and models resilience every day. Thank you, Sarah, for being The Gold Standard! 👏💛