Thank you to all the vendors and presenters who came to Waterford to share on wellness! It was a day full of learning! Now that our staff is refreshed and recharged, we are ready to tackle the rest of the school year!
Thank you to our 8th-grade leaders for being part of the Kindness Retreat for our elementary students. You were great role models and showcased what it means to be a Falcon!
Author, Stef Wade, visited our students at Trailside Elementary, Evergreen Elementary, and Woodfield Elementary to showcase her new book Every Day's a Holiday!
Congratulations to the fourth and fifth grade students who came together to compete in the Math 24 District Tournament. We want to thank the following 8th grade students who came to help lead and judge the tournament: Rylie K, Elyse H, Tyler J, Hudson S, Andrew W, Josh R, Noble H and Jacoby M. A special thank you to Tony Spence for helping judge the 5th grade students as well.
4th Grade District Winners:
1st place: Nolan S (WF)
2nd place: Griffin H (EG)
3rd place: Harvey G (WF)
5th Grade District Winners:
1st place: Travis K (WF)
2nd place: Easton V (WF)
3rd Place: Payton O (EG)
The following students will move onto the Regional Tournament being held on Feb. 8th at Washington Caldwell:
4th Grade: Ben W (EG), Luc B (WF), Marek B (TS), Nolan S(WF), Harvey G(WF), Griffin H (EG). Alternates include, Austin F (WF) and Camden S (TS).
5th Grade:
CJ M (WF), Ashlynn O (EG), Alana W (TS), Easton V (WF), Payton O(EG), Travis K (WF). Alternates include, Maddie K (EG) and Faye B (EG).
Once a Falcon, always a Falcon. Last Friday, a few former Fox River Middle School staff members stopped to tour the new facility! Thank you to Alice Peterson, Garey Jorstad, Alice Peterson, Tom Johnson, and Steve Schielke for visiting and sharing stories with us. Alice was also able to revisit with Jane and Karyn as Alice was their cooperating teacher!
The theme of our 2022-2023 school is "Dream Big"! We are encouraging students to acknowledge and work towards their biggest aspirations. Each week we will be highlighting a student's dream!
Meet Piper; she is a 6th grader at Fox River Middle School! Piper's biggest dream is to play softball professionally!
Thank you to all who came to the WinterFest event last week. The Waterford Recreation Department hosted a great event and it was nice to see so many community members.
Our Fox River Falcons participated in the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Honors Band Weekend from November 18-20.
The festival offers selected students from the midwest who were nominated by their band directors to participate in a weekend-long opportunity to rehearse and work with regionally and nationally recognized band conductors and music educators. In addition, they collaborated with UWM performance staff in sectionals and master classes and attended concerts presented by the university ensembles.
Congrats to the students who represented Waterford!
Emma, clarinet
Josh, alto sax
Isabella, alto sax
Alivia, flute
Kaydence, alto sax
Kora, tenor sax
Emma, trumpet
Kyleigh, flute
Owen, percussion
Logan, tenor sax
Mackenzie, clarinet
Blake, trumpet
Reminder - There is no school, Wednesday, November 23 through Friday, November 25. School will resume on Monday, November 28.
The Annual Meeting will take place at Fox River Middle School in the library at 6 pm on Monday, October 17.
WGSD Families-
Online Registration is set to open on Tuesday, August 9th. All families that are currently enrolled in the Waterford Graded School District will need to complete this process before the beginning of the school year. If you have a new student to the Waterford Graded School District and have not yet completed New Student Online Enrollment you will need to do so prior to registration.
Online Registration is completed through your Skyward Family Access. If you are unsure of your login information please contact your school secretary.
A reminder will be sent out prior to Online Registration opening. If you have any questions please contact Heidi Engel at (262) 514-8200 ext. 5200 or engel@waterford.k12.wi.us.
Happy School Nurse Day to Rachel Pankonin and Abbey Boero!
This a reminder that WGSD Summer School Registration IS NOW OPEN!!!!!!!
You can register your child for Summer School through Family Access on Skyward.
Be sure to check out the Lit Camp sessions in the beginning of the book. These classes will strengthen your child’s reading nd writing muscles while having fun! Please note that Lit Camp runs through all 3 sessions.
Classes are filling up fast so REGISTER TODAY!
If you have questions on scheduling please contact Heidi Engel – engel@waterford.k12.wi.us or (262) 514-8200 ext. 5200.
WGSD is excited to announce that we will be offering Summer School this year!
Over the next week parents/guardians will be receiving information regarding registration and the Summer School Course Guide.
There is no school today (2/22).
The WGSD Reading Frenzy ended with an amazing 13,047 books being read by our students in January. All three elementary buildings broke the goal of 2,022 books read in less than 20 days. Great reading! One of the fun parts of the Reading Frenzy is the prizes we have donated from local businesses. We can not thank them enough for their support!
In honor of National School Bus Driver Appreciation Week, WGSD would like to shout out a big THANK YOU to our school bus drivers! The students, families and staff appreciate all you do!
Update on the WGSD APP. If you are wanting to install the APP on an iPhone we are currently experiencing problems. Please know this is being worked on and will have an update for you soon.
The Waterford Graded School Board is seeking a new Superintendent to replace Edward Brzinski who is retiring at the end of this school year.
School Board members are looking to gather input from both staff and our community in regards to the hiring of a new superintendent. To allow for input and to provide transparency, we will be conducting a meet and greet with the three finalists.
The finalists will be at Trailside Elementary on Tuesday, February 1. Each candidate will rotate between a building tour, community forum hosted by Sloan Allen (Director of Curriculum and Student Growth) and Jane Aegerter (Director of Student and Staff Services), as well as a board interview.
The forums will begin at 5:00 PM at Trailside Elementary School in the cafeteria on Tuesday, February 1. There will be an opportunity for you to write down questions for the staff facilitators to ask each candidate.
The community and staff in attendance will observe and listen to the candidates answers and then complete a form with your feedback for the school board to consider when selecting the final candidate.
4k-5th grade families....Registration for Co-ed Spring Soccer is now open! Register online at https://waterfordrec.digitalsignup.com
