Third grade students in Mrs. Gockel's classroom are busy working on a STEM jelly bean structure challenge.
Congratulations to Mrs. McAfee’s kindergarten class. They received the Golden Spatula Award for their positive cafeteria attitude and actions.
Jill Chapman engaged students in learning about technology with Husqvarna. Jill is a Bunker Hill business owner. She taught us how their business helps the community. She also discussed the importance of the Chamber of Commerce which plans our Fall Festival and Christmas Walk.
Today, Michael Johnson and Mathew Gibson were special guest speakers in 2nd grade. These students have been learning about ways to help their community as they have engaged in an inquiry-based unit on the new social science standards for Illinois. Gibson and Johnson have been active members of BSA since elementary school. They discussed the importance of being involved in your community and doing things to help others. We would like to thank them for teaching us how to serve others by being a part of the Boy Scouts of America.
6th and 7 th grade boys took 2nd place Saturday at the Gillespie Indian Invitational meet. There were 13 schools there and all track athletes did a wonderful job!
Senator Manar visited the 2nd grade classes today to discuss how Wolf Ridge and Bunker Hill have changed over the years. Senator Manar encouraged all students to volunteer, be kind, and make a difference. He also told students to remember, “You can be anything you want to be.”
Congratulations to the March Patriots of the Month:
Raylen Carter, Leela Hornbeck, Aubrey Guess, Riley Jones, Clark Thyer, Bryce Needs, Vivien Wilcox, Kory Robinson, Ryenne Lahey, Renesa Barrett Cheyann Higgins, Jack Wieseman, Dax Ronen, Arianna Bushman, Phoenix Ratfliffe, Avery Steward, Kylee Crutchley, Carson Anderson
Fourth grade students in Mrs. Perez's classroom are designing game boards to help them study their vocabulary words. It turns out that learning can be a fun game!
Ms. Michalski helped students enter their artwork into the National Heart Month Poster Contest. Grace Burris of 5th grade was the grand prize winner in Macoupin County.Grace received a gift certificate to Altitude, a professional certificate and a coloring/activities booklet from the Macoupin County
Public Health Department.
Honorable mentions from our school included:
Kindergarten:
Ellie Huebner
Cash Kirk
Bode Breitwieser
1st grade:
Keegan McGill
Louann Wieseman
Gavin Smith
2nd grade:
Cheyann Higgins
Jackson Smith
Olivia Hill
5th grade:
Kayleigh Trimm
Izabella Hargrave
Mrs. Murphy's junior high math classes are participating in March MATHness. Student groups are competing by solving math problems to earn points. The championship competitions are taking place this week.
Our students are celebrating March Madness by reading. The school is currently participating in a March Madness Book Challenge set up by Mrs. Meisenheimer. Each week students read books and vote on their favorite. (4 books compete in 2 games weekly). We will post the winner.
Parents of students that will be entering kindergarten for the 2019-20 school year will be able to register for school during the Prek screening and registration dates/times. More information is included on the attached flyer. We can’t wait to meet you!
Jill Williams, with the St. Louis Dairy Council made a visit to Rita Craig’s first grade and Erin McAfee’s kindergarten today. The visit was by the St. Louis Dairy Council in affiliation with the Adopt-a-Cow program. All of the students participated in making and sampling butter!
Wolf Ridge students are being encouraged to do their best as we take the IAR state tests throughout the next few weeks. We have adopted other classrooms, participated in dress-up days and even chalked our sidewalks with motivational sayings to support our test takers.
On Thursday, March 14 the seventh grade students at Wolf Ridge Elementary had a science fair. At the science fair they made their own projects and presented them to local parents and students. The students have been working on them throughout the school year and finally got to show off their hard work. The science fair consisted of many different projects based off of different scientific methods and ideas. It went extremely well and the parents and students loved it! The students had fun throughout the process of the science fair.
By Madelyn Landreth, Kaylin Bartee
Powerful message to Wolf Ridge students during Erin's Law provider and life coach Tom Kress's presentation
Congratulations to the Lady Patriots on defeating Jerseyville St. Francis in two sets last night. (25-22 & 25-8) They will play tomorrow at 6 pm against #1 ranked Carrollton.
Preschool screenings will be held on Thursday, April 11 from 12:30 - 7:00 PM and on Friday, April 12 from 8:30 - 3:00 PM. Please contact Wolf Ridge at 618-585-4831 to schedule a screen if your child will be three years old by 9/1/19.
Junior high track tryouts will be held on Wednesday, March 6 from 3:15-4:30. Students must have a current physical on file to tryout.
Thank you to all the families that joined us for our Family Reading Night last Thursday. This event took students around the world as they tasted different types of foods, made origami, learned about other cultures and even got to take home some free books!
