Happy Spring Break! We ALL had an AWESOME time at our first monthly PBIS celebration today! April is sure to bring more fun to our awesome students who show our WA PBIS expectations each and every day!! #pbis #cupstackingolympics #relayracefun #d161learns #morepicstocomeinApril
Here are our week's Western Avenue Wolves who are on the trail to GREATNESS! Golden Ticket Winners, congratulations! Keep up the great work showing our PBIS expectations! Will see who we will celebrate the week of April 4th! @d161learns #PBIS #responsible #respectful #safe #kind
Let's see what our number will be after Spring Break! Keep on reading this week, next week, and beyond! Way to go, Western Wolves!
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Congrats, Golden Ticket Winners! These students have shown teachers & staff outstanding PBIS behaviors & we are so proud of them! We will celebrate and shout-out winners weekly! WA Wolves are on the trail to GREATNESS! #pbis #d161learns
Great job, Wolves! Keep on reading and posting your pages in the Google Form!
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Keep on reading Wolves you are doing great!
Friday, March 4th LUNCH CHANGE
We will be serving Grilled Cheese Sandwich tomorrow (3/4) NO fish.
No School on Monday, March 7
As a reminder to all families, Flossmoor School District 161 is closed on Monday, March 7 in observation of Casimir Pulaski Day.
Thank you to our Black History Month committee to a month of learning and celebrating. We conclude our activities on Monday with this video from our committee featuring our own WA students singing "Lift Every Voice". https://youtu.be/Gmq0Wi0ND-I
After studying African-American inventors these past weeks our first graders created their own inventions.
No School - Monday, February 21st
All Flossmoor District 161 buildings will be closed on Thursday, February 17, 2022, due to inclement weather and bus transportation issues.
Students will participate in their learning activities from home. The school day will begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude at 1:30 p.m. Teachers will share coursework and meeting links through Canvas. Students in early childhood and kindergarten previously brought home packets and materials to complete.
If you have any questions regarding the schedule for the day, please contact your child’s teacher or building principal.
There is no school on Friday, February 18, because of a pre-scheduled Institute Day.
Congratulations to our January Students of the Month. They consistently model our PBIS expectations of Respectful, Responsible, Safe and Kind.
Don't forget to come out to our math night tonight. We are so excited to see everyone in person.
Flossmoor School District 161 is hosting a COVID vaccination clinic from 3 to 7 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, February 15, at Normandy Villa, 41 E. Elmwood, Dr. in Chicago Heights. The clinic is open to all District 161 and District 153 families and staff, and the first 30 people to arrive will get a $100 gift card!
Vaccines are safe, effective and free for all regardless of insurance and immigration status. First, second, boosters and pediatric doses are available. No appointment necessary.
A parent must be present for all children 5 to 17 years old.
Please direct all questions to Kathy Knawa at (708) 647-7009 or kknawa@sd161.org.
First grade was applying what they learned about Goods and Services today by having classroom stores and practices set up. We even offered dog walking.
It takes team. While 5th grade is recording music for Black History Month with Mrs. Pasqua, Ms. Manaher, 5th grade, reading with our 2nd grade class.
2nd grade science has been digging into owl pellets this week.
