Waltham Elementary School District - Prepare, Respect, Inspire, Dream, Encourage

Waltham families: Mark your calendars with these important dates! We can't wait to see everyone in August!

**2024-2025 School Year Announcement***

Come join our team! https://www.illinoiseducationjobbank.org/Job-Posting/94152/78-Boys-Head-Basketball-Coach/job-details

Exciting news for Waltham families! The Illinois Valley YMCA will be offering after care until 5:30pm for students in grades K-8 this year!

Bus 2 is running 5-10 minutes late.

Thank you to Michelle McCabe for volunteering to instruct 4th grade Junior Achievement!

The deadline to sign up for the Booster Up Basketball Camp has been extended to Thursday, May 30th at 5:00PM. Get signed up today🏀

Thank you to Dr. Mel Harp and Nurse Marisa Setchell from OSF for coming to 4th grade today to talk about their careers!!

Today we celebrated a few of our students who put in the work to make HUGE academic gains this year! We are so proud of them for their dedication AND hard work! Congratulations to: Jackson J. Brady M. Liam W. Colby F. Patrick D. (not pictured)

Let us Celebrate the End of the School Year with You! 6th Grade is creating one last round of gourmet popcorn. This pre-order form will be delivered to the student/students on the last day of school. The form will close on Friday, May 24th. To give the sixth grade time to create their popcorn! Thank you. https://forms.gle/87DCfgHojTyrd41d7

Congratulations to our very own Mrs. Karin Kummer who was surprised today with the news that she is a finalist for the Studstill Media’s Teacher of the Year contest! Mrs. Kummer was nominated and chosen for the month of March by the Blair family. Kindergarten students received a pizza party today to celebrate her win! She will now be part of the Teacher of the Year contest which will take place this month! Listeners will vote and the winning teacher will receive a $1,000 grand prize! Voting opens soon! https://www.qhitmusic.com/

Check out this camp that is happening at Waltham School this summer. All proceeds benefit the Waltham Booster Club. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd09EsB6Kn0vOOwONUEE5P5cMygyOKp7VzvUn194IYhO7S-QA/viewform

ATTENTION WALTHAM COMMUNITY: ✅Reminder to view the following video that shows the space constraints in our building. ✅After watching, we kindly ask you to take this brief survey if you have not already done so. 🎦 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RkosA_lmbyxbjYUK_PRrKxvxYBljS58y/view?usp=drivesdk 🗳️ https://www.research.net/r/WalthamSurvey

Please call the office today if you're available to help!

Talent show

ATTENTION WALTHAM COMMUNITY: Ever wonder about the space constraints in our school? Watch this insightful video that sheds light on the issue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RkosA_lmbyxbjYUK_PRrKxvxYBljS58y/view?usp=sharing

Thank you to Mr. Cherveny for coming to 4th grade to talk about your job at LaSalle Peru High School. Mr. Cherveny spoke about his job as a teacher and a coach. The class learned a lot about driving safety! Thank you!

Tessa's mom came to read a beautiful story to us today about growing our 💡ideas and changing the world! Look out world - here they come ❤️

It’s official! Devyn, Bentley, Bronko, Damien, Mason, and Jude qualified for state! They will compete at the state track meet this weekend in Peoria. Shout out to all the athletes that competed at sectionals. Everyone gave it their all and we had a lot of PRs! Every single athlete should be proud of what they accomplished this track season!

Field work is coming along. Today we got the: Potatoes Different varieties of popcorn Asparagus Raspberry bushes Peas And beets in.