
Good afternoon,
The school just received a call from Johannes Bus Company that all buses will be late leaving school today. Bus 1, Bus 2, & Bus4 will all be 10-15 minutes late arriving to school to pick up our students.
Bus 3 will be 20-30 minutes late today also.
If you need to make other arrangements please contact the school.
Again my apologies for these continued delays.
Mrs. Eager

Happy Monday! Bus 3 will again be approximately 20-30 minutes late leaving school today. If you need to make other arrangements to pick up your child please contact the school.
We continue to work with the bus company.

8th Grade STEAM Projects: Scarecrow hands and Popcorn Logos




5th grade is kicking it outside for a bit after working hard and making Ms. Voss proud of their efforts in Aimsweb testing.





Per Johannes Bus Company; Bus #3 will be leaving Waltham 20-30 minutes late at dismissal until further notice. They are still experiencing driver shortages.
If anyone would like to make other transportation arrangements for you child on Bus #3 please contact the school.
Again my apologies,
Mrs. Eager

Waltham Families,
Bus #3 will be running 20-30 minutes late. All other buses should be running on time. Again, I would like to apologize for this huge inconvenience. I assure you that I am working daily with Johannes Bus Company to try to alleviate these delays.
If anyone would like to temporarily change the transportation status for your child to car rider either morning or afternoon or both, please contact the school office and we will make the change. Once we get this transportation issue resolved we can change your child’s transportation status back to bus rider.
Again, my apologies for this inconvenience.
Mrs. Eager

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1st Grade sharing things that represent themselves.


Bus#3 running approximately 20 minutes late again today. The bus company is working to figure out the logistics of this afternoon bus route. If you need to make other arrangements to pick up your child please contact the school. Our apologies again for these bus delays!

Come support the Waltham Elementary Education Foundation and the Utica Fire Protection District this Saturday in downtown Utica.


Happy Monday! Even the turkeys are ready to learn!


The school was notified by the bus company that today's afternoon buses will all run their normal routes with the exception of Bus#3 running approximately 20 minutes late. If you need to make other arrangements to pick up your child please contact the school.
Our apologies for all these bus issues but we do see it getting better with each school day :)

We have been notified that we will be down one bus for today's dismissal. We will only have buses 2, 3 and 4 running. Many students have been reassigned to another bus. Your student's arrival time home today will be different. Bus #3 will be leaving at least 30 minutes late from the school. If you will be making other dismissal arrangements for your child/children today, please contact the office. Thank you for your continued patience with our buses.

8th grade started out the year working on an activity to prove math is everywhere! They choose a profession to draw a picture of and explain how math is involved in that profession. The goal was to prove math is everywhere!




Crayola Towers for the first day back in STEAM





Harvesting tomatoes




Buses #2, 3, and 4 just left the school. Bus #1 is loading now and will be enroute shortly. Thank you for your patience today with our buses!

We just received word that our bus routes will leave approximately 10-15 minutes late from Waltham this afternoon. If this changes the afternoon dismissal plan for your family, please call the office ASAP.
We will dismiss car riders at 2:22 p.m. Please do not line up before 2:20 p.m.

Our 2021-2022 school year is off to a great start!
Just a reminder for parents that today is a 2:20 p.m. student dismissal. Please call the school at 815-667-4417 by 1:20 p.m. if your child has a change in dismissal plans.

Everyone say “Hi, Mr. Bara”
