Ms. Rylick's grade 3 class has been focusing on Growth Mindset the last few days. On the first day of school, the student learned about neurons and how the brain makes new neural connections each time we learn something new. In other words, we can grow our smarts! Today we participated in the Great Marshmallow Challenge. The students were tasked to build the tallest tower using only string, tape, spaghetti, and one marshmallow. Although none of our groups were successful, we learned an important lesson about failure. Failure is a necessary part of the learning process and we hope to learn from … [Read more...] about Growth Mindset

Washington School opened the new year with its traditional morning assembly.  All the students seemed very enthused to be back in school. … [Read more...] about Welcome Back!

Last Week of School - June 20 - 24, 2022 Lunches: The last day for school lunch and PTA lunch is Tuesday, June 21. One-Session Days - No Lunch Periods - Please pack a snack  Wednesday, June 22, Thursday, June 23, and Friday, June 24  PreK 3 - 8:30-10:30 PreK 4 - 10:30-12:30 PreK Full-Day - 8:30-12:30 Grades 1-3 - 8:30-12:30 Grade 3 Clap-Out - Friday, June 24: On the last day of school at 12:15 p.m., we will “clap out” our Grade 3 students as they complete their years at Washington School.  We ask that parents from all grade levels gather along the white walkway … [Read more...] about Last Week of School

Second graders are learning about geography! Ms. Balestrieri’s students read the book Me On The Map to learn about where they are in the world. Then, students created flip books and a poster to help them memorize their street address, city, county, state, country, continent, and planet. … [Read more...] about Me On The Map