Today was Outsiders Day in 7th grade! Every year, after reading the Outsiders, students and teachers dress up as a Greaser or Soc to watch the movie. This year, we had so many students participate that we had to move the group picture outside! 😎
Mrs. Lines and Miss Vonderheide recently braved the cold with their 1st grade classes to learn about all of the different parts of a corn plant! 🌽 #teachmorris
Students in Mrs. Hirsch’s classroom learning visualization strategies with the story The Gruffalo.
Congrats to our 7th and 8th grade girls basketball teams on their great win vs Saratoga last night!!
Menu change for Tuesday, October 23. Wild Mikes Cheesy bread sticks and marinara instead of Pepperoni pizza.
All of the preparations for our STEM program with Park Pointe are paying off! The smiles on everyone’s faces say it all! Many thanks to our instructional coaches, Ashlee Geiss and Molly Kaminski, for their extra hard work preparing students and obtaining multiple grants to make these and other special STEM programs possible! We look forward to many more in the future!
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Gaining some science knowledge through our visit to Reed-Custer Elementary School. #lifelonglearners #TeachMorris #ilschoolstories
7th grade boys basketball tryouts will be at Shabbona tonight until 5:00 not here at White Oak.
Attention 8th grade parents!
8th grade graduation pictures will be held on Wednesday, October 31st. More information about pictures will be sent home on Wednesday, October 24th.
Congrats to our Morris Grade School dancing teachers, 2 School 4 Cool, for receiving the first ever Crowd Favorite Award at the Dancing with the Local Stars Fundraiser last night!!
On Friday Afternoon, all grades were treated a sneak peak of the hit performance! We are so proud of our teachers for participating in this awesome event!
Menu change for lunch on Wednesday , October 17. Wild Milkes pepperoni pizza instead of Cheesy Bread sticks and marinara.
7th students in Mrs. Phillis’s class working on deciphering the Declaration of Independence.
Our awesome Instructional Coaches have been visiting classrooms and helping students learn about seniors and ways to bring them happiness. The first of many visits to Park Pointe started this week! Stay tuned for more pictures of this amazing experience for both the students and our wonderful senior friends down the road!
Attention 6-8th boys interested in basketball! Tryouts will be Monday and Tuesday:
8th- 6:45-7:30AM- White Oak
7th- 3:30-5:00 Shabbona
6th- 3:30-4:45 White Oak
Congrats to our STATE XC Qualifiers Ben Resar and Kensi Martin good luck this weekend!!
Our Cross Country team has had a great season! Congratulations to our Sectional qualifiers competing tomorrow! Cross Country is coached by Megan Bassett and Ben Lawrence. The team has grown from 7 members to 42 in just 3 years! Go Braves!
Our 3rd graders received a special gift from the Morris Rotary Club today. Dictionaries!!! They also learned about all the awesome service projects the Rotary Club oversees. Thank you Morris Rotary Club!! #teachmorris
The kids had a blast at the PTO event, Water Balloon the Principal! Mr. Raffel and many others were pretty drenched by the end of the day Friday! All proceeds from PTO events go straight back to our teachers and classrooms. Many thanks to our amazing PTO, volunteers, Mr. Raffel, and everyone else who helped to make this fun event happen!
Happy Corn Fest 2018!!! 🌽
Have a wonderful and safe weekend!
Kindergarten learned about reptiles & amphibians today @ cornfest 🌽 #teachmorris
