West Carroll Intermediate School News

Bike-A-Thon to Raise Money for Honor Flights
Gary Metivier Visits

Our 4th grade students biked or walked to raise money for the QC Honor Flights on Monday May 9th. The kids worked very hard and were outside this morning biking/walking for 3 ½ hours. Each bike lap was approximately .8 of a mile. Our lead bikers made it around 43 times which comes close to 35 miles.

What is the Honor Flight? Check out this link. There is no cost to the WWII Vet for the Honor Flight – it is all covered by donations. Our kids are taking part of honoring our Vets who fought for our freedom. Many of the Vets that came and talked with our 4th graders had been on an Honor Flight and their stories were fascinating. If you ever get a chance to speak with a WWII Vet, please take the time to listen.

Wax Museum April 7th

Fourth grade students at West Carroll Intermediate School in Thomson presented the 3rd Annual Wax Museum on Thursday night, April 7. This was a night when history came alive in Carroll County. The students were the stars of the evening and did a fantastic job of presenting their characters. The door donations, as well as, bake sale money was all raised for the West Carroll Education Foundation. The total raised was $572 dollars. Congrats to all of the fourth graders at WCIS for their hard work and contribution to WCEF.
Each student drew a name of a famous person and then did research about his/her person. We then tried to think of costumes or props for the famous person. Visitors pushed a fake button and the wax person ‘came alive’ and told about themselves. The museum was open to the public.

Chance Williams as Walter Payton	Dane Kadow as Johnny Cash	Alec Tipton as Theodore Roosevelt

 

The order of kids are left to right Kevin Howard (Davy Crockett), Keeley Rumler (Elizabeth Blackwell), Brandon Wise (Martin Luther King, Jr.), Katrina Hazen (Helen Keller), and Ryan Gengenbach (Shoeless Joe Jackson).

 

READING READING READING

The students in the picture participated in the 2011 Bluestem Award. This is a new Illinois’ Children’s Choice Award for students in grades 3rd, 4th and 5th.  The students shown had to read 4 of the 20 nominated Bluestem books and pass an Accelerated Reader quiz for each book to participate in a pizza party held in the Media Center with Mrs. McGinnis.  During that time, students also voted on which book was their favorite.  The winning book for our building was Hachiko Waits by Leslea Newman.  Our votes will help choose the winner.  The winning  Bluestem Award book will be announced in April. 

The students in the picture, participated in the 2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award.  This is a children’s choice book award program for the state of Illinois that includes students in grades 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th.  The students pictured were required to read 3 of the 20 nominated Rebecca Caudill Books and then pass an Accelerated Reader quiz for each book read.  Students were rewarded with a pizza party given by Mrs. McGinnis in the Media Center.  During that time, students voted on their favorite book.  The winning book for our building was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  Our votes will help choose the winner which will be announced in March.

West Carroll Intermediate Students Win Big at IGSMA Contest

            Seven WCIS Beginning Band Students all received first division ratings at the IGSMA Solo and Ensemble Contest held on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at West Carroll Middle School.
Students who received these first rating are (L to R front row) Allison Grummitt-Trumpet, Billy Walters-Bassoon, Hope Fehlhafer-Flute/Piano.  (L to R back row) Cory Simpson-Oboe, Mitchell Glazier-Tenor Saxophone, Leland Houzenga-Tenor Saxophone, and Karson Metz-Euphonium.

WCIS Spelling Bee

West Carroll Intermediate School held its annual spelling bee on Monday, January 24, 2011. Sixteen students participated on January 24th after classroom spelling bees qualified them as finalists.  Pronouncer for the contest was Beth Diener, fifith grade teacher.  Judges for the event were retired teachers, Fran Donart, Mary Highland, and Trish Joyce.  First place spelling winner was Isabelle Foltz, a fifth grader.

Second place winner was Mitchell Glazier, also a fifth grader.  There was a tie for third place between Jeronimo Barragan (5th) and Jean Medenblik (4th).  All four of these students will go on to compete with middle school students for the district championship on February 3rd.  Two winners on that day will go on to the Regional Spelling Bee in Pearl City.  The next contest after Pearl City is the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

            Other finalists in the Intermediate Spelling Bee were fourth graders Keegan Kloepping, Maddie Meek, Alysa Jackson, Mason Payne, Katrina Hazen, Naomi Koontz, and Jaycie Van Kampen, and fifth graders

Karson Metz, Hunter Houston, Cory Simpson, Billy Walters, and Dawson Wurster.

 

West Carroll Intermediate School 2nd quarter Honor Roll

 

WCIS Honors Vets for Veteran's Day

Students and staff pay tribute to the Savanna, Mt Carroll and Thomson V.F.W, American Legions, and Sons of Legions on November 19th as part of a school assembly. West Carroll Intermediate School students: Tiffany Preston, Isabelle Foltz, Jeranimo Barragan, Billy Walters, and Branden Head; gave reports on the history of the different military branches. All of the students sang under the direction of Mark Bressler. Two high school trumpet players joined them for the playing of Taps in honor of the fallen veterans. This was a great learning experience for the students and an honor for the vets in attendance.

 

WCIS 1st quarter Honor Roll

 

Author Visit

A children's book author from Minnesota, John McCoy, visited the 4th and 5th graders at WCIS on October 7th.
He has a couple of great young adult books too. Check out his website: www.johncoy.com.

 

WCIS School Supply List for 2010-2011

Need to know what to buy for this coming school year? If your student is going to be in 4th or 5th grade, click above for the supply list.