Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I would like to wish all of our Gary D. Wright Elementary School students, staff, and families a very Happy Thanksgiving.  As I prepare for this year's Thanksgiving, my heart is full of gratitude for our Wildcat learning community.  I wish you and yours a wonderful holiday.  We hope to "see" our parents and guardians on Zoom this Monday and Tuesday for Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences.  As a reminder, our Wildcat students will be off this week and we look forward to welcoming them back virtually on Monday, November 30.

Second Grade Student Recognition

This week, we have been recognizing a few of our second grade students who have been demonstrating kindness.  Please join me in congratulating the following GDW Second Graders who have been recognized by their classroom teacher for exemplifying kindness throughout their school days:

• Mrs. Cain
• Madison Bauer
• Collin Wagner
• Mrs. Damsch
• Hadley Johnson
• Liam Koppa
• Mrs. Fillmore
• Madison Olson
• Jayden Thompson
• Mrs. Kann
• Cali Berkseth
• Colby Karlo
• Mr. Little
• Lily Niccum
• Ethan Pentz
• Mrs. Marlowe
• Lyla Busse
• Spencer Neil

World Kindness Day

Today, on November 13, as we celebrate World Kindness Day, I would like to recognize the efforts to two of our Wildcats who just happen to be brothers - Lincoln (fourth grade student in Miss Minster's class) and Badger (first grade student in Mrs. Driscoll's class).  Together, and with the support of their family, Lincoln and Badger accepted GDW's October Kindness Challenge, where they demonstrated over 100 acts of kindness!  Lincoln and Badger worked with their family to write a letter and then deliver it to 115 homes in our community, asking for donations to support the D300 Food Pantry, the Anderson Animal Shelter, the Community Crisis Center, and PADS of Elgin.  In total, they collected:

• 17 grocery bags of food
• 10 bags/boxes of blankets and towels
• 3 large dog crates
• 7 bags and boxes of hygiene products
• 11 bags of winter apparel

I am so proud of Lincoln and Badger and am thankful that they chose to sprinkle kindness throughout our community.  Keep choosing kind, Wildcats!