Washington-Monroe School

05/21/2026

🎉📚 And that’s a wrap for Mrs. Lowery’s second grade! 📚🎉

Our final days together were jam-packed with fun! From the Color Run and enjoying our class picnic, to celebrating with Top Hat and Activity Day, we made every last second count. 🏃‍♂️🎨☀️ The ultimate highlight? Beating the Super Improver Board in the gym! 🏆💪

Thank you to all the wonderful families for your support, love, and partnership throughout this year. It has truly been a fantastic year!
Next up... 3rd grade! 🚀✨ Have a safe, fun, and relaxing summer, everyone! ☀️🌴

05/20/2026

Thank you to the Lincoln Elementary School community along with our friends at Chester East Lincoln School for raising $3,176.45 for Connor and his family! Connor was allowed to leave St. Jude’s for two days and he had two requests. One was to come to school and the other was to go swimming! We were able to help with the first request! Pictured with Connor are his 3rd grade classmates.

05/20/2026

05/19/2026

A little ice cream and playtime at the park for Mrs. Vaini and Mrs. Van Wie's class!

05/19/2026

Mrs. Lund’s class loved their trip to Top Hat! 🍦

05/18/2026

Mrs. Lund’s class has had so much fun lately! We’ve had a picnic in the classroom, activity day, and the color run! Busy, busy bees!

05/18/2026

That’s a wrap on the GOTR 2026 season! We held our 2nd annual re-medaling ceremony in front of the student body this morning. Fifth graders shared why they chose GOTR and then each individual girl received her certificate, medal, and a warm round of applause. This is such a special way to share the GOTR program with the whole school - especially the 2nd grade girls who get to join us next year - and to honor, recognize, and celebrate these very-deserving amazing young ladies

The past ten weeks, we worked so hard on not only running and maintaining our “happy pace,” but learning and practicing life skills such as perspective-taking, being a positive impact in our community, overcoming days when our “star power feels dimmed,” and so more.

It’s an honor to coach these ladies and be a part of such a wonderful program. We will certainly miss our 5th graders next season.

Til next year! 🌟💜👟

*Not pictured but very well loved: Lynnox Jackson and Piper Wright!

Girls on the Run of Central Illinois

05/16/2026

These girls 🥹
Another successful 5K day for WM Girls on the Run team! We worked hard all season to become compassionate, confident, and kind people! And these girls really showed up with all of these attributes today!
We coaches are so proud of the work they put in and the results they got to celebrate today!

Please add photos in the comments of your girls from today! 💜💛

Parents are invited to our celebration ceremony on Monday morning, 5/18, at 8:30 in the gym.

05/16/2026

Here we go! Join us in wishing these ladies the best of luck today! 💜 Girls on the Run of Central Illinois

05/15/2026

We had the perfect day for our 3rd - 5th grade Annual Kickball Tournament!

Ms. Gresham’s 4th grade took home the championship title today! 🥇

All grades got to play, and we had a blast!
When it wasn’t a groups turn to play we learned how to play 9-square, played on the playground, learned about summer safety with Mrs. Hinkley, or cheered on the playing teams!