Monical's Pizza Night

Get your pizza to go and support WGMS! Monday, January 25,2021. See flyer for details.

HyVee fuel your school!

HYVEE - Support WGMS while shopping at HyVee the month of January! Use your HyVee fuel saver card when you shop and be entered in the contest to win prizes as well as earn cash for your school!

Distance Learning and Resources@ WGMS

Find up to date information on streams, tech issues, how to's, and other resources for distance learning.

WGMS Yearbook 2020-2021

Order your WGMS Yearbook online!

Morning Broadcast

Check out the morning broadcast for your daily updates on birthdays, weather, interesting facts, and more! All brought to you by the Washington staff. Make it a great day!

Brainfuse online tutoring

Brainfuse provides online tutoring 2pm-11pm. This is a free service provided by the Peoria Public Library. You may apply online for a temporary card to utilize this resource.

IMSA

Illinois Math and Science Academy Apply by February 15,2020

Food Boxes

Peoria Public Schools and food service partner Sodexo is teaming up with Central Illinois Produce to provide families with weekly food boxes. The boxes will be available every Tuesday, beginning October 6, and will be available in addition to weekday breakfast and lunch.

Bradley University Tutoring Program

Bradley Universtiy offers reading tutors through the America Reads program. Tutoring starts September 14th. Get the details and/or apply through their website.

SEL

Access from Home

5Essentials Parent Survey now open

The annual 5Essentials survey helps Peoria Public School administrators, school board members and teachers evaluate your student's school culture by soliciting feedback on five factors necessary for a successful school.

Illinois Report Card information for Washington

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) released our annual School Report Card on Oct. 30 at www.illinoisreportcard.com. The Report Card shows how well our school is progressing on a wide range of educational goals

Student Pick-up and Drop-off Guidelines

7:05-7:30am and 2:00-2:40pm, CARS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT and students may only be picked up and dropped off in the North Parking Lot located near the ball fields. For student safety, only buses may drive in the Main Parking Lot during these times. Thank you for your cooperation in helping keep our students safe. After these times, students must enter or exit the building from the foyer near the Office. Students may not wait for rides at the Crossroads or outside, but instead need to stay in the foyer until they see their pick-up person or the Activity bus.

Study Skills

Knowing how to study is an important skill to have. Students who use strategies to understand and remember what they read, such as underlining important parts of the texts or discussing what they read with other people, perform better in class and on tests. One of the biggest differences between top students and everyone else was that when they study, they take practice tests. Only 11 percent of students do this, but they perform better because they are studying in a way that goes beyond memorizing material. Also helpful is to create a study timetable & stick to it-- first include things you like/need to do on your schedule and then work study time in after. This method naturally ensures that you are doing things you like to do every day in addition to studying, so you don’t burn out and give up. These kind of balanced schedules are easier follow. Here are some ideas and strategies to help students learn more: