We are so proud of our Washington Stars Battle of the Books Team (Josh, Abel, Mariela, and Ella)! They placed 3rd out of 19 teams at the March 3rd competition. A special thanks to our outstanding librarian, Mrs. Gleason, for promoting the Battle of the Books, and chaperoning our team.

On Wednesday, February 26^th, we held our gallery reception for this year’s PFFOW Art Contest. We want to recognize three of our amazing PTO parents for putting this fun event together: Cherie Farnes, Brandee Kluth, and Sarah Kelly. A special thanks for Cherie’s brother, Brady, for judging the artwork. We appreciate all of the students who participated this year and the families that attended the reception.

Hello Washington Families!

We are trying something new for SEPs in February.  We are using an online scheduler to create appointments to meet with your child’s teacher.  Availability to begin scheduling appointments for families is January 27.  SEPs are February 12 & 13.  You can find the online scheduler at the bottom of our website in the Quick Links or you can click on the icon below.

Washington Elementary was the beneficiary of three generous donations at the beginning of January.  First, the Toasted Barrel raised funds during the month of December to help the school pay off students’ school lunch debt.  Later that same day, the Salt Lake Acting Company delivered supplies for Washington’s school store with items they were able to collect during the month of December.  The following day, Salt Lake Regional Medical Center donated a plethora of sports equipment for student recesses.  We are overwhelmed by the generosity and support from our local community.  Thank you!

Congratulations to our December Star Students of the Month. Students were selected by their teachers for representing the trait of RISK TAKER.

We celebrated our November Principal's 200 Club Lunch at Simply Sushi! The management took the students on a tour of the facility and showed them how they make the rolls. They were treated to whatever they wanted to order on the menu, and were sent home with shirts. We appreciate Mrs. K. and Mrs. Kelly for providing transportation and supervision. Our students earn Principal's 200 Club tickets by being SAFE, RESPECTFUL, and RESPONSIBLE outside of the classroom. Each month we draw 10 names and take the students out to lunch. We appreciate our local restaurants for supporting our students' efforts.

We had a very well attended first family (STEAM) night of the school year. We want to thank Craft Lake City for organizing the event and Google Fiber for sponsoring it. We also wanted to thank Spyhop, UVU College of Science, Teletype Corporation, West High Robotics, The Leonardo, ands Much More Than a Toy. A special thanks to all of our PTO parents, teachers, and staff who stayed to support this special event. We appreciate our Washington Families for their attendance.

We celebrated our STAR Students of the Month on Friday, October 25^th. Students were selected by their teachers for representing the trait of KNOWLEDGEABLE/INQUIRER.

We were excited to have our first Principal's 200 Club Lunch of the new school year! We are very grateful to general manager, Corey Cook, and our servers, Tony and Aisha, for hosting us at the Olive Garden. A special thanks to Ms. Becky and Mrs. Dugmore for providing transportation and supervision. Our students earn Principal's 200 tickets for being SAFE, RESPECTFUL, and RESPONSIBLE in our hallways and at recess. Each month we draw the names of 10 students and take them out to celebrate.

September 12^th was United Way’s Day of Caring. We had 20 volunteers from CBRE who read with students, helped with cleaning projects in our family resource room and the library, assisted with recess duty, and had various other interactions with our students, teachers, and staff. It was a wonderful day and we greatly appreciate the extra support they provided.

On Monday, August 26^th, we held our welcome back assembly. We highlighted each of our teachers and staff, the PTO shared our Olympic theme, and even performed live artistic swimming, and we shared our new 6th grade video. We’re off to a great start!

On May 29, after a hiatus of three years, Washington re-instituted its annual school talent show (thanks to a petition initiated by a group of our sixth graders). We celebrated some amazing talents. What a brave group of students we have. We also had the good fortune to have the event emceed by our British acquaintance, Mr. Lucius Lindsey, a.k.a. Mr. Finch! We appreciate all of the families that were in attendance for their support.

On May 15, Washington Students received a visit from author, Gillian Philip, who writes under the pseudonym, Erin Hunter, with several other authors that have produced notable series such as: Warriors, Seekers, Survivors, and Bravelands. We appreciate King's English and our librarian, Liz Gleason, for providing this opportunity to our school.

Congratulations to our April STAR Students of the Month. Teachers selected students from their classes for best representing the character trait of PROBLEM SOLVING.

On Saturday, April 20th, the University Piano Outreach Program (UPOP) held its Spring Piano Recital at the Thompson Chamber Music Hall on the University of Utah Campus. Our students did another fantastic job! We appreciate our University partnership and want to recognize Mio Cowden, Carmen Hall, and the rest of our grad student piano teachers.  We are grateful for the support of our Washington Families.

Congratulations to our STAR Students of the Month for March. Students were selected by their teachers for representing the character trait of RESPECT.

We want to thank the Can'd Aid Foundation for their generous donation of bikes to everyone of our first and second grade students on May 30th. Students first attended an assembly, and then went outside to find out that they were each going home with a bike. We appreciate all of our parents who were in attendance. A special thanks to Ms. Marci, Ms. Gwen, Ms. Moffat, Ms. Treu, Mrs. Karaus, and Ms. Mary Lou for getting permission slips signed and arranging the event.

Fox News Segment – 5/30/18

Want to see what Washington students did to view the eclipse on the first day of school?  KUTV 2News paid us a visit and documented the events in Ms. Mary Lou’s second grade class.
KUTV News Segment – 8/21/17

We are thrilled to announce that Washington Elementary won the SITLA Instagram contest!  On May 18^th (2017) the school was awarded the check.  The $1,000 of Land Trust money that we received will be put towards funding our Tanner Dance program for grades K-3! We are so grateful to our parent, SCC member, and Tanner Dance teacher, Ashley Anderson for posting the picture and entering our school in the contest.