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Hello Washington Families!

Washington Elementary is pleased to announce the 2020-2021 SCHOOL REGISTRATION will be ONLINE again this year.  Online school registration will be available starting on July 20, 2020. To register, click on the link online registration link at the bottom of this page or use this link:  https://registration.slcschools.org.

Items needed to complete registration:

• Student ID and registration pin (provided in letter mailed to each family)
• Proof of in school boundary (utility bill, lease agreement, mortgage papers)
• New and Kinder students:  Birth certificate and immunization records
• Out of boundary students:  Approved Open Enrollment Application (https://www.slcschools.org/departments/educational-equity-and-student-support/student-services/school-choice/how-to-apply/)They give us correct contact information.

During registration please be sure to update your family contact information so that we may remain in contact during the upcoming school year.  If you would also like to opt in to district text messages, please visit:  https://www.slcschools.org/news/2018-19/opt-in-for-district-text-messages/

Should you have any questions during the online registration process, contact Marci, Washington’s Head Secretary, by phone at (801) 578-8140.

We’re excited to share that Mr. Kelly was nominated and selected as the district’s principal of the year.  Mr. Kelly shared that he is humbled and honored to receive this recognition.  He is grateful to work with an amazing staff and faculty at Washington.  He loves the community and is grateful for their on-going support.

SLCSD 2021 Principal of the Year Announcement

We had a fantastic turnout at our first ever Washington Book Con! Students and faculty were dressed as their favorite book characters. We want to thank all of our teachers, staff, and PTO parents who helped with set up, serving food, and running all of our fun activities. A special shout out to the West High National Honors Society, the Capitol Hill Action Group (CHAG), and our sixth grade after school committee for all of their assistance. We'd like to recognize our amazing librarian, Liz Gleason, for organizing the event. We hope you had a great evening Washington Families!

We would like to thank Fat Jack's for sponsoring our Principal's 200 Club lunch on Friday, February 28! A special thanks to Ms. Treu and Ms. Becky for providing transportation and supervision. Our students earn Principal's 200 Club tickets by being SAFE, RESPECTFUL, and RESPONSIBLE outside of their classrooms. Each month we take 10 students to lunch to celebrate their examples.

We celebrated our STAR Students of the Month on Friday, February 21. Students were selected by their teachers for representing the character trait of OPEN MINDED. Kindergarten and sixth grade presented about the Olympic sport of surfing. PFFOW shared our school activity for the month of March; collecting 100 items to donate to the refugee center. If you’d like to see a video of Dr. Sorenstein’s experiment, click here.

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!

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.

On April 18^th, Washington students participated in the Great Utah Shake Out Drill along with the Salt Lake District and several other entities across the state. Students practiced "drop, cover, and hold on" in their classrooms. Afterwards we practiced our evacuation protocol to our designated location (the LDS church on 500 North). We practice so that students, teachers, and staff are prepared in case of an actual event

Our outstanding PE teacher, Shawney Robinson, was recognized for her work with the Excellence in Teaching Elementary Physical Education Award by the Salt Lake City School District. We are grateful for her dedication and the creativity and fun she brings to our students on a daily basis.

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.