Battle of the Books

Seventeen fifth-graders competed in this year's Battle of Books. After reading the books Maze of Bones, The Westing Game and The Gollywhopper Games earlier this year, students competed in teams to complete challenges, like unscrambling character names and completing sudoku puzzles. Congratulations to Mr. Kosinski and Mrs. Djakovich's teams, this year's champions. At this morning's award ceremony, the champions were given trophies and all participating students were given goody bags and a book of their choice. Congratulations to all students who competed in this year's Battle of the Books!

Breakfast with the Principal

Twenty-five students attended a special “Breakfast with the Principal” this morning for earning 200 points or more, the highest recognition level in our AR program. This year’s breakfast was held at Monkey See Monkey Do... Children’s Bookstore in Clarence, where students enjoyed breakfast, learned about how a picture book is created from local children’s author Maria T. DiVencenzo, and selected a book to add to their home library. Congratulations, students!

You're the Tops!

On Friday, June 7th, we held our final You're the Tops parade and reception for students who have earned 150 points or more in Accelerated Reader. We honored twenty-two students who paraded through the school and enjoyed breakfast with their families in the cafeteria afterwards. Congratulations students on this outstanding accomplishment!

Fun & Free Summer Reading Programs

1. Get your child a library card at the local public library. It's free. Applications for Youth Library Cards are available at the library or at www.buffalolib.org under "Borrower Information" on the left sidebar.
2. Sign your child up for Summer Reading at the local public library and enjoy free programs with fun activities, storytelling, contests, crafts and more. Flyers are available at each branch with the specific activities planned for this summer.
3. Participate in the Woodrow Wilson Online Summer Reading Program. Have your child read 3 chapter books and submit book reviews through our school's online catalog, Destiny Quest. Students who submit 3 reviews of 25 words or more may select a free paperback book or poster when returning to school in September. Visit wweslibrary.wix.com/wwlibrary for complete rules and information.
4. Participate in the dogobooks.com Online Summer Reading Program. Have your child read 3 books and submit book reviews through www.dogobooks.com. Select books to read from a reading list of over 85 popular titles, submit 3 book reviews of 25 words or more, and select a free book from the prize list.
5.  Participate in the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Online Summer Reading Contest at www.buffalolib.org under "All About Reading" on the left sidebar. Each book review submitted counts as an entry for a drawing for an amazon.com gift card. One gift card will be awarded at each participating branch.
6. Participate in the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program. Read any 8 books, record them in the B&N Summer Reading Journal, and bring the completed journal to a B&N store by September 3rd. Then choose one free book from the featured list.

Visit our library website at

wweslibrary.wix.com/wwlibrary

for more information about these programs and for summer reading suggestions 

Sidewalk Chalk Day

On Sidewalk Chalk Day on June 5th, students expressed their creativity and artistic talents by drawing the book cover of their favorite book on the sidewalks in front of the school. Students who met their marking period 4 reading goal also attended an ice cream social. It was a special day for all students to celebrate reading!

View more photos from Sidewalk Chalk Day here.