Wakefield K-12 School

Mr. Yenni's 5th graders had a great time working together during a recent Leader in Me lesson on Habit #5: Synergize. Students worked in groups in a competition to build towers with just paper and tape. Students were excited to share ideas and collaborate! LIM lessons are taught regularly throughout the school. #celebrate

Mrs. Trembath's Biology students explored diffusion with a hands-on lab this week. Using dialysis tubing to represent a semipermeable membrane, they discovered that tiny glucose molecules can pass through, while bigger starch molecules cannot.

This is why our bodies must break down starch into glucose—so our cells can transport and use it for energy! #celebrate379

Today, we thank our dedicated custodial staff across USD 379! #celebrate379

Fall Child Check is coming soon! #celebrate379

Instead of sleeping in on their day off, CCCHS and Wakefield YLinK members dedicated themselves to Bandana Squad training and learning more about Signs of Suicide with Behavioral Health School Liaison Ericka Lysell. They also watched the powerful documentary "Don't Look Away", which will be shown at the Rex Theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 21.

It was impressive to see these leaders show their commitment to learning more about warning signs so they can help others in the future! #celebrate379

🔬 Wakefield 7th graders explored Paramecium under the microscope this week in Mrs. Trembath's science class! 🌊✨
They mastered focusing skills and learned how even the tiniest organisms play a BIG role in keeping ecosystems healthy. 🌱🌍
#celebrate379

Ms. Bergmeier's Graphic Design students are in the middle of working on promotional materials for the Clay County America 250 celebration, sponsored by the Clay County Historical Society and Museum. It's real-world experience for a good cause! #celebrate379

📚✨ Ms. Reyer’s 4th graders dove headfirst into vocabulary today! Each ELA unit comes with a set of words that connect right to the text they’re reading. Today’s focus? Informational text and all the cool media techniques that come with it! 🎥📰🎶

It's always fun seeing students build their word power while also exploring how media shapes the world around them. 💡👏 #GrowingReaders #4thGradeFun

It's time for the first USD 379 Bus Barn Behavior Campaign Award of the year!

Each driver nominates a regular rider who exemplifies good behavior and shows respect for both the driver and the other passengers. All nominees were put in a hat, and one name was drawn as September's winner.

That student is Brighton from Wakefield! His driver is Maurice Sharp.

Brighton received gift cards from Subway, Ray's Apple Market, and Short Stop. Congratulations! #celebrate379

Interested in being part of a focus group that will give input on the upcoming bond issue? We want your feedback! #celebrate379

🦉🔍 Last week, Mrs. Trembath’s 7th graders got hands-on with science by dissecting owl pellets!

Some thought it was a little gross… but also super fascinating. As they discovered bones and pieced together what the owl had eaten, students learned about food webs—and even got to play detective! 🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♀️

Who knew science could be such a hoot? #celebrate379

As a way to introduce her Geometry students to proofs, Mrs. Bybee used the popular card game Uno to help her students learn the process. #celebrate379

Mrs. Ehler's 3rd graders were stinking it up, today! Students were reading the story "Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout" from their ELA curriculum. While reading, they used a graphic organizer to identify the questions they had, determined the strategy they would use to answer those questions, and then reflected to see if those strategies were effective. #celebrate379

It was handwriting time in Mrs. Simon's second grade classroom today! Students read a passage, then answered a question from the passage, and then wrote out that answer. #celebrate379

It's the beginning of a new group of musicians! Mrs. Butler's 5th graders just got their instruments and are learning the ins and outs of getting them ready to play. It's a big group this year, which is always music to Mrs. Butler's ears! #celebrate379

The Excellence Foundation says THANK YOU to our USD 379 employees who have been with us for 5 years! #celebrate379

Mrs. Trembath's 8th grade science class has been learning about the transfer of Energy. Today, they experimented with thermal energy. They concluded that thermal energy is transferred from the hot particles to the cold particles. #celebrate379

To better understand geographical features, Mr. Seuser's 7th grade geography class created rice maps. Students poured rice on a canvas and traced the pattern it created. When they took the rice off, they were left with a makeshift landform. They then filled it in and added their own features. At the end, they were asked to identify the different features of each map. #celebrate379

Part of the Leader In Me character education program, initiated in all schools this year, is having students and grade levels develop their own mission statements. The WHS freshmen have theirs completed and on display! #celebrate379

🌋 Mrs. Trembath's 6th graders turned up the heat in science class today! Working in teams, they added “magma” to their volcanoes and watched the effects of different levels and reactants. The results were EXPLOSIVE! 🔥💥 #celebrate379