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DeKalb School District 428 > Schools > Wright Elementary
 

 Welcome to Wright Elementary School

5068 State Rt. 38, Malta IL, (815) 825-2061, fax (815) 825-2830
Gina Greenwald, Principal

School Hours: 8:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

 Important News!

Wright Hosts Fay's BBQ Dinner - 5/5 (@ HMS)
Tickets are $10 each: 2 pork chops; or 1/2 chicken; or Combo (1 pork chop, 1 chicken quarter). All dinners include applesauce, baked beans, cole slaw & rolls.
Pickup is at Huntley Middle School, 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. You don't even need to get out of the car. Deadline for ordering tickets is Monday, 5/3. More info (ticket order form)...

Paszotta Named Wirtz Award Winner
Mrs. Tracy Paszotta, kindergarten teacher at Wright Elementary, was surprised at an all-school assembly recently, and learned that she had been named the winner of the 2010 Wirtz Award for Educational Excellence. The award is given annually in memory of three members of the Wirtz Family, for whom educational excellence was a life-long pursuit.

The award highlights educators in the DeKalb School District 428 who inspire, motivate, and change the lives of students in District 428.

In her nominating letter, principal Gina Greenwald said, “More importantly than any one task that Tracy may complete in a year, is her positive attitude and willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty. She welcomes [her kindergarten students] in August as they are tentative and a bit scared of the whole school process, and releases them in June, ready to face the next grade level. She is the kindergarten teacher you want your own child to have and know that she will be remembered far past that first year,” added Greenwald.

 

Pam Bybee, a fourth grade teacher at Wright, stated that Paszotta excels in the use of creativity, humor, and love to create a fantastic curriculum, for her kindergarten students. “She uses kinesthetic, visual, and verbal modes [in her teaching sessions], so that all students effectively understand the concepts she is teaching,” said Bybee. “I have witnessed Tracy and her class counting the colors of the cars in the school parking lot so the kindergartners would better understand the term ‘probability’,” Bybee added.

 

Incidentally, it was discovered just prior to the announcement of the 2010 recipient, that Paszotta’s father, Richard McLaughlin, a retired math teacher at DeKalb High School, was the recipient of the Wirtz Award in 2000. Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin, and Paszotta’s immediate family were at the school for the announcement.

 About Our School

Wright Elementary is proud to be a Professional Development School in partnership with Northern Illinois University. Evolving from the Partners for Life Long Learning Initiative, DeKalb School District 428 is proud to be a part of this innovative and groundbreaking educational partnership.

The Wright/NIU partnership began in October, 2003 and has since expanded to include two additional partnerships : Chesebro Elementary, and the new DeKalb High School

 
 

 Wright Teacher Named Wirtz Winner

            
Tracy Paszotta, Kindergarten Teacher at Wright Elementary, has been named as the recipient of the 2010 Wirtz Award.

 

 Relevant Documents

Wright School Supply List 10-11.pdfWright School Supply List 10-11Laurel Trostle
April 28, 2010 Newsletter.pdfApril 28, 2010 NewsletterLaurel Trostle
Elementary_Handbook_2009-10.pdfElementary_Handbook_2009-10editor

 Wright's Calendar

8/3/2010 7:00 PM   Board of Education meeting 
8/11/2010 12:00 AM   DHS Fall Sports Practices begin 
8/17/2010 7:00 PM   Board of Education meeting 
8/19/2010 12:00 AM   Institute Days (non-attendance) 
8/23/2010 12:00 AM   First Day of Attendance (Grades 1-12 only) - Early Release 
Early release times - Grades 1-5: Noon; Grades 6-12: 11:00 a.m.
8/23/2010 12:00 AM   Barb Booster Fall Sports Introduction Night 
5:30pm  Clothing sales and Food serving begins
6:00pm  Mandatory Fall Sports Parent Meeting (3rd of 3 offered)
6:45pm  Team Introductions followed by individual sport parent meetings
8/24/2010 12:00 AM   First Full Attendance Day (Grades 1-12) 
8/26/2010 12:00 AM   Kindergarten - First Day of Attendance 
8/30/2010 12:00 PM   Pre-K, Early Childhood - First Day of Attendance 
9/6/2010 12:00 AM   No School - Labor Day (Holiday) All offices closed 
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De Kalb School District 428 Dr. James Briscoe, Superintendent 901 S. 4th St. De Kalb, IL. 60115 (815) 754-2350 En Espanol (815) 754-2102 fax (815) 758-6933
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