Our gym teacher, Mrs. Murphy, put on a bowling tournament where classes competed with other classes to see how many points they could get. The class with the most amount of points would win a trophy to keep in their classroom. Our tournament winner was Mrs. McLaughlin's 4th grade class! Miss. Enman's 2nd grade class came in 2nd, and Mrs. Nugent's 4th grade class came in 3rd!
Check out Mrs. Powers and Mrs. Townsend’s 3rd graders working on research for their non-fiction writing! These cougars are working hard to be non-fiction authors!
This weekend we had a Secret Cupid come to Congin and decorate our hallways in celebration of Valentine’s Day! Students and staff walked into the building with smiles. Thank you, Secret Cupid!
The timing of today’s storm is now predicted to be heavier a bit earlier so it would be safer to close school for the day. So, all Westbrook Schools will be closed today Thursday, February 6. It is an old fashioned snow day with no remote learning. All PreK classes and before and after school activities are cancelled, including athletic events and practices. Be safe in the storm!
Westbrook Schools will have an EARLY DISMISSAL tomorrow, February 6. WMS will dismiss at 10:15am, WHS at 10:25am, and Elementary Schools at 11:20am. Lunch will be available before dismissal. PreK classes and after school activities will be cancelled, including all athletic events and the after school LEARNS program. We want to get everyone home before the snow piles up and the roads are challenging. If the timing of the storm changes significantly and it would be safer to cancel for the day, I will send an update in the morning. Otherwise, we will plan on an Early Dismissal on Thursday. Be safe in the storm!
More pictures from our Healthy Hearts Assembly!
Due to weather, road, and sidewalk conditions, we will have a 2 hour delayed start of school today, Monday February 3. That means that schools will open two hours after the regular start time and buses will pick up kids 2 hours after their usual time. There are no before school activities and PK classes are cancelled. So get a little extra sleep and be careful coming to school today!
In honor of National Have Fun at Work Day, teachers at Congin had a little fun and had a secrete twinning spirit day! We challenged our cougars to find each teacher’s twin throughout the day!
Reminder: The Community Conversation about how the annual school budget is developed is TONIGHT at Saccarappa School. Spaghetti supper begins at 5 and presentations begin at 5:30.
Our Community Conversation on Budget Development will be held virtually on Zoom instead of in person tomorrow, February 1. Snow is forecast for overnight and early tomorrow morning. Road conditions may be challenging and our school lots and walkways may not yet be cleared since it is a Saturday. To join, please click on the link below at 8:30am and we will explain how participants can enter sessions. Hope to see you there!
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82668939028
Yesterday, our cougars were able to go to the Westbrook Performing Arts Center for a presentation from Northern Lights Planetarium. Our cougars did a fantastic job being a respectful audience as they learned about our solar system!
Due to the snowy weather, there will be a two hour delayed start of school today. That means that schools will open two hours after their usual time and buses will pick up students two hours after their regular times. There are no before school programs and PreK classes are cancelled. We will still have our regular Wednesday early release at the usual times. Again, we will have a two hour delayed start of school in Westbrook today. Take your time and be safe coming to school today!
The Explore the Stars event scheduled for this evening at WMS has been postponed due to predicted cloud cover and low temperatures. A new date will be announced soon.
Today, our FLS classrooms whipped up delicious berry smoothies! Students had a blast helping fill the blender with strawberries, blueberries, milk, and yogurt before enjoying their tasty creations.
Please plan to attend one of the upcoming Community Conversations on how the school budget is developed. Thursday, January 30 at 5:30pm (with a spaghetti supper at 5pm) at Saccarappa School or Saturday, February 1 at 9:00am (with a pancake breakfast at 8:30am) at Westbrook High School. See you there!
We have new interactive math walls in our halls thanks to our Instruction Coach, Mrs. Elder-Bruns! Students can interactively move pieces and discuss math with their peers. Check out Ms. Doherty’s class using the math walls to practice multiplication facts.
Additionally, we had Mrs. Elder-Bruns come to a Den Ambassador meeting to discuss the math walls with our Den Ambassadors. As leaders in the building, our Den Ambassadors were tasked to mix up the numbers whenever they walk by the math walls so that students can continually practice math concepts.
More pictures of our Mindfulness assembly!
Check out these third grade writers! Mrs. Rounds’s class was tasked to persuade her to get a class pet. Students researched different pets and worked on pieces of writing to convince her. Turns out that it worked! Mrs. Rounds’s class will be getting some fish, and they spent some time working on getting the tanks ready in the classroom. Check out the students and their pieces of writing!
Cocoa the Cougar came out of hibernation to wish all of our Congin cougars a happy and safe winter break, happy holidays, and a happy new year!
Today we had the high school chamber singers and band come to play some sing-alongs for our Congin Cougars to celebrate the holiday season! Our cougars were great audience members and the singers and band sounded great!
