Class lists will be posted on Fri., Aug. 20 at each elementary school. No student will be placed on a class list if proper documentation is not on file at your child’s school prior to the start of school on August. 25.

Welcome to another wonderful school year in the Winnebago School District. We at Dorothy Simon Elementary will make every effort to ensure that your child has the best academic experience during the 2010-11 school year. Our outstanding staff will strive to help each and every student reach their highest potential.

The boy’s track team had an impressive showing downstate, taking second as a team and competing well in both field and track events. In discus, Alex Thompson took first. Nathaneal Rittmeyer took third in pole vault. Alex Thompson placed fifth in shot put.

Winnebago High School Seniors hit the races for the class trip. The class traveled to Chicago Indoor Racing in Addison and had a great time. Pictured here the students get ready to race by suiting up.

Kaitlyn F., a fifth grader at Jean McNair Elementary, was Principal For a Day. She earned the celebratory position for earning 509.2 points in the Accelerated Reading program.

Students in Mrs. Crandall’s and Mrs. Babbitt’s fourth grade classes hosted a Poetry Café to showcase the poetry projects they worked on this spring. Students wrote and read different types of poetry and then created booklets.

Twenty fourth graders at Jean McNair Elementary took part in the St. Jude’s Mathathon this year. Together they raised $1,283 for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

On Mon., May 24, Winnebago Middle School students were treated to the annual Career on Wheels. People who have careers that are tied to a car or vehicle rather than an office of factory participated. They brought their truck, snowplow, car, or van, and gave our students an idea of what their career was like.