More information coming soon.

Congratulations to Ms. Dmitruchina and Ms. Philpott’s classes for earning our monthly award in physical education for the month of October. Each month our focus is always on entering quietly, good listening habits, following directions, sportsmanship, learning, and exiting quietly.

Congratulations to Mrs. Alabakoff (Upper el.) and Mrs.Burke classes for earning the most points and trophy for their teacher during the first card marking period. The focus in the gym each day is on entering quietly, good listening habits, following directions, sportsmanship, learning, and leaving quietly.

Congrats to all of DuVall and Whitmore-Bolles runners at this years event. The turnout was outstanding and the effort from all the students was fantastic. Special thank you to all the parents that brought your child to the race on a cold Saturday morning.Group pictures will be taken next week in the gym for both teams(DuVall on Monday,Whitmore on Wednesday). All racers should turn in their jerseys on those days. Our next big event coming up will be the Jump Rope for Heart for grades 2-5.

Welcome back to all the students both at DuVall and Whitmore-Bolles. Both 4th and 5th graders in each school are training to take the 13 or 15 minute run late in September. The top 5 plus ties runners boys/girls will be invited to participate in the 3rd annual Bob Cipriano Memorial run on Saturday October 18th.

On February 3rd Mandy from Running Fit will do a kick-off assembly for the students at both DuVall and Whitmore-Bolles. Any students k-5 can join team at a cost just under 20$. Team members will be responsible for logging miles before the event on Saturday April 12th.Mr.Tapp will hold 5 practices before the event that the students can attend(with permission) at Whitmore-Bolles while Mrs.Rosenau will be coaching at DuVall. At the event each student will complete 1.2 mile course and will receive a shirt and medal for their hard work.

Bowl for Life will begin Monday February the 3rd at both Whitmore-Bolles and DuVall. This is a two week program designed to give our students the basic mechanics of bowling along with general information they can use at a real Bowling alley.

Thank you to all of the students that participated in this years Jump Rope for Heart. DuVall students raised over 1,300$ for the American Heart Association. This money will be used to help educate people about the warning signs of heart attack and stroke along with research to find medicines or new procedures to help save lives. A special thank you goes to Griffin Aytes for raising 230$ becoming our Quack Tastic Award winner.

Congratulations to Mrs. Rosenau (DuVall), Mrs. Strez( DuVall), Mrs. Alabakoff (DuVall), Mrs.Stawara (Whitmore-Bolles), and Mr. May’s (Whitmore-Bolles) classes for demonstrating outstanding behavior during the cardmarking and winning your teacher a trophy.

Jump Rope for Heart 2013-14 will take place in December this school year. Towards the end of November or early December grades 2-5 will be bringing home a packet with information about the event. We have been participating in this event since the middle 90’s. Great Event!