Thanks for visiting Tom Luedloff! Happy you got some Friendship Junior High swag! 😎🙌🏼 #1district1team #D59Learns

Our Firebirds were visibly engaged in learning & making connections! Loved visiting Mrs. Christoff’s French class & Mrs. Zambrano’s class! Thank you to Mrs. Hamilton - FJH & her AVID class for beautifying our 100 hallway!😁💙Michael Wheatley Friendship Junior High #BeAFirebird #SoarForTheGold

They soared for the gold in Ms. Rodriguez’s 8th grade Spanish class and Mr. Stasevsky’s orchestra class! After school we saw lots of positive connections made during Mr. Filip’s basketball practice & Mrs. Thouma’s Science Club! Michael Wheatley Friendship Junior High #D59Learns #BeAFirebird

Y’all, it’s AVID Day, and the AVID students of Friendship Junior High are about to celebrate! I can’t wait to see their #AVIDImpact declarations!

Happy AVID Day! #AVIDImpact

Nothing beats looking into the crowd and seeing our Firebird family with huge smiles on their faces, the laughter, dancing, cheering each other on & just enjoying the moment! 😁 A huge shoutout to our C&C team for planning such a fun assembly for our students! It was an amazing

Soaked up the last little moments of summer!❤️😎☀️🌅🎢

After PLT—We Pickleball!😎✌🏼Fun times with our Friendship Junior High Fam!💙 #SOARfortheGOLD #FirebirdFamily Michael Wheatley CCSD59

The Green Teams in Mrs. Nichol’s PLTW classes are in the 1st phase of the design process & interviewed me for their project. They were really convincing with their sales pitch! Can’t wait to see the final product!😁 Friendship Junior High Michael Wheatley CCSD59 #SOARfortheGold #D59Learns

Today in Ms. Baldwin's science class students were learning and exploring what energy transfer takes place in a solar oven in order to melt the marshmallows & chocolate! Thanks for letting me stop by!😁 Friendship Junior High Michael Wheatley CCSD59 #SOARfortheGOLD #D59Learns

Excited for my AVID training as well! 😁#D59Learns

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month & Mexican Independence Day! We also celebrate Mexican Independence Day today. Let's honor the vibrant cultures, rich histories, and incredible contributions of Hispanic and Latinx communities.

That’s right! 😁💯 Dream Big! Let’s Go! 🙌🏼 #SOARfortheGOLD #BeAFirebird

From the thrill of exploring new books, to visualizing math concepts, and investigating balanced and unbalanced forces in science—this is what learning looks like here! #SOARfortheGOLD

Thanks to our amazing Friendship Junior High EL team for leading us through the coaching corners to address our common challenge and providing quick tips & tricks to support classroom instruction! #SOARfortheGOLD #FiredbirdFamily #D59Learns Michael Wheatley

I was covering a WIN class this morning and got to know a student & taught her how to shoot a basketball 😁🏀! I learned that we both love basketball, volleyball & pickleball. Seeing her huge smile on her face was a great way to start my day!💙 Friendship Junior High Michael Wheatley

So proud of our Firebirds!😁💙#SOARfortheGOLD #ChocolateChipPancakesFTW

Mr. Williams’ 6th-grade Speech & Drama class was buzzing with positive energy! 😁🎭 It was incredible to witness how TPR for new vocabulary, pantomime scenes, teacher and student modeling, and a translation app came together to engage and connect with every learner. Language