What does it mean to belong? We read We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins to see how this little T-Rex belongs with Mrs. Noodleman’s class! #oakpark97 #libraries97 #whittierschool97

So many great books and artifacts to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Week! #oakpark97 #libraries97 #whittierschool97

Taking ownership of our school with the self check-out station at the Whittier Library. #oakpark97 #libraries97 #whittierschool97

Birthday twins! He asked me if I am turning six too. 😄 #WeAreD97 #oakpark97 #whittierschool97

Love the #whittierschool97 Pumpkin Festival! 🎃 Can you guess these book-themed pumpkins? #Oakpark97 #WeAreD97

Love these Book Pumpkins!

Love these excited readers! #WeAreD97 #oakpark97 #whittierschool97

These cute kindergartners read A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin. Then we researched phases of the moon and made our own out of play dough! #weared97 #whittierschool97 #libraries97

We’ve been celebrating the #HourofCode the last two weeks with coding challenges, robots and Cubetto! Future coders in action! #WeareD97 #libraries97 #oakpark97 #whittierschool97

Whittier teachers are readers! Come check out these great books that they recommend! #libraries97 #oakpark97 #whittierschool97 #WeAreD97

We’re getting our robots ready for CodeFest at @oakparklibrary next week! Parents and kids are welcome to come try coding robots, apps and more on Wednesday, January 22 at 6pm! #oakpark97 #libraries97 #whittierschool97

So proud of these #whittierschool97 Wildcats who helped kids learn how to program Dash robots tonight at Codefest!!! We had so much fun! #oakpark97 #libraries97 #WeAreD97

3rd graders are using Encyclopedia Britannica to research important African Americans! Come to Whittier’s Black History Night on 2/19 to see what they’ve learned! #oakpark97 #whittierschool97 #weared97 #libraries97

What a great Black History Family Night! We did STEM stations and books in the library - the kids made some amazing creations! #whittierschool97 #oakpark97

We’re coding LEGO robots in library! Thanks to the Oak Park Education Foundation for helping us with this engaging unit! #oakpark97 #whittierschool97 #libraries97

Whittier kids are discovering books about inspiring women for #womenshistorymonth2020. #oakpark97 #whittierschool97

Mrs. Snydacker has been ROCKING the Whittier book check out! So many of our wildcats have been enjoying books this year thanks to her! We love you, Mrs. Snydacker!!! #libraries97 #weare97 #whittierschool97

Happy Whittier Wish Day! Every student and teacher at Whittier read Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (kaaauthor.bsky.social) this year - and this week we made our own Wishing Tree! Kids wrote wishes for themselves, for our community and for the world. Beautiful! #oakpark97 #libraries97 #onebookoneschool

2nd grade #whittierschool97 wildcats constructed some incredible crossings for animals after reading Crossings by Katy Traffanstedt Duffield. We loved this book! #oakpark97 #libraries97

Check out a book for LGBTQ+ History Month! #whittierschool97 #oakpark97 #libraries97