Happy & Healthy

A rigorous academic curriculum is essential in ensuring that our students have opportunities to reach their full potential. It's also important that we provide opportunities that encourage students to discover ways they can lead a balanced life that includes being healthy and happy. 

Dance has been a fun, creative outlet for some of our students. Mrs. Pemberton is working with 5th grade students before school in preparation for their musical performance. 

This picture says it all!

I had so much fun with this group at an after-school origami party. We laughed and worked together as we tried to figure out how to make different objects by folding paper. 

The entire fifth grade worked together to raise funds for a gift to the school in a basketball shoot-out. Their efforts were very successful. The funds will go towards furniture for a new seating area in our LMC. Thank you, PTA, PE Teacher Mr. Gries, and all fifth grade students!

Clubs are a great way to explore and connect with others who have similar interests. Here, some students are tinkering and sharing ideas during our Maker Club.

Giving back to the community can be very rewarding. What a generous donation to the Wheeling Food Pantry from the Dryden School community!

The PTA Family Skate Night is always a highlight of the year. This is a wonderful evening for friends and family to come together to socialize, relax and get some exercise while skating!

The arts bring much joy to our lives. Bravo to the fifth grade Fugleflicks Film Club! Their short film, "Movement" was a finalist in the Tribeca Student Screen Test Film Fest at the Prairie Art Center in Schaumburg.

What a wonderful experience for them to go through the entire movie production process with Art Teacher Mrs. Fuglestad. 

It was a thrill to see their movie played on the big screen with other finalist entries from across the world! You can read more about the entire movie-making experience on Mrs. Fuglestad's blog post here.  

The slideshow above features some Dryden Dolphin sightings at the Just Move It! Challenge this past Saturday. We were so happy to see families and staff from Dryden come out to participate and volunteer for this fundraiser that also promotes a healthy lifestyle and wonderful community connections. It certainly was a beautiful spring morning to be outside!