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Welcome to Wacona Elementary School
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Wacona Elementary School
3101 State Street
Waycross GA 31503
Phone:  (912) 287-2362
Fax: (912) 284-2057

 

Monday, October 15
Breakfast: Oatmeal & Cinnamon Toast
Lunch: Hot Dog OR Sloppy Joe
(Team E Car Rider)
2:45-3:30 News Show
2:45-4:00 Science Club
2:45-4:00 Dance Club
5th Grade Washington Trip Payment Due
Tuesday, October 16
Breakfast: French Toast Sticks & Sausage
Lunch: Tomato Soup & Cheese Sandwich OR Salisbury Steak
2:45-4:00 Georgia Quiz Bowl
2:45-4:00 Academic Quiz Bowl
2:45-4:00 Movie Club Groups 9-11 (2nd Grade)
Wednesday, October 17
Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs & Grits
Lunch: SHamburger Sliders OR Chicken & Noodles
1st Nine Weeks Report Cards Issued
Fall Picture Retakes
Thursday, October 18
Breakfast: Cheese Sandwich
Lunch: Cheese Wrap OR Chicken Sandwich
2:45-4:00 Movie Club for Groups 3-5 (Miles, Rideout, & Wester)
Friday, October 19
Breakfast: Chicken Biscuit
Lunch: Riblet Sandwich OR Pepperoni Pizza
Bake Sale (sponsored by Movie & Web Site Clubs)
1:30 Nine-week Ice Cream Social
Gators v. Richmond Hill Away Game


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Breakfast begins: 7:10
First bell rings:  7:40
Tardy bell rings: 7:46
Dismissal: 2:40

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Wacona Elementary School is located in Waycross, Georgia. Waycross is home to the Okefenokee Swamp. The animals and plants you see on this page are all things you find in a swamp. Learn more about the Okefenokee Swamp and about gators.

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Mission
The mission of Wacona Elementary School, in unity with students, parents, and community, is to provide a quality educational foundation in a positive learning environment in which all students have the opportunity to achieve success.
 
Beliefs
We believe:
• Every child can learn,
• Every child has a right to learn in a positive environment,
• Our staff must set high expectations for themselves and those for whom they are responsible,
• That the earliest development of basic skills in reading and math is essential to student success in all other disciplines,
• Parental and community involvement greatly increases the likelihood of student success,
• Student success is a continual progression in academic, social, and emotional skills,
• It is our school’s responsibility to create opportunities for parental and community involvement,
• Everyone should be treated with dignity and respect,
• Our school should encourage the development of positive self-esteem, self-responsibility and good citizenship,
• Our school should begin to prepare students for tomorrow’s world of technology,
• That everything is more easily accomplished when the lines of communication at all levels remain open,
• Our staff is committed to continual professional growth by utilizing learning opportunities.
• Our mission is best accomplished when everyone is included on the team and accepts his/her position of responsibility.
 
History
Wacona was built in 1922 to replace the Pine View-Jamestown Consolidated School and included an elementary and a high school.  The name, "WACONA" is unusual.  The story is told that when the class of 1922-23 began the first yearbook, the idea of titling it "Pine View-Jamestown Consolidated" just didn't click.  Miss Eddie Mae Barrett, one of the yearbook advisors, suggested "Ware County, North America."  That clicked when it was shortened to its acronym, "WACONA."  Since that time the school has used that name, but few students, even today, know how the school got its name.
 
Tragedy struck the school on December 5, 1926, when the building mysteriously burned.  Some reported that only the brick shell remained but the community saved the day.  Area churches become schools until, on January 29, 1927, when the building, adorned in stucco, appeared as the landmark it is today.
 
An additional change was made in 1958 when the Ware county High School was built and consolidated the last two remaining high schools in the county, Wacona and Waresboro, leaving Wacona as an elementary and junior high school.  A new building was completed in 1987 and, even though the old structure remains, Wacona students do not use it except for the auditorium.
 
Wacona remained an elementary and junior high school for several years.  One by one the junior high grades were moved to other schools.  The final move was made in 1995 when the sixth grade was transferred to the middle school.  In the late 80's full day kindergartens were placed in all the schools and today Wacona serves approximately 650 students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
 
 

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