John Wetten Elementary

Start Making A Reader Today volunteers gave out achievement certificates to students they've been working with all school year and received notes of appreciation in return. Ginge...

John Wetten Elementary’s fifth-grade leadership team, Student Advocates for Equity (SAFE), is working on their end-of-year project to share with all JWE students. SAFE members wan...

After wondering what other school districts could learn from Gladstone's improved attendance rates at all four of our schools, an education news reporter from The Oregonian visite...

Our school district is very happy to announce that Scott Sullivan will be joining the Gladstone team as our interim director of schools for the 2024-25 school year. Sullivan will...

Members of our school board and other volunteer budget committee members applauded Rachel Lopez Hopper, our district's chief financial officer, after they unanimously approved th...

Daryl Dixon returned to Gladstone on May 3 to continue the conversation with all staff throughout our school district. This is a follow-up to previous discussions that Dixon l...

Friends of Gladstone Nature Park President Nancy Eichsteadt has teamed up with John Wetten Elementary students to restore native plants in the school’s courtyard. Eichsteadt sai...

Please join us in celebrating National Teacher Appreciation Week! This week each of our four schools in the Gladstone School District is doing something special as part of our sta...

John Wetten is hosting a Scholastic book fair from May 13-17. Would you like to be one of our book fairies for a student who may not have the option of buying a book at the fair?...

Gladstone School District Superintendent Bob Stewart is retiring at the end of the school year . An article by the Oregon School Board Association recognized Stewart for one of ...

Our drama students are working hard in preparation for this weekend's performances of "Anastasia." For weeks now, students have been building the sets, making costumes, perfecting...

Our schools have partnered with Vision to Learn to provide vision screening and free glasses to our students. Ensuring that our students have the best possible vision is crucial ...

This year we received a South Metro Salem Partnership grant to cover a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math Night where students and parents decorated paper mâché masks...

Career Day at John Wetten Elementary was a blast on April 12! Dozens of insightful professionals volunteered their time in our classrooms, while teachers generously hosted sessio...

We are proud to be one of the three school districts in the state of Oregon recognized by the Association of School Business Officials International for 2023-24 budgets. In rece...

John Wetten Elementary students emerged as champions during Oregon Battle of the Books, a statewide reading motivation and comprehension program sponsored by the Oregon Associatio...

On the evening of March 21, we hosted Family Math Night at John Wetten Elementary School, and it was a great success! Over 80 families attended and played math games together. The...

John Wetten Elementary teacher Marie Meroney’s class volunteered on March 19 to spend time with seniors at the Gladstone Community Center. Students helped read off bingo numbers, ...

Our youth basketball teams did exceptionally well at the state championship in Redmond. Kraxberger Middle School eighth graders took first place. Gladstone seventh graders, sixth...

Last weekend Gladstone High School hosted a successful Easter egg hunt and pancake breakfast to benefit our robotics programs. Hundreds of families found thousands of prizes in p...