John Wetten Elementary

Thank you to John Wetten Elementary teachers Amy Hanno and Taylor Adams for sharing this photo from our fourth grade's May 23 trip to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. ...

It was inspirational to see our community rally around several events lately. As an example, in just one recent Friday evening, our baseball team won a crucial game to make it to...

John Wetten Elementary's Literacy Carnival was a great success on May 18. Thanks to all the school staff, JWE's Parent-Faculty Organization and Gladstone High School students wh...

A parent at the Gladstone Center for Children & Families created a new version of our Growing Great People logo with the help of handprints from students as the “leaves” on the t...

Oregon's Reptile Man, aka Richard Ritchey, had a blast on May 9 with first graders at John Wetten Elementary School. Gladstone students loved getting their hands-on science lesson...

Leopard Leaders, an after-school leadership group of first through fifth graders at John Wetten Elementary, is rehearsing for a play based on the book "The Invisible Boy" by Trud...

John Wetten Elementary students will benefit from a $350 Gladstone Education Foundation (GEF) grant allowing school counselors to purchase items to build a comprehensive playroom...

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...