About Our School

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Message from the Principal...

On behalf of the staff at Builta I’d like to invite you to learn more about our school.

Wayne Builta Elementary School opened in August of 1999 and is one of the 21 elementary schools in Indian Prairie District 204. We have students in kindergarten through 5^th grade at Builta. We are located in Bolingbrook, in the far southeast corner of the district.  Our mascot is the Badger and our school colors are blue and white. 

Our goal is to build "respect-filled" Builta Badgers who can be responsible citizens and life long learners.  The Builta staff takes a proactive systems approach toward developing and maintaining safe learning environments with maximized instructional time.  Responsibility education instruction is provided in the following areas:

• Rights and responsibilities: Why is respect worth learning?  Providing students with rational for learning increases instructional effectiveness.

• Keys to Respect: Respect Yourself, Respect Others, Respect Property.  The Badger Keys to Respect form the foundation of our school environment.   

• Character traits: Social behavior is taught through direct instruction throughout the curriculum as related/applied skills.

• Problem solving process and skills: Skills are applied in academics, daily living and conflict resolution.

• Expression, understanding and regulation of emotions to promote emotional and intellectual growth.

Power Paw certificates are given to students to recognize and encourage the positive behaviors we want to see from students.  We have monthly Power Paw Assemblies where students are recognized for the respect they have shown themselves and others. Each month Builta staff and students focus on an important character trait such as trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.  The focus for the month is highlighted during daily announcements, in classroom activities and in hallway displays.

Reading is important at Builta!  One day each week we have all-school BBT:  BADGER BOOK TIME.  The entire school (students and staff) reads for twenty uninterrupted minutes at the same time!  Students also have self-selected reading time daily in their individual classrooms.

Builta has an enrollment of 700 for the 2007-2008 school year, with capacity for 850 students.

     Randy VanWaning, Principal