Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins

🍎4th Grade Teacher at Western Avenue Elementary! ❤️ formerly Miss Vahldick, now I’m Mrs. Perkins! 💍

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

Tomorrow is the first day of school! ✏️ 📚 Hope everyone had a wonderful summer! ☀️ ❤️

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

Wouldn’t be summer without reading a Gordon Korman book! 📕 Ungifted was hilarious and heartfelt. Loved it! ❤️ @gordonkorman

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

Another fabulous book 📕 💙

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

Had a great time listening to my favorite author Emily Giffin talk about her new book!! @emilygiffin @AndersonsBkshp #napervillenorth

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

THIS BOOK WAS INCREDIBLE! Every year I have a student tell me how much they love ❤️ this book and I finally read it. I know nothing about the Berlin Wall before reading. I learned so much and got sucked into this thrilling story. 10/10 recommend! 📕 @nielsenwriter

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there!! 💙🩵

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

Hope everyone is having a fabulous summer so far!! (& don’t forget to read!) 📚 ❤️

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!! 🩷🩷🩷

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

The third graders did a fabulous job with their musical HATS! today! ❤️ 🎩 🧢 👒 🪖👑🎓⛑️ @MissKovarik @MrsTrygg @ShelbiBusche

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

We collected 5,218 bread tags for our service project! ❤️ Thank you to everyone who helped collect and donate! We are helping the planet and people in need.

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

We got a visit from Staley the Bear 🐻 at school yesterday!! 💙🧡 Thanks Mr. O’Connell!

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

💙🩵💚 We had the best time on Monday celebrating Earth Day! 🌎 🌍 🌏

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

The kids did a fabulous job tonight with their Night at the Theater performance!! 🎶 Great job to the 4th graders and Mrs. Schaden!! @ShelbiBusche 🍿 🎥

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

Enjoy the Super Bowl today! 🏈 ❤️

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

I can’t get enough of the Swindle series by Gordon Korman! So funny & entertaining. Highly recommend. @gordonkorman

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

This cold and snowy day ❄️ is the perfect opportunity to read! 📕 I loved this book today! 🏂

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

Merry Christmas! ❤️ I hope you’re all having a fantastic day with your families!!

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

We had the best day yesterday celebrating the holidays! We got to see our amazing new superintendent dress up as a ⛄️ & got to welcome @CUSD304SSims & Mr. Zeman to read with Mr. O’Connell! 📕 We ended the day with a class party! ❤️ HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

My students rave about @AlanGratz books so I decided to read Two Degrees, and I could not put it down. ❤️ What a fantastic book highlighting three stories and inspiring kids to help the planet. 🌎

[Kristin (Vahldick) Perkins @MrsPerkinsWAS]

Another fabulous book in an incredible series! ❤️ I always learn so much from these books! #isurvived This was also so fun to read after I traveled to Alaska this past summer. 10/10 recommend anything by @laurenTarshis 😊