Timberwolf Times -March 28, 2022

T. Clay Wood - Facts at your Fingertips

From the Desk of Dr. Buchheit

School Wide Focus for March - Habit 6 - Synergize-

"We truly do Everything Better Together as a

Community of Leaders and Learners Achieving Excellence"

Dear Timberwolf Families,

FUTURE Ready Week - Week of March 28, 2022- March 31, 2022

College Wear Day - March 28, 2022
Career Dress Up Day - March 31, 2022

Kindergarten Registration opens on this week on March 21, 2022 - you start the process online - Registration - Prince William County Public Schools (pwcs.edu)

Student Transfer Requests - Transfer requests can be made for students in grades 1 through 5 between January 3, 2023- April 30, 2022. Kindergarten transfer requests can be made starting from the first day of Kindergarten registration through 30 days after the kindergarten student registers. Please contact T. Clay Wood Elementary for more information by emailing Mrs. Morton, at MortonTA@pwcs.edu or calling 703.594.3990.

We truly do Everything Better Together as a Community of Leaders and Learners Achieving Excellence.

I hope you all have a wonderful week.

Dr. Andrew Buchheit

Principal

#TimberwolvesROCK

“Because YOU are here, ANYTHING is possible”

SOL Information Night

Dear 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Families,

Please join us for a Virtual SOL Information Night on March 31st at 6:00pm. We will have all parents join the main Zoom meeting for general information, followed by specific grade level break-out rooms. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Krueger at Kruegekr@pwcs.edu or call her at 703.594.3990

Please join via the zoom link below:

Kristen B. Krueger is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: SOL Information Night

Time: Mar 31, 2022 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://pwcs-zm-edu.zoom.us/j/85823693614?pwd=dHlEWUZlU1JXdU1HcU5CSXJNU091dz09

Meeting ID: 858 2369 3614

Passcode: 587965

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Find your local number: https://pwcs-zm-edu.zoom.us/u/kgapgcR17

Thank you,

Kristen Krueger

Lost and Found Items

Please remind your students to check out the Lost and Found Table for their items. All items will be donated over spring break after April 8, 2022

Future Ready Week

Future Ready Week will be March 28 - 31st! Students will be looking ahead at their futures and thinking about the many opportunities that lie ahead. Students will focus on their skills, interests, abilities, and how their current learning will be important to their future success. Monday 3/28 will be College Wear Monday. Thursday 3/31 will be a schoolwide Career Dress Up Day and the Career Fair for 3rd-5th grades. We can't wait to see what our students want to be when they grow up!

Mark your calendar!!! STREAM NIGHT is coming to T. Clay Wood!!!

Mark your calendar!!!

STREAM NIGHT is coming to T. Clay Wood!!!

(Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math Night)

April 28, 2022, 5:30 - 7:00 pm.

This is an in-person event!

The committee is seeking donations for door prizes. If you would like to donate a door prize, please

contact Adam Dove: doveax@pwcs.edu

We will compile a list of businesses who donate and share it at the event and on social media. This is a great way to advertise your business and support our students!

Summer School Info

Dear Timberwolf Families,

Registration for the Prince William Summer School Program has opened. It will close on June 15, 2022. Families register their children through ParentVue.
This year there is no tuition cost for summer school. Summer school will be free of charge for all students who apply.

The T. Clay Wood Summer School Program will take place at Victory Elementary School.

The Summer School Program will run from July 11- July 29, 2022. Hours are 9:00 am - 12:30 pm.

Transportation services is provided. However, bus stops may be different from regular school year bus stops.

Here is a link with lots of information about Summer School - https://www.pwcs.edu/departments/student_management___alternative_programs/summer_school/elementary_school_summer_school_information

Summer School is a great opportunity for our students to improve necessary skills through interactive and engaging activities. Students will receive instruction in Language Arts and Math.

I will also be sending out letters specifically to students who teachers are recommending attend summer school. However, this year summer school is open to all kg-5th grade students in Prince William County for no charge.

Ukraine Resources

Many parents and caregivers may be wondering how to discuss the events in Ukraine with elementary age children. Children may be seeing information on the news and hearing details from classmates or family members. Some families may also have loved ones in the region and be worried or scared. The social, emotional, and economic impact of world events has an effect on us all. Children can be especially impacted, as they do not understand or know how to process these events. Our school mental health team has put together some resources to help families. Resources are located on the T. Clay
Wood School Counseling Website. Please don't hesitate to reach out to your child's counselor if additional support is needed.

School Counselors- Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs. Robertson, and Mrs. Rothman - T. Clay Wood Elementary School (pwcs.edu)

What's Happening at T. Clay Wood during the week of March 28-April 1, 2022

Future Ready Week

Monday, March 28, 2022- -Day 4

COLLEGE WEAR DAY
PEP Program (ZOOM)- 4:45pm
PTO Spirit Night - Mod Pizza

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - Day 5

Chorus; 8:00 am
Drama Performance; 6pm

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - Day 6

Thursday, March 31, 2022- Day 1

Career Dress Up Day
Career Day
SOL Information Night - ZOOM; 6pm

Friday, April 1, 2022- Day ----

Teacher Professional Development Day/Work Day - No School For Students

The "Leader in Me" Corner

Leader in Me Info for March – Habit 6: Synergize

Synergy is not the same as compromise. In a compromise, one plus one equals one and a half at best.

— Dr. Stephen R. Covey

Synergy means “two heads are better than one.” Synergize is the habit of creative cooperation. It is teamwork, open-mindedness, and the adventure of finding new solutions to old problems. But it doesn’t happen on its own. It’s a process, and through that process, people bring all their personal experience and expertise to the table.

Together, they can produce far better results than they could individually. Synergy lets us discover jointly things we are much less likely to discover by ourselves. It is the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. One plus one equals three, or six, or sixty—you name it.

When people begin to interact together genuinely, and they’re open to each other’s influence, they begin to gain new insight. The capability of inventing new approaches is increased exponentially because of differences.

Valuing differences is what really drives synergy. Do you truly value the mental, emotional, and psychological differences among people? Or do you wish everyone would just agree with you so you could all get along? Many people mistake uniformity for unity and sameness for oneness. One word—boring! Differences should be seen as strengths, not weaknesses. They add zest to life.

You know you are synergizing when you:

Have a change of heart.
Feel new energy and excitement.
See things in a new way.
Feel that the relationship has transformed.
End up with an idea or a result that is better than what either of you started with (3rd Alternative).

From: https://www.franklincovey.com/habit-6/

The Top 6 of the week

1.Phones/Smart Watches - Please remind students they should not be using their phones or smart watches to call or text during the school day.

2. Daily Home Screening - Parents/guardians/caregivers are asked to complete this screening each morning prior to a student boarding a school bus or arriving at school. On the Daily Home Screening webpage, they have also included information about how to make decisions about sending a student to school if he/she has been exposed to another person with COVID-19.Questions about the student daily home screening can be directed to Mrs. Ousley, our school nurse.

3. Medicine – All medicine needs to be dropped off by a parent/guardian to our school office. Students are not allowed to bring medicine into the building themselves.

4. Attendance Email - when your student is absent, tardy, has an early dismissal, or a change to their dismissal, please use our attendance email - cwes-timberwolf-attendance@pwcs.edu

5. DISMISSAL

Please note a change to the Parent Handbook - Starting the week of January 3, 2022, if you need to pick up your student early from school, please arrive prior to 3:15pm. Here is the change. Please do not arrive early and ask to pick up your child unless you have an appointment. Instruction continues until students are dismissed. If you need to pick up your child for an appointment, please plan to arrive before 3:15pm. Please park and report to the office. Please do not leave your car unattended in the pickup lane.

Emergency Card - All parents picking up a student from the office must show a photo ID and be listed on the student’s emergency card. Please inform the office beforehand if someone other than the parent is picking up your child from school for dismissal. The emergency card information is only used by school staff in case of an emergency with your student when school staff is not able to get in contact with the parent or guardian. It does not give the individuals listed on the emergency card the right to pick up your children at any time unless the parent or guardian sends in written permission to school informing us that the individual is allowed to pick the student up from school on the specific date.

3:15 pm - If you must pick your student up early, please arrive before 3:15 pm. We will not be able to call students to the office after 3:15 pm until all car riders are picked up. Students called for dismissal after 3:15 pm will be sent to the car rider area and will be brought up after all car riders are dismissed with the supervising teachers. This way we can reduce interruptions to the classrooms, provide continual supervision for all our students and give our focus in the office to dismissing students. Parents coming in after 3:15 pm will be asked to wait in the vestibule outside of the office and once their students are brought up to come in and sign their students out.

6. Purchasing Device Insurance later in the school year

The best time to purchase device insurance is at the beginning of the school year, within the first 30 days of the device being issued. If you wish to purchase device insurance later in the year, you can purchase from Securranty, but the policy will not become active until our Technical Specialist has a chance to inspect your child's device at school and verify that it has no preexisting damage. If our Technical Specialist determines that your device already contains some sort of damage, it may not be eligible for insurance coverage.

What if I purchase insurance, but after visual inspection my device isn't eligible for coverage?

It depends on the reason your device isn't eligible. If we determine that your device isn't eligible because your child damaged it, you will need to pay for the damage. After the device is repaired, you can then activate the insurance policy against future damage to the device. If your device isn't eligible because it has another issue (not caused by your child), we may be able to swap the device out for a different device and activate the policy for the new device. If we are unable to activate your policy, we will work with Securranty to issue you a refund for your purchase since you're unable to activate it.