Whelan Weekend Update

We held our first Whelan Community Connection this Wednesday - thank you to those of you who were able to make it!!!!

It was great to hear family members share who they are, who their kids are, and what brought them to the meeting. I also shared a little bit of information about the work we're doing to rethink our Core Values here at school, and then introduced the topic of kids' Digital Lives - which will be the main focus of our December Community Connection.

The December Community Connection Meeting will happen on TUESDAY, December 6th - from 8:45-9:30 in the Whelan Cafeteria again - and we hope to see many of you there!

Please use this survey to share any information and/or questions about your kids' Digital Experiences that will helps us plan for that December meeting!

Whelan Family Night: Unity in Diversity

On November 17, we are hosting our first Family Night from 5-7 PM. Our theme will be culture from around the world!

We will have:

• Class Dojo helper
• PowerSchool helper
• CORI check forms to chaperone field trips, field day, or volunteer at school
• Activities
• Food brought by families to share (potluck).

Please use these links to RSVP:

• Arabic
• English
• Portuguese
• Spanish

Revere Public Schools are celebrating American Education Week during the week of November 14th - please see the information from the district below that shares a little about what this means and how you can participate!

https://4.files.edl.io/536e/10/28/22/151859-74b88377-de9b-4965-9dcc-c3c8e9c8cb7c.pdf

We STILL have a pile (although it does seem to be a little smaller than it was last week!) of coats, sweatshirts, water bottles and lunch boxes. The Lost and Found tables are right across the main foyer from Ms. Ana inside the front door, so please be sure to check for anything your kiddos might be missing if you're in or around the building!

We've yet to have ANYBODY express interest in joining our School Improvement Council, so I'm sharing this out ONE MORE TIME!

The School Improvement Council is a group of Family, Staff and Community members who come together monthly to explore the idea of improving the school experience for everybody - Families, Staff AND Students - here at Whelan.

The Council's work this year will focus on two things:

• Developing the "What's that at Whelan?" Glossary that will help families better understand different pieces of the Whelan School experience.
• Engaging Families in the work we have started to do as a Staff to revisit the Whelan Core Values.

We're hoping to have 3-4 Family members on the Council this year. If you are interested in this work, please use this form to share a little bit about yourself and why you're interested in the School Improvement Council.

Please use this Uniform Request Form if you are looking for gently-used uniforms for your Whelan students. We will do our best to fill requests as they come in, and will notify families when your requests are ready.

Old School Apparel has updated their Whelan Uniform options with our new Logo - please check out the uniform options they have available for order through their website.

We are also working with Old School Apparel to add a "Spirit Wear" section to their Whelan-specific online shop - stay tuned for more information about what that could look like!

I’m using my Twitter feed to provide more of a lens into classroom experiences this year. You can follow me at https://twitter.com/WhelanPrincipal

• Wednesday, November 2nd - Whelan Community Connection! (8:45 in the Cafeteria)
  

• Wednesday, November 2nd - EARLY RELEASE - 11:30 Dismissal

• Tuesday, November 8th - NO SCHOOL

• Friday, November 11th - NO SCHOOL

• Wednesday, November 16th - American Education Week at Whelan - 9am-11am (see notes above about AEW!)

• Thursday, November 17th - Whelan Family Night - 5pm-7pm

*the full RPS calendar can be found here*
*Important Whelan dates are also posted on our school website at whe.reverek12.org*

Email: apelletier@reverek12.org
Website: whe.reverek12.org
Location: 107 Newhall Street, Revere, MA, USA
Phone: 781.388.7510
Twitter: @WhelanPrincipal

Happy Friday everybody!!! As we've all noticed, the morning temperatures have REALLY started to drop - please make sure your kiddos are dressed properly (and be sure to check our Lost and Found for anything that you can't find!).

*Remember, this “Smore” platform offers readers the ability to choose languages to translate the content into! (Here’s how to do that on a computer, and here's how to do it on your phone!)*