Hello Wildcat Families!

It's hard to believe we already working our way through November! In just the next few weeks, we have a day off for a teacher in-service, our Veterans Day assembly, 5th grade chorus concert, parent-teacher conferences, the Scholastic Book Fair, and Thanksgiving. Please take note of these important dates below.

Additionally, Monday, November 7th kicks off the Wildcats Give Back Two-Week Giving Extravaganza. Details on the collection items and dates can be found in the flyer below.

Important Dates Coming Up:

11/8 - No School for Students/Teacher In-Service Day

11/17 - 5th Grade Chorus Concert

11/21 - Half-Day for Students/Parent Conferences in the afternoon/Book Fair

11/22 - Half-Day for Students/Parent Conferences in the afternoon and evening/Book Fair

11/23 - No School for Students/Parent Conferences in the morning

11/24-11/25 - No School for Students & Staff - Happy Thanksgiving!!

Kind regards,

Dr. Cruice

Halloween was a huge success at WTE thanks to all of the planning and preparation by our parents, teachers and staff that helped to coordinate and facilitate the parade and the parties. Thankfully the weather cooperated this year and we were able to hold the parade on the back soccer field. Thank you to Lauren Coffee from our PTO for taking pictures during the event and compiling them into the video below for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!!

Thank you to everyone who submitted the My American Hero craft for our Veterans Day assembly or shared the Google Form with veterans in your family whom we can honor at our assembly on the 11th. Due to spacing limitations, we are limiting guests to just the veterans plus one. Thank you for your cooperation with this as it will help to ensure the event is a success. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria from 8:45 - 9:15 and the assembly will begin at 9:30 in the gymnasium.

As we approach Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and the holiday season, we are coordinating efforts to help those in need. We will have two separate collections during the month of November. The first collection will take place during the week of Veterans Day (Nov 7 - 11) when we'll be collecting personal hygiene items and Halloween candy to donate to the Coatesville Veterans Affairs Office. The second collection will take place the following week during the week of our choral concert. Each grade has been assigned a different food item to collect for the St. Agnes Day Room. Students are asked to bring these items to school during the week of Nov 14th. Attendees at the choral concert are asked to bring an item in from the list as their "ticket" into the concert. Thank you in advance for making our collections a success!!

Book Fair countdown starts now! The Scholastic book fair will be at WTE the week of November 14th! For more information, including volunteer sign ups and setting up a secure eWallet for your shopper, click here. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/westtownthornburyeschool1

Attached you will find the invitation to the November Padres Latinos meeting. In December we will meet on the 7th and the topic will be Intro to Special Education Services, with Dr. PJ Dakes.

Congratulations to all of our power paw winners pictured below from the last two weeks. These students were selected by their teachers for best representing what it means to be a wildcat by going above and beyond to be safe, respectful, responsible and kind. Great job students!

The Special Education and Pupil Services department will be holding four evening sessions this year for parents. Please see the attached flyers for details. One flyer lists all four sessions and the other is for our first session on October 20th.

Per the WCASD policy on the use of smart watches, cell phones and other personal technology devices, these devices must be turned off and put away in their backpacks upon arrival to school. Students are not permitted to use these devices during the school day to text, call, record, take pictures, etc as to minimize disruptions to the learning environment. Students found to be in possession of these devices will be asked to turn them in to their teacher and returned to the student at the end of the day. Thank you for your support with this at home! The link to school board policy 237 for additional information can be found below.

If you plan to drop your child off at school, drop off begins at 8:30 AM at the back hall entrance by the soccer field on the lower lot. Drop-off ends sharply at 9:00. After 9:00, students will need to enter at the main entrance. Please help us by dropping off your child prior to 9:00 at the drop off location. More detailed instructions for drop of logistics to follow.

Dismissal is at 3:40 so the busses will not depart WTE prior to that. In order to get the buses into the school lot, we begin parent pick up at 3:30. Parent pick-up occurs at the same location as morning drop-off on the lower lot by the back soccer field. For a variety of safety reasons, please do not come to school prior to 3:00. The pick-up line begins at the flag pole. Please do not pull all the way up to the gate as there may be students outside. Staff will be there to help direct traffic once we open the gate.

The National School Lunch Program application for the 2022-23 school year is now available online. For information regarding the program, visit the WCASD website at https://www.wcasd.net/Page/6842. Contact our school caseworker with any questions or for assistance with the application.

WTE Caseworker: Mrs. Beata Starr - bstarr@wcasd.net

• Apply for the NSLP online at https://www.schoolcafe.com
  

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The West Chester Area School District has a tradition of offering high-quality extra-curricular programs for students. To support the costs of these programs, an Activity Fee is applied to extra-curricular programs supervised by a contracted coach, advisor, or director. This yearly fee allows a student to participate in one or multiple funded activities, and the maximum amount a family may pay per year is $250. At the elementary level, the activities that require payment of an activity fee for the year are intramurals, chorus, orchestra, and band. Please see the attached letter for additional details and payment information. Payment should not be made until your son or daughter is rostered for the given activity during the school year.

Over the course of the school year, we hope to have many opportunities for parents to volunteer in our school. In order to do so, volunteers must have current clearances on file in the WTE office. Clearances can take some time to get back so please take the time now to get your clearances and submit them to Kelly Patterson (kpatterson1@wcasd.net) in the front office. Information on how to obtain clearances can be found on the district website.