Wildcat Weekly

School Hours are M-T-TH-F 8:30am - 3:30pm

Wednesday Hours are 8:30am - 2:30pm

Email: tlhartley@mpsomaha.org
Website: willowdale.mpsomaha.org
Location: 16901 P Street, Omaha, NE, USA
Phone: 402-715-8280

Top 5 thing from Dr. Ballard:

Greeting!

1. Continued great turnout and support at our PTO meetings! Thank you so much for your input and participation!

2. The weather is changing soon - please be sure to be mindful of what the children where when it is cold outside, as we will still go outside to get fresh air!

3. Please read later on in this newsletter for information regarding our Halloween celebration next Friday!

4. Picture retake day is Friday, 10/27 as well!

5. Have a wonderful weekend with your families!

Test scores will not be printed out at the school any more. To find your student's test results, you can got to ParentVue and find the results in the Documents tab. Find more information below.

In accordance with Nebraska State Statute, #173 NAC 7, Millard Public Schools is required to provide a health screening that includes a dental, vision, and hearing screening as well as weight and height. The health room will be doing a full screening on students in Pre-K through 4th grade. Kindergartners will only be screened for the items missing on their Kindergarten Physicals. You do have the option to opt your child(ren) out of the screening process. The health room will be able to take a written or verbal decision; however, there is a form that needs to be filled out and signed by a physician as well.

Contact Katie Kintzle, MPS District Head Nurse, at kakintzle@mpsomaha.org with questions.

No time to make dinner Tuesday night? Taking kids to practices and games? Stop by Qdoba on 144th and Center for dinner, 4-8PM. Scan the QR code for online orders or bring the flyer to Qdoba for 25% of the sales being donated to Willowdale. Flyers will be sent home on Tuesday, Oct 24th.

You won’t want to miss the exclusive holiday event of the year, while also supporting YOUR school! Jingle is an evening filled with holiday experiences, cocktails, delicious food bites, and an amazing silent auction of 36 unique trees decorated by our schools.

The Millard Public Schools Foundation supports the district by providing funds to all 35 schools to support strategic initiatives, connects Millard graduating seniors with over $150,000 in scholarship funding and helps our own Millard families in need.

Limited tickets available, purchase today here Jingle Tickets

(All guests must be over 21.)

The PTO is a great way to meet other parents, find out about PTO sponsored events and volunteer on several event committees. By joining and/or being a volunteer, you are working with other parents and teachers/staff members, to help enrich the educational experience for all students.

President - Wendy Gibson

Vice President - Brittany Hoebelheinrich

Secretary - Jordan Fletcher

Treasurer - Bridget Perry

Godfather's donated $234.68 to Willowdale's PTO.

Thank you so much for all of your support!

Order forms will come home and this art pieces make great gifts for the holidays.

This is the best way to get in touch with other families for play dates, birthday parties, etc. Make sure to get signed up soon!

The Willowdale Student Directory has been updated for the 2023-24 school year! Click here to open the directory in Google Sheets. Click here to open as a PDF. (You can use CTRL+F to search for a student’s name.) If you still need to update or add your info, please fill out the form here.

Please contact the Willowdale PTO or Bridget Perry with any concerns.

If you want your child's picture taken again, please have the student bring the first photo packet back and hand into the photographer on Re-Take day. Picture packets are coming home in Friday folders this week.

If you missed the first picture day, this is the make-up day for all pictures. You can send those order forms with your student to turn into the photographers on this day.

See more information below!

You can start sending me your photos of the Veterans you would like to Honor. If you had submitted a photo for Willowdale's Veteran's Day program last year, I still have the photo and will use it in this year's program. If you are not sure, you can always reach out to me at tlhartley@mpsomaha.org

Thank you,

Terri Hartley

Please click the link below to RSVP to the Veteran's Day Program:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HKoVXtse5ud0f_XLght2DoW2pCf45Rybb3UGqzZqRRk/edit

These are the Partners 4 Education at Willowdale. We appreciate their partnership and commitment to the Willowdale community.

Proceeds from our Partners 4 Education and other family nights help fray costs for teachers/classrooms and help supplement funds that are not covered for field trips.

Willowdale teachers, staff and students appreciate all of the support from our families and Partners.

Thank you!

Please use the QR code to sign up for a Watch Dog Shift. If you would like to be a Watch Dog and can only be here for half a day, select the day that works for you and let me know the hours you can be here.

In order to give everyone an opportunity, please only sign up for 1 or 2 spots. If you have a question or concern about this, please reach out to Terri Hartly at tlhartley@mpsomaha.org

You can still order shirts with the following link:

https://shop.dadsofgreatstudents.com/shop-all/

Our Kitchen Staff will be short staffed, so, starting Monday, September 11th, the lunch room will only have 2 choices for lunch.

Thank you for understanding while our school is short a lunch person and we hope that this will not last very long.

Lunch for Monday, October 23rd:

1. Pepperoni Pizza

2. Bagel Kidzable

Lunch for Tuesday, October 24th:

1. Mini Corn Dogs

2. Bagel Kidzable

Lunch for Wednesday, October 25th:

1. Chicken Nuggets

2. Bagel Kidzable

Lunch for Thursday, October 26th:

1. Pizza Sticks

2. Bagel Kidzable

Lunch for Friday, October 27th:

1. Soft Pretzel w/Cheese Sauce

2. Bagel Kidzable

Meal Prices for 2023-2024

Breakfast - $1.60

Lunch - $3.15

2nd lunch - $2.75

Adult lunch - $4.60

Milk - $0.55

See more information below

Here is the school calendar for next school year, 2023-2024. The first day of school will be Thursday, August 10th.

The School Board has already approved the calendar for the next school year, 2024/2025. The link to that school year is below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XiYv6vVfIhryYHhrHI8KDB7ZLaOddW9r/view