Timberwolf Times - January 10, 2022

T. Clay Wood - Facts at your Fingertips

From the Desk of Dr. Buchheit

School Wide Focus for January– Habit 4: Think Win-Win

(“Treat Others The Way You Would Want to be Treated")

I hope you all have a Wonderful Week - I am looking forward to an amazing Week.

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”

What's Happening at T. Clay Wood during the week of January 10, 2022

Monday, January 10, 2022- Day 2

Welcome Back

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - Day 3

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - Day 4

Thursday, January 13, 2022- Day 5

8:00 -Service Leadership Meeting -room 223 with Mrs. Edwards

Friday, January 14, 2022- Day 6

The "Leader in Me" Corner

Leader in Me Info for November – Habit 4: Think Win-Win

1. Relationship Balloon

Resources: Make a list of common deposits and withdrawals you hear in a home. Make

the last item a big withdrawal. You will need one balloon for each family member.

State: “We make deposits and withdrawals every day in each of our relationships. This is

a relationship balloon. I am going to read a list of interactions that are common to families.

When you hear something that you think is a deposit, blow air in your balloon. When you

hear something that is a withdrawal, let air out of the balloon.” Read your list of deposits

and withdrawals one at a time. On the last item, the big withdrawal, let go of your balloon,

allowing it to fly around the room. Ask: “How would you feel if this really was a day in your

life? Why? What did you learn or discover in this activity?”

2. Deposits and Withdrawals

Show the deposits and withdrawals examples on page 40 to your family. Review each

item and discuss why it would be a deposit or withdrawal. Emphasize that relationships

need consistent and sincere deposits. Withdrawals create low trust relationships. Ask

each family member what a deposit and a withdrawal is for them. Listen and validate.

Remember, it comes from their point of view.

3. Four Ways of Thinking in Relationships

Describe and explain the four ways of thinking in relationships: Win-Lose, Lose-Win,

Lose-Lose, and Win-Win. Break into four groups. Assign a way of thinking to each group.

Give groups a few minutes to prepare a skit or role-play a family scenario that shows

their assigned way of thinking. If needed, give a specific scenario for all groups to plan

their skit around, such as people watching TV together and one person has the remote.

4. Abundance or Scarcity

Enjoy an afternoon in the sun with your family. Go to a park, the beach, or a place where

there is plenty of sun. Talk with family members about how wonderful the sun is and how

there is enough for everyone. Point out that it doesn’t take anything away from the sun

whether one or one million people are enjoying it. There is an abundance of sunshine,

there is enough for everyone. Like sunshine—or love—think with an abundance paradigm.

Think there is plenty for everyone.

5. A Win-Win Agreement

Think of a situation where you and a family member (or members) are not getting the

results you want to be getting. Describe the situation, then draw a T-Chart (like the one

found on page 43) on a piece of paper. Let each person involved in the situation share

what a win would be for them by asking, “What would be a win for you in this situation?”

Remember that the most lasting wins are often intrinsic.

Create a Win-Win Agreement based on what each side of the situation has agreed would

be a win in the situation. Remember to celebrate wins along the way!

The Top 6 of the week

1. Masks- Please remember that PWCS (and state of Virginia) required Universal Masking for all our students, staff, and visitors while in the building. We are following the state and county requirement of Universal Masking. Click link to view the mask requirements. Please remind your students to wear a mask each day. The Prince William Health Department and PWCS recommend but do not require masks during outdoor recess or indoor PE. If your child chooses to remove his or her mask during Indoor PE, please have him/her let the PE teacher know. Here is the Definition of Mask: A mask is a face covering that covers your nose and mouth (hereinafter, mask or face covering). The CDC provides the following guidance on effective masks:

· Have two or more layers of washable, breathable fabric; and
· Completely cover your nose and mouth; and
· Fits snugly against the sides of your face and don’t have gaps; and
· If using neck gaiter or a fabric face covering, wear a gaiter with two layers, or fold it to make two layers.
· Persons wearing a mask with an exhalation valve or vent will be asked to utilize a disposable mask provided at no charge.

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.