Eagle Family Connection #7
October 7-11, 2024
Update #7 - Week of October 7-11, 2024
Hello Wilkesboro families! We hope that you’ve enjoyed this beautiful October weekend. Here are updates for the week of October 7-11. You can visit our Eagle Connection page for more information and a direct link to each teacher’s newsletter. Link to Eagle Connection #7:
We’ve been learning about Latinx cultures and geography, and this week we will celebrate the end of Hispanic Heritage month with a fun spirit week. Monday is Ranchero Fiesta day, and students are invited to wear their best cowboy or cowgirl attire. Please make sure students can safely work and play on dress up days. See our Eagle Connection page for full details for the rest of the week.
On Thursday, we’re celebrating a good start to school with a trip for our K-5th graders to see the Wild Robot movie at the Liberty Theater. The trip is free for students, but they must return two signed permission slips.
We continue to work on transitioning to Remind. If you haven’t signed up for REMIND, please follow the instructions to get signed up. We plan to fade ClassDojo by the end of the week.
We have heard from educators and relief workers across northwest and western NC that one need that is going unmet are activities for children. Our students and staff want to help fill that need, so we will begin collecting supplies to build activity packs for children in impacted areas. We will collect donations of coloring books, crayons, cards, small toys, children’s gloves and socks, and other items to put in activity packs. Your child can bring in donations, or you can order from an Amazon wish list or make a cash donation through our Eagle Connection page. We hope this small contribution will help children across northwest NC.
PTO will host our annual Fall Festival on Thursday, October 17 from 5:00 - 7:30. The event is free for students who are invited to wear costumes and includes classroom visits, carnival games, a costume parade, free popcorn and snow cones, and a visit to the spooky library. Our PTO will host BINGO in the cafeteria beginning at 6, where guests can buy cards to play to win a variety of awesome prizes, including a 65” TV and a $500 gift card. There will be a silent auction of homemade cakes and baked goods, and PTO will also have pizza, snacks, and drinks for sale. Students can also pay $1 for a chance to win sweet treats at the cake walk on our stage and to win prizes from the spinning wheel. We hope your family will join us for this fun Wilkesboro tradition.
PTO is collecting donations of wrapped candy for fall festival. Please send it in with your child or leave in the bin by the front office. PTO also needs approved adult volunteers to help with games. You can see our Eagle Connection page for full details. PTO also wanted to let you know that they have postponed their capital campaign until November.
We want to thank you for your ongoing support, encouragement and cooperation. We are grateful to our Wilkesboro Elementary family for so many things, and we look forward to another great week!
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Have questions about your student's information, records or attendance?
Do you questions about your student's information, records or attendance? Our data manager Sydney Nickles is here to help. She is here each day and also works at Moravian Falls Elementary. You can find her at school at 336-838-4261 or on ClassDojo. You can also reach her by email -- Sydney Nickles at nickless@wilkes.k12.nc.us
About Attendance
School starts at 7:50 each day. Students who are participating will be marked PRESENT or ABSENT. If your child is not in school, you will need to send in absence notes the next day and it will be coded as excused or unexcused. Written notes are required and can come directly from the parent/guardian or a medical office. Also note that ClassDojo messages are great for communicating an absence, but they do NOT serve as legal documentation of absences. Please send a written note. Thanks in advance for your help!
We Need Volunteers!
We welcome volunteers to help with school events. WCS uses Volunteer Tracker to help organize this process, and we use Sign Up Genius (shared via email and ClassDojo) to make signing up easy and convenient. To get signed up, follow steps below.
1. Go to www.wilkescountyschools.org
2. Go to the PARENTS tab at the top (or VOLUNTEER at the bottom).
3. Click on VOLUNTEERS.
4. Click on VOLUNTEER TRACKER.
5. Go to the green NEW REGISTRATION and follow instructions from there.
Level 1 volunteers can help in many ways. Level 1 volunteers can sign up to help with book fairs, school events, class parties and projects, Field Day, Fall Festival, and proctoring for tests.
Level 2 volunteers can do all level 1 tasks but can also help chaperone field trips and work more closely with students in small groups. Level 2 volunteers can also sign up for classroom tutoring and assistance, reading buddy program, tutoring, leading after school activities, and chaperoning school events field trips.
We ask that all parents/guardians who plan to attend field trips sign up to be Level 2 volunteers at the start of the year. It takes a few weeks to verify volunteers, and signing up early will make sure that you are approved in time for this year’s events and field trips.
Email your jokes (or questions or concerns) to Mrs. Spears!
Email: spearsr@wilkes.k12.nc.us
Phone: 336-838-4261
Wilkesboro Elementary School
Email: spearsr@wilkes.k12.nc.us
Website: wes.wilkescountyschools.org
Location: 1248 School Street, Wilkesboro, NC, USA
Phone: (336) 838-4261
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wilkesboroelementary/
Twitter: @WilkesboroElem1