A message from the Principal
Greetings, Wolf Pack!
Welcome back from Spring Break! As we move down the home stretch, I want to share information on important topics and events that will contribute to successfully completing the 2024-2025 School Year at Weikel Elementary!
First and foremost, I want to thank the parents of our 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students in advance for your support for the upcoming State CMAS Assessment Window (April 8th- 18th). Your willingness to work around our test schedules, serve a healthy breakfast, encourage a good night’s rest, and, most importantly, motivate your child to do their best is greatly appreciated! We look forward to allowing students to show what they know!
Daily attendance and prompt arrival to school are vital as we continue to bring quality instruction to the classroom in all content areas. We want students fully prepared to move to the next grade level with the necessary knowledge and skills. Our goal continues to be a school-wide average of 95% or better! Thank you for supporting prompt and daily attendance at Weikel Elementary.
Summer School will be offered for students in need of academic support and for students who would benefit from enrichment opportunities. If you need more information, don't hesitate to contact Rebecca McRae, the front office secretary.
Thanks again for supporting the Wolf Pack partnership, and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Respectfully,
Dr. Jaramillo- Principal
Important Reminders:
*Please remember that drop off is no earlier than 7:05 am. There is no adult supervision until that time.
*The weather in Colorado is constantly changing. Please be sure your child comes to school prepared for outdoor recess during our weather changes.
*If your child will be going home a different way, please call the front office before 2:00 pm to ensure the message gets delivered to your student and their teacher.
Please remember to call the front office at 719-358-4320 or go online to report your child's absence.
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We know illnesses and emergencies arise. Please be mindful of your child's absences.
Hello Parents!
It is hard to believe that it’s already the fourth quarter! This quarter we will be focused on the fourth social-emotional skill embedded in our creed, “keeping our cool”. Teaching kids to control their anger is an important skill that will help them navigate difficult situations and maintain positive relationships with others. One of the first steps is to help children recognize the signs of anger early on. Encourage your child to pay attention to their body when they start feeling upset—like a racing heart or clenched fists—and let them know that it's okay to feel angry. You can teach them calming techniques such as taking deep breaths, counting to ten, or going to a quiet space to calm down. We look forward to ending the year strong when it comes to practicing our PACK skills!
Honored to partner with you,
Mrs. Wood
This month, we’re diving into some exciting activities and celebrations in our kindergarten classes! In reading, we’ll finish up exploring the theme of “ Where can you go that is near and far?” and start the theme of "How do things change?". In math, we will continue composing and decomposing numbers to get ready for addition and subtraction! In science, we are becoming engineers to build pinball machines!
Happy Spring! Second Grade will have a busy April! In reading, we will continue to work on diphthongs, variant vowels and short vowel digraphs. We will be reading realistic fiction stories and persuasive text. In writing, we will be writing a biography on a historical figure. In math, we will be switching from subtraction within 1,000 to learning about money, data, and customary measurement. In science, we are continuing to study why the Chalta Trees may not be growing in the Bengal Tiger Reserve. We are in the process of learning about seed dispersal and how that may be affecting the growth of new Chalta Trees.
How do pirates celebrate April Fools' Day? They walk the prank. In the month of April, we will be taking the state test, CMAS. This is an important time for students to show what they know and have learned all year. We will focus on reviewing skills and test taking strategies to ensure students are prepared and ready. Some skills we will be reviewing in Reading are finding the main idea, theme, author’s perspective, vocabulary, and RACES. Please encourage your child to read at home for 15-20 minutes a day. For math we will review addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, rounding, area, perimeter, time, graphing and word problems. We encourage that your child practices some of these skills at home for at least 15 minutes a night. Thank you for all your support.
Fourth grade is working hard to finish out the year strong! In reading, we will be working on identifying different types of text structure such as cause and effect. For writing, we will be working hard on essays that include text evidence. We will be moving into the 20th century of Colorado’s history for Social Studies! In math, we will continue working on fractions while introducing decimals. We are almost done with vision and light in science and will be moving to our new unit which is Earth’s features. Just a heads up, CMAS starts April 8th with math. Then, ELA will follow right after. We will round out testing with Social Studies. We got this!
Fifth Graders are having to give all their best in April as we head into taking our State Assessments the weeks of April 7th and 14th. We have 9 days of testing for ELA, Math, and Science. Our 5th grade sign up will be coming out mid-month for those who can help in any way to contribute to our grade level spring basket for the Spring Fling. We are planning a field trip in the beginning of May to the Olympic Museum, so be on the lookout for more information about this. We can not believe we have just eight weeks left and our 5th graders will be 6th graders!
Illness Guidelines for School:
- Children who have temperatures of 100.4 (Fahrenheit) or above should not attend school. Children should remain home until their temperature has been normal (98.6 degrees), without any fever reducing medication for up to 24 hours.
- Children who have cold symptoms such as: a constant runny nose, with abnormal color (green, yellow, or white) or thick nasal discharge, constant coughing, or lung congestion should not be in school.
- Children who have been diagnosed with an infection and have been placed on medication should not return to school until they have taken the medication for up to 24 hours after the first dose.
- Children who have had vomiting or diarrhea in the last 24 hours should not attend school for up to 24 hours.
- Children who have an undiagnosed skin rash or open skin lesion should not be in school.
- Children who have red, inflamed eyes with a thick discharge and have a fever and/or behavioral changes should not be in school.
If any of the above signs and symptoms are present at school, the parent will be contacted to pick up the child. We do not want children to miss school, but keeping sick children home will improve everyone's attendance and health in the long run.
If any of the above signs and symptoms last longer than 48 hours, please contact your child's school nurse before they return to school.
If your child is hospitalized or treated for an infectious disease, please provide your child's school a written statement from the health care provider that your child is no longer contagious and is cleared to return to school.
- Children who have temperatures of 100.4 (Fahrenheit) or above should not attend school. Children should remain home until their temperature has been normal (98.6 degrees), without any fever reducing medication for up to 24 hours.
