Bulldog Nibbles

TAHER: Food Service Update

September Menus: BREAKFAST/LUNCH (the 4K lunch has an *)

Williams Bay School District Calendar 2024-2025

Pre-Planned Absence Form

Volunteer Guidelines with Volunteer Form

Prescription Medication Administration Form

Non-Prescription Medication Administration Form

2024-2025 WBES Student Handbook

2024-2025 3K Guidebook

3K School Supplies

4K-5th Grade School Supplies

Social Media Sites: Keep up on what's happening at Williams Bay! Check out the social media accounts for Williams Bay Athletics and Activities!

• Website: williamsbayathletics.com/
• Twitter: @WBAthleticDept
• Instagram: @williamsbayathleticsactivities
• Facebook: facebook.com/williamsbayathleticsactivities/

Please contact the office staff along with your child’s teacher if your child will be late, absent, or leaving early: kpanek@williamsbayschool.org.

4K Information Night Slides

5K Information Night Slides

1st Grade Information Slides

2nd Grade Information Night Slides

3rd Grade:

• Biley Information Night Slides
• Schaeffer Information Night Slides

4th Grade Information Night Slides

5th Grade Information Night Slides

• Sept. 2 Labor Day/No School

• Sept. 3: First day of School

• Sept 9: PTO Meeting @ 6:00 (Elem. Library)

• Sept. 20: Donuts w/Grownups 7:45-8:15

• Sept. 25: Picture Day

• Sept. 27: Homecoming Parade

• Sept. 30: Teacher In-Service/No School

• Oct. 31: Teacher In-Service/No School

• Nov. 1: Vacation Day/No School

• Nov. 12: Picture Re-Take Day

• Nov. 14: Fall Student Led Conferences 4:00-7:15

• Nov. 15: Fall Student Led Conferences 8:00-12:00 (noon)/No School

• Nov. 27-29: Thanksgiving Break/No School

• Dec. 13: 4K-5th Grade Winter Concert @ 1:30

• Dec. 23-Jan. 3: Winter Break/No School

• May 16: Art Auction 12:15 to 3:00 / 4K-5th Grade Spring Concert @ 1:30

On September 3, parents are welcome to stand with their children as they wait for teachers to supervise beginning at 8:15. With our safety procedures, parents/guardians will need to say goodbye to their children in the morning outside the building; they cannot walk their children to the playground or to class. Not only does this make the school more safe and secure, but it also encourages our students to be more independent and responsible.

Students can be dropped off at school at 8:15. Students in 3K & 4K will stand in front of the entrance doors. Students in grades K-2 will stand in a line along the sidewalk closest to the gym. Students in grades 3-5 will stand in a line on the sidewalk leading to the playground. Staff will start supervision at 8:15. At that time students are escorted from the front of the building and the buses to play on the playground or walk on the new walking path. Students will enter the building at 8:25. Any student who enters the building after 8:30 is considered tardy. On days with inclement weather, students will be able to wait inside the building until dismissed to their classrooms at 8:25.

Students will exit through one of four doorways depending on their mode of transportation.

• 3K students
• Bus riders: exit door C3 (in the back of the building where the busses park) to wait for the busses
  
• Walkers/bikers exit front doors
  
• Vehicle pick-up Elementary Circle: exit front doors (last names that start with A-M)
  
• Vehicle pick-up Fitness Center: exit Fitness Center doors (last names that start with N-Z)
  

• If your child needs assistance getting into/out of the vehicle and buckled/unbuckled, please park in the lot and walk over to the entrance
• If your child is old enough to drop off and pick up without parking, the pickup line may be a better option for you as the parking lot gets full early
• Please unload/load students from the sidewalk only. Some parents may need to move car seats to the passenger side of the vehicle
• Please pull up as far as you can before unloading/loading to keep the line moving
• Please stay off cell phone
• Stay off the grass
• Dogs are not permitted on school property

To arrange the bus for the 2024-2025 school year, please contact:

Lori Chalchoff

Phone: 262-728-2166

Email: lchalchoff@dtcbus.com

All 3K and 4K students are required to have a copy of a birth certificate in their file. Please provided a copy of your child's birth certificate by Sept. 9.

4K students will attend special events that foster community and enhance the home/school connection. The 4K Team has planned events at school or in the surrounding area. We encourage an adult family member to meet us there. Younger siblings are also welcome to join! During Outreach Days we have seen genuine, family friendships form and grow throughout the year! It’s a fantastic way to meet the families you will be walking alongside during your child’s school years.

Each student will be required to pay $15.00 to cover bus costs for the five events that are outside of school. Please pay this fee as soon as possible via Skyward. If you prefer to take your child home after these events we will ask you to sign them out with your child’s teacher before leaving.

2024-2025 Dates:

September 18: Hike in Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy

October: Pearce’s Farm – date TBA

November: Individual Family Days will be scheduled

December 3: Barrett Memorial Library Tree Lighting at 6:30 pm

December 13: Holiday Concert at 9:00 am – cookie reception to follow

January 22: Game day at school

February 19: Lakeland Park

March 19: Walworth County Gymnastics Center-

April 16: Barrett Memorial Library

May 16: Spring Sing at 1:30

May 30: Discovery Center Museum in Rockford

Please note: Outreach Days to Pearce’s, Walworth County Gymnastics Center, and the Discovery Center will have additional fees for students, adults, and younger siblings. Those will be collected prior to each trip.

Mr. Mike's fun before/after school club: fun-informative-structural.

Now open for registration 4K-6th graders.

Program available Monday-Friday both morning and afternoon time slots available.

Before 7:00 AM-8:30 AM

After 3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Call us: 262-723-8391

www.lakelandslittlelearners.com

240 E. Commerce Ct. Elkhorn

Please review the 2024-2025 WBES Student Handbook. There are many important items in the handbook in which to be aware. Page 9 provides information about how we address cell phones and other personal devices that are brought to school. The last page of the student handbook is an acknowledgement page. Please click on the link provided on page 29 to acknowledge that you have read the handbook or print the page, sign, and return it to school.

Families with students in 3K should also acknowledge that you have read the 2024-2025 3K Guidebook. Pay particular attention to the financial information on page 4. The last page of the 3K guidebook is an acknowledgement page. Please click on the link provided on page 9 to acknowledge that you have read the handbook or print the page, sign, and return it to school.

Every student must have an up to date immunization record or waiver on file in the office. Please contact Nurse Jacque with questions at jnatonski@williamsbayschool.org.

Please check out the links below for dates and time of the upcoming clinics. All clinics are located at 1910 County Rd. NN, Elkhorn, WI 53121. Call 262-741-3200 to schedule an appointment.

All Clinics

All Clinics-Spanish

Volunteer Guidelines with Volunteer Form: If you are interested in volunteering, please review the guidelines by clicking on the link. The volunteer form is the last page of the volunteer packet. Individuals who completed the volunteer form last year and are still in the current building this year, do not have to complete a new form.

• We are looking for community volunteers for this event, Saturday, September 14, 2024 is the day! Volunteers for the Run Course part of the race are needed and we ask that you click the link below to sign up. Scroll down to find the Run Curse. The reason for the required registration is the waiver for insurance purposes. https://www.fontanatriathlon.com/Race/Volunteer/WI/FontanaonGenevaLake/FontanaTriathlonGenevaLake

There are various programs offered in the fall and spring. Inhouse 7U is for players aged 5 & 6. Recreational 8U-15U are organized by age levels for players 7 years old through 8th grade. You can find all their soccer info on genevalakeunited.org

REC 24-25

IN HOUSE FALL 2024

Registration is online only for all students: returning, new to the district, 4K-5th grade, and 3K programs. Registration fees will be paid using RevTrak in the Skyward system when they are available this summer. Please click on this link for specific instructions regarding registration links: Family Online Students Registration Information 2024-2025: SKYWARD

To enroll your child in the Seal-A-Smile program for the 2024-2025 school year, please use the following links:

ENGLISH: https://forms.myupdox.com/form/110034

SPANISH: https://forms.myupdox.com/form/110351

Registration Payment using RevTrak: The link below includes instructions to help you navigate the procedure to set up a RevTrak account which is what is needed to make payments in Skyward.

• Fee Payment in Skyward Family Access
  
• There is also a link to RevTrak on the website: Online Payments
  
• To view the fees, log into Skyward Family Access and open the tile labeled “Fees”. We will have the fees for 3K tuition set up soon if you do not see it populated.
  

Lunch account balances reflect the amount that is in the family account. This family amount will show up for each of your children. If an extra lunch is purchased it will be deducted from the family account, not each individual child.

• To pay for lunches, log into Skyward Family Access and open the tile labeled “Food Service”. Click on the “Pay with RevTrak'' link on the top right of the screen.
• 2024-2025 Free and Reduced Meal Application
• Free and Reduced Application Instructions
• Free and Reduced FAQ
• Breakfast is $2.00, Lunch is $2.85, Extra lunch is $1.90, Milk is $.50
• Breakfast is available between 8:00-8:25 every school day

Milk Fees: Families are welcome to pay for milk for the daily milk/snack break. We will send home milk forms with students to obtain information about which students will be taking milk at snack time. The cost for milk for the daily milk/snack break is $86.00

What is PBIS?

• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports is a proactive systems approach to establishing the behavior supports and social culture needed for all students to achieve social, emotional, and academic success.

Why PBIS?

• At Williams Bay Elementary School, we are using PBIS as a process for creating a safer and more effective school. PBIS focuses on improving a school’s ability to teach and support positive behavior for all students.

The purpose of implementing PBIS at Williams Bay Elementary School is to:

• establish a consistent method of addressing student behaviors
• reward/acknowledge children for appropriate behaviors
• decrease off-task behavior
• increase and gain back instructional minutes
• improve our school’s ability to teach positive behavior for all students in all settings

Ways to Help at Home

• Talk to your child about his/her day • Keep communication between you and your child’s teacher active throughout the year • Focus on the positive choices your child is making

• Find ways to practice positive behavior and expectations at home and in community • Teach your children to speak respectfully to others and to use manners • Practice positive phrases with your child such as: thank you, please, excuse me, and I’m sorry

Classroom Expectations: These are general. Teachers will also collaborate with students to develop classroom expectations specific to their classroom.

Building Expectations: If your child is moved to another table at lunch, please talk to your child about what caused them to be moved.

Be Tech Wise with Baby

Be Tech Wise with Toddler

Be Tech Wise with Preschoolers

Click on the link to view the fun spirit wear available for the whole family: 1st Place Spiritwear

The Williams Bay Summer Spirit Wear Sale is here! Choose from hundreds of designs and garments that are delivered to your home in days! Shop at https://1stplace.sale/103654.

Sale Details

• Sale Dates: August 6th - September 10th
• 30% off all merchandise
• Free shipping on orders over $75
• $5 shipping on orders under $75
• No code is needed!

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