Timberwolf Times - March 7, 2022

T. Clay Wood - Facts at your Fingertips

From the Desk of Dr. Buchheit

School Wide Focus for March - Habit 6 - Synergize-

"We truly do Everything Better Together as a

Community of Leaders and Learners Achieving Excellence"

Dear Timberwolf Families,

It is Spring Picture time, please check with your child's classroom teacher for the date of his or her spring pictures.

Our Next Timberwolf Talk will take place on Friday, March 11, 2022 on ZOOM. We will focus on Anxiety and Test Taking. Please join us for a Timberwolf Talk with our school counselors and our Assistant Principal focused on helping your child deal with everyday academic and social pressures. Our school-based mental health team will provide valuable information on how promote and encourage positive self-image and confidence. Test-anxiety will also be covered.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to me at buchhear@pwcs.edu - include Timberwolf Talk in the Subject Line.

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On behalf of the American Heart Association, thank you very much for raising *$20,087.96 with your school's recent Kids Heart Challenge (KHC) event. You have made a life-saving difference for people in your own community and across the nation.

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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”

2022 Outstanding Educator Award Nominations Open

Nominate a teacher or principal who goes above and beyond to excel in their profession. Visit the Outstanding Educators webpage to view the guidelines and submit your nominations via the redesigned, streamlined nomination and application process. All nominations are due by Tuesday, March 15, 2022.

Career Fair Participants Needed - March 31st 9:30-2:45

Are you interested in volunteering to participate in our T. Clay Wood Elementary School Career Fair? We are excited and know that your willingness to share your profession will have a tremendous educational impact on our students. The Career Fair will take place on Thursday, March 31st from 9:30-2:45. We will have a space for each presenter. Students in grades 3-5 will interview different presenters and use what they learn to complete a variety of projects. Please bring any visual aids/hands-on materials that might help elementary age students better understand your job. Please let us know if you need extra space, access to an outlet, or other needs which we might help to accommodate. Lunch will be provided. Once we receive the online form, we will include you in our program. Please plan to arrive at school by 9:15 (or earlier if needed) so we can be ready to start at 9:30. Please let us know if you have any other questions. We are looking forward to a great day!

~T. Clay Wood Elementary School Counselors

Career Fair Participant Sign-Up: https://forms.office.com/r/u1sxH9KyTD

What's Happening at T. Clay Wood during the week of March 7, 2022 - March 11, 2022

Monday, March 7, 2022- -Day 1

PEP Program (ZOOM)- 4:45pm

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - Day 2

8:00 - Chorus
Chipotle Spirit Nigh (PTO) - 4pm

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - Day 3

Thursday, March 10, 2022- Day 4

Friday, March 11, 2022- Day 5

Timberwolf Talk - 10:00 am - Email buchhear@pwcs.edu for ZOOM LINK

Book Fair Note from Mrs. Rice

Dear Parents and Families:

We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair. Hosted by our staff, this event is an opportunity for students of all ages to build their home libraries and further their love of reading. As always, all purchases benefit our school.

After missing out on many beloved traditions, our spring Book Fair will be a familiar, welcome, and safe event for our students. Here’s what you need to know about the Fair, which will take place on:

Student Shopping:

Monday, March 21st-9:30-3:30

Tuesday, March 22nd- 9:30-3:30

Wednesday, March 23rd- 9:30-3:30

Thursday, March 24th- 9:30-3:30

Friday, March 25th- 9:30-12

Family Shopping:

Monday, March 21st-5-7:30

Our Book Fair offers eWallet, a safe and secure alternative to cash. Simply create a free account to add funds and/or invite family and friends to contribute so your child can select their own books. Any unused funds can be spent at The Scholastic Store Online or to fund a future eWallet.

If you can’t make it to the Fair, then shop at our school’s Online Book Fair. All orders ship directly to your home, and shipping is free for book orders over $25. Your online orders will also benefit our school.

Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping:

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/tclaywoodelementaryschool1.

We’re excited to celebrate our love of books together at the Book Fair. We look forward to seeing your child there!

Happy reading,

Mrs. Rice

The "Leader in Me" Corner

Leader in Me Info for March – Habit 6: Synergize

Synergy is not the same as compromise. In a compromise, one plus one equals one and a half at best.

— Dr. Stephen R. Covey

Synergy means “two heads are better than one.” Synergize is the habit of creative cooperation. It is teamwork, open-mindedness, and the adventure of finding new solutions to old problems. But it doesn’t happen on its own. It’s a process, and through that process, people bring all their personal experience and expertise to the table.

Together, they can produce far better results than they could individually. Synergy lets us discover jointly things we are much less likely to discover by ourselves. It is the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. One plus one equals three, or six, or sixty—you name it.

When people begin to interact together genuinely, and they’re open to each other’s influence, they begin to gain new insight. The capability of inventing new approaches is increased exponentially because of differences.

Valuing differences is what really drives synergy. Do you truly value the mental, emotional, and psychological differences among people? Or do you wish everyone would just agree with you so you could all get along? Many people mistake uniformity for unity and sameness for oneness. One word—boring! Differences should be seen as strengths, not weaknesses. They add zest to life.

You know you are synergizing when you:

Have a change of heart.
Feel new energy and excitement.
See things in a new way.
Feel that the relationship has transformed.
End up with an idea or a result that is better than what either of you started with (3rd Alternative).

From: https://www.franklincovey.com/habit-6/

The Top 6 of the week

1.Phones/Smart Watches - Please remind students they should not be using their phones or smart watches to call or text during the school day.

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.