Hi Baker Families!

Thank you to all parents & guardians who attended conferences last week! Your support and input matters greatly to your student's success in school.

Today we enjoyed our Walk-A-Thon event and we want to thank all families that gathered donations to ensure that all of the fun things can continue to happen here at Baker! Looking into the next couple of weeks, we have Literacy Night on Wednesday, October 23, and no school on Friday, November 1 for students. Please also see the graphic below regarding our Halloween festivities.

As the cold weather comes in, please make sure that your student's belongings are labeled - this includes coats, mittens, hats, etc. Our lost and found is already growing rapidly!

Thank you and have a fantastic weekend!

Sincerely,

Amanda Nast

• October 23: Literacy Night @ 5:45pm
• October 31: Halloween Parade/Parties (more info to come)
• November 1: No School (Teacher PD)
• November 4: WEPA meeting @ Steeby, 6:30pm
• November 5: Picture Retakes
• November 15: End of 1st Trimester
• November 22: Report Cards published to portal @4pm
• November 27-29: Thanksgiving Break
• December 23-January 3: Winter Break
• January 6: WEPA meeting @ Steeby, 6:30pm
• January 17: Tri 2 Progress Reports published to portal
• January 20: No School (Teacher PD)

These Young Fivers were SO excited to see our Wayland Wildcat!

Gull Meadows was such an amazing spot for these 1st graders' field trip!

After completing ABC Bootcamp, our kindergartners celebrated their learning with an ABC Fashion Show! Students worked with their families to decorate their vest with items that matched a letter. Students walked the runway showing off their letter vests all the way from A to Z. After our fashion show was over, we had a kindergarten dance party.

Check out the slideshow HERE!

We are in need of gently used tennis shoes from size 11 through size 2 to replace some of our back up gym shoes. If you are going through your child's things and find shoes in this size that you don't need - think of Baker! Something else that comes in very handy are socks, in those same sizes. Thank you!!

If you plan on attending classroom parties or field trips, we require an annual background check to be done. Use the button ABOVE to access the form online. Please send this link to anyone in your family or friend group who might want to be involved this year. We would hate to turn away a dedicated grandparent or other relative!

Teacher or Staff at Baker Elementary - Any and all staff can be reached via email by using the employees last name and first initial. Example - Krista Battenfield, school secretary at battenfieldk@waylandunion.org

Technology - Any and all questions concerning parent portals (log-ins, passwords, changing information, etc) must be directed to the WUS technology department. You will also want to contact technology with any Ipad concerns, including broken Ipads.

• Technology - helpdesk@waylandunion.org OR call 269-792-6611
  
  

Busing - If you need to change a student's assigned busing routine, you must contact the bus garage. Please follow up any answers or changes made by calling/emailing with the Baker office staff and your child's teacher. These changes are not automatically communicated between the two buildings. It is the parent's responsibility to communicate the change.

• Transportation/Busing - transportation@waylandunion.org OR call 269-792-2262

Food Service - All Free/Reduced Hot Lunch Applications are confidential. If you have questions concerning the WUS food service program, please contact the following:

• Food Service Program - mathisc@waylandunion.org OR call 269-792-3150