WES Weekly Update

December 17 - Student Council, 8:00am

December 20 - 12:30pm Dismissal (see schedule below)

December 23-January 1 - NO SCHOOL (Winter Break)

January 7 - PTO Meeting, 6:00pm

January 8 - WES Wednesday (wear WES cares shirt or other spirit wear)

January 17 - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS (Teacher In-Service Day)

January 20 - NO SCHOOL - HOLIDAY

Dear WES Families,

We have another busy week ahead in a very exciting time of year! Our students (and teachers!) are obviously looking forward to the winter recess, but we have so much to do this week in the interim. It starts this evening when some of our 5th grade students, led by Mrs. Scully, Mrs. Spellman, and Mrs. Berman will help present at the School Board meeting. In school this week, we will be filled with festive activities and winter holiday classroom parties.

Last Wednesday, WES hosted our Winter Holiday concert, and it was a huge success with standing room only attendance. Our choral ensemble, led by Mrs. Haley, and our orchestra and band, led by Mr. Greenhalgh, all sounded outstanding. Thank you to our dedicated music staff, our students who have put a lot of time and effort into practicing and preparing, and our families for supporting our flourishing musicians!

We are already looking forward to and planning for the New Year! Particularly, we are going to be coordinating efforts to collect and organize school supplies to be donated to another local school. Our MLK Day of Service will allow us an opportunity to organize and box these materials, and each grade level will be designated particular items to collect. We will start the collection efforts on January 2nd, but please keep this in mind during our month of December WES Cares generosity campaign as you are out doing your holiday shopping. Our designated supplies lists for collection can be found below.

From all of our staff here at WES, we wish you a safe, fun, and festive holiday season filled with time spent with family and friends. Please be reminded that we will have a 12:30 dismissal on Friday, December 20th.

Happy Holidays!

Mr. Stephen Krall

Acting Principal

Wallingford Elementary

skrall@wssd.org

WSSD will have an early dismissal on Friday, December 20. For WES, the schedule will be as follows:

• AM Kindergarten: 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM
• PM Kindergarten: 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

• Grades 1-5: 12:30 PM dismissal

Please see below for our (completely optional!!) holiday spirit days for the rest of this week. All holidays welcome!

• 12/17 - Tree Topper Tuesday - Wear your favorite headwear
• 12/18 - Grinch Wednesday - Wear green or Grinch-inspired clothing
• 12/19 - Ugly or Cozy Sweater Thursday
• 12/20 - Wear your favorite holiday or cozy pajamas

Fitness Club will start in January for grades 2, 4, and 5. Fitness Club will be offered once a week and is a combination of indoor games and fitness related activities. Fitness Club runs from 3:30 until 4:30pm. Pick-up is in the back of the school at 4:30pm.

Dates and sign up links for fitness club are as follows:

• 2nd grade students will have Fitness Club on Thursday afternoons (1/9, 1/16, 1/23 and 1/30)
• 4th grade students will have Fitness Club on Wednesday afternoons (1/8, 1/15, 1/22 and 1/29)
• 5th grade students will have Fitness Club on Tuesday afternoons (1/7, 1/14, 1/21 and 1/28)

Signing up for fitness club will take place on a first come first serve basis. Please use the links above to sign up.

No notes are needed for clubs. Please notify the school only if your child is not attending on a specific day. Kindly submit changes either the evening before or prior to the start of the school day.

See attached for information on the next Office of Student Services Parent Information Night on Thursday, January 2, 2025. The topic will be Being a Good Role Model.

Questions concerning online registration should be directed to Derrick L. Clements at dclements@wssd.org or 610-892-3470 ext. 1203. If you are unable to register online, please call the Educational Data and Registration Office at 610-892-3470 ext. 1304 to schedule an appointment to complete the registration online at the Administration Office.

Food service is exited to announce that our website has been updated. We now have an ala carte drop down that includes all snacks for sale in the cafeteria, as well as how to set up restrictions for your students. This information can be found at https://www.wssd.org/Page/1049.

Please feel free to reach out to Kate Rittler, Director of Food and Nutrition, with any questions! krittler@wssd.org, 610-892-3470 ext. 2151 or visit the WSSD Food Services website.

We are urging parents/guardians to complete the process for clearances if you have not already done so. Clearances are mandatory, are good for 5 years, and are kept at the district level. Volunteer clearances are required for anyone volunteering to work with our students or be present in our school; whether that is in school, on a field trip, or at an athletic event/practice, etc. Essentially, everyone who is volunteering with our students or in a school is required to obtain volunteer clearances.

You will not be permitted to volunteer without valid clearances on file with the district.

WES’ Annual Bingo Night is back! Register here!

Join us on Friday, January 24 at your choice of two sessions (6pm or 7:30pm). Mr. Fantozzi and Mrs. Gaur will continue their tradition of leading the fun! Dinner is covered, too! Order a cheese pizza in advance (sold by the pie, plain only, must order in advance) to enjoy while you play. Please consider donating gently used books to the bin in the lobby as they are used for prizes.

Advance registration is required as this event usually sells out with the gym capacity. Don’t forget the raffle tickets! You can purchase raffle basket tickets in advance or during the event to try your chances at one of our great raffles. Among the prizes: Breakfast with Mr. Krall, the perennial favorite “Principal for a Day”, and many more! Prizes will be on display during the event. 3 tickets for $5 or 7 tickets for $10. 50/50 will be sold at the event only. Thank you for supporting our WES Community!

Watch for sign ups to come out soon for bake sale, event volunteer, or donate to raffle prizes. Please contact Jessica Diamond with any questions.