Hello Husky Families! I hope you are all having a wonderful week and stayed dry in all of this rain. It's hard to believe but we are already at the middle of the 1st quarter of the 2024-25 school year. Interim reports will go home with all students next week.

Just a friendly reminder that this Friday, 9/20 is a Teacher Workday so there is no school for students. 😊

As always, reach out with any questions or concerns.

Respectfully,

Catherine Shearin, Principal

kshearin@wcpss.net

919-460-3527

To continue providing safe learning environments, all schools in our district have visitor sign-in procedures. The District-wide Visitor Management System verifies all school visitors, checks sex offender registries and prohibited person lists for potential matches, and adds an additional layer of safety to our schools by allowing staff to keep track of who is on campus.

Everyone visiting our school must report to the office and check in using the Visitor Management System. All visitors and parents should bring a photo ID each time you come to school. IDs will be checked when visiting or checking out students. This is a safety measure to protect all of our students.

We're almost funded for Ms. Lewis' exciting project on Donors Choose. The project, titled 'Stop and Make Learning Exciting', is for Stop Motion Animation materials for your child's STEM classroom! Please consider donating to this amazing project to support the teaching/learning in our amazing STEM class!

It is that time of year when germs, viruses, and sickness spread amongst our students and staff. For the well-being of everyone, please keep your children home when they are sick to prevent the spread of germs.

Children may not return to school until they are diarrhea and fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication.

See the link below for WCPSS information on illness.

Approved walkers should only be walking to and from home during arrival and dismissal. At no time should students be walking to or from a vehicle. If you do not live close enough to walk to and from home, students should be carpool or bus riders. Parents should never park in the neighborhood, along the streets, or at Sears Farm Park just so students can be walkers. This creates hazardous traffic patterns in the neighborhood streets, unsafe passage for students, and is a nuisance to our neighbors. Cary PD monitors the neighborhood to ensure students are arriving and dismissing safely and to prevent illegal parking in the neighborhood.

The Art Contest Club will kick off this year in the art room (203) on Thursday, September 19 at 8:15 am. Art Contest Club is a drop-in opportunity for students who need the time and materials to work on various art contests throughout the school year. We will begin with the PTA Reflections contest (all grade levels) due on October 18 and the "Wetlands are Wonderful" contest (grades 3-4) due on November 6. Hope to see you there!

Want to volunteer in our Media Center? Mrs. Fiedler would love your help with reading to classes, shelving books, and helping with LOTS of projects to make the Media Center our Huskies’ Happy Place. Sign up here to help! Want to volunteer when your child's class is in the Media Center - but you’re not sure when that is? Check out the class calendar on our Media Center website. Don't forget, all volunteers must be 'registered volunteers'.

Thank you! 🐺

Mrs. Fiedler

Media Specialist

All parents who want to volunteer in the classroom or media center, attend field trips, or work with students in any capacity must be a registered volunteer. All parents are encouraged to complete the process to be a registered volunteer just in case. 🤩

All WCPSS parent and community volunteers are required to register through the MyVolunteer system.

• On the MyVolunteer site, you will find disclosure and authorization forms, the WCPSS Volunteer Agreement, as well as a summary of rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. You must review these documents and provide the requested information.

• Make sure you include your name and contact information when you begin the registration process. If you leave the CRC background site before completing your contact information, you will have to begin the process again.

• You must include your social security number to register to volunteer. If you do not have a social security number, please contact volunteers@wcpss.net or call 919-694-8233.

• You will be notified by the MyVolunteer system if you are approved to volunteer.

Volunteer Registration Link:

Click the link below to start your volunteer registration:

https://myvolunteer.com/wcpss/volunteer/login

All students will receive new carpool and walker/biker tags for the 2024-25 school year. Please dispose of any former carpool tags as they are no longer valid. Use the links below to register for carpool and walker/biker tags for the 2024-25 school year.

If your child will be a bus rider during the 24-25 school year, be sure to download the 'Here Comes the Bus' app. This allows families to track buses in the morning and afternoon. Families will be able to access the app on Friday, August 23rd. Existing users will simply add students back to your account. More information can be at the link below.

https://www.wcpss.net/Page/35380