Woodbury Weekly Update for Families

Welcome to our weekly update! We are thrilled to keep you informed about the happenings at our school, celebrations & achievements and upcoming events, ensuring you're an active part of your students educational journey. In each update, you'll find some quick highlights of the past week and a preview of what's to come. Our hope is to foster a strong sense of community and collaboration between the school and our cherished families. Most weeks will be brief, but at times there is important information or updates that help support us in your involvement in our little school. Thank you for taking the time to read it!

Thank you to the Sandwich Fire Department for teaching us all about fire safety! Congrats to Brynnlee Grey who was our poster contest winner!

Our favorite furry friends came to visit! We loved reading and visiting with Fox Valley Therapy Dog Club. They made us smile!

Getting ready to wrap up October! Halloween celebration and parade information can be found below. Butterbraid sales started this week. This is a family favorite! Any money raised supports our activity fund and goes back to our students for classroom and school events. This past couple of weeks we have said hello to new friends and goodbye to another, we have been working on having a growth mindset, enjoying the sunny weather and also had a great visit with our friends from the Fox Valley Therapy Dogs!

SAFETY REMINDER:

• Please be sure that you are safely dropping off and picking up your students each and every day. We have had an increased number of vehicles having students go across the road to get in vehicles or vehicles pulling up in opposite directions of parking and sometimes even in the drop off line. Please use the pick up line OR park and walk to meet your child. Please do not drop off or pick up on the corner or in the middle of the street. We have supervision at all of our exits each day and as we release students we do our best to monitor them as they leave. If your child is walking home on their own, please it a point to talk to them about looking before they cross the road. A staff reminder was sent out to be sure we are monitoring our students as they exit and cross the street as best as we can and will continue remain vigilant. If we continue to have issues we will have to return to only releasing students from one exit.
• PARENT DROP OFF: Please do not park in the parent pick up line and walk your child to the playground. The drop off line is only for quick drop-offs only. If you would like to come to the playground with your students, please park and walk.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: On Tuesday, November 19th, we will be hosting the school board meeting. The meeting will be held in our multipurpose room at 7:00 PM. We would love you to join us as we get a chance to share our pride for our little school, all of the wonderful people who fill it, including our amazing families!

Goodbyes are hard! Wishing our student and classmate James the very best in his new school! #onceuponawoodbury

Best wishes to Mr. Eric Tronc who recently completed his time with us student teaching.

We will be enjoying Halloween festivities this year on Thursday, October 31st. In addition to afternoon Halloween Festivities, the reading room will once again be transformed into a bat cave and classrooms are invited to come experience life as a bat and participate in DEAR time in the dark with finger lights. So fun! We will also have our annual Costume Parade. The parade will begin around 1:15. Parents/Guardians are welcome to attend along with younger children to see their older siblings and their classmates! Guests of the parade can line the sidewalk around the building and students will be making their way around the building on the sidewalk by classroom. If we have inclement weather, we will parade around in the gym and hallways.

Students are invited to wear their costumes to school with the following guidelines:

• Students will change into costumes after lunch and must be able to put on independently over their clothes.
  

• If a student's costume includes a mask it will not be able to be worn while at school except for a picture and the parade.

• Please limit costume accessories, as these can potentially serve as a distraction to our daily learning. Weapons (play swords, knives, guns, etc.) are not allowed.

The classroom teachers will be coordinating Halloween parties with volunteers. Only designated volunteers will be able to participate in classroom parties on the 31st. All classroom celebrations will follow our district-adopted Treat Policy. However, each classroom will incorporate one curricular activity during their celebration that will involve the consumption of a tasty treat. Our school nurses will vet the ingredients for allergies and safety concerns prior to our room parties taking place. As always, the safety and health of our students is a top priority.

OCTOBER:

10/27: SEF Trick or Trot 5K/1 Mile Run

10:31: Halloween Classroom Parties, Parade 1:15 p.m.

NOVEMBER:

11/5: Election Day, NO SCHOOL

11/8: End of First Trimester

11/11: Veteran's Day Recognition

11/12: Fall Picture Retakes

11/14: Third Grade Opera House, PPA Meeting

11/15: Trimester 1 Report Cards, Therapy Dog Visit

11/20: Author Visit

11/21-22: Breadmaking

11/25: Conferences - NO SCHOOL

11/26: Conferences - NO SCHOOL

11/27-29: FALL BREAK- NO SCHOOL

Hey, I showed the Woodbury Way! This crew had their name drawn this week after earning Woodbury Way recognition! Stay tuned as we celebrate our students each week and month! October we are working on having a growth mindset!

We would like to welcome the newest members of our Sandwich community. If you or someone you know has just welcomed a new baby, please let us know! The Sandwich Community School District 430 would like to provide you with a welcome gift.

https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSc2M60XyZq.../viewform

The following core values are embedded in our Woodbury Way recognition and are goals for our students and staff. These are great skills to discuss with your students as we will be emphasizing them throughout each month.

September: OVERVIEW

October: Growth Mindset (Connection to Second Step-first unit, Start the year off right)

November: Responsibility

December: Respect

January: Collaboration

February: Empathy (Valentine’s Day, Black History Month)

March: Integrity (IAR Testing)

April: Citizenship (Earth Day)

May: Celebrate (Acknowledge accomplishments/achievements)

The carry over period for students who were receiving free/reduced lunch for the 2023-2024

school year will end on September 27, 2024. If a new 2024-2025 application has not been

submitted by that date your child will automatically be put on paid breakfast and lunch

beginning September 30, 2024.

Please click on the link below to apply for free/reduced breakfast and lunch:

https://www.freereducedlunch.com/sandwich430

In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is

prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or

disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, and Office of Civil

Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-

3272 or (202) 720-6382 (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.