WCS Weekly Newsletter

3/4 - 3/8 - Read Across America Week!

3/5 - Primary Elections (held at WCS)

3/6 - 8th Grade Family Info Night: 5pm @ MHS

3/8 - Close of the Second Trimester

3/13 - WCS PTA Meeting: 6pm in the Library

3/15 - NO SCHOOL: PD DAY

3/21 & 3/22 - Half Day, K-8 Dismissal at 12:00 pm; Pre-K Dismissal at 11:30 am

3/21 - Parent Teacher Conferences

3/28 - Battle of the Books - 6:00pm @ WCS

Great things are happening at WCS!

Pre-K used their outdoor classroom time this week to tap the maple tree in front of the school. Students learned how this process works and how syrup is made. They look forward to sampling the final product!

We will be celebrating Read Across America next week! Read Across America is a nationwide reading celebration that was created by the National Education Association in 1997 to promote literacy and encourage a love of reading among children. This year there will be theme days, morning trivia, a Masked Reader contest (thanks, PTA!) and so much reading! We hope that lots of Wildcats join in on the fun. Here is what we have scheduled:

The CDC released new COVID 19 guidelines today, lifting the recommendation that those who test positive isolate for five days. As the threat from COVID-19 becomes more similar to that of other common respiratory illnesses, the updated recommendation is that people with respiratory virus symptoms stay home and away from others until at least 24 hours after both the resolution of fever AND overall symptoms are getting better. This is similar to longstanding recommendations for other respiratory illnesses, including RSV and influenza.

That being said, we still have about 100 boxes of COVID-19 test kits available. Feel free to stop in or have your student pick one up from the office if you're interested.

• Next Tuesday the presidential primary elections will be held in the WCS cafeteria. Due to this event, we will be switching up lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday to allow students to eat in their classrooms. Tuesday's lunch will be hot dog and chips and Wednesday's lunch will be the Chicken & Broccoli Rice Bowl.

• Middle school floor hockey has begun! This year we have 8 teams competing for the winning title, and they are: Goldfish, Forgot a Team Name, Gimme Three, The Stuck Figures, Uwu Demon Slayers, Lady Wildcats, The Winners and Eliot's Bathroom. Teams play 3-4pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, according to the schedule.

In accordance with School Board policy, the following promotional announcements have been included at the request of the sponsoring organization because they may be of interest to students and their families. These activities are not sponsored by the school, and inclusion of these announcements does not constitute endorsement of the organizations or activities by the school.