Wednesday Note
Greetings WPA Families,
Mid-Year Testing
In the coming weeks, we will begin Interim RISE assessments. These assessments help us individualize and improve our instruction to all students. If you have any questions regarding these assessments, please contact us.
Coats for Kids
The Bountiful City Rotary Coats for Kids program has several vouchers available to WPA families who need warm clothing for the year. These vouchers allow families to get warm weather clothing from Walmart for WPA students and their siblings at no cost to their parents. If your family would benefit from this program, please contact Mary Anne in the front office.
PBS November Reading Challenge
Every year PBS sponsors a reading challenge for students and rewards them for participating with a free adventure pass to get into different museums, parks, zoos, etc., throughout the year. It is one of our favorite programs because it supports literacy through reading and exposure to various experiences that help build background knowledge in kids. You can find more details here.
Thanksgiving Break - One full WEEK!
We will not have school Monday, November 25th - Friday, November 29th in a combination of teacher training and the Thanksgiving holidays. Enjoy the extra time with your families.
Halloween – Events and Costume Considerations
We will celebrate Halloween on October 31st with our annual Parade, Costumes, and class parties. We will host our annual Halloween parade at 8:15. Parents are welcome to join us in the gym. The parade will pass through the gym once, so please plan accordingly. Students are welcome to wear costumes for this event. We ask that costumes be in keeping with our dress-down day dress code, be appropriate content for an elementary school, have no weapons, no masks, minimal make-up, be considerate of other cultures, and no excessive blood or gore. The Halloween parade usually takes about an hour and needs to move quickly through multiple classroom doors. For this reason, costumes that are wide, very delicate, or have long trails struggle to fit through doorways, making the experience less fun for the students wearing them and are not advised. We will be ending the day with our Halloween class parties. If you are interested in helping with class parties, please contact your student's teacher or class captain. November 1st will be a professional development day, and there will be no school for students.
Previously Shared Information
Playground Updates
A HUGE thank you to our PTO for repainting our playground blacktop to include fresh basketball courts, new hopscotch squares, and additional four-square squares. We are excited for all the new ways to play that students can now enjoy during recess. Thanks again PTO!
Dress Code Reminders
This is a friendly reminder that the WPA dress code does not permit clothing with non-school logos, sweatpants, shoes that light up, shoes with wheels, Shoes with no heels (crocks), or open toes. Tops must be Red, Navy, or White, and sweaters must be Red or Navy.
Carpool Reminders
Please use the crosswalks to cross traffic lanes. (If you are not dropping off in the front carpool lane, please have students cross onto the school property using the crosswalk on the west side of the school near the garden.)
Please pull all the way forward when possible to pick up or drop off; it is the number one thing parents can do to help the carpool move smoothly.
Please save the center parking area for staff and individuals needing to access the permitted wheelchair and accessible parking.
Start of Year Testing
In the coming weeks, we will be assessing a variety of different topics to provide students with the highest quality of education possible. These assessments will include Acadience Reading Assessments (formally DIBELS Reading), WIDA, Acadience Math, and curriculum-based assessments. Later in the fall, we will administer the CogAT (grades 3 & 5) and begin Interim RISE assessments. If you have any questions regarding these assessments, don't hesitate to get in touch with us.
Second Term After School Club
Builders Club on Mondays
This club is designed to motivate, engage, and challenge your students to develop their skills in problem solving, creativity, peer interaction, relationships, and imagination using Legos to build and create Amazing things!!
Grades: K-6
Where: Gym
When: Mondays
Time: 2:35 -3:35
Cost: $25.00
Dates for the Club: November 4th, November 11th November 18th, December 2nd,
December 9th
Duration of Club: 5 weeks
Sign-up: In the front office Cash or Check Only
Teacher: Miss Randi
Parents, please make sure you pick up your students on time from Builders Club. If you do not pick up your students on time, they will be dismissed from the club with no refund!!
Board Game/Pokémon Club on Wednesdays
The After School
Board Game/Pokémon Club on Wednesdays
This club has several benefits to offer students:
1. Practicing social interactions: learning the value of sportsmanship, treating others with respect, and waiting your turn.
2. Critical thinking/problem solving.
3. Higher order thinking – working through multiple ways to solve a problem.
4. Awesome fun playing and learning old games they know and love and learning some new and exciting games they can share with their family and friends.
5. Whether you like to battle, trade, or just discuss all things Pokémon, this club is for you! Bring your cards and decks and join us for an hour of poke-tastic fun!
Grades: 2nd – 6th
Where: Gym
When: Wednesdays
Time: 2:35 -3:35
Cost: $25.00
Dates for the Club: November 6th, November 13th, November 20th, December 4th, December 11th
Duration of Club: 5 weeks
Sign-up: In the front office Cash or Check Only
Teacher: Miss Randi
Parents, please make sure you pick up your students on time from Board Game/Pokémon Club. If you do not pick up your students on time, they will be dismissed from the club, with no refund!!
Sport Stacking Club on Thursdays
This club is designed to develop, improve, and foster student’s cooperation, ambidexterity, hand-eye coordination, self-improvement, and competition skills by stacking 9 or 12 specially designed cups in pre-determined sequences as fast as possible. It is an individual and team sport that engages students at any age and at different skill levels.
Grades: K-6
Where: Gym
When: Thursdays
Time: 2:35 -3:35
Cost: $25.00
Dates for the Club: November 7th, November 14th, November 21st, December 5th, December 12th
Duration of Club: 5 weeks
Teacher: Miss Randi
Parents, please make sure you pick up your students on time from Sports Stacking Club. If you do not pick up your students on time, they will be dismissed from the club, with no refund!!