Weekly Wauna Connect

June 6, 2024

Instrucciones para la traducción / Instructions for translation

Instrucciones para Traducción al español

Los boletines se publican a través del sitio web de SMORE. El sitio web SMORE tiene una opción de "traducir" disponible, ubicada en la parte superior del programa. Si tiene preguntas o está confundido acerca de la información compartida en este boletín, comuníquese con nuestro intérprete del distrito al (608) 206-5730

The bulletins are published through the SMORE website. The SMORE website has a "translate" option available, located on the top of the program. If you have questions or are confused about the information shared in this newsletter, please contact our district interpreter at (608) 206-5730

8th Grade Recognition Ceremony

8th Grade Recognition - Friday, June 7th

Our recognition ceremony will be on the morning of June 7th. Only 8th grade students will be in attendance on this day - the last day for all 7th grade students will be Thursday, June 6th. On June 7th, we will be providing bussing for 8th grade students for pick up only, with normal pick up times. We will have a breakfast for students upon arrival, and then they will get organized and prepared for the ceremony with their homeroom teacher. We will be holding the ceremony in the high school fieldhouse. We are planning to start the ceremony at 9:00, and it should last about an hour. At the conclusion of the ceremony, students will ride home with their family. There will not be bussing available to take kids home after the ceremony.

District Office Summer Hours

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Beginning on Friday, June 14, the District Office and all school offices will be closed to the public on Fridays. Offices will reopen with normal business hours, five days per week, beginning on Monday, August 19, 2024. If you have questions when a building is closed, please visit our district website for more information. Thank you and have a wonderful summer!

2nd Semester Honor Roll Recognition Certificates

For the Second Semester of this school year, we will send an email in June, to parents of students that have qualified for an Honor Roll with the Certificate attached for you to print. If you do not have access to a printer, you or your student can stop by the Middle School Office and we will print it for you. If your student qualified for Superior Honors please stop by the office to pick up the American Legion pin. Please see the Summer Office Hours above.

2024 School Appreciation Mallards Game

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Please remember to get your flyers redeemed for tickets. If you can't make the scheduled game, the tickets can be redeemed for the July 30th game. Ticket redemption will be available after the deadline (May 31st), but based on availability. The deadline on the flyer assures you have access to get some of the best seats available.

Join us for the 4K-8 2024 School Appreciation Mallards Game on Thursday, June 13! A flyer will be sent home with each student that will include 2 FREE voucher codes for free tickets to the game. Each voucher is good for one grandstand ticket. Please see the instructions on the flyer to redeem the vouchers for tickets. We can’t wait to see you! The first pitch will be at 6:05 p.m. at the Duck Pond.

2024 Summer School Information and Deadlines

Important! Summer School Transportation Information with Deadlines

Dear Families:

We appreciate your prompt attention to the details in this communication regarding transportation for 2024 summer school programming.

The Waunakee Community School District works in partnership with Lamers Bus Company to provide transportation to and from school for our families. All K-12 students registered for summer school that live within the transportation boundaries are automatically enrolled for transportation to and from their home address. Service will be available on the first day of summer school, Monday, June 24, 2024 and continue until August 1, 2024. There is no cost for this service for our families.

School Transportation Boundaries

Review communication sent to families on April 17 and May 14. The transportation boundaries have been approved by the Board of Education, and changes will be made for the summer school programming as well as the 2024-2025 school year.

The Board approved Heritage Elementary changes to begin with the 2024 summer school programming.

You can view the map of the transportation plan on page 17, Exhibit 3 of the report.
The hazardous transportation plan for the new Heritage Elementary School and the Waunakee Intermediate School identify Highway Q and Highway 19 as hazards.
Students to the east of Highway Q and North of Highway 19 will be transported.
Students to the west of Highway Q/South of Highway 19/North of Woodland Drive will not receive district transportation.
If you have questions regarding the boundary changes and transportation updates, please contact Steve Summers, Executive Director of Operations, via email.

Transportation Opt-Out

We are asking for your partnership regarding transportation this summer. You can help alleviate the pressure on our bus system and allow us to not allocate resources for scheduling routes for families not choosing to use this service. You can assist us by opting-out of transportation for summer school programming. If you would like to opt-out of regular transportation for summer school, please complete this form as soon as possible for us. Opt-out forms filled out for the school year do not apply to summer school.

Alternate Transportation Requests

Alternate Transportation is transportation to or from any location other than your home address. Alternate transportation requests for Summer School Sessions 1 and 2 are open from April 2, 2024 to May 31, 2024. There are fees associated with this service.

After the alternate transportation registration deadline of May 31, there will be no additional extensions or changes available for summer school. We appreciate your prompt attention to this request. Register for alternate transportation in the Infinite Campus School Store. Alternate transportation requests for the school year do not apply to summer school.

Transportation Exclusions
There is no busing provided during the middle of the Summer School day. There is no busing provided for music lessons that end outside of the normal Summer School hours. There is no summer school transportation for swimming lessons, strength and conditioning, August Training Camp, Camp Invention, or any of the music camps.

Deadlines

There will be no exceptions this year with late deadlines or not registering for alternate transportation. This is transportation to a location other than your home address.

Your transportation routes/times will be mailed to your home address as soon as the summer school routes have been finalized by Lamer’s. Routes will be mailed on June 12, 2024.

Important Dates

April 2, 2024 - Alternate Transportation Registration opens

May 31, 2024 - Alternate Transportation Registration closes

June 12, 2024 - Bus routes mailed for Session 1

June 24, 2024 - Summer School Session 1 begins

July 1, 2024 - Bus routes mailed for Session 2

July 15, 2024 - Summer School Session 2 begins

With questions regarding transportation, you can view the Summer School district website or contact the WCSD Business Office via email at wcsd_transportation@waunakee.k12.wi.us.

June is LGBTQ Pride Month

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Waunakee Community School District recognizes the month of June as LGBTQ Pride Month and will fly the rainbow flag at its buildings during June to inspire equity, create alliances, celebrate diversity, and establish a safe environment in our schools and community.

The Board of Education passed a resolution to recognize LGBTQ Pride Month on June 8, 2020. You can read the resolution on our website here.