Wildcat Weekly!
Tons of information this week!
Our PTO is in need of volunteers for the upcoming Scholastic Book Fair. This is a great event that benefits all of us! Please follow this link to sign up and volunteer! Family Night will be on October 4 and the Book Fair in school will run during the week of October 7. Please help out our school and our hardworking PTO!
Please visit the PTO Corner below...the first PTO meeting is on October 1 starting at 6:30 PM in Cafeteria C.
Our Kindness Campaign is off to a great start! We are implementing a 'Caught Being Kind' Campaign across all grade levels. Staff members who see a student showing kindness, compassion, and a helpful nature will be given a Kindness Ticket. Names will be drawn from our Kindness bucket and winners will receive weekly prizes! Check out this week's winner and thank you to Freddy's Steakburger's on Route 37!
Please continue to emphasize the importance of kindness, respect, and understanding at home. We also have a weekly quote focused on Kindness. This week's quote was: 'If you can't think of anything nice to say, you're not thinking hard enough' - Kid President. We are also focusing on greetings and kind words. #kindnesscampaign2024
Our PBSIS positive behavior campaign also kicked off! As you know, students are given tickets for being responsible, respectful, and safe. Each week we pull three lucky winners per grade level to receive great prizes. These students are featured in each newsletter. Check out this week's Wildcat Winners below!
We thank you for attending last night's Back to School Night! Our dedicated teachers and staff members are excited for the year to come. We all pride ourselves in open and honest communication so that we can best serve our students and families. It was a wonderful event. A big thank you and shoutout to Toms River High School North's Hispanic Heritage Club for their help for their help!
On Thursday we were visited by TEAM members who came to our 4th and 5th grade classrooms. They did an outstanding job!
Today, we were visited by representatives from PBH and they delivered an amazing presentation on being kind and respectful to each other. The COMPASS program will continue to meet with our students to deliver lessons related to our monthly Kindness Themes (pillars). Next month will be the topic of Respect for our annual and ongoing Week of Respect bullying prevention campaign.
Free and Reduced Lunch information links are below in English and Spanish:
- Links in English:
School Cafe Website - https://www.schoolcafe.com/
Instructions for Filling Out Free and Reduced Lunch Forms - https://www.trschools.com/parents/docs/2022/08/22_23-SchoolCafe_Eligibility_Quick_Card.pdf
Letter from District - https://www.trschools.com/parents/docs/2024/08/2024_2025-CEP-School-Meals-and-Summer-EBT-Application-_-English.pdf
En Espanol:
School Cafe Website: https://www.schoolcafe.com/
Instructions for Filling Out Free and Reduced Lunch Forms: https://www.trschools.com/parents/docs/2022/08/SchoolCafe_Eligibility_Quick_Card___Spanish.pdf
Download the ParentSquare app today! Please see fliers below.
Please note that there will be no school on Thursday, October 3.
We are certainly off and running! Please let us know of anything that you need.
Buy a Birthday Gram and Bucket of Fun Today!
'Birthday Grams' are on sale now and we be available for sale at Back to School Night (please bring cash to purchase). You can also purchase by viewing the flier below. Birthday Grams are a way to recognize your child's birthday. For only $5, your child will receive a birthday message from you and receive a special goodie bag filled with trinkets and a birthday message.
Buckets of Fun is also a great way to get involved and will be exciting for your child. This is a raffle where students can win fun and exciting prizes. Raffle prizes include: teacher assistant for a period, lunch with a teacher, extra art class, McDonald's Happy Meals, 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony VIP parking (5th grade only), front row seating for the 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony (5th grade only), preferred seating for the fall and spring chorus concert, preferred seating for the band/orchestra concerts, and preferred seating for the school Drama Production. Tickets will be on sale at Back to School Night.
All proceeds will support our PBSIS Committee and our many Walnut Street positive behavioral and social/emotional initiatives!
- PTO Meeting: October 1 starting at 6:30 PM, Cafeteria C
- October 3 - Schools Closed
- October 4 - Book Fair Parent Night (Gymnasium): 6:00 - 8:00 PM (Enter through Door 12)
- October 7 - Week of Respect Begins
- October 14 - School Closed for Students
- October 24 - Fall Festival: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
- November 5 - Remote Learning Day
- Parent/Teacher Conferences: December 3 - 5
As you know, district and school communication are vitally important. Here at Walnut Street Elementary School, we use various means of communication. ParentSquare is a communication app that we use to get information out quickly to our school community. It is a great idea to download the ParentSquare app to your Smartphone and make sure you use banners, sounds, badges, and push notifications so you know a message was sent. ParentSquare also sends an email to you when something is posted and can also translate into any language. Please download the app today!
Finally, the school has an active Instagram Account that we post the many happenings at Walnut Street. This account has over 360 followers. On this handle, we post amazing pictures and video of the goings on during the school year. Please follow us on Instagram: @wsewildcats
