WMS Friday Forecast

Earlier this week, you received a district communication detailing D303’s efforts to enhance safety procedures for our students. In August, D303 educators took part in online and in-person ALICE training, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. As a result of this training, we are prepared to deliver age-appropriate lessons to our students. This will allow us to provide an options-based approach when responding to critical incidents.

Starting the week of October 7th, students will view an informational video introducing them to the concepts of ALICE. Through the weeks leading to Thanksgiving Break, students will engage in six lessons, roughly one per week. Each lesson is designed for middle school students and focuses on one of the core ALICE concepts: Situational Awareness, Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate.

D303’s Safety and Security website has been updated to include informational ALICE resources, such as parent letters for each lesson. Students will participate in their first safety drill in January utilizing the ALICE concepts. For more information, you are encouraged to visit the ALICE Family and Community site.

If you have any questions specific to your child’s learning, feel free to contact me via my Administrative Assistant at 331-228-3700.

Best Regards,

Tim Loversky

Principal, Wredling

Matt Clark

Principal, Thompson

The Pick-A-Time portal opened this morning, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27th, at 8:00 am

It will promptly close MONDAY, OCTOBER 4th at 11:59 PM. This is a hard deadline. Once the portal closes parents will not be able to schedule a time for these conference dates.

Instead of larger group, or “team” meetings, conferences will be held with individual teachers. All conferences will be held either Zoom or in person, and each conference will be eight minutes long with a four minute transition.

Pick-A-Time Parent-Teacher Conference Scheduling Directions (clickable link):

1. Login to your HAC (HOME ACCESS CENTER) Account

2. Click on the link for "Parent-Teacher Conference Scheduler"

3. Be sure to ONLY choose Q1 (first quarter) teachers!
   
   

A few notes about sign-up:

1. Parents should not feel obligated to sign-up for conferences. If your child is doing well at school, both academically and socially, then you might choose not to have a conference. (It does not make you a bad parent not to sign-up for conferences!) If your child is struggling, we would suggest that you do come to conferences!

2. You might only feel the need to meet one or a few teachers. There is no obligation to meet every teacher.

3. If you wish to visit the explore teachers, please sign-up to visit your child’s first-quarter explore teacher.

4. You can sign-up for a conference with a teacher only one time. Our student services team (counselors, social workers) will be available for conferences, as well. If you decide you need more time with a teacher, we are always willing to meet with you.

5. In some cases, a teacher may contact you in advance to set-up a conference time. That means we want to guarantee you a time to meet with your child’s teachers.

6. When you sign-up, try to sign-up for all conferences in a row. (Do not schedule gap times in the middle or you will be waiting around for a long time!)

7. You are welcome to have your RedHawks student with you during conferences! It is important that they hear what you hear. They are of the age when they are mature and responsible enough to be part of the conversation whether via Zoom or in-person.

We will be rolling out a NEW PM BUS document for afterschool dismissal. After using the same document for 5 years or so, it has so much data on it that it has been causing issues with those trying to upate/view it. As part of this update, we have added a separate box where we will document the time our final bus departs. There is also a "notes" box where we will add pertinent bus dismissal announcements.

Starting Monday, 9/30, we will be using a NEW PM BUS ARRIVAL sheet (in Google Sheets). You will want to help your student add this one to their phone. We will continue to use the bus boards each day to document bus information.

Students may not remain in the building or on school property between the 2:50 dismissal and the beginning of the sporting event at 4:30. Wredling does not provide supervision between the end of school and the beginning of sporting events. We appreciate your help in this matter!

A HUGE thank you to all of the volunteers who made our ColorPalooza possible. It was a giant success and we could not have done it without them! We appreciate your time and committment to our RedHawk family!

Color Palooza Chairs:

Angie Miki, Donna Minaglia, Shamberi Smith, Michelle Carter

Volunteers that stepped up and made the event a success:

Staci Olson (PTO Treasurer), Helen Qing, Alison Willey, Alyssa Ledgerwood, Angela Kasperski, Carmen Kujanski, Chad Siemens, Christine Johnson, Christy Bosworth, Christy Busam, Claudia Qadri, Daisy Alvarado, Debbie Kosiek, Desiree Danesi, Erik Bennett, Erin Velianoff, Grachelle Linton, Guilherme Pinto, Haileigh Prill, Indira Lysich, Jamie Symons, Jason York, Jen Canta, Jennifer Jurkynas, Jennifer O'Connell, Jill Sullivan, Jodi Smith, Joelle Rockwood, Jojo Cortez, Kate Jeffrey, Katherine Kalita, Kathy Akers, Kelly Charlson, Kristen Leahy, Laura Levato, Leah Diamond, Lindsay Beckman, Lindsay Johnson, Lisa DiRienzo, Liz Gesiakowski, Liz Hadley, Louisa Basaldua, Martin Musial, Megan Werve, Nathan Werve, Renata Musial, Sarah Cortesi, Shanon Kohn, Shawn Knap, Shelly Loenneke, Shreya Patel, Stephanie Thomas, Tiffany Challenger, Vickie Nicewarner, Viena Mejia

Plus we had 6 North Stars High School students volunteers:

Caitlyn Carey, Ellen Jahoda, Manuela Ramirez, Mason Wise, William Wu, Zahra Coyne

We want to express our appreciation for the donations of snacks, socks, water, and clothing to our Health Office. We have discovered we are in need of some additional items. Any donations can be dropped off at the main office. Thanks so much for your help!

Items we now need:

Boys underwear

Boys pants

Boys shorts

Did you know that Wredling has a book vending machine, fully stocked with current, high-interest books, perfect for middle school readers? Students have various opportunities throughout the year to earn or win a book token, whether through the Redhawk Pride raffle, participation in library contests, or other team-level incentives.

But our students want more!

Families have the opportunity to purchase a book vending machine token through Pushcoin. These tokens allow students to select a book of their choice, empowering them to explore different genres and expand their reading horizons. What a perfect way to celebrate a special occasion, such as:

• A birthday gift

• A congratulations gift

• A just-because gift

Or any other reason you can think of!

Book Vending Machine Tokens can be purchased on PushCoin for $15. This is slightly more expensive than most books in the machine, but the profits will allow us to continue to stock and purchase more books for future readers.

We would like to thank the PTO for their generosity in purchasing the Book Vending Machine. We look forward to fostering a love of reading, one book at a time! #WredlingReads

Most weeks we will be handing out some RedHawk Pride Awards. This award is given by our teachers for a variety of reasons, from following our Guidelines for Success to Academic Achievement and Growth. We are proud of our RedHawks who work hard every day.

Current Recipients Presented By:

In the PLTW course, Medical Detectives, students play the role of real-life medical detectives as they collect and analyze medical data to diagnose diseases. They solve medical mysteries through hands-on projects and labs, measure and interpret vital signs, and dissect sheep brains to learn how to identify neurological diseases.

As you may have seen, the Kane County Judges are coming to Wredling to present “Worries of the World Wide Web”. Feedback from previous years from parents indicated that it would be helpful for parents to hear this presentation prior to their students to facilitate conversations at home. The judges have graciously agreed to present to parents on Monday, September 30 at 5:30 in the Wredling Cafeteria. This will be the same presentation that your student will hear at the assembly on October 4. We hope you will join us to learn more!

Queridos padres y tutores de familia,

Como ustedes pudieron leer en la última gaceta escolar los Jueces del Condado de Kane van a estar en la escuela Wredling dando una presentación llamada ““Worries of the World Wide Web” (Preocupaciones de la red de Internet). La retroalimentación de los padres de familia que recibimos en años anteriores indican que ellos mostraron interés en estar informados sobre esta presentación antes de que los alumnos asistan a ella, con la finalidad de tener una platica en casa más productiva. Los jueces han acordado amablemente realizar esta presentación a los padres de familia el Lunes 30 de Septiembre a las 5:30 de la tarde en la cafeteria de Wredling. Esta es la misma presentación a la que los alumnos participarán el 4 de Octubre. ¡Esperamos nos puedan acompañar!

D303 will host the 4th annual Pathways Night at Compass Academy on October 30. This career fair welcomes employers and educational institutions supporting careers that don't require a 4-year college degree. If you are a business owner and wish to participate in Pathways Night, please complete this form. More information for students and families interested in attending will be available in the next few weeks.

District 303 is proud to partner with the Glenbard Parent Series (GPS) to offer our families broader access to information sessions and resources that support their child’s development.

For decades, GPS has been offering free programs that aim to empower and strengthen families, individuals and communities. As a partner organization, District 303 will support promoting upcoming programs and their importance to our local community.

Check out what is happening around our community. There are lots of opportunities to explore!

7th graders interested in a spring break trip in 2026 during spring break (their 8th grade year) can find information in this link. Please email dcny.stc@gmail.com or CLICK HERE for more information.

Please note that this is an outside tour company, EF Tours / Explore America that is not sponsored by D303 or Wredling.

Website: wredling.d303.org
Location: 1200 Dunham Road, St. Charles, IL, USA
Phone: 331-228-3700

Fax: 331-228-3701
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WredlingMiddleSchoolD303