The January Wrangler Press
January Family Edition
Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope that each and everyone of our Wrangler families had a great Winter break!
As we head into 2025, please review the image with such important information regarding attendance and how it adds up. In December, we were able to finish up almost all of our progress monitoring (PM) data, thank you for assisting with this! :) With this, your child's data from their PM 2 assessment is in the parent portal, if you haven't had a chance, please look at it and then set up a parent conference to further discuss:). Remember the goal for the end of the year is a '3' which is considered proficient. If your child did not take their assessment yet, rest assured, they will test soon.
We are looking forward to a strong Semester 2, please reach out to your child's teacher if you need anything 💙💛
Arrival Drop Off
We have noticed some safety concerns with students being dropped off too early. Unfortunately, this has led to injuries from students playing, running in front of cars, and other unsafe behaviors. To ensure everyone's safety, please do not drop off students before 8:25 AM.
Please also, do not drop off students in the road, the only option for drop off is for students to walk up or be dropped off in the car loop, not the road.
Thank you for your cooperation and for helping us keep our Wranglers safe!
Volunteering/ Chaperoning
As we move into the Spring, I wanted to remind families that being a volunteer or chaperoning field trips involves applying through the district as well as doing fingerprinting ($41.25 per person which covers 5 years). If you are interested in volunteering for things such as supporting field day, chaperoning field trips, or other school events, please be sure to take care of this sooner than later.
All details, procedures, and the application can be found here:
https://www.pasco.k12.fl.us/hreq/page/volunteer
Thank you for partnering with us!
January
January 6th Students Return to School
January 8th SAC 7:45am All are welcome
January 13th No School for Students- Teacher planning day
January 15th All Pro Dads 7:45am
January 17th Report Cards
January 20th No School- M.L.K. Jr Day
January 21s Culver's Night 4-7pm
January 22nd Color Run Fundraiser Begins!
February
February 5th SAC Meeting 7:45am
February 11th EHS/ HS Monthly Family Event 10:45- 11:30am
February 12th All Pro Dads 7:45am
February 14th and 17th- No school for Students
February 18th Culvers PBIS Family Night 4-7pm
February 20th STEM Night with MOSI (More info to come!)
February 21st Progress Reports
February 25th Color Run for students who qualified
February 28th Class and Spring Photos
February 28th WES presents Alice in Wonderland Musical 5:30pm
School Wide Expectations
Be Responsible: Being responsible is coming to school on time, being prepared and ready to learn, and using good character. It is important to do what is expected and always try your best.
Be Safe: Being safe is making choices that keep yourself and others free from harm. We work hard on teaching Self Control. This is keeping hands, feet, hurtful words and objects to ourselves.
Parents and families can reinforce these same ideas at home and in the community. When we are all using the same language, a child can truly understand and practice these skills.
School Lunches
Pasco County Schools Food & Nutrition Services will be implementing a program called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). All enrolled students of Pasco County Schools are eligible to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at school at no charge to their household. No further action is required. Students will be able to participate in these meal programs without having to pay a fee or submit a meal application. A la carte items will still be available for purchase including additional meals and/or components of the meals. Families can reach out to Food & Nutrition Services directly through Let’s Talk, call FNS at 813.794.2480, or email FNS_Finance@pasco.k12.fl.us if they have any questions regarding this new program.
Parents are highly encouraged to make advance payment for a la carte items by utilizing www.MySchoolBucks.com. Any check made to Woodland Elementary that is returned for insufficient fund will be assessed a $25.00 fee.
Cell Phone Policy
For all Pasco County Schools
Grades Pre-K through 5: Students in grades Pre-K through 5 who bring WCDs (wireless communication devices) to school must ensure that they remain on silent mode and completely out of view for the entire school day. Classroom teachers may also provide, and student may utilize, a cell phone storage area in their classroom. Students will need to put their cell phones on silent and their smart watches and put them in the bookbags once arriving on campus each day. Please have a conversation with your child prior to the first day of school so they know that they MUST silence their devices and put them away during the ENTIRE school day- no exceptions. Refer to pg. 32 of the Student Code of Conduct for more details and corrective actions/confiscation of device procedures.
Stay Connected with Us!
We have many avenues of communication to stay connected with families. Keep an eye out!
The Wrangler Press - Parent Edition Newsletter
MyStudent Communication
Woodland Elementary School Facebook Page
Website: https://wes.pasco.k12.fl.us/
Location: 38203 Henry Drive, Zephyrhills Florida
Phone: 813-794-6400