Wilson Hill Weekly Newsletter

Dear Families and White Tigers,

It was another beautiful week at Wilson Hill! Please be sure to recognize a staff member below! It's a great time to share words of kindness for our teachers and staff.

Lost & Found: If you are missing a coat or water bottle, please have your child stop by the lost & found soon! All items will be donated at the end of the month! Over 100 items were hung up and 50 are in the bin AND there are expensive water bottles. All are unmarked- items with names are returned to students.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions!

- Principal Kaylee Santille

Email: ksantille@wscloud.org

Phone: (614) 450-4800

As technology continues to become more present in our student’s lives, Worthington Schools has been seeking to better understand the impacts of technology in our classrooms. All schools in Ohio are required to adopt a policy regarding cell phone use by July 2025. Superintendent Dr. Bowers recently presented student, community, and staff feedback regarding cell phone use in our schools and Worthington’s progress toward defining a cell phone policy which you can view here.

Based on this feedback, we are adjusting our technology practices at the elementary level. Students at our elementary schools have always been asked to silence cell phones and are required to keep them in their bookbags during the school day. Now, this practice will also apply to smartwatches and other wearable technology.

This change supports a more focused and distraction-free classroom environment while still allowing students to access technology for communication to and from school. We understand that many families find value in features like location tracking, and this adjustment allows for these needs to be met without interrupting the school day. Thank you for your continued support as we work together to create the best learning experience for all our students!

Should you have questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

We are excited to host a Science Fair at Wilson Hill Elementary on January 23, 2025! This event aims to inspire curiosity, creativity, and a love for science among the students. In addition, those students interested in attending the District Science Fair on January 25 can use this as a practice to share their project before that Fair.

Update: Thanksgiving deadlines have passed. Christmas help is due mid November! Please be sure to use the linked form below if you are in need of Christmas help.

Hello Wilson Hill Families! Support is available from around 2-7 organizations each year for help with Holiday food and gifts. This year to help streamline the process throughout Worthington Schools, we will use this form below to track requests for help, and any help received will be shared with schools of siblings, as much of the help includes whole families. This will attempt to lessen any possible duplication, and allow more families to get support. If you would like to help a Wilson Hill Family, please contact Erin Zelinski-Righter at ezelinski-righter@wscloud.org or follow and donate Worthington Connects (formerly Worthington Elves) on facebook to give back directly to Worthington Families in need.

WABFE Newsletter

The Worthington Alliance of Black Families & Educators (WABFE) fall newsletter is now available. You will find it below.

Worthington Schools Special Education department is thrilled to partner with Cover to Cover Books for the first Inclusive Book Fair November 11-18.

The book fair will showcase a variety of K-12 books by diverse authors on topics such as disabilities, inclusion, and cultural appreciation. Please see the link below for more information.

Inclusive Book Fair

We are providing you with the opportunity to share "shout outs" to Wilson Hill teachers and staff members who have shown particular kindness or service to a student and/or their family. If you have a shout out to share, please fill out this form and the recognition will be shared during our next staff meeting. Thank you for taking the time to share how our Wilson Hill staff members are positively impacting your student and your family!

At Wilson Hill, students are celebrated for being a thinker, leader and a friend. Staff are looking for students to go above and beyond to show the following virtues: Honesty, Respect, Giving, Responsibility, Self-Discipline, Perseverance and Compassion.

Nominated students will be shared out on our weekly newsletter and their photo will be displayed on the virtue tree near the office. They have also received a copy of their virute slip and a small treat.

The following students were nominated this past week:

Be a part of something GREAT...JOIN the Wilson Hill PTO and be as involved as you'd like. All of your membership fee will go directly to supporting the students, staff, and community of Wilson Hill Elementary.

By joining the PTO you:

• have the opportunity to vote at all PTO meetings
• you receive access to the Wilson Hill School Directory
• you receive a quarterly PTO newsletter and have opportunities throughout the year to volunteer and be as involved in the PTO as you choose

Meeting Dates:

September 10 @ 7pm

October 8 @ 7pm

November 12 @ 7

December NO MEETING

January 7 @ 7pm

February 11 @ 7pm

March 4 @ 7pm

April 8 @ 7pm

May- TBD

Thank you for a wonderful season! Ellie Wilson and Shiven Bhanot ended up getting their marathon and Hannah Baker got a double marathon!'

(more pictures to come!)

Email wilsonhillelementaryxc@gmail.com with questions!