WZES Family Newsletter

April, 2025

Hello, Bulldog Families!

April has arrived! Welcome to the many new Bulldog families that we have enrolled in the last month or so. There are currently 670 students attending WZES!

The last or fourth quarter of school has begun and there are many end-of-year testing options for students. In our newsletter, you will find the testing calendar for the month of April and May. On state and district assessment days, we will be on quiet campus and we will not have visitors on campus, which includes during lunch time. Please have your child to school on time the days that she/he are testing! We will be monitoring late buses. Thank you!

We begin this week with the FAST Writing for 4th and 5th graders. Our primary students will test during the last two weeks of April in both reading and math. In May, our intermediate students will test in reading and math. 5th-grade students will also have a science test. At the end of the month, 3-5th will each have a special area assessment to take as well.

Please continue to help us by using the report an absence link if your child is not able to attend school for whatever the reason. We appreciate the communication.

Thank you for your continued support! We appreciate it.

Mrs. Twardosz, Ms. Purcell, Mrs. Allen

Testing Calendars

Countdown to Kindergarten

It’s that time of year to start preparing for your incoming students for an exciting journey to becoming a Kindergartner. Below you will find some helpful information to get the process started. The Countdown to Kindergarten will give you month by month information to prepare you and your student for the year ahead. You can start your registration process NOW!

Click here for Online Registration!

Upcoming Events

April 7 ~ CAMPS Night

April 8-11 ~ Dental Van Visits - Pre-Registration required

April 11 ~ PBIS Bowling Grades K,1,5

April 15 ~ Conference Night - 4:30-6:00

April 17 ~ Progress Reports

April 18 and April 21 ~ No School

April 22 ~ Kindergarten Field Trip

April 23 ~ 5th Grade Field Trip

April 25 ~ PBIS Bowling Grades 2,3,4

May 4-9 ~ Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week

Report Cards

Quarter 3 Report Cards posted on Monday, March 31st. They will be posted in the myStudent Parent Portal. We encourage you to contact your child's teacher if you have any questions or concerns. It is our goal for all our Bulldogs to be successful: academically, behaviorally, and social-emotionally!

Birthday Marquis Fundraiser

Complete this form to have a birthday shout-out!

Please submit this form two weeks in advance of when you want the message displayed. You can pay the fee online in your child's MyStudent Account or in the front office of the school. Last minute requests may not be able to be displayed.

If your child's birthday falls on a weekend, your child's name will be displayed the week prior on the Marquee.

The money earned from the Birthday Marquee goes toward students and staff recognition.

All Pro Dad ~ Next Meeting: April 11 at 9:00 a.m.

We are excited to have another year of All Pro Dads. All Pro Dad Chapters provide an opportunity for dads to spend quality time with their children before school to strengthen their relationship. One day a month, other dads and their kids meet together and walk through different topics that invoke meaningful conversations.

Behavior Expectations

We know that providing a safe and secure learning environment for our students is essential to their success. We need your support to reinforce the student rules of conduct. It is important that students understand we are committed to providing a quality education in a safe setting for all students. Please review the Student Code of Conduct

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. Students must put their cell phones on silent and their smartwatches in their bookbags once they arrive on campus each day. Please discuss that cell phones MUST be on SILENT and put 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.

Dress Code

Parent Portal

It is very important that you have access to your child's Parent Portal. This is where you will be able to view your child's Progress Reports and Report Cards, test results, and bus passes.

If you need help creating or logging in to your account, please see the resources available at https://www.pasco.k12.fl.us/parents.

Free Breakfast and Lunch

Cafeteria Menu

Have complete access to your school's cafeteria menu right from your computer or smartphone. Click this link, or download the mobile app, to view/print your Café's Menu, monitor food allergies, and calculate critical nutritional information such as counting carbohydrates.

MealViewer allows you to customize your food service experience by allowing you to mark your favorite entrees and it will notify you when it's on the menu so you don't miss it! Once you create a User Profile account the site will store your school(s), allergen information, and favorite entrees. You can save multiple schools to your account if you have more than one child attending different grade levels. By saving allergens to your profile, parents and students will be alerted when an allergen is present on the menu. This cuts down on uncertainty and potentially dangerous situations for each of our students.

Respect and Civility Statement

The education of a child happens only through a partnership between the student, School and District personnel, parent(s) or guardian(s), and the community. Partnership is an active state that includes sharing responsibilities, having meaningful communication, and welcoming participation. People will not always agree, and that can make partnerships difficult. Partnerships are most powerful when we agree on how to disagree. All stakeholders must remain civil in their discourse. The purpose of this policy is to provide rules of conduct for students, employees, parents, and visiting members of the public which permit and encourage effective communication between all stakeholders, while at the same time enabling the Board to identify and deal with those behaviors that are inappropriate and disruptive to the operation of a school or other District facility. It is not the intent of the Board to deprive any person of his/her right to freedom of expression, and nothing contained in this policy is intended to restrict or chill an individual's free speech rights as determined by the forum in which the speech occurs. Public participation at school board meetings shall continue to be governed by Board Policy 0169.1 - Public Participation at School Board Meetings.

(F.S. 1001.41(2), 1006.145, 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., 29 U.S.C. 621 et seq., 29 U.S.C. 794 et seq., 41 U.S.C. 1983, Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq)