Woodcrest Newsletter

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Students at Woodcrest Spanish Immersion will have picture day on October 8 and October 9. If you would like to purchase pictures online, please use the following link and enter the following Picture ID code: EVTSZVRCW.

Teachers that will be having Picture Day on October 8:

• Korbel
• Tomsen
• Jones
• Mraz
• Tocora
• Pre K
• Martín
• Ramirez
• Ortiz
• Martinez
• Rodriguez
• Verushka
• Barreto
• Perry
• Garcia
• Baloy
• Zapata
• Moreno

Teachers that will be having Picture Day on October 9:

• Mateo
• Deeth
• Aranda
• Schulz
• Chaves
• Pre K
• Berriel
• Fuquene
• Hughes
• Fasanaro

The health office will be conducting vision screenings in the next few weeks. This year, we are excited to partner with the Spring Lake Park Lions Club. They will be bringing trained volunteers to use a vision spot screener to screen students for potential vision issues. If you do NOT want your child to participate in vision screening, please call the health office at 763-600-5804 by October 25, 2024.

This month, some students at Woodcrest Spanish Immersion will start taking MAP Reading and MAP Math assessments. If you would like for your student to be exempted from assessments this school year, please connect with Yesica.

This month, homeroom teachers will be hosting parent-teacher conferences on October 10 (evening conferences), October 15 (evening conferences) and October 16 (daytime conferences). Please use the following link to schedule your conference. If you need help scheduling your conference(s) please connect with Yesica.

• Wednesday, October 2 - Live on 65: After Hours Big Band – Buy tickets

• October 3-4 - No school

• Monday, October 7

• WCSI PTO Meeting at 6 p.m.
• Fall MAP Reading test for grade 2 and grade 4. Reach out to Yesica if you want to exempt your child from testing.
• Grupo de Padres Hispanohablantes 4:15- 6:30 p.m. in the Piña Room at WCSI
• Tuesday, October 8
• WCSI Fall Picture Day (see teacher details in Need to Know section)
• Fall MAP Reading test for grade 2 and grade 4. Reach out to Yesica if you want to exempt your child from testing.
  
• Wednesday, October 9
• WCSI Fall Picture Day (see teacher details in Need to Know section)

• Fall MAP Math Testing from grades 3 and 4. Reach out to Yesica if you want to exempt your child from testing.

• Thursday, October 10
• WCSI Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences from 4:30-7:50 p.m.

• Fall MAP Math Testing from grades 3 and 4. Reach out to Yesica if you want to exempt your child from testing.

• Tuesday, October 15 - WCSI Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences from 4:30-7:50 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 16 - WCSI Daytime Parent-Teacher Conferences from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
• October 16-18 - Fall break, no school
• Wednesday, October 23 - Caregiver Learning Event: Balancing Acts: Navigating the Spectrum of Relationships (Spanish speaking event), 6-7 p.m. in the Den at Westwood.
• October 25-26 and November 1-2 - SLPHS fall play: Puffs (for Young Wizards), SLPHS Fine Arts Center - purchase tickets

We want to thank all the volunteers and visitors for coming over and helping to make this event such a success. It was so nice to see so many visitors come and cheer their students on, enjoy a frozen treat and even run a few laps around the track too! It is thanks to you that the Woodcrest Spanish Immersion community continues to thrive and grow!

Thank you so much for participating in the Panther Foundation Spirit Sweepstakes last month and Congratulations to Cecilia Hall for being the winner of the Panther Foundation drawing for Woodcrest Spanish Immersion.

Cecilia was not only able to choose how to spend the $500.00 for Woodcrest Spanish Immersion, she was also the winner of a $50.00 gift card! Muchas felicidades Cecilia.

We had a JOYful Fun Run and Family Social last Friday. Thank you to everyone who donated and volunteered to make this a great event. There are some photos below and even more on our Facebook page!

There is still time to donate! Please help us reach our goal so we can continue to offer amazing programs and resources to our students and staff.

Credit cards can also be used to make a donation on the Woodcrest page. All donations are 100% tax deductible. Please make sure to thank all of your donors for helping make a difference at Woodcrest!

Thursday, October 3 from 4– 6 p.m. - Want a fun activity with the kids over the school break that helps the community? Come join the PTO Community Engagement and Green Team at the Laddie Lake Park Pollinator Garden Planting on Thursday, October 3rd from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. to plant wildflowers with the Anoka Conservation District (ACD). ACD will supply gloves, and trowels, but bring your own if you like. Open to all ages. Sign up here.

Join us on Monday, October 7, from 6-7 p.m. for the Woodcrest Spanish Immersion PTO Meeting!

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Third graders enthusiastically welcomed a video crew into their classrooms to follow along in their learning for one day last May. As we start a new school year, short video stories from that day provide tangible examples of competency-based learning in action. From collaboration to math to science to digital literacy, a series of brief videos provide a peek into student learning across a day.

As a reminder, Spring Lake Park Schools has defined academic and career and life competencies. Academic competencies are aligned to different subject areas (Math, English Language Arts, etc.) and to Minnesota state standards for those areas. Career and life competencies are skills and mindsets needed for success in school and beyond. Last year was the first year elementary learning was entirely competency based. So, what does it look and sound like during a day in third grade? Take a look (and listen) to a day in third grade.

Tonight is the night to catch the live performance of "After Hours Big Band" at the Fine Arts Center, 7 p.m. Student tickets are only $5! This is a great way to introduce your children to a live musical performance, right here in our Panther community.

"After Hours Big Band" is led by one of our SLP dads! Our audience loved their holiday show last year and now we welcome them back to kick off season three. You will be sure to recognize favorites from Disney, The Beatles and more. Once again, Reed Grimm of American Idol and Shoeless Revolution will be joining the band. Get your tickets here and avoid the long lines at the box office.

• The daily bus ride: Going the extra mile
• Community Partnership Opportunities at SLP
• Opportunities in Emergency Care wins top honors at international competition
• Lights, curtain, action!

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