Windermere Family Update

Upper Arlington’s Winter Festival is tonight in Old Arlington and it’s located on the Mallway by Jones Middle School. This free event is from 6-8:30 p.m. Our very own Windermere fourth grade Hawks will be performing at 7:30 p.m. right in front of the UA Fire House (pictured above). This is such a fun, family annual event. We hope to see you there!

This week has been so much fun! This morning, Miss Richey’s dancers from her studio performed for us and the students were mesmerized! As a staff, we were so proud of how well they listened and showed the Windermere Way to our performers. Dr. Hunt, our superintendent, helped Mr. Austin’s kindergarten classroom make waffles in our learning kitchen yesterday. He said they were delicious and he had a lot of fun.

Have the best weekend. Stay warm.

Julie

If you drop your child off at school after 8:15, please bring them to the front entrance. We have had students waiting at the playground door after the 8:15 bell rings and the doors are locked, making this a safety issue.

Windermere’s Kindergarten Parent information night is February 6, 2025, 6:30pm

Schoolwide, we are seeing an uptick in illnesses. As a gentle reminder, students should remain home from school for 24 hours AFTER being free from vomiting, diarrhea, and/or a fever without medication. Thank you for partnering with us to ensure Windermere remains a healthy learning environment for all students and staff.

Parent Volunteer Sign Up

Upper Arlington Schools is proud to offer students the ability to travel abroad with their teachers and peers as part of our Global Education Program. As we begin to think about future opportunities within this program, we are inviting students and families currently in grades 5-10 to share some thoughts to inform our travel selections. Students in these grades will be eligible for school-sponsored global travel opportunities in the 2025-2026 school year. Parents/guardians may complete this survey. We invite parents/guardians to preview the student survey before asking your grade 5-10 student(s) to take it at home to share their feedback.

Below are links to both a parent/guardian survey and a student survey. The surveys will close on December 18 at 4 pm.

Please make sure you are checking your child’s lunch accounts. Many students have a low or negative balance. You can add money through the district EZ Pay site.

Please make sure your children are prepared for the colder temperatures we are starting to see. Coats, hats, gloves, etc. are very important. We go outside for recess as long as temperatures and/or wind chills are above 20*.

A medically excused absence occurs any time a student is out of school due to an illness or medical visit/appointment (physician, dentist, or therapy).

A student may have up to ten (10) medically excused absences WITHOUT a doctor’s note, as long as we receive an email or phone call from a parent or guardian. After 10 occurrences, a doctor’s note is required to be marked as an excused absence.

It is best to provide a doctor’s note anytime your child has a medical appointment.

This policy only applies to medical absences, not pre-planned absences. Please call or email Ms. Maria for further clarification.

Any prescription medication administered at school requires written authorization from the student’s physician as well as written parental permission. Per Ohio Revised Code, the Prescribed Medication must be received by the health office in the container in which it was dispensed by the provider or pharmacist (we cannot accept medication in baggies). Medication authorization forms and other health forms can be found on the district website at: UA Health Forms. Should you have any questions, please contact the Windermere Health Office at 614-487-5060.

Our health clinics track communicable illnesses and work with local public health agencies to mitigate potential outbreaks. If your student is diagnosed with or treated for a communicable illness/condition (strep, pinkeye, influenza, COVID-19, lice, etc.), please report those to the school nurse at windermerehealthclinic@uaschools.org, or windermereattendance@uaschools.org. Thank you for partnering with us to ensure Windermere is a healthy learning environment for all of our students!

Flyer Connection is our online “bulletin board” of opportunities for students and families in our schools from nonprofit organizations in our area.

Please refer to this arrival and dismissal doc for guidelines on keeping everyone safe during our drop off and pick up times.

Please email windermereattendance@uaschools.org along with your child’s teacher, any student absences. For extended absences (vacations, travel, etc.) please submit a pre-planned absence form. For more information on the district attendance policy, please visit the district's attendance web page. For all medical appointments, please provide a doctor’s note.