Blue & White Newsletter - 5/31/24

We wish all of our Bulldog families, faculty, and staff a fun, safe, and rejuvenating summer!

Be sure to email your summer fun pictures to

BulldogMail@wyasd.org

and we will share them in our summer issues!

Eighth grade students in Mrs. Mercedes Gomez-Myers' Fibers and Fabrics participated in a community service project for the organization, Ryan's Case for Smiles. It is an organization that creates and distributes whimsical pillowcases that give children an emotional boost that remind them that they are not defined by their serious childhood illness or injuries. You can learn more about this organization at https://caseforsmiles.org/. Check out the adorable pillowcases our students made and sent to Ryan's Case for Smiles!

Last week, the Bocce Ball clubs from Trimmer Elementary and the Middle School played together in Trimmer's Gymnasium. They enjoyed the opportunity to connect and play each other, as well as enjoy a balloon and popsicle social. A great time was had by all! (Working on photo collage now)

Fourth Grade English Learner Gems in Ms. Shanda Goodwin's class at Trimmer Elementary completed research projects about their home countries. They chose their own questions, researched the answers, and wrote paragraphs about their learning. Students also wrote about their experiences in the countries and why people should go there. The Gems created self portraits to celebrate their own heritage!

As we move toward the 2024-2025 school year, we would like to receive your feedback on the Blue & White Newsletter's contents. What are the highlights for you? What would you like to see more of? Is there anything you would like to see new/different to improve the value of this communication for you and your family? Please use the link below to take our short survey.

Summer is here, and so is the vibrant garden at Trimmer Elementary! This year our students at Trimmer Elementary planted strawberries, beef tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, bush and pole beans, sweet peppers, lettuce, spinach, red beets, and carrots! Thanks to the plentiful rain, our garden is thriving!

We'd like our vegetables to continue to be successful, and we'd love to share them with the community! If you'd like to help water and harvest them, please sign up for a date/time by clicking the link bar below. This year, we're also going to try something different. Every Wednesday will be a "Weeding Wednesday." We're hoping to get a group of people on Wednesday mornings to work together and pull some weeds. Last year, things got really overgrown and we lost our blueberry plants to the weeds. This summer, we'd like to stay more on top of them.

Thank you for your interest, and Ms. Megan Eckbold and Mr. Glenn Medice hope to see you out there!

This issue wraps up the 2023-2024 school year of the Blue & White. During the summer, the Blue & White will be published every three weeks in June and July. We will resume weekly newsletters beginning with the August 2nd issue as we prepare to enter the 2024-2025 school year!

During the summer, share your fun summer activities with us! Send pictures and a description of the activity/event to BullDogMail@wyasd.org. We will have a Bulldog Summer Fun section in each of the June and July issues. So, whether you are spending time at the beach or local pool, enjoying a backyard staycation, taking in some sightseeing, or another fun summer activity/trip, we would love to share your pictures!

We are happy to share that again this summer, we will be offering our Summer Activities Program in conjunction with the Summer Bulldog Bistro Free Lunch Program!

Join us for a lot of fun activities! Each day will have a specific topic, theme, or activity facilitated by a West York teacher or employee. One day of each week will be the always popular Bingo Day, complete with prizes! We are also excited to confirm that Reptile Invasion will again fill our MS auditorium with their amazing little, and not so little, creatures on one of our days!

Each week, the District website's home page will provide the upcoming week's activities/themes. See the image below for more details. If you have any questions, please email Ginny Carter at vrcarter@wyasd.org.

Come join us at West York Area High School for a fun-filled day of running and getting splattered with vibrant colors all for a great cause! We are running to support the children and families who are fighting against childhood cancer. All monies raised will go toward our Four Diamonds fund. This will add to other money raised and will be revealed with our final total in March of 2025 at our mini-THON. This in-person event is perfect for all ages and fitness levels. Lace up your shoes and get ready to dash through the colorful course which will lead to the completion of a 5K. The event will take place at the High School at 1800 Bannister Street, with the food trucks in the athletic parking lot and registration and start and finish down below. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to get active and have a blast with friends and family while helping West York Area High School raise funds for Four Diamonds. See you there!

To see route details and to register, click the image above.

All questions can be sent to arhedgcock@wyasd.org

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At the February 20th Board Meeting, the 2024-2025 District Calendar was approved and you can access it from our website by clicking the bar below.

• Monday, June 3, Summer Lunch Program Begins (11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
  
• Tuesday, June 11, Cocurricular Committee Meeting (5:30 p.m.)
• Tuesday, June 11, Board Work Session (7:00 p.m.)
• Friday, June 14, All Buildings & Grounds Closed
• Tuesday, June 18, Board Voting Meeting (6:30 p.m.)
• Friday, June 21, All Buildings & Grounds Closed
• Friday, June 28, All Buildings & Grounds Closed

• Monday, July 1, Summer Activities Program Begins (11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
• Thursday, July 4, Independence Day - District Closed
• Friday, July 12, All Buildings & Grounds Closed
• July 15-18, Kindergarten Registration/Screening @ Wallace Elementary School
• Friday, July 19, All Buildings & Grounds Closed
• Friday, July 26, All Buildings & Grounds Closed

This week's issue of the Bulldog Breakdown, a weekly recap of the prior week's athletic accomplishments and lists the upcoming sporting events, is the last one for the 2024-2025 school year.

Don't miss important information on the PIAA postseason events, brackets, schedules, and how to purchase tickets! Simply click the Bulldog image to view the latest issue!

Kindergarten registration for the 2024-2025 school year is now open. We encourage families to register early. Simply click the image to the right and click on Create A New Account. Even if you already have students in West York, you will use the Create A New Account to begin the registration process for your incoming kindergarten student. Children need to be five years of age by September 1, 2024, to be eligible for kindergarten.

If you have any questions, please contact our Registration Office at 717-792-2796 extension 1216.

Check out the Kids Bowl Free Program! This program is designed by bowling centers to give back to the community. We have three bowling centers in our area that are participating:

• Colony Park Lanes
• Laser Alleys
• Suburban Bowlerama

Step 1: Go to https://www.kidsbowlfree.com/all_centers.php#PA and find a center near you.

Step 2: Create an account for your family.

Step 3: Enjoy an entire summer of bowling FUN!

The Community Corner of our website offers families many helpful links to organizations or flyers about upcoming or ongoing community activities, clubs, and events. The information on this webpage changes frequently and those changes will be highlighted here as they occur. The latest updates are pictured below.

From our Home webpage, click on Community to access links to various organizations/community events.

Newly Added:

• Belmont Summer Academy - Theatre Summer Camps
• YWCA FREE Synchronize Swimming Clinic - June 22nd

Here are just some examples:

• Cub Scouts (Boys & Girls ages 5-12)
• Girl Scouts
• West York Boys Club
• YMCA of York
  
• YWCA of York

Community Resources such as:

• United Way
• Community Progress Council
• Dream Wrights Center for Community Arts
• Belmont Summer Academy - Theatre Summer Camps