Windermere Family Update

Join us on November 14 from 6pm to 8pm to celebrate the cultures and traditions that enrich our school community. The annual Family Culture Night helps our students follow the Windermere Way by being respectful and ready to learn about different families in our community. We’re excited to reinforce an inclusive and welcoming environment where all students and families feel valued, respected, and celebrated for their unique identities and backgrounds.

We invite families to host tables that creatively reflect aspects of their culture, defined as "the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group." Some ideas include featuring books, art, history, clothing, and recipes from your culture. We hope this will be a fun family activity, and we want to include as many cultures and traditions as possible. Feel free to make this a student-led activity that reflects their abilities.

Today is the last day to register to host a table – Click here for further details.

New this year, we’re excited to add a FAMILY CULTURE ART CONTEST. Every Hawk family has a unique family culture worth showing off! Consider creating a piece of art that is an expression of your family's unique culture. Entries are due by 11/6/2024. Click the link for further details Info and Sign up. You may submit an art entry without hosting a table for the evening.

Unable to host this year? Join us to partake in some fun activities:

- Learn more about your fellow Windermere families

- Participate in activities presented by community partners: CK Lee and School of Rock

- Grab dinner and dessert from the Grandad's Pizza Truck and Kona Ice

- Volunteer to help with the event, sign up here.

Many thanks!

Please make sure you are adding money to your students lunch accounts on our EZ pay website. We have multiple students with negative lunch balances. They will always be able to purchase a school lunch (even with a negative balance) but are not permitted to buy snacks and extras.

You can access Linq Connect to monitor their student's meal account usage in more detail — including viewing current balance and purchase history, setting spending limits and transferring money between student accounts. Families can also access elementary and middle school lunch menus via Linq Connect. For instructions on how to set up an account, please the Linq family guide.

Our lost and found is overflowing. Please have your students check for missing sweatshirts, jackets, water bottles, etc. Due to how much is currently in our lost and found, we are now donating items at Thanksgiving Break. We may also donate at winter break if there is a large amount of clothing items.

or do you know someone who might be interested? If you are interested, please apply HERE! If you are interested, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Julie Nolan to learn more information.

Learn more about the strategic planning process by joining district leadership for a town hall meeting on Tuesday, November 19 from 6 until 7:30 p.m. at Upper Arlington High School. Attendees will hear a review of the research and work done to date and then break into smaller groups to learn about the steps planned to implement each strategy during the next five years.

For families with students who have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), progress reports are available to view in PowerSchool.

Please follow the outlined steps to access your student’s progress report:

• Once you are logged into PowerSchool, please click on the green box labeled “PR”

• The icon should be at the top of the screen, but if you do not see it, please check on the left-hand side under graduation requirements.

• If the green PR box is still not available, please reach out to your student's case manager.

• IMPORTANT: If the progress report refers to an attachment, you must change the dropdown in the top right-hand corner next to your student's name from the progress report form to the attachment form.

During the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend. This food distribution can offset some of the increased food expenses associated with an extended break from school. Groceries are distributed at no cost to families who sign up for the program. Volunteers work to honor dietary needs/restrictions, and delivery is available for those who experience transportation barriers.

If you would benefit from this assistance, please sign up by completing this Google Form by November 8.

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.

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.