The Wildcat Word

As we begin 2025, I am filled with hope and excitement for the opportunities that lie ahead for our students, staff, and school community.

Reflecting on the past year, I am incredibly grateful for the partnership and support you’ve shown. Together, we’ve navigated challenges, celebrated successes, and worked tirelessly to ensure that every child has access to the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to thrive. Thank you for being an integral part of this journey.

I also want to thank those who were able to partner with us to bring happiness to a Wildcat family during the holiday season. As families collected their items, their were so many wonderful smiles and on-going tears of appreciation. We are grateful for the kindness that you have shown our Weddington community and truly appreciate your support.

The start of a new year is a wonderful time to set goals, dream big, and focus on the future. At Weddington Hills we remain committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and engaging learning environment where every student can reach their full potential.

I encourage you to stay engaged with our school community—whether by attending events, volunteering, or simply staying informed through our communication. Together, we can make 2025 truly a transformative year for our students.

Wishing you and your family a joyful, healthy, and prosperous New Year. Here’s to another year of learning, growth, and success!

Annessia Lee, Principal

#UnlockthePawsibilities

• January 6: Students Return

• January 9 & 10: Student Showcase

• January 14: Report Cards & Class Pictures

• January 17: PBIS Cat Carnival

• January 20: NO SCHOOL (MLK Jr. Day)

• January 30th - WHES Walking Field Trip to Winkler Middle to see Moana Jr.

• January 31st & February 1st: Moana Jr. Play

What is happening in SEL Class? CLICK & SEE!!

Currently, Weddington has $3,200 in cafeteria meal debt. If these balances are not paid off, the school must use school funds to pay the balance at the end of the school year. If you or your business would be interested in donating to this cause please send in a check payable to Weddington Hills Cafeteria, attention Annessia Lee. We appreciate your support. Much appreciation for your partnership.

On January 30th, the school will be taking trips during the school day to Winkler Middle School to see our Performing Arts Club present their musical Disney's Moana Jr. More information will be coming home soon about this event.

🐾 PTO Membership! 🐾

Join our PTO today! Receive a membership card with local discounts and help support our school at the same time! Your involvement is impactful! Join Us! $10 Wildcat Family & $5 Weddington Teacher / Staff Member.

https://www.weddingtonhills-pto.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5ee551c227fc162ae10904c2

The spirit rock allows you to recognize a student, share your school spirit, thank a staff member, or any other celebratory event. This is a great way to spread positivity at our school. Click HERE to sign up and reserve the rock!

ParentSquare is the official platform for school-to-home communications in Cabarrus County Schools. Our district, schools and teachers use ParentSquare to communicate directly with families on a daily basis and in case of emergency. We strongly encourage you to download the ParentSquare app and register your account today.

Please visit our ParentSquare for Parents information page to learn more about the free Mobile App, where you can customize notification preferences to fit your needs and schedule, set your preferred language for automatic two-way translation and so much more.

Class Dojo is a digital platform and app that is apart of WHES Core Behavior System. It is a way for our teachers to manage and provide feedback to students' classroom behavior. Students earn points for showing the Wildcat Way by being Safe, Respectful, Responsible, & Kind. Students are able to use their points in their classroom store, our Whiskers Whereabouts After several redirection strategies, if students do not demonstrate the Wildcat Way then students will receive a Needs Work to help redirect their behavior. If you are not connected to your child's classroom class dojo, please get connected. Reach out to your child's teacher for more information.

As you begin to prepare for the upcoming school year, please take a moment to download our 2024-25 academic calendars.

For more information, please visit the 2024-25 district calendars webpage.

On June 10, 2024, the Board of Education updated Policy 4318 Student Use of Electronic Devices. Policy 4318 is attached to this post. Please note the following important updates for the 2024-25 school year:

• Elementary School: Students are not allowed to utilize electronic devices from arrival on campus through departure from campus. Students are required to power off and securely store their cell phones away from their person throughout the school day.
• Middle School: Students are not allowed to utilize electronic devices from arrival on campus through afternoon dismissal. Students are required to power off and securely store their cell phones away from their person throughout the school day. Students engaged in after-school activities will have access to their electronic devices for communicating with parents/guardians.
• High School: Students are not allowed to utilize electronic devices during instructional time. Students may use electronic devices during non-instructional times which may include arrival/dismissal, breakfast/lunch, and class change. During instructional time, students are required to power off and securely store their electronic devices away from their person.

Arrival: Please follow our new car rider line route that we put in place at the beginning of the school year. Linked is the route map and the video as a reminder.

Dismissal: Enter at Weddington Road. Snake through the staff parking lot. Loop around car rider line and exit.

If you have not already requested bus transportation, please complete the google form ASAP. If a bus is requested, on or after open house, it an take up to 2 weeks to be assigned a bus route.

CLICK HERE FOR BUS FORM

CCS is continuing to use this school bus tracking app. Parents can track their student's bus location on this app. Currently the messaging portion is not active yet, so if a sub bus is running it won’t show the sub bus number or info. But otherwise should be working to track regular buses.

Here are some links to get started using this app:

Edulog English

Edulog Spanish

Edulog Info Graphic English

Edulog Info Graphic Spanish

If you are showing as pending, you do not have the correct student ID number for your child, please contact the school and we will be happy to assist you!

Please leave feedback for our administrators: https://forms.gle/TDiQMpi19Eih6hpJ7

Principal: Annessia Lee, annessia.lee@cabarrus.k12.nc.us

Assistant Principal: Cathryn Morse, cathryn.morse@cabarrus.k12.nc.us

Assistant Principal: Kaylee Price, kaylee.price@cabarrus.k12.nc.us

Assistant Principal: Casey Campbell, casey.campbell@cabarrus.k12.nc.us

This is the address of our school website https://whes.cabarrus.k12.nc.us