Sunday Message from Mr. Burns

Hi Wims Families,

Can you believe that we are almost done with March? I am still looking for the weather to warm up a little more and start having the flowers bloom!

As we head into April, our Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program begins for our Grade 3-5 students. Please see our testing schedule below for your child's testing dates. It is important that students attend school on those testing dates. If you have any questions about the testing schedule, please feel free to reach out to Mr. Prin.

Special Shout Out: For the past couple of weeks, I had a student share with me every day that her birthday was coming up. Since today is the day, I wanted to wish Rosie a special happy "6th" birthday:)

Have a great week!

-Mr. Burns

Students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will participate in the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) which includes four days of English Language Arts (ELA) testing and two days of Math testing. All testing will take place in the morning between the hours or 9:00 and 11:00 am. The specific dates and test contents are listed below by grade level:

Grades 4 & 5:

• ELA: 4/7, 4/9, 4/10, 4/11
• Math: 5/7, 5/8

Grade 3:

• ELA: 4/28, 4/30, 5/1, 5/2
• Math: 5/12, 5/14

Students who are absent on any testing days will complete make-up testing sometime in May. If you are interested in learning more about MCAP or previewing sample test questions, you can learn more here. Families will be mailed their students' results in late summer / early fall.

In an effort to address the rising concerns around our students' mental health status, Montgomery County Public Schools will implement the voluntary BASC-3 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS) mental health screening tool at schools. Your student should have come home on Thursday (3/20/25) with a packet explaining more about this mental health screener as well as a yellow consent form. Please sign and return the yellow permission slip to your child's teacher indicating if you would or would not like to give consent for your student to take this screener. Please find copies of both documents attached to this email for your reference. If you would like to request these documents translated in other languages, please reach out to our School Counselor, Mrs. Ioli.

Kindergarten registration for 2025-2026 is now open. If you or someone you know has a child that will be 5 by September 1, 2025, please use the link below to complete the online registration.

If you have any questions regarding enrollment, please contact Mrs. Norton

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/enroll/kindergarten/

Please click on the follow link for directions on activating your ParentVue account.

ParentVue Directions

Click to Join:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/767544047325701/

Dear Wildcats,

We hope you had a great weekend!

This is the last week to submit a nomination for the next Wilson Wims PTA President and Vice President! Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. In the past few years since COVID, we have built a strong PTA through friendship, support, respect, and a strong base of volunteers and committee chairs. Our PTA is truly a team and strives to make our Executive Board feel supported. Our diversity enriches our WWES community, and we need new parents or caregivers to bring fresh ideas to the PTA. If this is you or someone that you know, please click the nomination link below by March 28.

The Bingo Night event scheduled for April 4 has sold out. We are still in need of a few gift cards and other prizes, concession donations, and a couple of volunteers. If any of our 5th grade families (or any grade level) can help, we would be grateful. All funds raised through Bingo Night are designated for our 5th Grade Class promotional activities and we look forward to giving them the very best Wildcat send off!

Have a wonderful week!

~ Ashley Zuraf, President

2024-25 School Year 2024-25 School Year

The WWES PTA Nominating Committee is now accepting nominations for the role of President and Vice President for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years (each position is a 2-year term). Serving on the Executive Board is a wonderful way to connect with our Administration, staff, students, and parent community. If you know someone willing to serve on the PTA, please complete this nomination form no later than March 28. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged! If you have any questions about serving on the board, please contact the Nominating Committee or Lisa Brodie Cole, Chair.

Bingo Night has filled, and registration is now closed. The committee still needs a couple volunteers and donations for Bingo - please sign up here to donate and here to volunteer. Proceeds from this event go to our 5th grade class.

Registration is open for spring after-school programs! We are pleased to offer the following programs:

• Monday: Cooking with Tiny Chefs - REGISTER HERE

• Tuesday: Spanish by Uno, Dos, Tres Ms. Daniela - REGISTER HERE

• Wednesday: Chess by Silver Knights (formerly Magnus) - REGISTER HERE

• Thursday: Little Dog Vet by Little Medical School - REGISTER HERE

• Friday: Sewing (3rd-5th) by You Too Can Sew Ms. Glassic - Please EMAIL sewgeniusnow@gmail.com to reserve your spot.

Please be sure to notify your child’s teacher which day(s) they will be attending an after-school program. If you have any questions about after-school programming, please contact Katie or Danni.

Join us for the final book fair of the 2024-2025 school year! All books (and other items) will be Buy One, Get One (equal or lesser valued item) FREE. To give our students the best book fair, we need volunteers. Please sign up HERE to volunteer for school day or evening hours. If we are unable to fill a timeslot, those shopping hours will have to be cancelled. School-day volunteers must have completed the online Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect Training via their ParentVUE account.

Now is the time to set up your students’ e-wallet. E-wallet is the easiest way to shop at the book fair and prevents your student from carrying cash. Visit the Wims Book Fair homepage to create an account. Any funds that are unused at the end of the book fair can be used to shop online or at the next book fair. When creating a new e-wallet for this BOGO fair, any leftover funds from the previous fair will be available to apply to your account. If you have any questions, please contact Danni Ibarra, Chair.

To pre-order your 2024-25 Wilson Wims yearbook, please use this link. The Yearbook ID for Wims is 14701525. Yearbooks are sent home at the very end of the school year. Orders must be placed by May 3.

Our Yearbook Committee needs your help! Please share your photos from our events - Movie Night, Fun Run, PRIDE Assemblies, and more. We would also love your first day of school photos, photos of our patrols, and getting to & from school each day. Our Lifetouch upload link is now live. Simply go to this link to upload and you just might see your photos featured in the yearbook! Please remember to TAG when uploading photos, as this will make it easier for our committee to sort. If you are not sure which tag to use, just label the picture with the student’s grade level/ teacher. Thank you in advance for contributing to our Wims yearbook!

BOUNDARY STUDY MEETING: Save-the-date for Monday, March 31 at 7pm for a meeting on the upcoming boundary study. The meeting is open to everyone in the Clarksburg and Damascus Clusters. The purpose of the meeting is to raise awareness of the boundary study and its potential impact on our communities. Look for details over email or in next week’s Sunday message. This link provides up-to-date information from MCPS on the boundary study.

Did you know that you can earn money for our school simply by shopping at Harris Teeter? HT has donated over $32.8 million to Together in Education schools since 1998. By simply visiting the website & linking your Harris Teeter VIC card, a percentage of your purchase is automatically donated to Wims (TIE #2814)! Our school relies on these funds, and we hope to increase participation! Visit the TIE website today to start earning for Wims. Returning Families: Please note VIC cards must be re-linked annually!

We want to hear from you and be sure you hear from us!

Stay connected to the PTA and other families by joining our *new* WhatsApp Community (https://bit.ly/WWESPTAchat) and by following us on Facebook (@wilsonwimspta). If you have any questions regarding the PTA or our supported activities, please reach out to us at pta@wwespta.org and you are also welcome to contact the PTA President, Ashley Zuraf, at president@wwespta.org.