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Wildwood Weekly
June 9, 2024
State of the School Update
As the 2023-2024 school year comes to a close, it's time again to pause and reflect on the many highlights and achievements that our Wildwood Community enjoyed this year. For this newsletter, I would like to focus our attention and appreciation on how the Wildwood PTA (through YOUR generous giving of time, talent, and treasure) supports our students.
Take some time to read through the list below of PTA provided events, programs, and purchases with your Wildwood children. Perhaps even make a game of rating them based on your preferences. Enjoy!
- Welcome Back Picnic/Movie Night
- Fall Festival
- Jog-A-Thon
- Book Fair
- Assemblies
- Disaster Kits
- 5th Grade Celebration
- Abilities Awareness Week
- Art Masters
- Bingo Night
- Campus Supervision
- Classroom Instructional Materials
- Computer Specialist
- CREATE on Your Campus
- Wildwood ROAR Senior Scholarships
- School Supplies
- Tigerwear
- Membership
- Yearbooks
- Field Trips
- Healthy Food Lunchtime Tastings
- Honorary Service Awards
- Hospitality
- Library Books/Supplies
- PE Specialists
- PTA Office Supplies
- Wellness Week
- School Directory
- TK & Kinder Dance Instructor
- Gagaball Pit
- Soccer Goals with nets (coming soon!)
- Staff Appreciation
- STEAM program
- Technology
- Wednesday Folders
Now that you've read through this list, we encourage you to take some time with your child to remember and reflect on your child's personal highlights and achievements this school year. Here's a LINK to get you started.
We wish you all a Tigerific summer break and look forward to doing it all again in the fall.
Warmly,
Mr. Lynch
- Important Dates -
June
10: 3rd Grade Charlotte's Web Play for Parents from 8:30-9:30am
10: Senior Walk 2024 at 1:00pm
11: 2nd grade Field Day at 9:00am
11: 3rd grade Field Day at 10:10am
11: PTA Executive Board Meeting at 6:30pm
12: 4th Grade Performance for Parents from 8:20-9:00am
12: 1st Grade Field Day at 9:00am
12: 5th Grade Field Trip to Harley's Simi Bowl at 9:10am
13: Last Day of School: Grades TK-3 dismissal at 12:15pm; Grades 4-5 dismissal at 12:30pm
13: 5th Grade Culmination from 8:30-9:30am
Helpful LINKS
Pre-Register for These Upcoming Events
Please take a look at this list of upcoming events and click the name of each event you will attend to preregister and avoid long lines at the office. Please remember that preregistration ends at 3pm on the day before each event, so complete these forms NOW to ensure peace of mind and a quick entrance on the day of your event.
Wildwood Senior Walk Tomorrow
We are excited to welcome our Wildwood graduating Seniors back to campus tomorrow for our annual Senior Walk on Monday, June 10. Our students will cheer them on as they parade through classrooms in their caps and gowns and join them on the field for afternoon recess. It's a special time for graduating seniors to reflect and remember where their journey began. Our current students are equally excited to see where their journey is headed!
TK and K Parking Reminder for Monday, June 10
When TK and Kinder parents arrive at school for afternoon pick-up at 1:20pm tomorrow (6/10), Wildwood Senior alumni will be on campus for the Senior Walk. The available parking on the streets may be sparse. Please plan accordingly.
Yearbooks are Here!!
ALL 5th graders received a yearbook to take home this past Friday, June 7th.
ALL TK- 4th graders "pre-paid orders" will go home Monday, June 10th.
We have a limited number of softcovers available to purchase for $35 cash. Please bring your cash payment to the office and a yearbook will be sent home with your student. Hurry, sales are on a first come, first served basis!
Campus Safety Assistants Needed!
Paid Positions
We are in need of a few more Campus Safety Assistants for the 2024-2025 school year. Our current team is TOP-NOTCH, so our newcomers will be fortunate to join a seasoned team with great care and camaraderie. If you or someone you know (18 years of age or older) are interested in a part-time, flexible, paid position at the school, please contact Karen Meyer, our wonderful Office Manager, at kmeyer@conejousd.org.
Futboleros and Slime Day a Great Success!
Our schoolwide Futboleros and Slime Assemblies this past Friday was a blast! We had a great time celebrating this year's fundraising success. Thanks again to our Wildwood PTA for organizing these events and thank you to all of you who contribute so generously to our school and your children's education each school year!
The Annual Egg Drop
Congratulations to all of our GATE engineers-in-training who participated in the Annual Egg Drop this past week. Our Tigers proved again that there is a joy in the journey of discovery, and all in attendance had an egg-cellent time!
Make Your Voice Heard - Become a Wildwood DAC Parent Representative
We are currently looking for 5 parents who are willing to serve on our school leadership team (School Site Council) as District Advisory Council (DAC) Representatives. Don't be intimidated by the long, fancy title. Basically, a District Advisory Council representative attends one 2-hour meeting each month with parent representatives from other CVUSD schools and then shares information from those meetings with the SSC team at our 1-hour meeting in the MPR on the last Tuesday of the month at 4:00pm. DAC representatives learn about programs and services available to student groups within and around our school community and then use that information to make recommendations to our Wildwood leadership teams and administration with the aim of ensuring that all students are supported.
Wildwood currently has openings for the following DAC positions on our 2024-25 SSC team:
- (DAC) District Advisory Council Representative
- (DELAC) District English Learners Advisory Council Representative
- (SEDAC) Special Education District Advisory Council Co-Representative
- (GATE-DAC) Gifted and Talented Education District Advisory Council Representative
- (LGBTQ+AC) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning and Others Advisory Council
To learn more about each positon, click HERE.
To see the CVUSD 2023-34 DAC meeting schedule to get an idea about when these meetings are usually held, click HERE.
To submit your name for consideration for one of Wildwood's open DAC representative positions, click HERE.
Will Your Student Be Returning for the 2024-25 School Year?
In order to properly plan classes and staffing for the 2024-2025 school year, we are requesting that ALL families who currently have a child attending Wildwood Elementary complete THIS FORM. More than half of our families have already completed this form...Thank you!
If you have more than 1 child currently attending Wildwood, please complete a separate form for each child. This form should take less than 1 minute to complete.
Families of 5th grade students do not need to complete this form for your 5th grade student because we are already aware that they will be moving on.
Job Opportunity for the 2024-2025 School Year
Wildwood is currently seeking candidates for the following part-time position for the 2024-2025 school year.
Dance / Music & Movement Specialist for TK-Kindergarten
3 hours/week
Wildwood would like to thank Alexa Soni for her dedicated and talented service to our TK and Kinder students as their dance instructor for the second half of this school year. We wish Alexa great success as she moves on to other endeavors serving students with her many talents. If you or someone you know are interested in this open position (no certification needed), please contact Mr. Lynch at klynch@conejousd.org.
- PTA News -
2024-25 PTA Volunteer Opportunities
Are you looking for ways to be more involved next year? Our PTA would LOVE your help!!! While there are many ways to help, we know of three fundraisers that will need someone to facilitate: Original Works, Food Nights and School Cents. These are both great ways to get involved and don’t require a huge time commitment.
Original Works is an art program that allows parents to purchase their child’s artwork on costume keepsakes. Most of the work can be done from home with a couple stops at school to put things in teacher boxes etc. Teachers do the art in class and you are responsible for getting it organized and working with Original Works (OW) to get it shipped out. The program coordinator from Original Works is super helpful and around to answer any questions. Teachers typically do the art in January and February and we submit it to OW mid-February. Sarah Casey has facilitated this program for years and is ready to train someone new! If you are interested in learning more about please reach out to Sarah at sarahbsheppard@hotmail.com.
School Cents is a program that collaborates with The Oaks in order to generate funds to local K-12 schools. Schools families, staff and other community members submit receipts from The Oaks from Sept 1st- April 30th to earn points for their school. Based on the points earned, our school receives funds from the School Cents program. This is primarily a work from home position. There are 4 pre-scheduled meetings during the school year that takes place at The Oaks. Otherwise, the main goal is to send out communication via newsletter, social media, email blasts regarding submitting receipts and/or current promotions. It will be Jen Charoenrath’s last year at Wildwood and would love to pass it on. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please contact Jen at jent912@gmail.com.
- School News -
Attendance
- CVUSD News -
IXL 20-Day Summer Learning Activities
All current CVUSD Kindergarten through 5th grade students have access to IXL, a subscription-based learning site with hundreds of grade-level skills in language arts and math to support your student year round. Click a grade level link below to access a FREE 20-day plan of math and ELA skills your student can use to practice and reinforce skills over the summer to start the new school year off with confidence.
- Community News -
Digital Backpack Fliers
- School-Connected Organizations and Governmental Agencies
- Non-Profit Groups
- All Other Groups
From time to time, individuals or groups in the community will distribute information and advertisements to parents/guardians on the public sidewalks during school arrival or dismissal. This information is not affiliated or endorsed by Wildwood Elementary and CVUSD. Any approved communications (i.e. announcements, fliers) from Wildwood Elementary and CVUSD will be provided directly from the school to you via email, or given to your students to take home. If you ever are unsure whether or not materials are from Wildwood Elementary and CVUSD, please do not hesitate to contact the front office.
Wildwood Elementary
Email: klynch@conejousd.org
Website: www.conejousd.org/wildwood
Location: 620 Velarde Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Phone: 805-492-3531
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildwoodTigers
Twitter: @WildwoodTigers