Welcome Tigers!

As mentioned in the newsletter sent to you on Monday, August 5, this newsletter is a duplicate of that one with just a few changes and updates. These include:

• Picture Day flier added
• Message regarding labeling personal items and our NEW Lost & Found protocol added
• Teacher Reveal date correction: The event will be held on Tuesday, August 20 from 3:30-5:30
• "Follow Us on Social Media" message added
• Reflections Kick-off in the calendar has moved from 9/18/24 to 9/4/24
• PTA Volunteer Opportunities added
• i Care Parking Pledge added
  
• Cafeteria Menus button added
• Digital Back pack added along with CRPD after school enrichment class fliers
• Chorus, Band, and Strings fliers added

We're just days away now from the start of a new school year. We look forward to partnering with you to make it an exceptional one.

Hello Tiger Families!

Welcome to the new school year! I hope you enjoyed your summer and are rested and ready for a great year. My family and I spent a lot of time this summer on lakes, rivers, and the ocean which gave us plenty of time to reflect on and appreciate the beauty around us. It's my hope and intention that every member of our Wildwood family captures the beauty of Wildwood this school year through our collective efforts to elevate each student's academic performance and overall school experience.

This newsletter includes back-to-school information for a smooth start to the 2024-25 school year. Please be sure to read the entirety of this newsletter AND click on ALL the links. Doing so will help you access important information including important dates and events, annual updates for parents, a meal application form, PTA membership, our bell schedule, our online spirit wear store, and more.

School will begin on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. We look forward to seeing you soon!.

Warmly,

Mr. Lynch

TK Parent Information Night ~ Parents Only

Parents meet the teacher and visit the classroom.

• Monday, August 19
• 6:00pm
• Rooms K-1 & K-3

* Your TK child's class placement will be sent to you via email on Friday, August 16.

TK Meet & Greet ~ Parents and TK Students

Parents and TK students meet the teacher, visit the classroom, and build community with classmates through fun activities.

• Tuesday, August 20
• 9:30am
• Rooms K-1 & K-3

TK and Kinder Playdate

Casual playdate at the park to make friends, build community, and have fun! Please bring your own snacks and blankets.

• Tuesday, August 20
• Following the Meet & Greet
• Wildwood Park (adjacent to the school, NOT across the street)

This Play Date is not a school sponsored event, just an opportunity for families to connect. The school will not be providing supervision, so please plan accordingly.

Kinder Back to School Night ~ Parents Only

• Monday, August 19 (Note: This date and time has been revised from our June communications)
• 6:00pm
• Rooms K-2, 22, & 24

* Your Kindergartener's class placement will be sent to you via email on Friday, August 16.

Kinder Meet & Greet

Parents and Kindergarten students meet the teacher, visit the classroom, and build community with classmates through fun activities.

• Tuesday, August 20
• 10:00am
• Start in the Wildwood MPR with a message from the Principal

TK and Kinder Playdate

Casual playdate at the park to make friends, build community, and have fun! Please bring your own snacks and blankets.

• Tuesday, August 20
• Following the Meet & Greet
• Wildwood Park (adjacent to the school, NOT across the street)

This Play Date is not a school sponsored event, just an opportunity for families to connect. The school will not be providing supervision, so please plan accordingly.

New Student Orientation Tour

1st-5th grade students and their families who are new to our school take a guided tour of the school led by the Principal.

• Tuesday, August 20
• 3:00pm
• MPR

Teacher Reveal Gathering (ON-CAMPUS this year)

Join us on the upper blacktop to find out which class you are in, purchase 2024-2025 spirit wear t-shirts, purchase spirit wear from years past at a discounted price, and locate your classroom and line-up spot. Mister Softee will be there selling their tasty treats. Starting this year, we will NOT be handing out paper class placement forms at the Teacher Reveal Gathering event. Instead, we will be available to assist you in accessing your Q Parent Portal on your device where class placements will be made live at 4pm this afternoon.

• Tuesday, August 20
• 3:30pm-5:30pm

Grades 1-5 Back to School Night / PTA General Association Meeting

Thursday, August 29

• 5:30pm: 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade B2S Night presentations in classrooms

• 6:15pm-6:45pm: Principal Welcome and PTA Meeting in MPR

• 6:45pm: 1st and 2nd grade B2S Night presentations in classrooms

August, 2024

21: First Day of School ~ (Click here for 2024-25 Bell Schedule)

• 7:45am ~ Campus officially opens to all students. Only students enrolled in Child Care may enter the campus earlier than 7:45am on school days
• 8:05am ~ First bell
• 8:10am ~ Classes begin

23: Coffee with Principal at the Flagpole (8:15am)

23: "You Made It Through the First Week" ALL Grades Play Date

• 2:45pm-5:00pm ~ Wildwood Park (adjacent to the school, NOT across the street)
• This Play Date is not a school sponsored event, just an opportunity for families to connect. The school will not be providing supervision, so please plan accordingly.

29: Back to School Night

• 5:30pm: 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade B2S Night presentations in classrooms
• 6:15pm: Principal Message, PTA General Association Meeting in MPR
• 6:45pm: 1st and 2nd grade B2S Night presentations in classrooms

September, 2024

9/2: No School - Labor Day

9/4: Reflections Kick-off

9/6: School Picture Day

9/27: Back to School Picnic & Movie Night (6:00pm)

Helpful LINKS

Wildwood Important Dates and Events 2024-2025

Wildwood Bell Schedule

Wildwood Website Home Page

CVUSD School Year Calendar
CVUSD website

The Wildwood Elementary School PTA is YOU – the amazing parents, teachers and staff members who all wish to create a strong Wildwood community and to provide students with the best educational experience possible. Our PTA works to organize fun family events and educational assemblies throughout the year. We also fundraise to help support programs and specialist teachers for computers, STEAM Lab, PE, Music, Art Masters and so much more! Please click here to join today.

Our PTA plays a vital role in supporting our school, and we need your help to make this year the best one yet! Volunteering with the PTA is a great way to get involved, meet other parents, and make a positive impact on our school community. Whether you have a few hours to give or can commit to more, there's a role for everyone. From helping with events to supporting classroom activities, there’s even help you can do from home! Your time and talents are appreciated.

Interested? Reach out to Mindy Nunez at 805-422-2148 or sign up at our next PTA meeting. Let’s work together to make a difference!

All Wildwood families (new and returning) must complete the required Annual Updates for each student before the first day of school. This is the only way for us to have your current emergency contact information on file.

All updates may be completed online via the Q-Parent Connect Portal. Complete details and instructions are available here.

FREE MEALS FOR ALL STUDENTS

School meals for the 2024-2025 school year will be available to all students at no charge. Although all students will receive free meals through the duration of this school year, we request for all families to complete this Online Free / Reduced Meal Eligibility for School Year 2024-2025 form, as this form affects a variety of areas unrelated to school meals, including school funding, college application fees, SAT fees, bus passes and more. Even if your child does not plan to eat school lunches, it is important to fill out this form to help ensure our schools and families receive the available resources.

The safety of our students is of critical importance to all of us and we want to protect them from injury. Please click here for the district letter. For information on Student Accident and Sickness Insurance, click on THIS LINK for English or THIS LINK for Spanish.

Paid Positions

We have a few more before school, recess, and lunchtime campus supervision slots available and would love to have you join our team. We can help you build a part-time schedule that works for you. If you or someone you know (18 years of age or older) is interested in a part-time, flexible, paid position at the school, please contact Karen Meyer, our wonderful Office Manager, at kmeyer@conejousd.org.

Wildwood is currently seeking candidates for the following part-time position for the 2024-2025 school year. If you or someone you know might be a good fit, please reach out to us to learn more or express interest.

Dance/Music Specialist for TK-Kindergarten

3 hours/week

Wildwood was fortunate to provide dance classes for our TK and Kinder classes last year, and we would like to provide dance, music, or performing arts classes again this year for our young learners. If you or someone you know has experience working with children, please contact Mr. Lynch at klynch@conejousd.org. No certification necessary for this position.

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.

Now is a GREAT time to get student names on lunch bags and water bottles. Please do your part to prevent loss of personal items by labeling student belongings. This small act also saves school staff hours of time over the course of a school year trying to reunite students with their belongings.

NEW 2024-25 Lost & Found Protocol: All Lost & Found items will be removed from campus and donated to a good cause on the last day of EACH month. Please do your part to remind your children to bring personal items home each day, and we will assist as well.

Wildwood Elementary has an official presence on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Click on each image below to access Wildwood's social media accounts. Be sure to like and follow to get an inside peek into daily happenings at Wildwood through videos, images, and reminders which are posted weekly by our Wildwood social media manager.

My mother always told me "Many hands make light work", and that's certainly true in education. We want you on campus with us! All adults entering the campus during school hours must sign in electronically with their picture ID in the front office and obtain a visitor or volunteer badge/sticker to be worn at all times while on campus. All volunteers who work with students must have a current TB test or a Risk Assessment Questionnaire on file as well. If you would like to volunteer on campus, and we hope you do, please complete and return the Volunteer Registration Authorization Packet that will be sent home with students on the first day of school. Attach a copy of your license/ID to the packet, or we will make a copy for you in the office on your first visit.

If your child will be absent or arriving late for any reason, please remember to call our office or leave a message on our attendance line at (805) 492-3531 before 8:30am. Be sure to state the date and reason for your child’s absence or late arrival, and your child’s teacher or room number. Any unexcused absence is counted as a truancy. Students are allowed only three truancies per year before action is taken. Planning ahead with your child will also help to avoid unnecessary tardiness. Students who arrive on time feel better about themselves and perform better in the classroom.

Please click the "Digital Backpack" image to check if any new community fliers have been posted recently. Not all fliers will appear as images in our Wildwood Weekly newsletter, and we don't want you to miss out on community events, classes, or opportunities that are of interest to you. Fliers are organized under three tabs:

• 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.

Email: klynch@conejousd.org

Website: www.conejousd.org/wildwood

Location: 620 Velarde Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

Phone: 805-492-3531

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Twitter: @WildwoodTigers

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