Timberwolf Times - February 7, 2022

T. Clay Wood - Facts at your Fingertips

From the Desk of Dr. Buchheit

School Wide Focus for February– Habit 5: See First to Understand then be Understood

(“Listen")

Dear Timberwolf Families,

Our Kids Healthy Heart Challenge continues this week. We are focused in Healthy Choices and Kindness.

It is National School Counselors' Week this week. Thank you to Mrs. Cunningham, Mrs. Robertson, and Mrs. Rothman for EVERYTHING they do EVERY DAY to support ALL of us at T. Clay Wood Elementary.

Student Transfer Requests - Transfer requests can be made for students in grades 1 through 5 between January 3, 2023- April 30, 2022. Kindergarten transfer requests can be made starting from the first day of Kindergarten registration through 30 days after the kindergarten student registers. Please contact T. Clay Wood Elementary for more information by emailing Mrs. Morton, at MortonTA@pwcs.edu or calling 703.594.3990.

We truly do Everything Better Together as a Community of Leaders and Learners Achieving Excellence.

I hope you all have a wonderful week.

Dr. Andrew Buchheit

Principal

#TimberwolvesROCK

“Because YOU are here, ANYTHING is possible”

What's Happening at T. Clay Wood during the week of February 7-11, 2022

Kids Heart Challenge - Jan. 31 -Feb 25, 2022

Monday, February 7, 2022- -Day 6

Report Cards Go Home

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - Day 1

8:00 - Chorus

Wednesday, February 9,, 2022 - Day 2

Thursday, February 10, 2022- Day 3

8:00 - Service Leadership
Advisory Council; 6:30 pm - email me at buchhear@pwcs.edu for the ZOOM Link

Friday, February 11, 2022- Day 4

PTO Read-a-Thon Results

We are please to let you know that the PTO Read-a-Thon raised approximately $15,000 for our school. The PTO plans to help purchase additional technology to support learning including updated interactive boards for some of the classrooms.

In addition, our school read for 51,952 minutes over the 2 weeks for about 865 hours. We also had 50% participation!!

Our first three winners will each receive a $20 voucher to McKay’s Used Books.

1. Kennedy in Mr. Abram’s class! Congrats on winning the bookmark challenge on social media!

The next two winners are random drawing of ALL students. So we’ll call the teacher name then student number!

2. Winner #2 is from Mrs. Abram’s class and student #17

3. Winner #3 is from Mr. Wood’s class and student #19

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Our next two winners are tops in fundraising. And each will receive a $25 Gift Card to Barnes & Noble. The gift card will be sent electronically to your parents and the PTO will reach out.

1. To our top fundraiser in K-2nd = Hasseeb Chughtai in Mrs. Wiggins Class who raised $600

2. Our top fundraiser in 3-5th= Jacob Strohman-Barr in Mrs. Van Gelder Class who raised $1,200

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Our next two CLASSES each raised the most amount in their levels and so the teacher will receive a $25 Gift Card to Barnes & Noble to help build their library!

1. Top class in K-2nd is Mrs. Cotter’s class with $1,440

2. Top class in 3-5th is Mrs. Van Gelder’s class with $1,390

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Now it’s time to congratulate our TOP READERS!

Top reader in K-2nd= Isaac Lingamfelter in Mrs. Ludlow’s class with 1,263 minutes

Top reader in 3rd-5th= Cherise Pollard in Mrs. Waddell’s class with 1,780 minutes

Our top readers will each receive a KIDS KINDLE with a year of FREE books!

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The top class in each grade level will earn a spot to be LIVE in person for our Author Assembly with Erica Perl. The rest of the school will see her live over interactive boards.

K= Mrs. Cotter’s class (1,599 minutes)

1st = Mrs. Ludlow’s class (2,593 minutes)

2nd= Gilbert/Schaffner class (2,215)

3rd= Mr. Abram’s class (3,653)

4th= Mr. Aracich’s class (5,300)

5th= Mrs. Smith’s class (2,149)

The PTO Board sends its Congratulations to all those who took the time to participate and those who read regardless if you tracked or not! What a wonderful success and They hope you enjoyed yourselves.

T. Clay Wood Rocks with Kindness

T. Clay Wood Rocks with Kindness! The Service Leadership Team is sponsoring the Kindness Challenge starting January 31st to February 25th. We would like to share 2 of the FUN things planned for the whole school to participate.

1) Students can complete the attached “I can Show Kindness!” sheet. Parents, can use the below board for each child you have attending T. Clay Wood Elementary. It was also emailed out on Jan. 28, 2022. Students must put their first and last name as well as their teacher’s name. Students can color or X out each block as they do each kind activity shown on the “I Can Show Kindness!” sheet. The kindness activities can be completed at school or anywhere in the community. Once they do ALL the activities on the board, they should bring it back to school to give to their classroom teacher so we can add their names to the Kindness Board in the front lobby by the gym. The last day to turn it in is February 25th so you can get your name added to the board.

2) Kindness Chain- For every act of kindness, (it can include the items on the “I Can Show Kindness” sheet or any other kind act not on the sheet) students will be given a strip of construction paper to write down the kind act they did, include their name on it and give it back to their classroom teacher. The strips of construction paper will be provided to them by their classroom teacher. We will then link all the strips to form a chain. Students are challenged to do as many acts of kindness to complete as many strips (chains) so we can make the chain go around the school.

We CAN do this!!!

HERITAGE NIGHT IS COMING _ Save the Date - Feb 24, 2022

The "Leader in Me" Corner

Leader in Me Info for February – Habit 5: Seek First to Understand then be Understood

The Top 6 of the week

1. Masks- Please remember that PWCS (and state of Virginia) required Universal Masking for all our students, staff, and visitors while in the building. We are following the state and county requirement of Universal Masking. Click link to view the mask requirements. Please remind your students to wear a mask each day. The Prince William Health Department and PWCS recommend but do not require masks during outdoor recess or indoor PE. If your child chooses to remove his or her mask during Indoor PE, please have him/her let the PE teacher know. Here is the Definition of Mask: A mask is a face covering that covers your nose and mouth (hereinafter, mask or face covering). The CDC provides the following guidance on effective masks:

· Have two or more layers of washable, breathable fabric; and
· Completely cover your nose and mouth; and
· Fits snugly against the sides of your face and don’t have gaps; and
· If using neck gaiter or a fabric face covering, wear a gaiter with two layers, or fold it to make two layers.
· Persons wearing a mask with an exhalation valve or vent will be asked to utilize a disposable mask provided at no charge.

2. Daily Home Screening - Parents/guardians/caregivers are asked to complete this screening each morning prior to a student boarding a school bus or arriving at school. On the Daily Home Screening webpage, they have also included information about how to make decisions about sending a student to school if he/she has been exposed to another person with COVID-19.Questions about the student daily home screening can be directed to Mrs. Ousley, our school nurse.

3. Medicine – All medicine needs to be dropped off by a parent/guardian to our school office. Students are not allowed to bring medicine into the building themselves.

4. Attendance Email - when your student is absent, tardy, has an early dismissal, or a change to their dismissal, please use our attendance email - cwes-timberwolf-attendance@pwcs.edu

5. DISMISSAL

Please note a change to the Parent Handbook - Starting the week of January 3, 2022, if you need to pick up your student early from school, please arrive prior to 3:15pm. Here is the change. Please do not arrive early and ask to pick up your child unless you have an appointment. Instruction continues until students are dismissed. If you need to pick up your child for an appointment, please plan to arrive before 3:15pm. Please park and report to the office. Please do not leave your car unattended in the pickup lane.

Emergency Card - All parents picking up a student from the office must show a photo ID and be listed on the student’s emergency card. Please inform the office beforehand if someone other than the parent is picking up your child from school for dismissal. The emergency card information is only used by school staff in case of an emergency with your student when school staff is not able to get in contact with the parent or guardian. It does not give the individuals listed on the emergency card the right to pick up your children at any time unless the parent or guardian sends in written permission to school informing us that the individual is allowed to pick the student up from school on the specific date.

3:15 pm - If you must pick your student up early, please arrive before 3:15 pm. We will not be able to call students to the office after 3:15 pm until all car riders are picked up. Students called for dismissal after 3:15 pm will be sent to the car rider area and will be brought up after all car riders are dismissed with the supervising teachers. This way we can reduce interruptions to the classrooms, provide continual supervision for all our students and give our focus in the office to dismissing students. Parents coming in after 3:15 pm will be asked to wait in the vestibule outside of the office and once their students are brought up to come in and sign their students out.

6. Purchasing Device Insurance later in the school year

The best time to purchase device insurance is at the beginning of the school year, within the first 30 days of the device being issued. If you wish to purchase device insurance later in the year, you can purchase from Securranty, but the policy will not become active until our Technical Specialist has a chance to inspect your child's device at school and verify that it has no preexisting damage. If our Technical Specialist determines that your device already contains some sort of damage, it may not be eligible for insurance coverage.

What if I purchase insurance, but after visual inspection my device isn't eligible for coverage?

It depends on the reason your device isn't eligible. If we determine that your device isn't eligible because your child damaged it, you will need to pay for the damage. After the device is repaired, you can then activate the insurance policy against future damage to the device. If your device isn't eligible because it has another issue (not caused by your child), we may be able to swap the device out for a different device and activate the policy for the new device. If we are unable to activate your policy, we will work with Securranty to issue you a refund for your purchase since you're unable to activate it.