Wiggin Street Parent Update

Dear Wiggin Street Families,

We have had so much fun this week with all our students. The week before break takes a lot of preparation and energy for the staff, but there are so many wonderful memories created. We hope you enjoy the pictures and videos in this update.

Happy Holidays,

Christy Grandstaff

Thank you to Mrs. Springer for preparing our students for an amazing Winter Program and for all the teachers that helped behind the scenes. The students sang beautifully and were so respectful while on stage. I have included a video of the video clips I took during the show. We hope you enjoyed the show, and it was nice seeing all of you!

Run, run, as fast as you can to see our Kindergarten classes perform "The Tale of the Gingerbread Man" play! Students should arrive at 6:00 pm on Dec. 18th to get their costumes. Parents are welcome at that time to proceed to the gym with the performance beginning at 6:15 pm.

Students celebrated the Iceland tradition of Jólabókaflóð (Icelandic Book Flood) this week. In Iceland, books are exchanged on Christmas Eve, and people spend the rest of the night reading. They take their books to bed along with some chocolate. Classroom teachers read The Christmas Book Flood in their classes for students to better understand the tradition.

Wiggin Street students chose 2-3 books to take home to read over Winter Break. They also received a bookmark to go with their books to explain the holiday as well as a packet of hot chocolate mix courtesy of Friends of Wiggin Street.

Kindergarten students pretended that they were in Iceland and got cozy with their books. What better way to learn about the holiday than experiencing it!

The students enjoyed shopping today for their friends and family at the Holiday Shop. We appreciate all the efforts from the Friends of Wiggin Street to make this such a wonderful event for all!

The next FOW meeting is Tuesday, January 9th, at 5:00 pm in the library.

After investigating physical and behavioral adaptations, students designed a Nonfiction text to share with the younger grades at a Virtual Zoo.

First and Second Grade students learned about how people from other countries celebrate holidays based on their culture.

It's the time of year when schools often see an increase in head lice. Please make sure that you check your child’s hair. Head lice can pass from one child to another through sharing hats, caps, scarves, and combs.

What to look for:

• Adult lice are small (about the size of a sesame seed)

• Eggs (nits) are usually found firmly attached to the base of the hair shaft

• Lice stay near the scalp, often behind the ears, near the neckline, and back of the head

• Head lice hold tightly to the hair. They move by crawling. They cannot hop or fly (they do not have wings) but do move quickly making it difficult to find in a child’s hair

• Signs of a head lice infestation include an itchy scalp and a tickling sensation in a person’s hair. Head lice are most active in the dark.

If your child is found to have head lice, it is important to treat your child before he/she returns to school. Please begin treatment as soon as possible. It is also important to treat the house such as bedding, pillows, stuffed animals etc.. as well as routine checking of other family members in the household heads for the next 2-3 weeks. Your prompt action is requested so that your child can get back to school as soon as possible and not miss learning opportunities in the classroom. Please contact the school office to notify us that your child has lice and when they were treated.

Ohio Dept. of Health Pamphlet

Please remember that students will go outside on days where the temperature with wind chill accounted for is 20°f and above. Be sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather each day. Coats, hats, and gloves are necessary at this time of the year. Boots are required for playing in the snow. If you need assistance with winter outerwear for your child, please contact our school, and we will happily find warm clothes for them.

Friends of Wiggin Street School (FOWS) would like to inform parents of an easy way to earn cash-back rewards for the school. Below are instructions provided by Kroger on how to sign-up for their charitable rewards program.

Kroger Community Rewards

Create a digital account, link your card to the organization "Friends of Wiggin Street School” and cash rewards are sent directly to this charitable organization at no added cost to you

https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards

Please remind your student to get their sweatshirts and jackets from lost and found. You can also submit this form to let us know what you are looking for, and we will do our best to get it to your child.

Remember that it is helpful to label all jackets, lunchboxes, bookbags. Donations will be made over winter break, so please remind your child to check out the Lost and Found.

Click here for the 2023-24 Mount Vernon City School District Yearly Calendar

December

18 Gingerbread Man Play 6:15 pm (students arrive @ 6:00) in school gym

19 Holiday Parties

20-29 Winter Break

This quarter's PBIS Reward Event will be an assembly with Outback Ray. The event is the afternoon of January 19th, and students need 50 PBIS points to attend. We hope all students can attend!

For pick up, please do not arrive until 3:30. There is no stopping, standing, or parking on E. Brooklyn St. allowed. Also, please reminder that our school is an Idle-free Zone. Protect our children and the community by turning off your engine.

Christy Grandstaff

Email: cgrandstaff@mvcsd.us
Website: https://www.mt-vernon.k12.oh.us/wigginstreetelementary_home.aspx
Location: 207 Wiggin St, Gambier, OH, USA
Phone: 740-427-4262
Facebook: facebook.com/wigginstreet
Twitter: @wiggin_street

Email: cgrandstaff@mvcsd.us
Website: mvcsd.us
Location: 207 Wiggin St, Gambier, OH, USA
Phone: 740-427-4262
Facebook: facebook.com/wigginstreet
Twitter: @wiggin_street