Eagle News

NO SCHOOL OCTOBER 4 -6

Good Afternoon Washington Families!

It was great to see all of our families at Open House/Curriculum Night. We have a short week this week. Hope everyone has a wonderful Fall Break. PTA needs some help with Trick or Treat the Halls. Click here to help volunteer.

Book Fair is coming soon - Oct 30th - Nov 2nd. We are looking for volunteers to help checkout students at the fair. Scholastic sends a scanner and it is very easy to manage. If you are available to help please go to the following link to sign up.

Volunteer at the Book Fair

Birthday Reminder:

• Please check with classroom teachers for food allergies before bringing birthday treats. You can drop the treats off in the office. We do ask parents not to send balloons or big bouquets to school. These are a big distraction in the classroom and if your child rides the bus it is hard to handle on the bus. Thank you.

Reminders:

• PLEASE don't drop off your student before 7:25 when staff gets outside. We have no supervision before 7:25. Our staff is not on contract until 7:25. Thank you for helping us keep your kids safe.
• If the doors are closed on the north side please park and walk your child inside. The doors are locked all day on that side of the building.Please stay in your car during drop off and pull up if you need to buckle your child. This helps our line move faster.

October 1- Free and Reduce forms must be turned in or filled out online before you are charged

October 3- Ugly Bug Contest Entries are due

October 4 - 6- Teacher Professional day/Fall Break - No school

October 9 - 20- Storybook Pumpkin Patch

October 12- Fall School Pictures

October 13- Treat Friday

October 13- Trick or Treat evening 6:00-7:00

October 26- Parent Teacher Conferences PM

October 27- No School- Parent Teacher Conferences AM

October 30 - November 2- Book Fair

November 9- 3rd grade Music program 7:00 PM

November 16- PTA Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM @ WES Library

November 20-24- Thanksgiving Break -No School

November 30- Fall picture retakes

This weeks spot light is our amazing fifth grade team. Sabrina Hall, Kim Moore, Cyndi Williamson, and Neal Bello.

Yearbooks & 5th Grade Ad's are available for purchase: (School code: 227540M)

https://shop.memorybook.com/

This year Washington will be offering small skills groups throughout the school year. These groups will focus on a variety of topics such as resiliency, mindfulness, feelings, social skills, and friendships. The skills groups will meet once a week for 45 minutes and last 6-8 weeks, depending on the group. The small groups will be facilitated by either the school counselor, Mr. Graham, or by a counselor from Crossroads Youth and Family Services. The upcoming groups being offered are below. Please contact Mr. Graham at grahamt@normanps.org or by calling Washington Elementary at 405-366-5984.

Group: Feelings

When: October 9th- November 24th

Who: 1st graders

Facilitator: Mr. Graham

Group: Resiliency

When: October 9th- November 24th

Who: 2nd & 3rd graders

Facilitator: Mr. Graham

Group: Mindfulness

When: October 9th- November 24th

Who: 4th & 5th graders

Facilitator: Mr. Graham

Group: Stress and Anxiety

When: November 6- January 12

Who: 3rd-5th graders

Facilitator: Crossroads Youth and Family

Group: Anger Management

When: November 6th- January 12

Who: 3rd-5th graders

Facilitator: Crossroads Youth and Family

Honor Choir is a free after school choral music experience provided by Mrs. Lenington and Mrs. Arce to all Washington 4th and 5th grade students. No audition is required to join, just a love for music, singing, and a great attitude.
The choir meets after school on Tuesdays from 2:45 to 3:45 in Mr. Lenington's music room. Parents will need to make arrangements for their child to be picked up in the north school oval after choir rehearsals (unless your child is enrolled in Alphabest). All choir members must be picked up after choir no later than 3:50.

The choir will perform a Spring Concert on Thursday, May 9th in the Washington Gym at 7:00pm.

If you have any questions please reach out to Mr. Lenington markl@normanps.org or Mrs. Arce tstephen@normanps.org

Link for menus

https://www.normanpublicschools.org/domain/55

Reminder to fill out the application for free and reduce meals for the 23-24 school year. If you don't fill out a new form each year your child will start being charged after October 1, 2023. The application is below. Please complete only ONE application per household (not per student).

If you need a paper copy please call the office and we will send one home.

You can also go into your parent portal- click the 3 lines and the "more" tab, then "Meal Benefits"

Here is the link for the Parent Portal:

https://normanok.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/parents/norman.jsp

We are focusing on being R.O.C.K. Stars this year!!

Responsible

Organized

Cooperative

Kind

Students can earn R.O.C.K star tickets to buy items on our Rock and Roll cart each Friday.

NPS is excited to offer FREE online tutoring to all of our students. Click on the images below for more information or scan the QR code to get started

Washington has a wonderful PTA. Our goal is to have a parent for each student sign up for PTA this year. Thank you to everyone that came to the PTA meeting. We appreciate all the support and help.

https://www.flowcode.com/page/washingtonelementarypta

Cell Phones and Smart Watches:

Student cell phones should remain in backpacks and turned off. All smart watches must only be used as a watch during school hours. If a student is using their device for calls, texting, photos, videos or apps. during the school day, the device will be taken away and a parent must pick it up from the office.

Dress Code:

Clothing should be school appropriate. Please make sure your child covers their midriff and shorts are appropriate length.

Full Washington Student/Parent handbook