The Wilmot Word

Please join us for our annual PTO BINGO night next Friday, January 26. This event will be held in the Wilmot gym from 6:30-8:00 pm.

• $10 per family
• Preregister with Zelle: paywilmot@gmail.com
• Admission at door $10/family- CASH OR CHECK ONLY
• Concessions- CASH ONLY
• Teachers’ Raffle Tickets… (cash only) - $3/ticket, $10/4 tickets or $20/10 tickets
• Silent Auction you don’t want to miss!

It will be a fun night with friends, food, teachers and great prizes!!

NEW THIS YEAR:

• Those who pre-pay will enter through the gym doors (by the stairs)
• Those who pay at the door will enter through door 4 (4th grade entrance between the main doors and the gym).

Please have your children check lost and found for missing items. We will also move it down to the gym area during BINGO. All unclaimed items will be donated on 1/31.

1st Semester Report Cards are available in Skyward Family Access under the Portfolio tab. Click here to view the letter shared earlier this week with information about the new D109 report cards.

Congratulations to all of the 4th and 5th grade class spelling bee winners and runners up for their participation in the Wilmot Spelling Bee! These students amazed us with their spelling skills during the annual school spelling bee. Congratulations to our runner up Lizzy and our Wilmot champion, Tamar!

Congratulations to Ms. Georgas and the Wilmot Choir for an awesome show Monday night. Our students participated with South Park and Caruso in the West Side Choir concert.

Read-a-thons get your reader excited about reading and it gives friends and family the opportunity to encourage your child to read even more.

Our Read-a-thon starts Monday February 12, 2024 and ends Friday, February 23, 2024. We will have many fun activities and visitors during those two weeks to celebrate our love of reading while raising money for the book bins in the “Everybody” reading section of the library and a substantial book purchase for the LMC collection. We will also have a Family Reading Night on February 22, 2024 from 4:30-6:00 at Wilmot (more information to follow) to celebrate our Read-a-thon and our love of reading.

On Monday, we will send home instructions on how to activate your reader's personal page. This is where you will be able to view and record their progress.

We encourage you to activate your reader’s account by clicking on https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/3537373931/1 and following the simple instructions OR following the directions that will be sent home on Monday.

We've chosen Read-a-thon because it will not take much of your time, gives your child a reason to read and helps in the development of stronger reading skills.

We hope EVERYONE participates and enjoys our fun activities!

Happy Reading!

Ms. Schaper

Wilmot Librarian

If you have an incoming kindergartener (or a new to Wilmot 1st-5th grader) for the 2023-2024 school year it is important that you complete the registration process as soon as possible. Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is OPEN! Please follow the "Online Registration: Easy as 1-2-3" To register your new student please visit our registration page.

• Thursday, February 01, 2024 | 12:00pm - 5:30pm - 517 Deerfield Rd.
• Friday, February 02, 2024 | 7:30am - 12:30pm- 517 Deerfield Rd.

Please note that only those students who are fully registered will receive an invitation for our spring Kindergarten Round-Up. Please spread the word. Kindergarten staffing decisions are based on the number of FULLY enrolled students.

There will be giveaways and photo ops for your budding kindergartener, so bring them along if you want! Questions? Please contact communications@dps109.org.

Active K-5 students currently enrolled are NOT required to re-register annually. Early Learners Pre-K students ARE required to register for Kindergarten.

Please join us for the Wilmot Talent Show. The show will be held on Friday, February 9.

To learn more about this event and to register please click here.

Hi Wilmot Families,

We are so excited to offer these special fun days to celebrate our Wilmot community. Thursdays will be an optional flannel day from November to March. Flannels are cozy shirts, pants, and other items that keep you warm in the winter months. Students should not feel that they need to buy anything. Instead, they can get creative with items already in their homes. Below you will find our wacky fun Wednesdays and special spirit dates.

Thank you,

Wilmot Student Council

Wacky Fun Wednesdays

• 2/7 - Super Bowl Day (Support one of the teams)
• 2/14 - Valentine’s Day (Red, Pink and White/Hearts)
• 2/21 - Dress as a book character (e.g. Dress like Waldo or Harry Potter)
• 3/20 - March Madness Day (Wear a college basketball team shirt or colors)
• 4/17 - Crazy Hair Day (e.g. 4 ponytails, or a slicked-back hair)
• 5/15 - Beach Day (Beachwear -No bathing suits)

As we did last year, we will combine our grade level in-person music concert with an art share. Below are the dates for all music concerts and art share events. The Art Share will begin at 5:45 pm and the music concert will begin at 6:00 pm.

• 5th grade - Tuesday, February 6
• 3rd grade - Wednesday, February 28
• 4th grade - Tuesday, March 19
• 1st grade - Thursday, April 4
• Kindergarten - THIS DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED- to Wednesday, May 1.

Click the link below to see our New PTO Newsletter. Learn about:

• BINGO Night is tonight

• Friday, January 26
  
• Report cards are posted at 3:00 pm
  
• PTO BINGO Night
  
• Friday, February 2
  
• 5th-grade trip - Youth Theatre 9:15 - 11:45 am
  
• Tuesday, February 6
  
• 5th Grade Music Concert and Art Share
• 5:45 pm - Art Share
  
• 6:00 - Evening show for parents
  

• Tuesday, February 6

• 5th Grade Music Concert and Art Share

• 5:45 pm - Art Share

• 6:00 - Evening show for parents

• Thursday, February 8

• 5th-grade Candor Health (Human Growth)

• Mandatory talent show dress rehearsal after school

• Friday, February 9

• Talent Show - A daytime show for staff and students only and 5:30 pm

• Wednesday, February 14

• All school philanthropy event

• Valentine's Day celebrations

• Friday, February 16

• Teacher institute - no school for students

• Monday, February 19

• No School - Legal Holiday

• Tuesday, February 20

• Team Give - 3rd lunch recess in the LMC and 5th lunch recess in the GMA

• PTO meeting at 1:30

• Wednesday, February 21

• Team Give - 4th lunch recess in the GMA

• Wednesday, Feb. 28

• 3rd grade Music Concert and Art Share

• 5:45 pm - Art Share

• 6:00 - Evening show for parents