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Principal's Weekly Message - Week of September 27, 2021
Last Call for Chromebook Pickup | On October 4, all remaining Chromebooks provided by the county to distribute to students will be picked up. If students do not pick up a Chromebook before October 4, the process thereafter will require a request through the Help Desk. This also means if a student has an old Chromebook, they will not be eligible to exchange it for a new one.

Homecoming Court Finalist | Congratulations to the following students for being selected as homecoming court finalists. Campaigning (campaign rules apply) and voting will take place this week. Good Luck!

Freshman:

Females: Agusta Woodruff, Kasey Childress,

Males: Dionne Perry, Micheal Perry

Sophomore:

Females: D'Mya Evans, Estefani Alaverez

Males: Zseven Tookes, Keith Douglas

Juniors:

Females: Ceniyia Pope Edwards, Olivia Douglas,

Males: Dejean Brooks, Kaheem Kaheem Gregory

Seniors:

Females: Samiyra Lockley, Elonie Lathon, Alexsis Evans, Mija Graves, Yanice Mitchell

Males: Josiyah Woods, Jordan Sanders, Ethan Hatch, Jaxson Smith, Landen Miller

The homecoming game will be held on October 8 against Wilson Hunt.

Fast Friday | The First Fast Friday of the year is coming up soon! This Friday, October 1, students who are passing all four of their classes will earn the opportunity to attend only a 1/2 day of school. Students who are not passing all four of their classes will have the opportunity to meet with teachers to raise their grades during the 2nd half of the school day. Want to leave early next Friday? Make sure you are passing all your classes by Tuesday of this week!

Student of the Week | The student of the week is Arnaz Pervis. This is what was written by the nominating person:

Arnaz works hard on assignments and is very enthusiastic during classroom activities. He is respectful to his peers and teachers and is committed to doing his best.

Spirit Week - October 4 - 8 | Leading up to our 2021 Homecoming game, the EWHS Student Government Association encourages everyone to participate in Spirit Week. Each day will have the following themes:
- Monday, October 4 - Mathletes vs. Athletes
- Tuesday, October 5 - Color War
- Wednesday, October 6 - Character Day
- Thursday, October 7 - Tie Dye
- Friday, October 8 - Blue & Gold
TSI Annual Notification Letter | This is our annual notification that East Wake High School is designated as a Targeted Support & Improvement Additional Targeted Support (TSI-AT) school by the North Carolina State Board of Education. You can view the formal notification at this link: EWHS TSI Annual Notification Letter.

Required Meningococcal Vaccine for Seniors | All rising seniors (even Virtual Academy seniors) are required to have meningococcal vaccine information on file with the school before the first day of school. Vaccine information can be faxed to the school at 919-670-4343, mailed to the school, and dropped off. Please provide this information to avoid students being suspended from school for this vaccination requirement. Locations to receive the vaccine can be found on this Vaccine Flyer .

Financial Aid Advisor | Seniors, Ms. Winters, East Wake Financial Aid Advisor, is available Monday through Friday, 9:15 am-1:45 pm. Thursdays are reserved for East Wake students but she can be available any day. She can help families answer questions about the FAFSA, scholarships and the financial aid process. Please click here to schedule an appointment.

Interested in Playing Women’s Basketball | Any girls interested in playing basketball, please see Coach Dupree in room 2223C for information or email her at tdupree2@wcpss.net.

Pack the Frig Event | The East Wake PTSA is collecting items to thank our teachers. The NHS students will be collecting items in the carpool and at the home football game on Friday. Items are sodas, water, individual bags of chips, candy bars, etc. These items will be placed in the teacher workrooms as a thank you to the teachers.

Parent Survey| We would like your feedback. Please take a minute to fill out the Parent Survey. The school will use this information to make school decisions. Click here to complete the survey. Click here to access the survey in Spanish.

Student Survey| Students, we want your feedback. Please take a few minutes and complete this survey. This information helps us to make the school a better place for you. Click here to complete the survey.

Capturing Kids’ Hearts | East Wake High School is a 2020 & 2021 CKH National Showcase School. Each week, students engage in social-emotional learning (SEL) lessons. Each month has a specific theme for the SEL lesson. This month, the school is working on empathy. Please take time to view the parent newsletter that allows you to continue the topic at your home. To view the newsletter in English or Spanish, then click on the link.

College Rep Visits | East Wake Student Services will host in-person and virtual visits from college representatives each week. Students are encouraged to review the upcoming visits at this link and sign up today! New colleges each week!

Grade Level Wars | There will be a QR Code at the gate for students to earn points for their grade level towards the GRADE LEVEL WARS. Which class will come out in front this week! So please come out to support our extra-curricular programs.

Advisory | The school will follow a weekly advisory schedule. All students will need to participate in Social Emotional Learning on Wednesdays, and off-campus lunch students will not be allowed to leave during advisory.

Advisory A & B: 10:25-10:50 Advisory C: 11:55-12:20

Weekly Advisory Schedule:
- Monday- Study Hall
- Tuesday- Math remediation (Math teachers will have coverage)
- Wednesday- Social Emotional Learning (CKH SEL lessons)
- Thursday- Literacy remediation (English teachers will have coverage)
- Friday- Study Hall/Clubs
Warrior Club Meeting Information | The East Wake Athletic Club needs volunteers to help in the concession stand. If you are available, please sign up at the link below or email ewwarriorclub@gmail.com.

A signup genius is below for the Varsity and JV Football games; we will also send out links to other upcoming sporting events:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084BADA629A6FF2-football1

We also have Booster Club game passes available with 2 options: 1- $300 for unlimited home games to any sport for a family of 4 that is not a special event such as the playoffs and 2- $50 for a 10 game pass to any home sport that is not a special event such as the playoffs. Games are all $8 to get in; the 2 options will save you money.

Families can purchase Warrior Head on the sidewalk with your student’s information on it for a cost of $25. If you are interested in purchasing a Warrior Head, email ewwarriorclub@gmail.com.

If you know of anybody or any business that will donate or wants to donate, let us know, and we will contact them.

Food Pantry & Warrior Closet | East Wake has a food pantry and clothing closet if your family needs food or clothing. For more information, please contact Jodi Aina at jaina@wcpss.net or call the school at 919-365-2625.

East Wake Alumni Banquet | The East Wake Alumni Banquet is Friday, December 3, from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at The Barn at King Hill Farm in Knightdale. Dereck Whittenburg, a basketball standout from NC State University, is the guest speaker. Dinner will be catered by McLean's of Zebulon. Tickets are $60 per person. Please go to www.ewhsaa.com to purchase tickets.

Carpool | All car riders should be dropped off in the carpool, located in the school's North Entrance. NO student should be dropped off or picked up at the side of the road or in the South Entrance, designated for staff and student parking only. Driving around the cones can cause a major accident. Students not in their first period by 7:25 a.m. are late and will receive a consequence.

Face Coverings Required in all Schools | The Wake County Board of Education voted to require all students and staff to wear face coverings while indoors at school. The requirement also applies to school buses and vendor transportation.

Students do not have to quarantine after exposure if they and the person with COVID-19 were appropriately (over nose, mouth, and under chin) and consistently wearing face coverings. Please assist the school with reinforcing this with your child.

We Need Your Help - Title 1 Status & Free/Reduced Lunch | East Wake High School is a Title 1 school, which means the school receives additional federal funding for every student that qualifies for free & reduced lunch. For the school to continue to qualify, at least 50% of the students must qualify for free & reduced services. Currently, the school has less than 50% of the students that have filled out lunch applications. All parents must apply for free/reduced lunch even if your student does not eat it.

Our school’s Title 1 funds help pay for teachers to make our class sizes smaller than most other WCPSS high schools, purchase school technology, some of the equipment used within our Fine Art’s & Physical Education departments, and many of the free instructional supplies students receive. All students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch for the 2021-22 school year; however, we still need everyone to fill out the application. An application can be completed online at www.MySchoolApps.com, or a paper application can be requested by calling 919-588-3535.

Title 1 Required Documents | The Title 1 Annual Meeting was held during Orientation and Open House on August 19th. The presentation has been uploaded onto our website along with other important documents. All families that attended Orientation received a folder with the documents in them. Students that were not able to attend received the same information the first week of school. Please review all Title 1 Documents listed on the website and provide feedback using 21-22 Title 1 Policy and Home- School Compact Feedback Electronic Form or sign and return the paper copies to your child’s 1st-period teacher.

School Improvement Parent Representative | EWHS would like to have at least 5 parents to be a part of our school improvement team. We meet 2x a month in-person & virtually after school from 2:30 to 3:30. Your responsibility would be to join our meetings and be a part of the school improvement process. If you are interested, please contact Mrs. Goodson at cdgoodson@wcpss.net or 919-365-2625 ext. 29064



Bell Schedule | The 2021-2022 bell schedule has changed. The bell schedule can be found here.

Water Bottle for Students | Please remind your student to bring a water bottle to school since students are not allowed to drink directly from the water fountain.

Lunches | This year, East Wake will have three lunches. The following third-period teachers are assigned to lunch duty below:

A Lunch - Anderson, Bassett, Burrus, Cline-Pierce, Costantino, Diaz, Giles, Glasgow, Jackson, Jarrett, LeBeau, Mann, Miller, Neal, Rodgers, Scalzo, Teacher-Math 2, Teacher-Misc 2, Triplett, Vann

B Lunch - Brock, Brown, Chance (Graves), Coble, Humphrey, Kirti, Mabo, Paprocki, Reynolds, Karen Stewart, Ed Thomas, Torr, Donna Wade, Whittington

C Lunch - Bulgin, Bullock, Campbell, Carter, Edwards, Garner, Harris, Harrison, Hoffman, Matthews, McGill, Melton, Moffitt, Porterfied, Joseph Price, Rodriguez, Kimberly Stewart, Taylor, Teacher-CTE 1, Teacher-ELA 2, Teacher-Hlth & PE 1, Todd, Upshur, Weaver

Transportation | Families, please download WCPSS Here Comes the Bus application. This app enables you to track when your child's bus will be arriving. WCPSS code is 67500.

Warrior Ambassadors | Any junior or senior interested in being an ambassador for new students, families, and for East Wake events can complete this interest form. Students will give tours to new students/families and volunteer to help at events. This is a great way to give back to the East Wake community!

School Bucks | Families can upload money to their daughter/son’s school bucks account. Students can use this to purchase snacks and other items should they want to do so. You can also add money to an account in person during breakfast time. Remember breakfast and lunch is free for all students as long as they receive a complete meal.

EWHS Yearbook Deadlines for Senior Year 2021-2022 | For more information, please contact Lori Anderson at landerson@wcpss.net in Room 2313 or @YearbookEWHS (Twitter and Instagram). FOLLOW US FOR UPDATES!!!

Prestige SENIOR PORTRAITS and BABY PICTURES
- No senior portrait will be accepted for yearbook submission after October 31. Prestige submits all portraits directly to us—you need to get your portrait taken! If you need to go to the studio, call (919) 377-0026, ext 70032. OR go to prestigeportraits.com/raleigh
- Prestige will offer retakes at the school on October 14th by appt.
- Choose your senior photo on the Prestige Portal by October 31. Vertical tux/drape pose with blue background ONLY.
- Submit baby picture by October 31 to this link: https://images.jostens.com/416224543
- You can also email your image to landerson@wcpss.net. PLEASE include your NAME. No picture will be accepted after this date.
- Cap and Gown Pics will be ON CAMPUS, February 17. Prestige will send out information with appt. times/for students to schedule. They will provide a cap/gown for the picture. This is NOT REQUIRED. There will be a SITTING FEE $$.
SENIOR ADS
- Submit senior ad and payment by November 26. You must go online at www.jostensadservice.com to pay with a credit card. All pictures must be turned in digitally.
- Full $240 Half $180 Quarter $125 Eighth $50
- Parents will design their ad on Jostens Ad Service. Please contact landerson@wcpss.net with any questions or concerns. There will be no individual design sessions.
- AD SPACE is limited, and we usually sell out of space. Order early to ensure your senior will have an ad!
YEARBOOKS are on sale now!! Order early for best pricing.
- Online at www.jostensyearbooks.com or by cash, check, or money order at the school.
- Price will increase throughout the year--order now for best pricing. Don’t wait.
Support the EWHS PTSA by Joining | We need you to join the PTSA. Your membership goes toward celebrating students and teachers and purchasing supplement resources for the school. By joining conveniently online at the link below, all online memberships get a discount of $12, as cash and check memberships are $15. The student membership price is $10. https://ewhsptsa.memberhub.com/store. The PTSA Board is in need of someone to serve as the treasurer. If you are interested, email our PTSA President, Carrie Gray, at cvfansler@yahoo.com.

Student Parking | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get a parking pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then the Parking Pass option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation.
- Please print out the Parking Pass Application to fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Off-Campus Lunch Pass | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get an office campus lunch pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then click the Off-Campus Lunch option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation for you.
- Please print out the Off-Campus Lunch application and fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Athletic Events - Week of September 27 | The East Wake athletic teams will participate in the following events this week. Tickets can only be purchased online at https://gofan.co/app/school/NC678.
- Monday, September 27
- Tuesday, September 28
- Wednesday, September 29
- Thursday, September 30
- Friday, October 1
All home tennis matches will be played at Knightdale High School. All home cross country meets are at Wendell Parks & Recreation.
Principal's Weekly Message - Week of September 20, 2021
Student Behavior | In an effort to support students with reacclimating themselves to school, the school has modified the bell schedule, making daily expectations announcements multiple times, increased staff supervision during transitions, engaging students in social-emotional lessons weekly, and issuing appropriate consequences. However, the school needs your help by talking with your student about appropriate behavior at school. This re-acclimation is essential because the last time our students spent an entire year in school, our 9th graders were 6th graders, our 10th graders were 7th graders, our 11th graders were 8th graders, and our 12th graders were 9th graders. Thank you for understanding as we continue to teach our students school expectations.

Interim Reports | Interim reports were sent home with students last week. If you did not receive an interim report, please contact the teacher directly via email.

School Pictures for Underclassmen|Pictures will take place on Monday, 9/20, in the auditorium. Students can check with their advisory teacher for their appointment time, and they can also look at the schedule posted in the glass hallway.

Virtual students may come to the auditorium any time on 9/20 between 7:30-1:00. They may also submit a headshot to landerson@wcpss.net. Parents may order pictures online at mylifetouch.com using the code EVTVJCMGX. Retakes will take place later in October.

Fast Friday | The First Fast Friday of the year is coming up soon! This Friday, September 24, students who are passing all four of their classes will earn the opportunity to attend only a 1/2 day of school. Students who are not passing all four of their classes will have the opportunity to meet with teachers to raise their grades during the 2nd half of the school day. Want to leave early next Friday? Make sure you are passing all your classes by Tuesday of this week!

The Fast Friday incentive program may be canceled if student behavior does not improve and meet the administration's expectations. If Fast Friday is canceled, families will be notified via SchoolMessenger.

Interested in Playing Women’s Basketball |Any girls interested in playing basketball, please see Coach Dupree in room 2223C for information or email her at tdupree2@wcpss.net.

Pack the Frig Event | The East Wake PTSA is collecting items to thank our teachers. The NHS students will be collecting items in the carpool and at the home football game on Friday. Items are sodas, water, individual bags of chips, candy bars, etc. These items will be placed in the teacher workrooms as a thank you to the teachers.

PTSA Meeting | The East Wake PTSA will host a virtual PTSA meeting in conjunction with our Virtual Senior Parent Meeting. The meeting will start at 5:45 p.m. The link will be sent out on Tuesday, September 21.

Parent Survey| We would like your feedback. Please take a minute to fill out the Parent Survey. The school will use this information to make school decisions. Click here to complete the survey. Click here to access the survey in Spanish.

Student Survey| Students, we want your feedback. Please take a few minutes and complete this survey. This information helps us to make the school a better place for you. Click here to complete the survey.

2021 Service Academy Day| Learn about opportunities available through the U.S. Service Academies, their admission standards, and Senator Tillis' nomination process. Please register for the virtual program. After registration, an email will be sent containing additional information and instructions on how to join the webinar. The virtual session is September 25, 2021 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Please email academynominations@tillis.senate.gov if you have any questions.

Student of the Week | The student of the week is Morgan Massenburg. This is what was written by the nominating person:

This student is beyond exceptional. She stands up for what is right and what she believes in and encourages her peers to do the right thing. Morgan always has a good attitude and works so hard in and out of school. She advocates for herself and her peers. She is kind, respectful, and treats everyone with respect. Morgan is an AMAZING student at East Wake High School and deserves recognition.

Capturing Kids’ Hearts | East Wake High School is a 2020 & 2021 CKH National Showcase School. Each week, students engage in social-emotional learning (SEL) lessons. Each month has a specific theme for the SEL lesson. This month, the school is working on empathy. Please take time to view the parent newsletter that allows you to continue the topic at your home. To view the newsletter in English or Spanish, then click on the link.

Senior Conferences | Counselors will continue to meet individually with each graduating senior. Conferences will focus on reviewing student transcripts, post-secondary options, and the college application process.

Virtual Senior Parent Night | Tuesday, September 21st at 5:45 p.m., counselors will be sharing information about the college admissions process and options after high school via Google Meet. Join us at 5:45 p.m. for a combined PTSA/Senior parent night event. Representatives from ECU, NC Wesleyan, and Wake Tech will be in attendance. The school will share a google meet link via our homepage closer to the date!

College Rep Visits | East Wake Student Services will host in-person and virtual visits from college representatives each week. Students are encouraged to review the upcoming visits at this link and sign up today! New colleges each week!

Virtual HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) College Fair | Hosted by Sigma Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated in collaboration with N.B. Broughton High School (Raleigh, NC) on Saturday, September 25, 2021, from 10 AM to 1 PM. This event is free of cost and open to high school students and parents. Students and parents can register for the college fair at https://bit.ly/2021-sto-hbcu. After registration, you will receive an email with the Zoom details needed to join the virtual college fair.

Wake Tech Advising Awareness Week |Wake Tech is hosting a session Monday at 4:30 pm for high school students, “Taking the Leap! Transitioning from High School to College.” The goal is to connect students to resources and information that will support them as they navigate through Wake Tech and on to their future four-year schools and careers.

Grade Level Wars | There will be a QR Code at the gate for students to earn points for their grade level towards the GRADE LEVEL WARS. Which class will come out in front this week! So please come out to support our extra-curricular programs.

Advisory | The school will follow a weekly advisory schedule. All students will need to participate in Social Emotional Learning on Wednesdays, and off-campus lunch students will not be allowed to leave during advisory.

Advisory A & B: 10:25-10:50 Advisory C: 11:55-12:20

Weekly Advisory Schedule:
- Monday- Study Hall
- Tuesday- Math remediation (Math teachers will have coverage)
- Wednesday- Social Emotional Learning (CKH SEL lessons)
- Thursday- Literacy remediation (English teachers will have coverage)
- Friday- Study Hall/Clubs
Warrior Club Meeting Information | The East Wake Athletic Club needs volunteers to help in the concession stand. If you are available, please sign up at the link below or email ewwarriorclub@gmail.com.

A signup genius is below for the Varsity and JV Football games; we will also send out links to other upcoming sporting events:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084BADA629A6FF2-football1

We also have Booster Club game passes available with 2 options: 1- $300 for unlimited home games to any sport for a family of 4 that is not a special event such as the playoffs and 2- $50 for a 10 game pass to any home sport that is not a special event such as the playoffs. Games are all $8 to get in; the 2 options will save you money.

Families can purchase Warrior Head on the sidewalk with your student’s information on it for a cost of $25. If you are interested in purchasing a Warrior Head, email ewwarriorclub@gmail.com.

If you know of anybody or any business that will donate or wants to donate, let us know, and we will contact them.

Food Pantry & Warrior Closet | East Wake has a food pantry and clothing closet if your family needs food or clothing. For more information, please contact Jodi Aina at jaina@wcpss.net or call the school at 919-365-2625.

East Wake Alumni Banquet | The East Wake Alumni Banquet is Friday, December 3, from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at The Barn at King Hill Farm in Knightdale. Dereck Whittenburg, a basketball standout from NC State University, is the guest speaker. Dinner will be catered by McLean's of Zebulon. Tickets are $60 per person. Please go to www.ewhsaa.com to purchase tickets.

Carpool | All car riders should be dropped off in the carpool, located in the school's North Entrance. NO student should be dropped off or picked up at the side of the road or in the South Entrance, designated for staff and student parking only. Driving around the cones can cause a major accident. Students not in their first period by 7:25 a.m. are late and will receive a consequence.

Face Coverings Required in all Schools | The Wake County Board of Education voted to require all students and staff to wear face coverings while indoors at school. The requirement also applies to school buses and vendor transportation.

Students do not have to quarantine after exposure if they and the person with COVID-19 were appropriately (over nose, mouth, and under chin) and consistently wearing face coverings. Please assist the school with reinforcing this with your child.

We Need Your Help - Title 1 Status & Free/Reduced Lunch | East Wake High School is a Title 1 school, which means the school receives additional federal funding for every student that qualifies for free & reduced lunch. For the school to continue to qualify, at least 50% of the students must qualify for free & reduced services. Currently, the school has less than 50% of the students that have filled out lunch applications. All parents must apply for free/reduced lunch even if your student does not eat it.

Our school’s Title 1 funds help pay for teachers to make our class sizes smaller than most other WCPSS high schools, purchase school technology, some of the equipment used within our Fine Art’s & Physical Education departments, and many of the free instructional supplies students receive. All students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch for the 2021-22 school year; however, we still need everyone to fill out the application. An application can be completed online at www.MySchoolApps.com, or a paper application can be requested by calling 919-588-3535.

Title 1 Required Documents | The Title 1 Annual Meeting was held during Orientation and Open House on August 19th. The presentation has been uploaded onto our website along with other important documents. All families that attended Orientation received a folder with the documents in them. Students that were not able to attend received the same information the first week of school. Please review all Title 1 Documents listed on the website and provide feedback using 21-22 Title 1 Policy and Home- School Compact Feedback Electronic Form or sign and return the paper copies to your child’s 1st-period teacher.

School Improvement Parent Representative | EWHS would like to have at least 5 parents to be a part of our school improvement team. We meet 2x a month in-person & virtually after school from 2:30 to 3:30. Your responsibility would be to join our meetings and be a part of the school improvement process. If you are interested, please contact Mrs. Goodson at cdgoodson@wcpss.net or 919-365-2625 ext. 29064

TRIO Upward Bound | The 2021-2022 TRIO Upward Bound Application is NOW OPEN for 9th & 10th-grade students. Students who apply should be academically motivated first-generation and/or financially underserved students. Students must have a 2.5 GPA (or B average for 9th-grade applicants). Upward Bound can provide laptops and Wifi hotspots for students that need them.

What is TRIO Upward Bound? Find out here: TRIO Upward Bound (no account needed to access video)
- UB Application: www.go.ncsu.edu/UBApp
- UB Teacher/Counselor Recommendation: www.go.ncsu.edu/UBRec
Please contact Ms. Cook (ckcook2@ncsu.edu) if you have any questions! (919)244-2151.

Bell Schedule | The 2021-2022 bell schedule has changed. The bell schedule can be found here.

Water Bottle for Students | Please remind your student to bring a water bottle to school since students are not allowed to drink directly from the water fountain.

Lunches | This year, East Wake will have three lunches. The following third-period teachers are assigned to lunch duty below:

A Lunch - Anderson, Bassett, Burrus, Cline-Pierce, Costantino, Diaz, Giles, Glasgow, Jackson, Jarrett, LeBeau, Mann, Miller, Neal, Rodgers, Scalzo, Teacher-Math 2, Teacher-Misc 2, Triplett, Vann

B Lunch - Brock, Brown, Chance (Graves), Coble, Humphrey, Kirti, Mabo, Paprocki, Reynolds, Karen Stewart, Ed Thomas, Torr, Donna Wade, Whittington

C Lunch - Bulgin, Bullock, Campbell, Carter, Edwards, Garner, Harris, Harrison, Hoffman, Matthews, McGill, Melton, Moffitt, Porterfied, Joseph Price, Rodriguez, Kimberly Stewart, Taylor, Teacher-CTE 1, Teacher-ELA 2, Teacher-Hlth & PE 1, Todd, Upshur, Weaver

Transportation | Families, please download WCPSS Here Comes the Bus application. This app enables you to track when your child's bus will be arriving. WCPSS code is 67500.

Warrior Ambassadors | Any junior or senior interested in being an ambassador for new students, families, and for East Wake events can complete this interest form. Students will give tours to new students/families and volunteer to help at events. This is a great way to give back to the East Wake community!

School Bucks | Families can upload money to their son’s school bucks account. Students can use this to purchase snacks and other items should they want to do so. You can also add money to an account in person during breakfast time. Remember breakfast and lunch is free for all students as long as they receive a complete meal.

EWHS Yearbook Deadlines for Senior Year 2021-2022 | For more information, please contact Lori Anderson at landerson@wcpss.net in Room 2313 or @YearbookEWHS (Twitter and Instagram). FOLLOW US FOR UPDATES!!!

Prestige SENIOR PORTRAITS and BABY PICTURES
- No senior portrait will be accepted for yearbook submission after October 31. Prestige submits all portraits directly to us—you need to get your portrait taken! If you need to go to the studio, call (919) 377-0026, ext 70032. OR go to prestigeportraits.com/raleigh
- Prestige will offer retakes at the school on October 14th by appt.
- Choose your senior photo on the Prestige Portal by October 31. Vertical tux/drape pose with blue background ONLY.
- Submit baby picture by October 31 to this link: https://images.jostens.com/416224543
- You can also email your image to landerson@wcpss.net. PLEASE include your NAME. No picture will be accepted after this date.
- Cap and Gown Pics will be ON CAMPUS, February 17. Prestige will send out information with appt. times/for students to schedule. They will provide a cap/gown for the picture. This is NOT REQUIRED. There will be a SITTING FEE $$.
SENIOR ADS
- Submit senior ad and payment by November 26. You must go online at www.jostensadservice.com to pay with a credit card. All pictures must be turned in digitally.
- Full $240 Half $180 Quarter $125 Eighth $50
- Parents will design their ad on Jostens Ad Service. Please contact landerson@wcpss.net with any questions or concerns. There will be no individual design sessions.
- AD SPACE is limited, and we usually sell out of space. Order early to ensure your senior will have an ad!
YEARBOOKS are on sale now!! Order early for best pricing.
- Online at www.jostensyearbooks.com or by cash, check, or money order at the school.
- Price will increase throughout the year--order now for best pricing. Don’t wait.
Required Meningococcal Vaccine for Seniors | All rising seniors (even Virtual Academy seniors) are required to have meningococcal vaccine information on file with the school before the first day of school. Vaccine information can be faxed to the school at 919-670-4343, mailed to the school, and dropped off. Please provide this information to avoid students being suspended from school for this vaccination requirement. Locations to receive the vaccine can be found on this Vaccine Flyer .

Support the EWHS PTSA by Joining | We need you to join the PTSA. Your membership goes toward celebrating students and teachers and purchasing supplement resources for the school. By joining conveniently online at the link below, all online memberships get a discount of $12, as cash and check memberships are $15. The student membership price is $10. https://ewhsptsa.memberhub.com/store. The PTSA Board is in need of someone to serve as the treasurer. If you are interested, email our PTSA President, Carrie Gray, at cvfansler@yahoo.com.

Student Parking | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get a parking pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then the Parking Pass option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation.
- Please print out the Parking Pass Application to fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Off-Campus Lunch Pass | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get an office campus lunch pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then click the Off-Campus Lunch option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation for you.
- Please print out the Off-Campus Lunch application and fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Athletic Events - Week of September 20 | The East Wake athletic teams will participate in the following events this week. Tickets can only be purchased online at https://gofan.co/app/school/NC678.
- Monday, September 20
- Tuesday, September 21
- Wednesday, September 22
- Thursday, September 23
- Friday, September 24
All home tennis matches will be played at Knightdale High School. All home cross country meets are at Wendell Parks & Recreation.
Principal's Weekly Message - Week of September 13, 2021
No School - September 16 | Thursday, September 16 is a teacher workday. There is no school.

Student of the Week | The student of the week is Sierra Davis. This is what was written by the nominating person:

Sierra is a dedicated learner in class that also takes time to help others when they need it. Her in class contributions are insightful and she always has a smile on under her mask!

Capturing Kids’ Hearts | East Wake High School is a 2020 & 2021 CKH National Showcase School. Each week, students engage in a social-emotional learning (SEL) lesson. Each month has a specific theme for the SEL lesson, this month the school is working on empathy. Please take time to view the parent newsletter that gives you an opportunity to continue the topic at your home. To view the newsletter in English or Spanish, then click on the link.

Senior Conferences | Starting Tuesday, September 14th, counselors will be meeting individually with each graduating senior. Conferences will focus on reviewing student transcripts, post-secondary options and the college application process.

FFA Meeting | The FFA will meet on Tuesday, September 14 from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Agriculture shop, 1306.

Virtual Senior Parent Night | Seniors and parents, save the date! Tuesday, September 21st at 5:45pm, counselors will be sharing information about the college admissions process and options after high school via Google Meet. Join us at 5:45pm for a combined PTSA/Senior parent night event. Representatives from ECU, NC Wesleyan and Wake Tech will be in attendance. A google meet link will be shared via our homepage closer to the date!

College Rep Visits | Each week, East Wake Student Services will host in-person visits from college representatives. Students are encouraged to review the upcoming visits at this link and sign up today!

Grade Level Wars | There will be a QR Code at the gate for students to earn points for their grade level towards the GRADE LEVEL WARS. Which class will come out in front this week! So please come out to support our extra-curricular programs.

Advisory | The school will follow a weekly advisory schedule. All students will need to participate in Social Emotional Learning on Wednesdays, and off-campus lunch students will not be allowed to leave during advisory.

Advisory A & B: 10:25-10:50 Advisory C: 11:55-12:20

Weekly Advisory Schedule:
- Monday- Study Hall (See below for Checklist)
- Tuesday- Math remediation (Math teachers will have coverage)
- Wednesday- Social Emotional Learning (CKH SEL lessons)
- Thursday- Literacy remediation (English teachers will have coverage)
- Friday- Study Hall/Clubs
Warrior Club Meeting Information | The East Wake Athletic Club needs volunteers to help with painting to beautify areas of our athletic facility on Saturday, September 18. If you are available, please email ewwarriorclub@gmail.com.

A signup genius is below for the Varsity and JV Football games; we will also send out links to other upcoming sporting events:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084BADA629A6FF2-football1

We also have Booster Club game passes available with 2 options: 1- $300 for unlimited home games to any sport for a family of 4 that is not a special event such as the playoffs and 2- $50 for a 10 game pass to any home sport that is not a special event such as the playoffs. Games are all $8 to get in; the 2 options will save you money.

Warrior Head on the sidewalk can be purchased with your student’s information on it for a cost of $25. If you are interested in purchasing a Warrior Head, email ewwarriorclub@gmail.com.

If you know of anybody or any business that will donate or wants to donate, let us know, and we will contact them.

Food Pantry & Warrior Closet | If your family needs food or clothing, East Wake has a food pantry and clothing closet. For more information, please contact Jodi Aina at jaina@wcpss.net or call the school at 919-365-2625.

East Wake Alumni Banquet | The East Wake Alumni Banquet is Friday, December 3, from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at The Barn at King Hill Farm in Knightdale. Dereck Whittenburg, a basketball standout from NC State University, is the guest speaker. Dinner will be catered by McLean's of Zebulon. Tickets are $60 per person. Please go to www.ewhsaa.com to purchase tickets.

Carpool | All car riders should be dropped off in the carpool, located in the school's North Entrance. NO student should be dropped off or picked up at the side of the road or in the South Entrance, designated for staff and student parking only. Driving around the cones can cause a major accident. Students not in their first period by 7:25 a.m. are late and will receive a consequence.

East Regional Library SAT Strategy Session | Tuesday, September 14 from 5 to 6 p.m. The Princeton Review experts cover everything you need to know about the SAT in this virtual seminar. Register to receive your zoom access: https:// www.princetonreview.com/wakelibrary

East Regional Library FAFSA and Financial Aid with CFNC | Wednesday, September 15 from 6 to 7 p.m. Learn the basics of financial aid, college costs, and FAFSA from Sarita Broadway of the College Foundation of North Carolina. This program is part of WCPL's Level Up: to College and Beyond initiative. Register to receive your zoom access: https://www.wakegov.com/events/5420/registrations/add

East Regional Library SAT Practice Test | Saturday, September 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. You will have the opportunity to take a full-length practice exam online. Following the exam, you will receive a comprehensive score report detailing your strengths and challenges. For ages 16 and up. Register at: https://www.princetonreview.com/wakelibrary



Face Coverings Required in all Schools | The Wake County Board of Education voted to require all students and staff to wear face coverings while indoors at school. The requirement also applies to school buses and vendor transportation.

Students do not have to quarantine after exposure if they and the person with COVID-19 were appropriately (over nose, mouth, and under chin) and consistently wearing face coverings. Please assist the school with reinforcing this with your child.

We Need Your Help - Title 1 Status & Free/Reduced Lunch | East Wake High School is a Title 1 school, which means the school receives additional federal funding for every student that qualifies for free & reduced lunch. For the school to continue to qualify, at least 50% of the students must qualify for free & reduced services. Currently, the school has less than 50% of the students that have filled out lunch applications. All parents must apply for free/reduced lunch even if your student does not eat it.

Our school’s Title 1 funds help pay for teachers to make our class sizes smaller than most other WCPSS high schools, purchase school technology, some of the equipment used within our Fine Art’s & Physical Education departments, and many of the free instructional supplies students receive. All students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch for the 2021-22 school year; however, we still need everyone to fill out the application. An application can be completed online at www.MySchoolApps.com, or a paper application can be requested by calling 919-588-3535.

Title 1 Required Documents | The Title 1 Annual Meeting was held during Orientation and Open House on August 19th. The presentation has been uploaded onto our website along with other important documents. All families that attended Orientation received a folder with the documents in them. Students that were not able to attend received the same information the first week of school. Please review all Title 1 Documents listed on the website and provide feedback using 21-22 Title 1 Policy and Home- School Compact Feedback Electronic Form or sign and return the paper copies to your child’s 1st-period teacher.

School Improvement Parent Representative | EWHS would like to have at least 5 parents to be a part of our school improvement team. We meet 2x a month in-person & virtually after school from 2:30 to 3:30. Your responsibility would be to join our meetings and be a part of the school improvement process. If you are interested, please contact Mrs. Goodson at cdgoodson@wcpss.net or 919-365-2625 ext. 29064

TRIO Upward Bound | The 2021-2022 TRIO Upward Bound Application is NOW OPEN for 9th & 10th-grade students. Students who apply should be academically motivated first-generation and/or financially underserved students. Students must have a 2.5 GPA (or B average for 9th-grade applicants). Upward Bound can provide laptops and Wifi hotspots for students that need them.

What is TRIO Upward Bound? Find out here: TRIO Upward Bound (no account needed to access video)
- UB Application: www.go.ncsu.edu/UBApp
- UB Teacher/Counselor Recommendation: www.go.ncsu.edu/UBRec
Please contact Ms. Cook (ckcook2@ncsu.edu) if you have any questions! (919)244-2151.

Bell Schedule | The 2021-2022 bell schedule has changed. The bell schedule can be found here.

Water Bottle for Students | Please remind your student to bring a water bottle to school since students are not allowed to drink directly from the water fountain.

Lunches | This year, East Wake will have three lunches. The following third-period teachers are assigned to lunch duty below:

A Lunch - Anderson, Bassett, Burrus, Cline-Pierce, Costantino, Diaz, Giles, Glasgow, Jackson, Jarrett, LeBeau, Mann, Miller, Neal, Rodgers, Scalzo, Teacher-Math 2, Teacher-Misc 2, Triplett, Vann

B Lunch - Brock, Brown, Chance (Graves), Coble, Humphrey, Kirti, Mabo, Paprocki, Reynolds, Karen Stewart, Ed Thomas, Torr, Donna Wade, Whittington

C Lunch - Bulgin, Bullock, Campbell, Carter, Edwards, Garner, Harris, Harrison, Hoffman, Matthews, McGill, Melton, Moffitt, Porterfied, Joseph Price, Rodriguez, Kimberly Stewart, Taylor, Teacher-CTE 1, Teacher-ELA 2, Teacher-Hlth & PE 1, Todd, Upshur, Weaver

Transportation | Families, please download WCPSS Here Comes the Bus application. This app enables you to track when your child's bus will be arriving. WCPSS code is 67500.

Warrior Ambassadors | Any junior or senior interested in being an ambassador for new students, families, and for East Wake events can complete this interest form. Students will give tours to new students/families and volunteer to help at events. This is a great way to give back to the East Wake community!

School Bucks | Families can upload money to their son’s school bucks account. Students can use this to purchase snacks and other items should they want to do so. You can also add money to an account in person during breakfast time. Remember breakfast and lunch is free for all students as long as they receive a complete meal.

EWHS Yearbook Deadlines for Senior Year 2021-2022 | For more information, please contact Lori Anderson at landerson@wcpss.net in Room 2313 or @YearbookEWHS (Twitter and Instagram). FOLLOW US FOR UPDATES!!!

Prestige SENIOR PORTRAITS and BABY PICTURES
- No senior portrait will be accepted for yearbook submission after October 31. Prestige submits all portraits directly to us—you need to get your portrait taken! If you need to go to the studio, call (919) 377-0026, ext 70032. OR go to prestigeportraits.com/raleigh
- Prestige will offer retakes at the school on October 14th by appt.
- Choose your senior photo on the Prestige Portal by October 31. Vertical tux/drape pose with blue background ONLY.
- Submit baby picture by October 31 to this link: https://images.jostens.com/416224543
- You can also email your image to landerson@wcpss.net. PLEASE include your NAME. No picture will be accepted after this date.
- Cap and Gown Pics will be ON CAMPUS, February 17. Prestige will send out information with appt. times/for students to schedule. They will provide a cap/gown for the picture. This is NOT REQUIRED. There will be a SITTING FEE $$.
SENIOR ADS
- Submit senior ad and payment by November 26. You must go online at www.jostensadservice.com to pay with a credit card. All pictures must be turned in digitally.
- Full $240 Half $180 Quarter $125 Eighth $50
- Parents will design their ad on Jostens Ad Service. Please contact landerson@wcpss.net with any questions or concerns. There will be no individual design sessions.
- AD SPACE is limited, and we usually sell out of space. Order early to ensure your senior will have an ad!
YEARBOOKS are on sale now!! Order early for best pricing.
- Online at www.jostensyearbooks.com or by cash, check, or money order at the school.
- Price will increase throughout the year--order now for best pricing. Don’t wait.
Athletic Passes On Sale | The East Wake community now has two athletic pass options. An annual family pass of 4 for the cost of $300 and a 10 game punch card for the cost of $50. The annual family pass will gain you entry into all regular-season home contests for the 2021-2022 school year. The 10 game punch card allows you to select which regular-season home contest you would like to attend, which is a savings of $3 per contest.

Required Meningococcal Vaccine for Seniors | All rising seniors (even Virtual Academy seniors) are required to have meningococcal vaccine information on file with the school before the first day of school. Vaccine information can be faxed to the school at 919-670-4343, mailed to the school, and dropped off. Please provide this information to avoid students being suspended from school for this vaccination requirement. Locations to receive the vaccine can be found on this Vaccine Flyer .

Support the EWHS PTSA by Joining | We need you to join the PTSA. Your membership goes toward celebrating students and teachers and purchasing supplement resources for the school. By joining conveniently online at the link below, all online memberships get a discount of $12, as cash and check memberships are $15. The student membership price is $10. https://ewhsptsa.memberhub.com/store. The PTSA Board is in need of someone to serve as the treasurer. If you are interested, email our PTSA President, Carrie Gray, at cvfansler@yahoo.com.

Student Parking | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get a parking pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then the Parking Pass option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation.
- Please print out the Parking Pass Application to fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Off-Campus Lunch Pass | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get an office campus lunch pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then click the Off-Campus Lunch option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation for you.
- Please print out the Off-Campus Lunch application and fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Athletic Events - Week of September 13 | The East Wake athletic teams will participate in the following events this week. Tickets can only be purchased online at https://gofan.co/app/school/NC678.
- Monday, September 13
- Tuesday, September 14
- Wednesday, September 15
- Thursday, September 16
- Friday, September 17
All home tennis matches will be played at Knightdale High School. All home cross country meets are at Wendell Parks & Recreation.
Principal's Weekly Message - Week of September 6, 2021
No School - September 6 & 7 | Students will return to school on Wednesday, September 8. Monday, September 6 is Labor Day & Tuesday, September 7, is a teacher workday.

Grade Level Wars | There will be a QR Code at the gate for students to earn points for their grade level towards the GRADE LEVEL WARS. Which class will come out in front this week! So please come out to support our extra-curricular programs.

Advisory | The school will follow a weekly advisory schedule. All students will need to participate in Social Emotional Learning on Wednesdays, and off-campus lunch students will not be allowed to leave during advisory.

Advisory A & B: 10:25-10:50 Advisory C: 11:55-12:20

Weekly Advisory Schedule:
- Monday- Study Hall (See below for Checklist)
- Tuesday- Math remediation (Math teachers will have coverage)
- Wednesday- Social Emotional Learning (CKH SEL lessons)
- Thursday- Literacy remediation (English teachers will have coverage)
- Friday- Study Hall/Clubs
Please ask students to join a schoolwide Student Services presentation on Wednesday, September 8. Students are encouraged to bring their devices and headphones to participate. Wednesday will be a brief schoolwide advisory with Ms. Robinson, Ms. Aina, and Mr. Cotton.

Wednesday, Google Meet Code: https://meet.google.com/jps-tgsy-unz

Warrior Club Meeting Reminder & Information | The East Wake Athletic Club “Warrior Club” will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, September 8 at 6 p.m. in the Media Center. All parents of athletes are encouraged to attend the meeting.

The East Wake Athletic Club needs volunteers to help with merchandise, plan for the future, go after sponsorships, donate money, consult and just generate any participation from parents to help our East Wake Athletic teams.

We want to get concessions/merchandise up and running at all the sporting events with parents that don't have kids playing at that time. For example, we need JV parents to run the Varsity concessions and Varsity parents to run the JV concessions or any parent not playing to run any of the sports concessions.

Please forward this information to your friends and EW alumni. Folks in your network might help or know somebody that wants to help our EW Booster Club, don't ever hesitate to contact them or let us contact them and give them information. Usually, the stronger the Booster Club, the stronger the whole program gets (Winning helps bring in the support.), and we want to compete and win against other teams and their Booster Clubs!

A signup genius is below for the Varsity and JV Football games; we will also send out links to other upcoming sporting events:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084BADA629A6FF2-football1

We also have Booster Club game passes available with 2 options: 1- $300 for unlimited home games to any sport for a family of 4 that is not a special event such as the playoffs and 2- $50 for a 10 game pass to any home sport that is not a special event such as the playoffs. Games are all $8 to get in; the 2 options will save you money.

If you know of anybody or any business that will donate or wants to donate, let us know, and we will contact them.

Food Pantry & Warrior Closet | If your family needs food or clothing, East Wake has a food pantry and clothing closet. For more information, please contact Jodi Aina at jaina@wcpss.net or call the school at 919-365-2625.

Student of the Week | The student of the week is Diamante Mazzucco. This is what was written by the nominating person:

Diamante has done a fantastic job actively participating in class! He volunteers for leadership roles within the classroom, such as writing on the board, leading group discussions, and being the spokesman in groups. He has been one to help other struggling students without asking him. He has been doing a fantastic job, and I, along with his classmates, have enjoyed having him in class.

East Wake Alumni Banquet | The East Wake Alumni Banquet is Friday, December 3, from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at The Barn at King Hill Farm in Knightdale. Dereck Whittenburg, a basketball standout from NC State University, is the guest speaker. Dinner will be catered by McLean's of Zebulon. Tickets are $60 per person. Please go to www.ewhsaa.com to purchase tickets.

Carpool | All car riders should be dropped off in the carpool, located in the school's North Entrance. NO student should be dropped off or picked up at the side of the road or in the South Entrance, designated for staff and student parking only. Driving around the cones can cause a major accident. Students not in their first period by 7:25 a.m. are late and will receive a consequence.

East Regional Library SAT Strategy Session | Tuesday, September 14 from 5 to 6 p.m. The Princeton Review experts cover everything you need to know about the SAT in this virtual seminar. Register to receive your zoom access: https:// www.princetonreview.com/wakelibrary

East Regional Library FAFSA and Financial Aid with CFNC | Wednesday, September 15 from 6 to 7 p.m. Learn the basics of financial aid, college costs, and FAFSA from Sarita Broadway of the College Foundation of North Carolina. This program is part of WCPL's Level Up: to College and Beyond initiative. Register to receive your zoom access: https://www.wakegov.com/events/5420/registrations/add

East Regional Library SAT Practice Test | Saturday, September 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. You will have the opportunity to take a full-length practice exam online. Following the exam, you will receive a comprehensive score report detailing your strengths and challenges. For ages 16 and up. Register at: https://www.princetonreview.com/wakelibrary



Face Coverings Required in all Schools | The Wake County Board of Education voted to require all students and staff to wear face coverings while indoors at school. The requirement also applies to school buses and vendor transportation.

Students do not have to quarantine after exposure if they and the person with COVID-19 were appropriately (over nose, mouth, and under chin) and consistently wearing face coverings. Please assist the school with reinforcing this with your child.

We Need Your Help - Title 1 Status & Free/Reduced Lunch | East Wake High School is a Title 1 school, which means the school receives additional federal funding for every student that qualifies for free & reduced lunch. For the school to continue to qualify, at least 50% of the students must qualify for free & reduced services. Currently, the school has less than 50% of the students that have filled out lunch applications. All parents must apply for free/reduced lunch even if your student does not eat it.

Our school’s Title 1 funds help pay for teachers to make our class sizes smaller than most other WCPSS high schools, purchase school technology, some of the equipment used within our Fine Art’s & Physical Education departments, and many of the free instructional supplies students receive. All students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch for the 2021-22 school year; however, we still need everyone to fill out the application. An application can be completed online at www.MySchoolApps.com, or a paper application can be requested by calling 919-588-3535.

Title 1 Required Documents | The Title 1 Annual Meeting was held during Orientation and Open House on August 19th. The presentation has been uploaded onto our website along with other important documents. All families that attended Orientation received a folder with the documents in them. Students that were not able to attend received the same information the first week of school. Please review all Title 1 Documents listed on the website and provide feedback using 21-22 Title 1 Policy and Home- School Compact Feedback Electronic Form or sign and return the paper copies to your child’s 1st-period teacher.

School Improvement Parent Representative | EWHS would like to have at least 5 parents to be a part of our school improvement team. We meet 2x a month in-person & virtually after school from 2:30 to 3:30. Your responsibility would be to join our meetings and be a part of the school improvement process. If you are interested, please contact Mrs. Goodson at cdgoodson@wcpss.net or 919-365-2625 ext. 29064

TRIO Upward Bound | The 2021-2022 TRIO Upward Bound Application is NOW OPEN for 9th & 10th-grade students. Students who apply should be academically motivated first-generation and/or financially underserved students. Students must have a 2.5 GPA (or B average for 9th-grade applicants). Upward Bound can provide laptops and Wifi hotspots for students that need them.

What is TRIO Upward Bound? Find out here: TRIO Upward Bound (no account needed to access video)
- UB Application: www.go.ncsu.edu/UBApp
- UB Teacher/Counselor Recommendation: www.go.ncsu.edu/UBRec
Please contact Ms. Cook (ckcook2@ncsu.edu) if you have any questions! (919)244-2151.

Bell Schedule | The 2021-2022 bell schedule has changed. The bell schedule can be found here.

How to login to Canvas? | East Wake High School uses Canvas as our schoolwide Learning Management System. For support with using Canvas, view this link.

How to login to your WakeID? | In order to use Canvas and to check your WCPSS email account, students must login to their WakeID. For support with WakeID, view this link.

Water Bottle for Students | Please remind your student to bring a water bottle to school since students are not allowed to drink directly from the water fountain.

Lunches | This year, East Wake will have three lunches. The following third-period teachers are assigned to lunch duty below:

A Lunch - Anderson, Bassett, Burrus, Cline-Pierce, Costantino, Diaz, Giles, Glasgow, Jackson, Jarrett, LeBeau, Mann, Miller, Neal, Rodgers, Scalzo, Teacher-Math 2, Teacher-Misc 2, Triplett, Vann

B Lunch - Brock, Brown, Chance (Graves), Coble, Humphrey, Kirti, Mabo, Paprocki, Reynolds, Karen Stewart, Ed Thomas, Torr, Donna Wade, Whittington

C Lunch - Bulgin, Bullock, Campbell, Carter, Edwards, Garner, Harris, Harrison, Hoffman, Matthews, McGill, Melton, Moffitt, Porterfied, Joseph Price, Rodriguez, Kimberly Stewart, Taylor, Teacher-CTE 1, Teacher-ELA 2, Teacher-Hlth & PE 1, Todd, Upshur, Weaver

Transportation | Families, please download WCPSS Here Comes the Bus application. This app enables you to track when your child's bus will be arriving. WCPSS code is 67500.

Warrior Ambassadors | Any junior or senior interested in being an ambassador for new students, families, and for East Wake events can complete this interest form. Students will give tours to new students/families and volunteer to help at events. This is a great way to give back to the East Wake community!

School Bucks | Families can upload money to their son’s school bucks account. Students can use this to purchase snacks and other items should they want to do so. You can also add money to an account in person during breakfast time. Remember breakfast and lunch is free for all students as long as they receive a complete meal.

PSAT | Any student interested in taking the PSAT must pay the $18 fee by September 10. The PSAT will be administered on October 13. If you have any questions, students should see Mrs. Jackson in room 2312 or email her at kajackson@wcpss.net. You can pay online here.

EWHS Yearbook Deadlines for Senior Year 2021-2022 | For more information, please contact Lori Anderson at landerson@wcpss.net in Room 2313 or @YearbookEWHS (Twitter and Instagram). FOLLOW US FOR UPDATES!!!

Prestige SENIOR PORTRAITS and BABY PICTURES
- No senior portrait will be accepted for yearbook submission after October 31. Prestige submits all portraits directly to us—you need to get your portrait taken! If you need to go to the studio, call (919) 377-0026, ext 70032. OR go to prestigeportraits.com/raleigh
- Prestige will offer retakes at the school on October 14th by appt.
- Choose your senior photo on the Prestige Portal by October 31. Vertical tux/drape pose with blue background ONLY.
- Submit baby picture by October 31 to this link: https://images.jostens.com/416224543
- You can also email your image to landerson@wcpss.net. PLEASE include your NAME. No picture will be accepted after this date.
- Cap and Gown Pics will be ON CAMPUS, February 17. Prestige will send out information with appt. times/for students to schedule. They will provide a cap/gown for the picture. This is NOT REQUIRED. There will be a SITTING FEE $$.
SENIOR ADS
- Submit senior ad and payment by November 26. You must go online at www.jostensadservice.com to pay with a credit card. All pictures must be turned in digitally.
- Full $240 Half $180 Quarter $125 Eighth $50
- Parents will design their ad on Jostens Ad Service. Please contact landerson@wcpss.net with any questions or concerns. There will be no individual design sessions.
- AD SPACE is limited, and we usually sell out of space. Order early to ensure your senior will have an ad!
YEARBOOKS are on sale now!! Order early for best pricing.
- Online at www.jostensyearbooks.com or by cash, check, or money order at the school.
- Price will increase throughout the year--order now for best pricing. Don’t wait.
Athletic Passes On Sale | The East Wake community now has two athletic pass options. An annual family pass of 4 for the cost of $300 and a 10 game punch card for the cost of $50. The annual family pass will gain you entry into all regular-season home contests for the 2021-2022 school year. The 10 game punch card allows you to select which regular-season home contest you would like to attend, which is a savings of $3 per contest.

Required Meningococcal Vaccine for Seniors | All rising seniors (even Virtual Academy seniors) are required to have meningococcal vaccine information on file with the school before the first day of school. Vaccine information can be faxed to the school at 919-670-4343, mailed to the school, and dropped off. Please provide this information to avoid students being suspended from school for this vaccination requirement. Locations to receive the vaccine can be found on this Vaccine Flyer .

Support the EWHS PTSA by Joining | We need you to join the PTSA. Your membership goes toward celebrating students and teachers and purchasing supplement resources for the school. By joining conveniently online at the link below, all online memberships get a discount of $12, as cash and check memberships are $15. The student membership price is $10. https://ewhsptsa.memberhub.com/store. The PTSA Board is in need of someone to serve as the treasurer. If you are interested, email our PTSA President, Carrie Gray, at cvfansler@yahoo.com.

Student Parking | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get a parking pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then the Parking Pass option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation.
- Please print out the Parking Pass Application to fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Off-Campus Lunch Pass | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get an office campus lunch pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then click the Off-Campus Lunch option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation for you.
- Please print out the Off-Campus Lunch application and fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Athletic Events - Week of September 6 | The East Wake athletic teams will participate in the following events this week. Tickets can only be purchased online at https://gofan.co/app/school/NC678.
- Tuesday, September 7
- Wednesday, September 8
- Thursday, September 9
All home tennis matches will be played at Knightdale High School. All home cross country meets are at Wendell Parks & Recreation.
Principal's Weekly Message - Week of August 30, 2021
Tardies begin Monday, August 30 | Beginning Monday, August 30, students will begin to receive consequences for being tardy to class. This includes arriving late to their first period from the carpool. Parents are encouraged to drop their students off earlier to avoid carpool delays.

Carpool | All car riders should be dropped off in the carpool which is located in the North Entrance of the school. NO student should be dropped off or picked up at the side of the road or in the South Entrance which is designated for staff and student parking only. Driving around the cones can cause a major accident. Students not in their first period by 7:25 a.m. are late and will receive a consequence.

Advisory for the Week of August 30 | All students will have the opportunity to meet their counselor this week. During advisory, counselors will host grade/caseload specific meetings. Topics for each advisory will be grade level specific while providing resources to help with academic and emotional support. Third period teachers will share the google meet join code for each day. Students are encouraged to bring their device and headphones to participate.

Students with off-campus lunch are not permitted to leave during advisory for their designated meeting day listed below.

Advisory A & B: 10:25-10:50 Advisory C: 11:55-12:20
- Monday, August 30 - Senior Class
- Tuesday, August 31 - Junior Class
- Wednesday, September 1 - Sophomore Class
- Thursday, September 2 - Freshmen Class
- Friday, September 3 - Schoolwide
Auditions for the Musical Fame | Any student interested in auditioning for the Fall Musical Fame should plan to stay after school on Monday, August 30. Auditions will take place in the auditorium. For more information, please contact Mrs. Bullock at kebullock@wcpss.net.

Student Drivers Reminder | This is a reminder that all student drivers must pull forward into your parking space each day. Cars facing out will be ticketed beginning Monday, August 30.

Face Coverings Required in all Schools | The Wake County Board of Education voted to require all students and staff to wear face coverings while indoors at school. The requirement also applies to school buses and vendor transportation.

Students do not have to quarantine after an exposure if they and the person with COVID-19 were appropriately (over nose, mouth, and under chin) and consistently wearing face coverings. Please assist the school with reinforcing this with your child.

We Need Your Help - Title 1 Status & Free/Reduced Lunch | East Wake High School is a Title 1 school, which means the school receives additional federal funding for every student that qualifies for free & reduced lunch. For the school to continue to qualify, at least 50% of the students must qualify for free & reduced services. Currently, the school has less than 50% of the students that have filled out lunch applications. It is vital that all parents apply for free/reduced lunch even if your student does not eat it.

Our school’s Title 1 funds help to pay for teachers to make our class sizes smaller than most other WCPSS high schools, to purchase school technology, some of the equipment used within our Fine Art’s & Physical Education departments, and many of the free instructional supplies students receive. An application can be completed online at www.MySchoolApps.com, or a paper application can be requested by calling 919-588-3535. All students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch for the 2021-22 school year, however, we still need everyone to fill out the application.

Title 1 Required Documents | The Title 1 Annual Meeting was held during Orientation and Open House on August 19th. The presentation has been uploaded onto our website along with other important documents. All families that attended Orientation received a folder with the documents in them. Students that were not able to attend received the same information the first week of school. Please review all Title 1 Documents listed on the website and provide feedback using 21-22 Title 1 Policy and Home- School Compact Feedback Electronic Form or sign and return the paper copies to your child’s 1st period teacher.

School Improvement Parent Representative | EWHS would like to have at least 5 parents to be a part of our school improvement team. We meet 2x a month in-person & virtually after school from 2:30 to 3:30.. Your responsibility would be to join our meetings and be a part of the school improvement process. If you are interested please contact Mrs. Goodson at cdgoodson@wcpss.net or 919-365-2625 ext. 29064

TRIO Upward Bound | The 2021-2022 TRIO Upward Bound Application is NOW OPEN for 9th & 10th grade students. Students who apply should be academically motivated first-generation and/or financially underserved students. Students must have a 2.5 GPA (or B average for 9th grade applicants). Upward Bound can provide laptops and Wifi hotspots for students that need it.

What is TRIO Upward Bound? Find out here: TRIO Upward Bound (no account needed to access video)
- UB Application: www.go.ncsu.edu/UBApp
- UB Teacher/Counselor Recommendation: www.go.ncsu.edu/UBRec
Please contact Ms. Cook (ckcook2@ncsu.edu) if you have any questions! (919)244-2151.

Bell Schedule | The 2021-2022 bell schedule has changed. The bell schedule can be found here.

How to login to Canvas? | East Wake High School uses Canvas as our schoolwide Learning Management System. For support with using Canvas, view this link.

How to login to your WakeID? | In order to use Canvas and to check your WCPSS email account, students must login to their WakeID. For support with WakeID, view this link.

Water Bottle for Students | Please remind your student to bring a water bottle to school since students are not allowed to drink directly from the water fountain.

Lunches | This year East Wake will have three lunches. The following third period teachers are assigned to lunch duty below:

A Lunch - Anderson, Bassett, Burrus, Cline-Pierce, Costantino, Diaz, Giles, Glasgow, Jackson, Jarrett, LeBeau, Mann, Miller, Neal, Rodgers, Scalzo, Teacher-Math 2, Teacher-Misc 2, Triplett, Vann

B Lunch - Brock, Brown, Chance (Graves), Coble, Humphrey, Kirti, Mabo, Paprocki, Joseph Price, Reynolds, Karen Stewart, Ed Thomas, Torr, Donna Wade, Whittington

C Lunch - Bulgin, Bullock, Campbell, Carter, Edwards, Garner, Harris, Harrison, Hoffman, Matthews, McGill, Melton, Moffitt, Porterfied, Rodriguez, Kimberly Stewart, Taylor, Teacher-CTE 1, Teacher-ELA 2, Teacher-Hlth & PE 1, Todd, Upshur, Weaver

Transportation | Families please download WCPSS Here Comes the Bus application. This app enables you to track when your child's bus will be arriving. WCPSS code is 67500.

Warrior Ambassadors | Any junior or senior interested in being an ambassador for new students, families and for East Wake events can complete this interest form. Students will give tours to new students/families and volunteer to help at events. This is a great way to give back to the East Wake community!

School Bucks | Families can upload money to their son’s school bucks account. Students can use this to purchase snacks and other items should they want to do so. You can also add money to an account in person during breakfast time. Remember breakfast and lunch is free for all students as long as they receive a complete meal.

PSAT | Any student interested in taking the PSAT must pay the $18 fee by September 10. The PSAT will be administered on October 13. If you have any questions, students should see Mrs. Jackson in room 2312 or email her at kajackson@wcpss.net. You can pay online here.

EWHS Yearbook Deadlines for Senior Year 2021-2022 | For more information, please contact Lori Anderson at landerson@wcpss.net in Room 2313 or @YearbookEWHS (Twitter and Instagram) FOLLOW US FOR UPDATES!!!

Prestige SENIOR PORTRAITS and BABY PICTURES
- No senior portrait will be accepted for yearbook submission after October 31. Prestige submits all portraits directly to us—you need to get your portrait taken! If you need to go to the studio call (919) 377-0026, ext 70032. OR go to prestigeportraits.com/raleigh
- Prestige will offer retakes at the school on October 14th by appt.
- Choose your senior photo on the Prestige Portal by October 31. Vertical tux/drape pose with blue background ONLY.
- Submit baby picture by October 31 to this link: https://images.jostens.com/416224543
- You can also email your image to landerson@wcpss.net. PLEASE include your NAME. No picture will be accepted after this date.
- Cap and Gown Pics will be ON CAMPUS February 17. Prestige will send out information with appt. times/for students to schedule. They will provide a cap/gown for the picture. This is NOT REQUIRED. There will be a SITTING FEE $$.
SENIOR ADS
- Submit senior ad and payment by November 26. You must go online at www.jostensadservice.com to pay with a credit card. All pictures must be turned in digitally.
- Full $240 Half $180 Quarter $125 Eighth $50
- Parents will design their ad on Jostens Ad Service. Please contact landerson@wcpss.net with any questions or concerns. There will be no individual design sessions.
- AD SPACE is limited and we usually sell out of space. Order early to ensure your senior will have an ad!
YEARBOOKS are on sale now!! Order early for best pricing.
- Online at www.jostensyearbooks.com or by cash, check, or money order at the school.
- Price will increase throughout the year--order now for best pricing. Don’t wait.
Athletic Passes On Sale | The East Wake community now has two athletic pass options. An annual family pass of 4 for the cost of $300 and a 10 game punch card for the cost of $50. The annual family pass will gain you entry into all regular season home contests for the 2021-2022 school year. The 10 game punch card allows you to select which regular season home contest you would like to attend which is a savings of $3 per contest.

Required Meningococcal Vaccine for Seniors | All rising seniors (even Virtual Academy seniors) are required to have meningococcal vaccine information on file with the school before the first day of school. Vaccine information can be faxed to the school at 919-670-4343, mailed to the school, and dropped off. Please provide this information to avoid students being suspended from school for this vaccination requirement. Locations to receive the vaccine can be found on this Vaccine Flyer .

Support the EWHS PTSA by Joining | We need you to join the PTSA. Your membership goes toward celebrating students and teachers and purchasing supplement resources for the school. By joining conveniently online at the link below, all online memberships get a discount of $12, as cash and check memberships are $15. The student membership price is $10. https://ewhsptsa.memberhub.com/store. The PTSA Board is in need of someone to serve as the treasurer. If you are interested, email our PTSA President, Carrie Gray at cvfansler@yahoo.com.

Student Parking | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get a parking pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then the Parking Pass option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation.
- Please print out the Parking Pass Application to fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Off-Campus Lunch Pass | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get an office campus lunch pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then click the Off-Campus Lunch option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation for you.
- Please print out the Off-Campus Lunch application and fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Athletic Events - Week of August 30 | The East Wake athletic teams will participate in the following events this week. Tickets can only be purchased online at https://gofan.co/app/school/NC678
- Monday, August 30
- Tuesday, August 31
- Wednesday, September 1
- Thursday, September 2
- Friday, September 3
All home tennis matches will be played at Knightdale High School. All home cross country meets are at Wendell Parks & Recreation.
Principal's Weekly Message - Week of August 23, 2021
Face Coverings Required in all Schools | The Wake County Board of Education voted to require all students and staff to wear face coverings while indoors at school. The requirement also applies to school buses and vendor transportation.

Students do not have to quarantine after an exposure if they and the person with COVID-19 were appropriately (over nose, mouth, and under chin) and consistently wearing face coverings. Please assist the school with reinforcing this with your child.

Student Arrival | All students will report directly to their first period class starting at 7 a.m. daily. For students that do not know their first period teacher and room number, posters will be located around the school to provide this information. All students will receive a new schedule from their first period class on the first day of school.

If a student would like to eat breakfast, then the student should report to the cafeteria. Breakfast will be eaten in the cafeteria.

Bell Schedule | The 2021-2022 bell schedule has changed. The bell schedule can be found here.

How to log in to Canvas? | East Wake High School uses Canvas as our schoolwide Learning Management System. For support with using Canvas, view this link.

How to log in to your WakeID? | In order to use Canvas and to check your WCPSS email account, students must log in to their WakeID. For support with WakeID, view this link.

Water Bottle for Students | Please remind your student to bring a water bottle to school since students are not allowed to drink directly from the water fountain.

Lunches | This year East Wake will have three lunches. The following third period teachers are assigned to lunch duty below:

A Lunch - Anderson, Bassett, Burrus, Cline-Pierce, Costantino, Diaz, Giles, Glasgow, Jackson, Jarrett, LeBeau, Mann, Miller, Neal, Rodgers, Scalzo, Teacher-Math 2, Teacher-Misc 2, Triplett, Vann

B Lunch - Brock, Brown, Chance (Graves), Coble, Humphrey, Kirti, Mabo, Paprocki, Joseph Price, Reynolds, Karen Stewart, Ed Thomas, Torr, Donna Wade, Whittington

C Lunch - Bulgin, Bullock, Campbell, Carter, Edwards, Garner, Harris, Harrison, Hoffman, Matthews, McGill, Melton, Moffitt, Porterfied, Rodriguez, Kimberly Stewart, Taylor, Teacher-CTE 1, Teacher-ELA 2, Teacher-Hlth & PE 1, Todd, Upshur, Weaver

Transportation | Families please download WCPSS Here Comes the Bus application. This app enables you to track when your child's bus will be arriving. WCPSS code is 67500.

Carpool | Carpool riders should enter the campus through the North Entrance. No student should be dropped off on the side of the road or in the student/staff parking lot. Students should not be dropped off at the school before 7 a.m., but should be there to make it to their first period class before 7:25 a.m.

School Bucks | Families can upload money to their son’s school bucks account. Students can use this to purchase snacks and other items should they want to do so. You can also add money to an account in person during breakfast time. Remember breakfast and lunch is free for all students as long as they receive a complete meal.

PSAT | Any student interested in taking the PSAT must pay the $18 fee by September 10. The PSAT will be administered on October 13. If you have any questions, students should see Mrs. Jackson in room 2312 or email her at kajackson@wcpss.net. You can pay online here.

EWHS Yearbook Deadlines for Senior Year 2021-2022 | For more information, please contact Lori Anderson at landerson@wcpss.net in Room 2313 or @YearbookEWHS (Twitter and Instagram) FOLLOW US FOR UPDATES!!!

Prestige SENIOR PORTRAITS and BABY PICTURES
- No senior portrait will be accepted for yearbook submission after October 31. Prestige submits all portraits directly to us—you need to get your portrait taken! If you need to go to the studio call (919) 377-0026, ext 70032. OR go to prestigeportraits.com/raleigh
- Prestige will offer retakes at the school on October 14th by appt.
- Choose your senior photo on the Prestige Portal by October 31. Vertical tux/drape pose with blue background ONLY.
- Submit baby picture by October 31 to this link: https://images.jostens.com/416224543
- You can also email your image to landerson@wcpss.net. PLEASE include your NAME. No picture will be accepted after this date.
- Cap and Gown Pics will be ON CAMPUS Feb 17. Prestige will send out information with appt. times/for students to schedule. They will provide a cap/gown for the picture. This is NOT REQUIRED. There will be a SITTING FEE $$.
SENIOR ADS
- Submit senior ad and payment by November 26. You must go online at www.jostensadservice.com to pay with a credit card. All pictures must be turned in digitally.
Full $240 Half $180 Quarter $125 Eighth $50
- Parents will design their ad on Jostens Ad Service. Please contact landerson@wcpss.net with any questions or concerns. There will be no individual design sessions.
- AD SPACE is limited and we usually sell out of space. Order early to ensure your senior will have an ad!
YEARBOOKS are on sale now!! Order early for best pricing.
- Online at www.jostensyearbooks.com or by cash, check, or money order at the school.
- Price will increase throughout the year--order now for best pricing. Don’t wait.
Schedule Correction Request | Schedule corrections will only be considered for the following reasons:
1. Student is scheduled in a course they have previously passed.
2. Student is scheduled in a class that has a prerequisite that has not been completed.
3. Student is missing a class required to meet a graduation requirement (for on time graduation).
4. Student has more /fewer than 8 classes.
5. Student is placed in the wrong level of class.
6. Senior student has requested midyear graduation or Early Release/Late Arrival
NOTE: We are unable to fulfill requests for specific teachers, and class periods.

While we are unable to guarantee that the change will be approved, all requests will be reviewed. Please keep in mind that most schedule changes have a major effect on the rest of the schedule since many classes are only offered certain periods.

Please complete the English form or Spanish form to communicate the above reason and the corrections for consideration of your 2021-2022 schedule. Please do not email a request to your counselor, please use the above forms instead.

Thank you for your patience during this busy time of year. You will be contacted at the phone and/or email you list if your schedule correction was not approved/possible.

Modified Schedule Request | Seniors interested in applying for Early Release/Late Arrival and/or Midyear Graduation should complete this form. Counselors will review to see if the request for ER/LA or midyear graduation is available based on the master schedule and student credit needs for graduation.

Athletic Passes On Sale | The East Wake community now has two athletic pass options. An annual family pass of 4 for the cost of $300 and a 10 game punch card for the cost of $50. The annual family pass will gain you entry into all regular season home contests for the 2021-2022 school year. The 10 game punch card allows you to select which regular season home contest you would like to attend which is a savings of $3 per contest.

Required Meningococcal Vaccine for Seniors | All rising seniors (even Virtual Academy seniors) are required to have meningococcal vaccine information on file with the school before the first day of school. Vaccine information can be faxed to the school at 919-670-4343, mailed to the school, and dropped off. Please provide this information to avoid students being suspended from school for this vaccination requirement. Locations to receive the vaccine can be found on this Vaccine Flyer .

Warrior Ambassadors | Any junior or senior interested in being an ambassador for new students, families and for East Wake events can complete this interest form. Students will give tours to new students/families and volunteer to help at events. This is a great way to give back to the East Wake community!

Support the EWHS PTSA by Joining | We need you to join the PTSA. Your membership goes toward celebrating students and teachers and purchasing supplement resources for the school. By joining conveniently online at the link below, all online memberships get a discount of $12, as cash and check memberships are $15. The student membership price is $10. https://ewhsptsa.memberhub.com/store. The PTSA Board is in need of someone to serve as the treasurer. If you are interested, email our PTSA President, Carrie Gray at cvfansler@yahoo.com.

Student Parking | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get a parking pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then the Parking Pass option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation.
- Please print out the Parking Pass Application to fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Off-Campus Lunch Pass | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get an office campus lunch pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then click the Off-Campus Lunch option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation for you..
- Please print out the Off-Campus Lunch application and fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Athletic Events - Week of August 23 | The East Wake athletic teams will participate in the following events this week. Tickets can only be purchased online at https://gofan.co/app/school/NC678
- Monday, August 23
- Tuesday, August 24
- Wednesday, August 25
- Thursday, August 26
- Friday, August 27
All home tennis matches will be played at Knightdale High School. All home cross country meets are at Wendell Parks & Recreation.
Principal's Weekly Message - Week of August 16, 2021
Schedule Correction Request | Schedule corrections will only be considered for the following reasons:
1. Student is scheduled in a course they have previously passed.
2. Student is scheduled in a class that has a prerequisite that has not been completed.
3. Student is missing a class required to meet a graduation requirement (for on time graduation).
4. Student has more /fewer than 8 classes.
5. Student is placed in the wrong level of class.
6. Senior student has requested midyear graduation or Early Release/Late Arrival
NOTE: We are unable to fulfill requests for specific teachers, and class periods.

While we are unable to guarantee that the change will be approved, all requests will be reviewed. Please keep in mind that most schedule changes have a major effect on the rest of the schedule since many classes are only offered certain periods.

Please complete the English form or Spanish form to communicate the above reason and the corrections for consideration of your 2021-2022 schedule. Please do not email a request to your counselor, please use the above forms instead.

Thank you for your patience during this busy time of year. You will be contacted at the phone and/or email you list if your schedule correction was not approved/possible.

Modified Schedule Request | Seniors interested in applying for Early Release/Late Arrival and/or Midyear Graduation should complete this form. Counselors will review to see if the request for ER/LA or midyear graduation is available based on the master schedule and student credit needs for graduation.

Athletic Passes On Sale | The East Wake community now has two athletic pass options. An annual family pass of 4 for the cost of $300 and a 10 game punch card for the cost of $50. The annual family pass will gain you entry into all regular season home contests for the 2021-2022 school year. The 10 game punch card allows you to select which regular season home contest you would like to attend which is a savings of $3 per contest. The athletic passes will go on sale on Thursday, August 19 at Orientation/Meet the Teacher. No reimbursement will be given for games before the sale date of August 19.

East Wake Athletic Officer Needed | The East Wake Athletic Club needs a Vice President. If you are interested, please contact Mr. Alston at salston3@wcpss.net.

Freshmen & Sophomore Orientation | East Wake will host an orientation for freshmen and sophomore students on Thursday, August 19, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. This orientation is also open to parents as the school will have informational sessions for parents on various topics. Students will meet their teachers at the Meet the Teacher event as not all teachers will be involved in orientation.

Meet the Teacher Night | East Wake will host a Meet the Teacher Night on Thursday, August 19, starting at 5:30 p.m. and will last until 6:30 p.m. The event is floating and is designed to allow students to walk their schedule while having a brief introduction to the teacher.

Virtual Academy Orientation/Meet the Teacher | The East Wake Administrative team will provide Virtual Academy students with an Orientation. The Orientation will be an asynchronous learning opportunity about what to expect. East Wake Virtual Academy Teachers will release a video that gives Virtual Academy families the opportunity to meet the teacher. Virtual Academy families are also welcome to attend the in-person events. The link for the orientation will be posted on the school website on Thursday, August 19 by 3 p.m.

Required Meningococcal Vaccine for Seniors | All rising seniors (even Virtual Academy seniors) are required to have meningococcal vaccine information on file with the school before the first day of school. Vaccine information can be faxed to the school at 919-670-4343, mailed to the school, and dropped off. Please provide this information to avoid students being suspended from school for this vaccination requirement. Locations to receive the vaccine can be found on this Vaccine Flyer .

Warrior Ambassadors | Any junior or senior interested in being an ambassador for new students, families and for East Wake events can complete this interest form. Students will give tours to new students/families and volunteer to help at events. This is a great way to give back to the East Wake community!

Support the EWHS PTSA by Joining | We need you to join the PTSA. Your membership goes toward celebrating students and teachers and purchasing supplement resources for the school. By joining conveniently online at the link below, all online memberships get a discount of $12, as cash and check memberships are $15. The student membership price is $10. https://ewhsptsa.memberhub.com/store. The PTSA Board is in need of someone to serve as the treasurer. If you are interested, email our PTSA President, Carrie Gray at cvfansler@yahoo.com.

Face Coverings Required in all Schools | On Tuesday, the Wake County Board of Education voted to require all students and staff to wear face coverings while indoors at school. The requirement also applies to school buses and vendor transportation.

Yearbook Distribution | Yearbooks have finally arrived, and we are planning to give these out during our Orientation & Meet the Teacher Night events on August 19. Please plan to attend this event with your child and receive your yearbook. If you can't attend, we will make other arrangements to get your yearbook to your child, either during school or, if you have left our school, through an alternate pick-up method. Thank you in advance for your support, and I look forward to working with you again this year.

Student Parking | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get a parking pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then the Parking Pass option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation.
- Please print out the Parking Pass Application to fill it out.
- Click on this link to make an appointment to return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Off-Campus Lunch Pass | Juniors and Seniors desiring to get an office campus lunch pass should visit the East Wake High webpage, go to the Student Tab, and then click the Off-Campus Lunch option.

Please do not ask the school staff to make a copy of the documentation for you.
- Please print out the Off-Campus Lunch application and fill it out.
- Return the filled-out application to the front office with a copy of all required documentation.
Athletic Events - Week of August 16 | The East Wake athletic teams will participate in the following events this week. Tickets can only be purchased online at https://gofan.co/app/school/NC678
- Monday, August 16
- Tuesday, August 17
- Wednesday, August 18
- Thursday, August 19
- Friday, August 20
All home tennis matches will be played at Knightdale High School. All home cross country meets are at Wendell Parks & Recreation.
Title 1 Information
Greetings East Wake Parents, as we promised we have Title 1 specific documents and information to share with you this week:

It is vital that all parents apply for free/reduced lunch even if your student does not eat it. Our school’s Title 1 funds help all our students even those that don’t qualify for free and reduced lunch and we as a school depend on it.

Through August 31, all students may receive meals at no cost. Beginning September 1, students will pay for meals based on their meal benefits eligibility. Applications can be completed online at www.MySchoolApps.com, or a paper application can be requested by calling 919-588-3535. Students eligible for reduced-price meals will receive their breakfast and lunch at no cost for the 2020-21 school year.

All Title I Parent and Family Engagement information is in English and Spanish on the East Wake High School Homepage under the tab, ‘OUR SCHOOL’ within the subtitle Title 1 and F.A.C.E Center. (F. A.C.E. stands for Family and Community Engagement).

Those documents are as follows:
- Title 1 & F.A.C.E Center PowerPoint
- The Home-School Compact which has a Google Form Attached, please filled out this form after you review the document.
- A Feedback Form that we are asking you to fill out so that we can support you and your family
- Title 1 District Letter
- Wake County Board Policy 3560
- Special Message from our Principal Mr. Alston

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