January 13, 2020
Weekly Message for January 13, 2020
Hello Wakelon Families! This is Ms. Cooper with the weekly message. Happy New Year!!!
Kindergarten Kick-Off: It’s time for kindergarten registration for the 20-21 school year! We will hold our kick-off event on Thursday, February 20. The times are 9:30-10:30 and 5:30-6:30. Please come out and register your child. Refreshments will be served along with parting gifts for all students. Please come out and join us!!!
Clubs: Clubs for students in 3rd-5th grade will begin on Thursday, January 16. All clubs will be held afterschool from 4:15-5:30 Parents, please make arrangements for your child to be picked up on time. Students who are consistently late being picked up will not be allowed to remain in clubs.
Helping Hands: Students who are participating in our Helping Hands program should be picked up by 5:30 each Thursday.
Spirit Night: Please support our school by joining us at McDonald's for dinner on Tuesday, January 14. A portion of the proceeds will be given to our PTA.
Military Connected Form: Please complete the pink form regarding family military status and return to your child's homeroom teacher by January 31.
Readvolution: We will be taking our students who participated in Readvolution to a hockey game next month. More information to come soon regarding date, time and field trip forms.
AIG Spring Nomination: Would you like to nominate your child for the Academically or Intellectually Gifted Program? Nominations are accepted all year, but Spring Testing will take place January 30 - February 10. Submit your nomination in writing to your child’s classroom teacher or Wakelon's AIG teacher, Kytrina Frederick, at kfrederick@wcpss.net.
AIG Meeting for Interested Parents: January 21, 2020, at 8:00-8:30 and 4:30-5:00. Please come out if you would like to learn more about the AIG Program.
Snacks: Our students receive a fresh fruit and vegetable snack three days a week this month (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). The snack menu for this week is as follows: oranges, mango chunks and celery with ranch. Please encourage your child to participate in this healthy snack choice.
Important Dates:
- MLK Holiday- January 20
- Teacher Workday-January 29
- Report Cards-February 7
That’s it for this week!
