News from WES 3/17/19

UPCOMING WES EVENTS

• March 18-22 - Student-led Learning Celebrations 
• Tuesday, March 19 - 3rd grade concert in the gym, 6pm (snow day 3/26)
• Wednesday, March 20 - Spirit Month Wednesday - Pajama Day 
• Wednesday, March 20 - 4th grade concert in the gym, 6pm (snow day 3/27)
• Thursday, March 21 - 5th/6th concert in the gym, 6pm (snow day 3/28)
• Wednesday, March 27- PreK-2nd Pentangle trip
• Wednesday, March 27 -Spirit Month Wednesday - Crazy Hair Day 
• Tuesday, April 2 - John Halligan, Ryan's Story Cyberbullying Parent Presentation, 7:00pm, WES Gym
• Thursday, April 4 - Show Your Stuff Try-outs (3-6pm)
• Week of April 8 - report cards mailed home
• Monday, April 8 - Show Your Stuff Dress Rehearsal
• Tuesday April 9 - Dr.Nancy Doda, Making the “Wonder Years” Wonderful: Understanding Our Changing Young Adolescents Woodstock Union High School and Middle School Library, 6pm
• Tuesday, April 9 - Rising 7th Grader Parent Info Night, WUMHS 7:30-8pm
• Thursday, April 11 - Rising Kindergartener Parent Info Night, 6-7pm WES 
• Friday, April 12 - Show Your Stuff ~early afternoon timing TBA
• Week of April 15-19 No School, April Vacation 
• Weeks of April 29-May 10, SBAC testing grades 3-6  
• Wednesday, May 15 - New Kindergartener Registration 12-3pm WES
• Wednesday, May 29 - May Day Celebration, 10am 

Celebrating Student Learning at WES

This week, families are invited by their grade level teachers to visit the school with your student to celebrate the learning children have been doing this year. These classroom visits also line up with the grades 3-6 music concerts this week. (Pictured above are the second graders who had their music concert the last week of February.) Please visit your grade level website/blog or contact the teachers for information on specific timing. We hope to see many of you at school this week!

Here are links to the newsletter/blogs for reference:

preK

Kindergarten

1st grade team

second grade team

third/fourth grade team

fifth/sixth grade team

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WE WANT YOUR REUSABLE BAGS

Do you have extra cloth or canvas grocery bags that are cluttering up your closet? WES and the Woodstock Community Food Shelf will take them. WES and WCFS partner together on weekend food bags for families and can use reusable bags for this ongoing project. Mrs. Klocek will have a box in the lobby for your bag donations. Thank you!

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REGISTER FOR SUMMER SOAK 2019 ! 

Summer SOAK sessions are now up on the website so that you can sign up.

Health and registration forms are also on the website.  Please complete those prior to registration so that the process of registration goes easier for you.  You can send it all in now.

Credit cards are accepted this year for payment for Summer SOAK.  Parents have asked for this for years and we are finally able to do this.  You will see this option on the registration page of the website.

A Summer SOAK Fundraiser is being planned for the first Saturday in June.  We would like to offer the community a water park similar to the one we have for our Summer SOAKers with even bigger water slides.  If you are interested in helping with the planning and day of the event, please email us at SummerSOAK@wcsu.net.

Remember, registration is not complete until we have your health forms, registration form and payment.

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WES NURSE NEWS 

Old Vices, New Devices-Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping. A Public Health  Crisis.

 The Northern New England Poison Center’s presentation on e-cigarettes and youth will identify health risks associated with  vaping, describe trends in use and provide resources and prevention strategies to avoid nicotine poisoning. This is a RSVP event, please contact Annie Luke at aluke@wcsu.net or 457-1317, ext. 1163. This is on March 27th at 6pm at the High School.

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🍁Maple Madness Open House 🍁

Join in the celebration of the coming spring and the Maple Sugaring Season! In conjunction with the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and it's Maple Madness weekend, the First Congregational Church is hosting a family friendly event:

Maple Madness Open House

Sunday March 24th from 1-3pm

36 Elm St, Woodstock, Vt.

Watch sap boiling demonstrations on the front lawn and taste a few samples, create age appropriate maple themed crafts inside our community hall, and help make maple desserts in our kitchen. It has been a long winter this year. Shake off the winter doldrums and come celebrate spring, creativity and community with us. For further information contact fccwinfo@gmail.com or call 802-457-9818

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News from WES 3/1/19

UPCOMING WES EVENTS

• Monday, March 4 - Inservice Day - No School
• Tuesday, March 5- Town Meeting Day - No School (voting day!) 
• Wednesday, March 6 - Girls On The Run Starts! Spaces still open!
• Thursday, March 7 - Summer Programs Expo, 3-6pm at WES
• Friday, March 8 - Final Friday of Winter Workshops
• Tuesday, March 12 - Band Showcase WUHSMS 6pm 
• Tuesday, March 19 - 3rd grade concert in the gym, 6pm (snow day 3/26)
• Wednesday, March 20 - 4th grade concert in the gym, 6pm (snow day 3/27)
• Thursday, March 21 - 5th/6th concert in the gym, 6pm (snow day 3/28)
• March 18-22 Student-led Learning Celebrations (information to come from classroom teachers)
• Wednesday, March 27- PreK-2nd Pentangle trip
• Wednesday, March 27 - Rising 7th Grader Parent Info Night, WUMHS 6:30-8pm
• Thursday, April 4 - Show Your Stuff Try-outs (3-6pm)
• Week of April 8th - report cards mailed home
• Monday, April 8th - Show Your Stuff Dress Rehearsal
• Friday, April 12 - Show Your Stuff ~afternoon timing TBA
• Week of April 15-19 No School, April Vacation 

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Sharing our PBIS Celebration with Prosper Valley

On Valentine's Day, WES and TPVS celebrated WES students earning 50,000 PBIS Paw Prints for safe, respectful, and ready to learn behavior. We invited our Prosper Valley friends to join us on the WES front lawn and at Vail Field in our cross-school vertical teams for snow sculpting and hot chocolate. The theme of the sculptures was love and happiness.

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WCSU PRE-K REGISTRATION OPEN!

Ready to re-enroll or register for a WCSU Prekindergarten program? The WCSU Priority Registration window will open March 1st through April 26th.

WHO CAN REGISTER:

• Currently enrolled prekindergarten students who qualify to return to prekindergarten the following year. This includes in-district or out-of-district students who are currently enrolled in one of our public programs located at BA, KES, RES, or WES. 
• New students who currently reside in the town of Barnard can enroll in the BA Pre-K.
• New students who currently reside in the towns of Bridgewater, Killington, Plymouth, Pomfret, Reading, and Woodstock are eligible to enroll in Pre-K programs at KES, RES, and WES. Priority will be given to those currently enrolled or their siblings provided registration is completed by April 26th.
  Any other application submitted during this time will be held until the General Registration window opens.
• Website to register: https://www.wcsu.net/prek

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WCUD INTRA-DISTRICT SCHOOL CHOICE OPEN!

If you want to stay at your current school, no action is needed - your child will automatically stay enrolled at your local school.


In the fall of 2018, the Windsor Central Unified District (WCUD) began offering parents and guardians elementary school choice for their students within the district. The choice of the school venue is guided by the needs of students, parents, and the district, and will adhere to the WCUD process and guidelines. Students from Bridgewater, Killington, Reading, Plymouth, Woodstock, and Pomfret are eligible to apply for school choice.
March 15th: Deadline for Round 1 applications. March 30th: Round 1 Decisions - Parents notified of school choice decision. August 1: Deadline for Round 2 applications. Mid-August: Round 2 Decisions - Parents notified of school choice decision.
To learn more about intra-district school choice program and to access an online application, please visit www.wcsu.net/schoolchoice.   An information packet can be accessed here and paper copies of this packet will be available at your local school as well.
Feel free to reach out to Rayna Bishop (rbishop@wcsu.net 802-457-1213 x1080) at the Windsor Central Supervisory Union office with any questions you may have regarding this opportunity.

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TPVS and WES HEARTFELT HELP COLLABORATION CONTINUES UNTIL WEDS 3/13

 The Vermont Standard interviewed student council members from Prosper Valley and WES today about the food drive. Look for a story in next week's Standard! The food drive ends March 13th and our winning team and student council organizers will bring food to the Food Shelf on the 14th. The teams will load a Chippers truck to pick up the food and transport it to the Food Shelf. Thank you for your support of this community service initiative!

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GET READY FOR SUMMER SOAK 2019!

Summer SOAK sessions are now up on the website so that you can begin to plan which activities your child would like to participate in this summer.

Health and registration forms are also on the website.  Please complete those prior to registration so that the process of registration goes easier for you.  You can even send those in now.

Credit cards will be accepted this year for payment for Summer SOAK.  Parents have asked for this for years and we are finally able to do this.  You will see this option on the registration page of the website.

Summer SOAK Fundraiser is being planned for the first Saturday in June.  We would like to offer the community a water park similar to the one we have for our Summer SOAkers with even bigger water slides.  If you are interested in helping with the planning and day of the event, please email us at SummerSOAK@wcsu.net.

Summer SOAK 2019 registration begins at 6:00 am on March 13th.

Remember, registration is not complete until we have your health forms, registration form and payment.

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Girls on the Run is Coming to Our School!!!

Girls on the Run is coming to Woodstock Elementary School this Spring!   
What is Girls on the Run? Over a period of 10 weeks, girls in 3rd through 5th grades can participate in an after-school program like no other. The Girls on the Run lessons encourage positive emotional, social, mental, and physical development. They develop important strategies and skills to help them navigate life experiences. Physical activity is woven into our program to inspire an appreciation of fitness and to build habits that lead to a lifetime of health. At the end of the season, the girls participate in our Girls on the Run Vermont 5k event. This celebratory, non-competitive event is the culminating experience of the curriculum. Completing the 5k gives the girls a tangible understanding of the confidence that comes through accomplishment as well as a framework for setting and achieving life goals. 

Why it Matters:  A recent national independent longitudinal study led by Dr. Maureen Weiss, an expert in positive youth development, found that the combination of Girls on the Run’s intentional life skills curriculum and highly trained coaches is key to our program’s impact. Overall, the study showed that participating in Girls on the Run transformed girls’ lives by helping them increase their self-confidence, develop healthy relationships, and feel good about themselves, inside and out.

What You Need to Know: GOTR is a spring program that starts the first week of March and runs through May. Sessions meet twice a week for 90 minutes each.   We meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00-4:30 beginning March 6th. We will be attending the fabulous Brattleboro 5K on Saturday, May 18!
Program registration opened on Monday, February 4. 
The registration fee is $100.
Registration will be online.
Girls on the Run Vermont has limited financial assistance available to those who truly need it. GOTR is committed to being accessible to any girl who wants to participate, and is dedicated to ensuring that the program cost is not a barrier to participation.  We will work with families to offer financial assistance that are not eligible through the Household Income scale.  
GOTRVT also provides a $25 Sibling Discount when paying the full registration fee of $100 for families registering more than one participant on the same form. (Please use code SIBLING during registration) For questions, please contact Coach Davie at Ldavie@wcsu.net or 802-393-GOTR or Girls on the Run at:802-871-5664 or info@girlsontherunvermont.org
We are truly looking forward to a fantastic season!

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News from WES 2/9/19

UPCOMING WES EVENTS

• Monday, February 11, WCUD Board Meeting, WUHSMS, 6pm
• Tuesday, February 12, 1st grade concert in the gym, 6pm (snow date 2/26)
• Wednesday, February 13, 2nd grade concert in the gym, 6pm (snow date 2/27)
• Wednesday, February 13, Sargent Richard King's Presentation on Drug Awareness, WUHSMS library 5-6:30pm
• February 18-22 School Winter Break
• Monday, February 25, Budget Information Session, WUHSMS, 6pm
• Thursday, February 28, Tentative PTO meeting date, 3pm
• Friday, March 1, Final Friday of Winter Workshops
• Monday, March 4, Inservice Day - No School
• Tuesday, March 5, Town Meeting Day - No School (voting day!) 
• Thursday, March 7, Summer Programs Expo, 3-6pm at WES
• Tuesday, March 12 - Band Showcase WUHSMS 6pm 
• Tuesday, March 19 - 3rd grade concert in the gym, 6pm (snow day 3/26)
• Wednesday, March 20 - 4th grade concert in the gym, 6pm (snow day 3/27)
• Thursday, March 21 - 5th/6th concert in the gym, 6pm (snow day 3/28)

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Third and fourth graders get creative during winter recess! This piece is entitled, The Leaning Tower of Pizza

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WCUD INTRA-DISTRICT SCHOOL CHOICE OPEN!

If you want to stay at your current school, no action is needed - your child will automatically stay enrolled at your local school.


In the fall of 2018, the Windsor Central Unified District (WCUD) began offering parents and guardians elementary school choice for their students within the district. The choice of the school venue is guided by the needs of students, parents, and the district, and will adhere to the WCUD process and guidelines. Students from Bridgewater, Killington, Reading, Plymouth, Woodstock, and Pomfret are eligible to apply for school choice.
March 15th: Deadline for Round 1 applicationsMarch 30th: Round 1 Decisions - Parents notified of school choice decisionAugust 1: Deadline for Round 2 applicationsMid-August: Round 2 Decisions - Parents notified of school choice decision
To learn more about intra-district school choice program and to access an online application, please visit www.wcsu.net/schoolchoice.   An information packet can be accessed here and paper copies of this packet will be available at your local school as well.
Feel free to reach out to Rayna Bishop (rbishop@wcsu.net 802-457-1213 x1080) at the Windsor Central Supervisory Union office with any questions you may have regarding this opportunity.

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TPVS and WES HEARTFELT HELP COLLABORATION CONTINUES

The Prosper Valley School and Woodstock Elementary School gathered together in their vertical teams again on Wednesday to continue the Heartfelt Help for the Hungry project. The TPVS and WES teams decorated their team boxes for the food drive and learned about the schedule for collecting items. 

We are excited that TVPS and WES are partnering to help the Woodstock Community Food Shelf with its mission of maintaining an open, well-stocked food shelf for our neighbors in times of need. Items will be collected Thursday, February 7 - Wednesday, March 13. Over the course of the food drive, student groups from both schools will rotate through all of the themes below, collecting what they can over the course of a week’s time. Families are asked to participate in a way that is both comfortable and meaningful for them. Prior to dropping items off in the lobby collection boxes, please check expiration dates to ensure they have not passed their prime. Many thanks to all for your support in this endeavor!

Theme	Suggested Items	Collection Dates
Breakfast	Cold & hot cereal Pancake mix Syrup Coffee & tea Etc.	Thursday, February 7 - Wednesday, February 13
Italian Night	Red & white pasta sauce Pesto Pasta varieties Etc.	Thursday, February 7 - Wednesday, February 13
Sandwiches	Peanut butter Jelly Mayo Canned tuna, deviled ham, and salmon Mustard Etc.	Thursday, February 14 - Wednesday, February 27
Mexican / Southwestern Night	Refried beans Black, kidney, and pinto beans Canned chili Etc.	Thursday, February 14 - Wednesday, February 27
Personal Items	Toothpaste Soap Shampoo Deodorant Etc.	Thursday, February 28 - Wednesday, March 6
Dessert	Canned fruit Boxed Jell-O Etc.	Thursday, February 28 - Wednesday, March 6
Dinner in a Flash	Canned soup Canned stew Mac and cheese Etc.	Thursday, March 7 - Wednesday, March 13

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Girls on the Run is Coming to Our School!!!

Girls on the Run is coming to Woodstock Elementary School this Spring!   
What is Girls on the Run? Over a period of 10 weeks, girls in 3rd through 5th grades can participate in an after-school program like no other. The Girls on the Run lessons encourage positive emotional, social, mental, and physical development. They develop important strategies and skills to help them navigate life experiences. Physical activity is woven into our program to inspire an appreciation of fitness and to build habits that lead to a lifetime of health. At the end of the season, the girls participate in our Girls on the Run Vermont 5k event. This celebratory, non-competitive event is the culminating experience of the curriculum. Completing the 5k gives the girls a tangible understanding of the confidence that comes through accomplishment as well as a framework for setting and achieving life goals. 

Why it Matters:  A recent national independent longitudinal study led by Dr. Maureen Weiss, an expert in positive youth development, found that the combination of Girls on the Run’s intentional life skills curriculum and highly trained coaches is key to our program’s impact. Overall, the study showed that participating in Girls on the Run transformed girls’ lives by helping them increase their self-confidence, develop healthy relationships, and feel good about themselves, inside and out.

What You Need to Know: GOTR is a spring program that starts the first week of March and runs through May. Sessions meet twice a week for 90 minutes each.   We meet on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00-4:30. We will be attending the fabulous Brattleboro 5K on Saturday, May 18!
Program registration opened on Monday, February 4. 
The registration fee is $100.
Registration will be online.
Girls on the Run Vermont has limited financial assistance available to those who truly need it. GOTR is committed to being accessible to any girl who wants to participate, and is dedicated to ensuring that the program cost is not a barrier to participation.  We will work with families to offer financial assistance that are not eligible through the Household Income scale.  
GOTRVT also provides a $25 Sibling Discount when paying the full registration fee of $100 for families registering more than one participant on the same form. (Please use code SIBLING during registration) For questions, please contact Coach Davie at Ldavie@wcsu.net or 802-393-GOTR or Girls on the Run at:802-871-5664 or info@girlsontherunvermont.org
We are truly looking forward to a fantastic season!

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Woodstock Ski Runners Nordic Racers Compete

We have many students who participate in winter sports in our community. Thank you to Angel Rubino for sharing that sixth graders Jane and Quinn recently took first place in a nordic biathlon competition.