February 5th, 2016
ME TO WE is hosting a BAKE SALE on Thursday, February 11th to raise money for this year’s global initiative, Daystar School in Uganda. For the past three years Woodland Park has supported Daystar School. This school services the families who live in Masese, a slum community 400 metres from the school’s doorstep. The children who attend Daystar are among some of the neediest children in Africa. Life in Masese is hard. Extreme poverty, horrid sanitation, unemployment, abuse, alcoholism, and rampant crime permeate the community. Ordering details can be found at on School-Day at https://www.school-day.com/pg/product/view/686842. Orders are due Sunday night by midnight. Please help support this cause by purchasing a dozen baked goods. Or double your support by baking and buying!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26th is a professional development day for staff therefore there is no school for students.
Kindergarten Registration CONVENIENT NEW PROCEDURE
If you have a child that was born in 2012 and will be entering JK in September, or was born in 2011 and has never attended school before, ONLINE registration is now available on either our school website (wpk.wrdsb.ca) or the Board website (wrdsb.ca.). Click the “Register for Kindergarten” link, and on the following page click registration process.
Once you have completed the online registration, you will be required to come into the school with your child’s documentation (birth certificate, passport, baptismal certificate, immigration papers or birth registration and proof of address) during the week of February 8th – 12th. We are not scheduling appointments for this; you simply come into the office any time between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. that week where you will complete one additional form. The registration form is also available online for you to download and print if you prefer, or you can pick one up from the office. If your child currently attends Woodland Park for JK, there is no need to register for SK, as this happens automatically at the school level.
Please share this information with your friends and neighbours in our school community.
STRONG START VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Do you want to make a big difference in the learning of a young child? Volunteers are needed to assist with our Strong Start program. Training will be provided. This important program, Strong Start Letters, Sound and Words, helps children child gain confidence in identifying the letters of the alphabet, the sound each represents, how to learn words by sight and how to learn a word by using the sound of its letters. Volunteers will work with children individually for 30 minutes two or three days a week for ten weeks. During each session there is a set of activities for the child and volunteer to play in order to help the child increase skills. If you are interested in assisting, please contact the school at 519-654-9402.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ACTIVITIES:
February 15 Family Day – school closed
February 16 School Council Meeting
February 19 Term 1 report cards go home
February 24 Kindergarten and grade 8 graduation pictures
February 26 P.A. Day – no school for students
March 14 – 18 March Break
March 25 Good Friday – school closed
March 28 Easter Monday – school closed
ATTENDANCE PROGRAM
Please call 519-570-8149, ext. 3381# to report your child’s absence.
(Please do not leave a message on the teachers’ voice mail regarding your child’s absence.)
*A reminder that if your child will be absent from school for more than one day, please include that information in your message or call the attendance line each day of their absence.