Please mark your calendars for these important dates coming up.
Monday, November 21 - Picture Make-up Day
Wednesday - Friday, November 23 - 25 - Thanksgiving Break, No school
Wednesday, November 30 - School-wide field trip to UNCA Basketball Game (PBIS Reward)
December 5-9 - Scholastic Book Fair & Math Week
Thursday, December 8 - PTO Meeting - 8:15 am - WPS
Friday, December 16th - Classroom Winter Celebrations (We need Level 2 Volunteers! More info below). We'll also be doing our "Movie & Popcorn" reward for Fun Run on this day!
Monday, December 19th - December 30th - Winter Break, No School!
3rd and 4th Families: We had such an EXCELLENT time with you during the Holiday Lunch! I know the lines were long, but I hope you enjoyed the time spent in our school with your child and their friends. As we continue to bring back in-person events in our school buildings, I am appreciative of your patience as we figure out the details and logistics of managing the large crowds. Special thanks go to our AMAZING Cafeteria Staff for their hard work. Ms. Abby Barrett and her crew did an excellent job preparing. Also, thank you to our Weaverville Police Department who helped serve throughout the 2-hour lunch!
Here are some reminders for the weeks ahead:
Message from PTO: Last chance to sign up to support teachers and staff for our Fall Staff Appreciation event! Here's the Sign-up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4AA9A82DA5FE3-fall2. Thanks for showing our staff some love this Holiday Season!
Our Student Lighthouse team is leading our annual Food Drive. We'll collect non-perishable items from November 28th - December 9th.
Volunteer Opportunity:Please read below for our request for Level 2 Volunteers for Friday, December 16th. Each classroom is requesting 2 Level two volunteers so that our staff can celebrate their holiday brunch together during the school day.
We are still collecting items for Holiday Gifts and items for families in need. See flyer below. Our school partners with the Weaverville Police Department to provide holiday gifts for many families in the community. We'd love to collect all items by December 5th.
Do you want to be a Mentor? Weaverville Schools Counselors are looking for volunteers who would like to be a mentor to our students. Please let us know if you are interested. Here’s a flyer with more information!
Mark your calendars for our Math Week: December 5th - 9th! Parents are invited to attend on their students' designated grade level day. Each session is from 8:00 am - 9:00 am, with book fair time for parents right after so you can do a little holiday shopping before heading home or back to work!
Each year our PTO provides a nice holiday brunch for our entire staff. In order to all have our meal together, we ask for volunteers to help by having a “winter holiday celebration” in the classroom with students. In order to volunteer, we’re asking that each person is a Level 2 Volunteer.
We have a list of those who are approved Level 2 volunteers. If you want to check your status, you can email your child’s teacher or our Head Secretary - Ashley.Mendoza@bcsemail.org.
Singing up to be a level 2 volunteer is simple, but might take a couple of weeks, so please start the process now.
Being a level 2 volunteer also allows you to chaperone field trips and volunteer in other ways for our school!
There is no additional in-person training, but we do have a “less-than-10-minutes” video we like for level 2 volunteers to view.
If you can't be there in person, you can help in other ways by donating treats or materials for games or crafts!
Please email your child's teacher if you would like to help in your child's classroom for the winter celebration. You’ll work with other parents to come up with activities and prepare treats. Volunteers will be asked to arrive at 8:45 am and stay until 10:30 am.
This document shows the reasons a student might be excluded from school due to illness.
If a student tests positive for COVID (at home or at a healthcare provider), they would isolate for 5 days from when their symptoms began. We will recognize the guidelines established by the CDC and NCDHHS regarding the use of a face covering to be worn for days 6-10 upon return to school.
Our normal exclusionary symptoms of fever, diarrhea, and vomiting are in effect. If a student has a fever, diarrhea, or vomiting, they must remain at home until symptoms are resolved for 24 hours.
Hand hygiene, enhanced cleaning protocols, and improved ventilation are all still priorities and important mitigating strategies.
Face coverings remain optional, to be worn by anyone at anytime.
Physical distancing such as 3 ft or 6 ft apart is no longer required.
Contact tracing is not required.
Following the guidelines established by the CDC and NCDHHS, MAHEC will not be providing rapid antigen testing in our schools. Staff and families may order at home tests for free via this link: https://www.covid.gov/tests.
MAHEC will send home further guidance regarding when students need to stay home due to an illness.
For students where an absence is Covid related please indicate this in your parent or health provider's note.
Students/teachers will follow the same guidelines for makeup work as they would for any other illness or injury.
Mary Nichols
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