
Bulldog News
March 2024
West Clayton Elementary School
Website: www.johnston.k12.nc.us/wces
Location: 1012 South Lombard Street, Clayton, NC, USA
Phone: 919-553-7113
Facebook: facebook.com/westclaytonelementary
Twitter: @WCESBulldogs
Important Information and Updates
SPOTLIGHT ON ATTENDANCE
Great job team!
September 94.5%
October 94.8%
November 92.8%
December 91.0%
January 93.3%
We are working to get our attendance rate up closer to 100%! We know that students are more likely to learn and grow if they attend school regularly.
Health Guidance for Going to School (Handout)
This handout has been adopted/adjusted to meet JCPS requirements to answer the questions, “When can I go to school?” and “When do I have to stay home?” Please feel free to share this document as you need to best meet the needs of your school community.
Read Across America Week
Student-Led Conferences - Coming Soon!
Reminders
Arrival/Dismissal Reminders
- Latest pick up time for students is 3:00 pm. Dismissing students after 3:00 pm causes disruption to our afternoon processes and procedures and impacts our ability to keep everyone safe through the dismissal process.
- Please remember that our campus is a drug-free/smoke-free environment. This includes our parking lot and car rider line. Please refrain from smoking and/or vaping while waiting in line for your child.
- Please refrain from using your cell phone while in the car rider line. There are a lot of moving parts to our arrival and dismissal processes and we want to make sure everyone remains safe.
ROOMS Support
https://johnstoncountypsnc.sites.thrillshare.com/page/rooms
JCPS has put together a site that can help you make sure you are connected to your child's classroom through the JCPS app and Rooms.
It's extremely important that you have the JCPS app because it's where we send out reminders, updates, important information, and you can connect directly to your child's teachers, Ms. Barnes or Ms. Willoughby.
Upcoming Events
March
Women’s History Month
School Nutrition Month
Read-A-Thon Month
2 Read Across America Day
4-8 School Social Work Week
4-8 Read Across America Week
5 Optional Teacher Workday - No School for Students
6 Statewide Tornado Drill 9:30 AM
8 International Women’s Day
10 Daylight Savings Time Begins
10 Ramadan Begins
14 Pi Day
17 St. Patrick’s Day
19 Family Night 6-7 PM - Food Trucks on Site
22 Class and Spring Picture Day
28 End of Quarter 3
28 Student-Led Conferences (1, 3, and 5 9:30-11:00, K, 2, and 4 1:30-3:00)
29 - April 8 Spring Break
29 - Holiday - No School
31 Easter Sunday
Highlights
House Exemplars
House Exemplars
February 9, 2024
House Exemplars
House Exemplars
February 23, 2024
Leading with the Heart
Mr. David Vargas, Head Custodian
Student-Led Conferences
4th and 5th Grade Held these on Friday, February 16.
Next Opportunity for Student-Led Conferences March 28, K-5.
PTA Updates
Movie Night
Join us for our Family Movie Night on March 22nd from 7:30 - 9:30. We will be showing Elemental (our student's pick). Admission is free and we will have concessions and food trucks available to purchase food. All are welcome, but each student must be supervised!
School Store Fundraiser
We have kicked off our School store Fundraiser! We have already made over $200 for our school in the first week! All your student has to do to win a prize is to have a parent register and send 6 emails to family and friends. We are not seeking direct donations. To earn funds for our school, you can shop hundreds of your regular retailers and a small percentage goes to our school!
Spirit Night
Our March Spirit Night will be Monday March 4th at City Barbeque from 11:00-8:00pm Please use the code FundA for 20% of your purchase to come back to West Clayton Elementary School PTA!
Next General PTA Meeting -- Tuesday March 19th
Duty free lunch - Thursday March 21st
Sign up link -- https://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm?go=w.manageSignUp#/47975125/slots/
Join PTA! https://wcespta.memberhub.com/