News from the Nest

• October 31 - Book Character Dress-up Day, 2 hour Early Dismissal Day (Students dismiss at 12:25 pm), End of 1st 9 Weeks, AND 1st day of Student Clubs! Ask your student which club they're in!
• November 3 - 2nd Grade Field Trip to NBHS Agriculture Building
• November 4 - Glow Dance Party for reaching Fun Run Goal!
• November 8 - No school for students - Optional Teacher work Day
  
• November 9 - Report Cards go home
• November 9 - 3rd Grade Stargazing Event (RSVP with your child's teacher)
• November 10 - PTO Meeting 8:15 am at WPS
• November 11 - Veteran's Day - No school for students
• November 14 & 15 - NC Check-ins for 3rd and 4th Grades
• November 15 - 2nd Grade Field Trip to Vance Birth Place (Hamilton, Wilson, Berzinski)
• November 16 - 2nd Grade Field Trip to Vance Birth Place (Swann, Ingle, Crayton)
  
• November 16 - Holiday Meal for 4th & 3rd Families. (2nd Grade will be in Spring). RSVP here
• November 19 - 1st Annual Blackhawk Bolt 5K
• November 21 - Picture Make-up Day
• November 30 - School-wide field trip to UNCA Basketball Game (PBIS Reward)
• December 5-9 - Scholastic Book Fair & Math Week
• December 8 - PTO Meeting - 8:15 am - WPS

Dear Families,

First, and foremost, I want to thank everyone for your participation in our Eblen Charities Fundraiser! Our school raised $790 (which is AMAZING!), and that's not even counting the change that was brought in for each grade level. Ms. Swann's class took the lead early on, and held it. Ms. Webb's class and Ms. Fields' class were the winners for their grade levels.

Here are some important reminders for the week:

• Please remember that cars can only enter the car line from Yost. We've had quite a few cars trying to enter car line from Main St. Take a look at the Car Line visual below.

• Anyone picking up a student should have their yellow car tag with the student's name. We understand things get hectic and yellow cards go missing, but please understand that our protocol has to remain the same for every family in order to maintain a safe pick up for every student. If you don't have your yellow card, we will ask you to park and go to the office to show your ID. We have different staff helping with car line each day, and this is the safest way to handle this situation so that we never hand a student over to someone that shouldn't be picking them up. I do know it's frustrating to have to park and get out, but please understand there's a lot of activity in the 20 minutes after dismissal, and we have to put safety first. Having a consistent protocol keeps our students safe.

• Our students earned a glow dance party by reaching our goal of raising $50,000 for the Fun Run! On Friday, students can wear their brightest neon colors. PTO will host the party for each grade level.

• Monday is our first day of "Student Clubs!" This is a school-wide effort to build relationships, get kids involved in areas of interest, and explore new activities. Teachers and staff offer different club "topics" and students choose where they want to participate. We'll be doing this each month throughout the year.

• Volunteer Q & A - I had a great question from a parent, and I want to clarify about being a Level 2 Volunteer. On the application for a Level 2 volunteer, it implies that you need to volunteer at least once or twice a week, but please know this is NOT a requirement to be a level 2 volunteer.

Reminders:

• Mark your calendars for this year's "Holiday Meal" on November 16th. This year 3rd and 4th grade families can attend with their children on November 16th. Please RSVP using this link so we can have an accurate estimate of how many non-students will be attending. www.tinyurl.com/wvesholidaymeal22. *Teachers will share specific lunch times with you as we get closer to the date.

• Technology Damage Fees - We are starting to see some natural wear-and-tear on our devices for 3rd and 4th grades. For each repair request, our team has to determine if the device was damaged by basic "wear-and-tear" or if it was damaged accidentally, on purpose, or through neglect or inappropriate use. If a device was damaged by the student through inappropriate use or neglect, we will send an invoice to the family. Please talk with your child about taking very good care of their device, especially if we get to the point that devices are brought home.

Have a great week!

-Mary Nichols

Principal

Weaverville Elementary

Lace up your running shoes and join us at 10:00am for our inaugural Blackhawk Bolt 5K on Saturday, November 19, 2022. We are laying the foundation for a Weaverville race series with the North Buncombe Middle School's Chilly Challenge 8K where "Birds of a Feather Run Together!"

*Click here for more information

The Cross-Country team at NBHS has designed this exciting new ROAD TO TRAIL 5K course on the North Buncombe High School campus shown below!

* Register by November 1st to guarantee your race shirt.

Inaugural special pricing for all ticket prices: $20

Here are some clarifications about Level 1 and Level 2 Volunteer Requirements:

• Here's the BCS Volunteer Website with a link to the Volunteer Tracker.
• All volunteer applications are completed on the BCS Volunteer Tracker. When you go to the tracker to complete the application, indicate if you're interested in Level 1 or Level 2. The requirements change depending on what you choose. The Level 2 requirements are more in-depth regarding your background check.
• If you're planning to go on a field trip with your child, we're asking that you are Level 2. It might take a little while for the background check to run, so please do this as soon as you can. We also have a Volunteer Video we'll ask you to view. *This is the same presentation people attended in person with our WPS and WvES Counselors a couple of weeks ago.
• You do not have to volunteer "more often" to be a Level 2 Volunteer. It's only a. more intensive background check.
• If you're ever working with students in our school without a staff member present (think, reading or math groups or something along those lines) we need for you to have a Level 2 Volunteer status.
• If you are unsure of your status, please email Ashley.Mendoza@bcsemail.org.

Parents and Caregivers of 4th Grade Students,

It's already time for our school yearbook team to start working on the 22-23 yearbook! Every year we have several pages of yearbook devoted to fourth-grade students' baby photos. It's always so much fun for students and staff to guess who each student is!

If you would like your child to be included in this part of the yearbook, please email a BABY photo of your child to Karen Adair, WvES staff member. Her email is karen.adair@bcsemail.org.

If you are not able to scan or upload a photo for us, please let us know and we can do this for you in our front office. Go ahead and start searching for that favorite baby photo to send to us!

The deadline for accepting photos will be October 30th.

• Free/Reduced Lunch Application: www.lunchapplication.com
• Please do not check your child out between 1:55-2:55 so that we can have a safe and calm dismissal for students each day.
• Please always let us know in writing if there is a transportation change for your child.
• Please let us know by 1:00 pm if you are changing your child's regular dismissal procedure.

Phone: 828-645-3127

Address: 129 South Main St., Weaverville, NC 28787

Email:

Mary Nichols - Principal (Mary.nichols@bcsemail.org)

*Please email both office staff if you have a dismissal change.

Dawn Flanigan-Bryson - Data Manager (dawn.flanigan-bryson@bcsemail.org)

• attendance
• student information/records
• immunizations
• enrollment

Ashley Mendoza - Head Secretary (Ashley.mendoza@bcsemail.org)

• general inquiries
• money questions related to school
• bus questions

• 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.