Due to our required state level testing, our schedule will need to be updated. There will be NO LATE START WEDNESDAYS on MARCH 17th, MAY 12th and MAY 19th! Please update your calendars appropriately, so your children aren't tardy! If you have any questions please contact our office. Thanks.
On the week of March 8th to 12, the state of Washington will celebrate it's 'Classified Week'. Classified week honors all of the 'behind the scenes' folks who make our school run, from bus drivers, para-educators , to the cooks in the cafeteria, and of course your WONDERFUL playground people! Please remember to give them a thank you during the upcoming week. Thank you!
Understandably, there are many frustrations from parents and staff surrounding the lack of parking during construction. Many people have offered suggestions, mostly to gravel the lower field. This area is part of the approved construction permit plans by Pierce County. After construction, this area will be restored as grass. If gravel is place in this area now, it will have to be removed before restoration at the school district's expense. The good news is......in about 4 weeks, construction will be complete. The rented portable classrooms and porta-potties that are now taking up parking room in the main parking area will be gone! Thank you all for your patience and understanding during this challenging yet exciting time. Please plan on attending our "Grand Opening" on April 13th to see our beautiful new school. There will be plenty of parking!!!
Weyerhaeuser Elementary School has lost Sara, our beloved Reading Education Assistance Dog. After disappearing on Sunday, February 14th, in the woods near her home, Sara’s family and friends searched day and night to find her. One final search was organized by Annie Kondra on Tuesday with 11 people on foot and first grade teacher Nancy Clark on horseback. We combed the forest near Sara’s home and found signs of cougar activity, the only clues pointing to the most likely explanation of Sara’s death.
Congratulations to the FIRST wildcat winners of the new decade! Our January 2010 WIldcat Winners are...
The school district did a test of our automated phone calling system that will alert you in the event of an emergency or weather related issue that will impact your students at school. Calls will be made for 'No School' or '2 Hour Late Start' announcements due to weather, power outage, or other issues. Don't forget to also register on http://Schoolreport.org to recieve emails or text messages.
We did not offer an official "Open House" as we have done in the past at the beginning of school. Due to construction, we have decided to host our open house later in the year when the building is complete. Parking is at best, very limited, and because the construction site is so large, for safety reasons, we would not be able to have so many people on site at one time. We are very proud of our new construction and want to include the community for a "grand opening" in December or January. You are more than welcome to come in anytime to visit your child's classroom and teacher.
For a long period our WESWildcats.com website was operated with the 'PostNuke' Content Management Software. Since development has stopped on that program, we are no longer recieving updates for security holes, modernization, or basic troubleshooting. It was a software dinosaur that has now become extict. Our new site is powered with a program called SilverStripe. It does most of the same functions as the old software, but it's more streamlined and easier to manage.
