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Schedule Changes!

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:31:43 -0600

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.

Classified Week

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:07:29 -0600

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!

PARKING PROBLEMS

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:33:00 -0600

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!!!

Sara

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:51:00 -0600

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.

Sara came to WES in 2005 with owner and handler, Anne Malver (Ms. Anne) after earning her Pet Partner certification through the Delta Society of Bellevue, WA. She was also certified as a
R.E.A.D. (Reading Education Assistance Dog) through
Intermountain Therapy Animals of SLC, Utah.

During her 5 years of service at WES, Sara’s calm, sweet nature supported the learning of hundreds of students who loved her. She was truly an integral part of our school, and will sorely be missed by all. One 3rd grade student on our playground captured Sara’s essence perfectly as he wrote in the sand with a stick, “Sara loved everyone, and everyone loved Sara.”

PARTING IMAGE: After deciding to call off the search (due to lack of daylight) we all stood around Nancy’s horse saying our goodbyes. I decided it was time to let go of Sara, thank her, and wish her well. At that quiet moment, a brilliant star shot across the night sky…

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
There will be a ”memorial” with a mail box set up in the WES library beginning today through 3/1. Please feel free to write a note honoring Sara. Many kids have already taken the time to do this, and are benefiting from the experience.

Another way to honor Sara is to donate any amount of money or a bag of food in her name, to The Humane Society. Please bring your donations to the school office by 3/1.

Thank you, Sara! You will be missed!

January '10 Wildcat Winners

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:00:00 -0600

Congratulations to the FIRST wildcat winners of the new decade! Our January 2010 WIldcat Winners are...

Tanner Coleman
Ryan Colbert
Kyle Hannahs
Chance Pettygrove
Emily Gilderoy
Cameron Hatler
Sarah Piper
Kekoa Visperas
Joshua Poulin
Katherine Lewis

Great job to these fabulous people and good luck for next month! Keep earning those wildcats!

Emergency Phone Call Test

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:22:00 -0600

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.

If you did not recieve a call sometime in the first week of December, please let the WES office or District office know so your number can be added.

Delay of Open House

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:10:00 -0500

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.

Please, remember that conferences will be held on the 16th,17th, and 18th of November. Also please note, the 16th of November has recently changed on our calendar to a half day to accomodate conferences.

SilverStripe installed!

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:45:00 -0500

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.

What does this mean to you, our Wildcat end-users? Nothing much really. It's a lot more user friendly now than it was before, with simplified navigation. It's also newer and fresher, which means it's more secure, and hopefully will grow better and not obsolete. Soon we hope to be hiding little treats throughout that will make you and your children want to come back to see what's new. For now there may be some glitches and errors, Let us know and we'll fix them as soon as we can!

We hope to be putting together a 'Welcome Tour' in the near future, and if we do, this will be the place to find it. Thank you for your patience through this change!