PLASTIC LIDS We are continuing to WHEATFIELD collect plastic lids for our 3rd bench. If you know of a family or business that would be willing to donate the ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $200 to make the bench, please call our office. The company website is November 2016 http://greentreeplastics.com/about-us/ EMAIL TO TEACHERS If you email your child’s teacher, the teacher may PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES will be held on Thursday, not get that email message until the next day. The school’s computer November 10 and Thursday, November 17, from 4:30 – 8:00 pm. network uses filtering software. If your address is not recognized by the Information about scheduling has been sent home. Please mark your software, it gets “caught” in the system. The message is not released until calendar and plan to come and discuss your child’s achievements this the next day. With this in mind, please do not email homework requests for year. that day, emergency transportation requests, or anything that must be read PTC Meeting November 3rd at 4:00 pm. or answered on the same day. Time-sensitive information such as this NO SCHOOL There will be no school on November 23, 24, & 25. Have a should be handled through a phone call to the office. wonderful Thanksgiving! NOTES FOR ABSENCE If your child does miss a day, he/she needs to SCIENCE FAIR Our Science Fair was a great success! We had 55 bring a note to the teacher which states the reason for the absence. students participate with a total of 49 projects! Great job WES Students Absences not documented by a note are considered unexcused. and Parents! UNEXCUSED ABSENCES The State of Indiana requires the reporting of FIRST GRADE PROGRAM The first grade Christmas program is coming unexcused absences. Students who have 10 or more unexcused absences and this year we are excited to present to you “The Twelve Days of are considered by the State as “habitually truant” and must be reported to Christmas In Indiana” on Tuesday, December 6th at 7:00 pm in the the State and other authorities. Wheatfield Elementary Gymnasium. We ask that students be in their POWERSCHOOL PARENT/STUDENT PORTALS are available for the classrooms by 6:45 pm. Students will be dismissed to meet parents in iPhone and iPad. With the mobile apps you can have the convenience of classrooms once the program is over. Students are encouraged to dress PowerSchool with you all the time. Visit Apple’s App Store for these free nicely for the program. We will be selling a DVD of the performance for applications. $5.00 and will be sending order forms home after the performance. The NEWSPAPER, SCHOOL WEBSITE and FACEBOOK From time to time proceeds from the DVD sale benefit the music department at WES. articles and pictures about events at our school or student awards may be REPORT CARDS Report cards were issued for the first time on Thursday, published in the local paper, on Facebook, or on our website. If you do not October 20th. Remember that this is only one measure of your child’s want your child’s name or picture published, please notify the school office school progress. Please review, sign, and return your child’s report card as in writing. soon as possible. If you have questions, please contact your child’s DELAYS AND CLOSINGS ARE COMING….. SCHOOL teacher. Parent Teacher Conference forms will go home soon. MESSENGER….. This is just a reminder that if you have NOT updated REMEMBER TO FALL BACK It is that time of year to set your clocks your phone numbers for calls and text messages, you need to ASAP. The back an hour. On Sunday, November 6th, at 2 a.m. you will need to set easiest way to do this is to go to the PARENT PORTAL and click on this your clocks back one hour. Enjoy your “extra” hour of sleep! arrow on the upper right hand side. A window opens called Applications. PICTURE RETAKES We have scheduled picture retakes for November Click on Contact Manager. You will now see 2 tabs. The Messages tab 4th. contains all the previous calls that have gone out. The Contacts tab is SCHOOL HOURS Students who are dropped off by parents should not where you can update your numbers. Once you click on the Contacts tab, arrive prior to 8:35. Students are to wait with their parent until the doors are you will see your students listed. There is an EDIT button to the right. opened. Children eating breakfast need to be here by at least 8:40 a.m. Click on EDIT for each of your children and make any changes for calls School begins at 8:50 a.m. and students need to be seated in the classroom and texts. Be sure to check the GENERAL box for each student. If you by that time. Students who are tardy should be accompanied to the office have more than one student, and want the same numbers for each to be signed in. Dismissal begins at 3:25 p.m. student, you can click the “SAVE TO ALL CONTACTS” button and you BOOK FAIR BOOK FAIR The Fall Book Fair was a huge success! This only need to set up one student. To finish, click the bottom SAVE button. year the Book Fair sold $11,507.71. We are taking the profit, which is SCHOOL CLOSING INFORMATION All families are notified by School $5,785.36, in “Scholastic Dollars”. The Scholastic Dollars will be used to Messenger when there are school closings or delays. In addition, the build our Leveled Library collection for classrooms. Thank you to Mrs. Maze information is posted on the K.V. School Corporation website at who organized this event and the PTC volunteers who worked tirelessly to http://www.kv.k12.in.us move and pack up the books! We appreciated everyone coming and School closing information will be given to the following radio/TV stations: shopping! WLFI-TV Lafayette–Channel 18 WAKE Valparaiso 1500 AM OFFICE HOURS The Wheatfield Elementary School Office is open from WLJE Valparaiso 105.5 FM WZV Lowell 107.1 FM 7:45 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. Anytime you come to school, please make sure WXRD Lowell 103.9 FM WLQI/WRIN Rensselaer 97.7 FM & 1560 AM you stop in the office. From Our Kitchen to yours – The Lunch Program Just a few Nutritional Facts from HOMEWORK REQUESTS FOR SICK STUDENTS If you want the teacher our Program:Breakfast Meal Requirements for grades K-5 to prepare homework for your child who is not in school, please call the 1 cup of Fruit, 1-2 oz. of Whole Grain, 1 cup of Milk school by 10:00 a.m. for pickup at the end of the day. Min-Max Calories = 350-500 Daily CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS If you are going to volunteer in our Lunch Meal Requirements for grades K-5 school, be a chaperone for a field trip or help with school events, you will ½ cup of Fruit, ¾ cup of Vegetable, 1-2 oz. of Whole Grain 1 oz of Meal/Meat Alternative 1 cup of Milk need a criminal background check. Please send a note to your child’s Min-Max Calories = 550-650 Daily teacher and we will send a release form home for you to sign. Thank you BE POSITIVE……..SMILING IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH!! for helping!