Last Week: By the sounds of it, the fifth graders’ trip to Williamsburg
was a smashing success … unofficial polling has Thursday evening’s haunted
experience as the favorite highlight!
Likewise, the first graders’ trip to the Science Museum & Prairie
Ridge was equally as incredible – a study of ecosystems at its finest. Our athletes made us proud at the Special
Olympics, and our K, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade
students offered a fine welcome for our Magnet Schools of America Tour. Several first grade students overwhelmed the
visitors with their welcome song (full of cuteness), and the 4th
grade music students held us speechless with their beautiful performance. Not to mention the classroom learning that nicely
complemented all of the activity! All in
all, it was a grand week at Wiley International Studies Magnet Elementary
School!
[A comment shared by one of the conference attendees from Texas, "Wiley was such a happy place. I enjoyed seeing the happy students and
staff throughout the building.”]
Spirit
Week: To kick off International
Carnival, Wiley will be having a SPIRIT WEEK (May 4-8). We wanted to share the
details so your family can prepare and even celebrate at home. This won't be
the typical spirit week. Instead, it incorporates ways to investigate the
world, hear others' perspectives, and take action. We hope you will enjoy this
fun week by showing your true Wiley Spirit. View the
SPIRIT WEEK FLYER here.
International
Carnaval: International Carnaval (formerly International Night) is fast
approaching. Please mark your calendars for Friday, May 8th from 6-8 pm. Food
Trucks and the Photo Booth will begin opening at 5:30 pm. In order to
make this event a huge success, we need the help of volunteers. Our committee
has been very busy organizing, creating, contacting, and delegating! We
are down to the final details, and you might be able to help. Please check out
this sign-up link
HERE to see if there is a spot where you can help. We look
forward to showcasing our International Studies theme with our Wiley family and
friends.
Proctor Time! We are in GREAT need of EOG Proctors. This means you! We have
15 of 61 spots filled. Thank you to those of you who signed up at
Science night! We know it's not the most glamorous job, but we want to keep our
teaching assistants working in the K-2 classes during the week of May 18th.
Your job is to silently monitor students working. Please click on the
link below to sign up for a 3-hour block. After you sign up, please click on
the second tab on the bottom to include your contact information. I will be in
contact with exact details. While EOG testing is only several days of our year,
we need your help to make it run as smoothly as possible. With your time and
help, we ensure that every student has a positive testing environment.
Please contact Chris Gower Hahner with
any questions: chahner@wcpss.net
Special Education
Services Survey: If you are the parent of a student
with a disability with an IEP, please complete this survey: http://www.wcpss.net/spedparentsurvey.
This survey was
originally created in 2012 to gather information about how Wake County Special
Education Services met the needs of students with disabilities and their
families. It is time to see the results of our work to continue to improve our
services to students and families.
Cecilia
Rawlins Fund Fundraiser: It’s not too late to make your produce
purchase to support the Cecilia Rawlins Fund.
There’s a dedicated order page just for the Cecilia Rawlins
Fund: http://papaspuds.com/events.php?id=2. Fifty percent of the proceeds
go directly to the fund which supports our Backpack Buddies Program.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday,
April 28 – Broughton
HS to visit Wiley’s 2nd & 3rd graders to present a
play
Thursday,
April 30 – Wiley
Pals to visit our partners at Shaw University; Wiley Band Concert @ St. Mary’s
School – 7pm
Friday,
May 1 –
Broughton HS students to host 5th Grade Fun Day (kickball
tournament)
May
4 – 8 – International
Spirit Week, Teacher Appreciation Week, Single-Subject Acceleration testing
Friday,
May 8 – International
Carnaval
Don’t forget to follow us on
Twitter, too … @wileyelementary
News from our Wiley PTA
Teacher
Appreciation Week Signup: It's
time to show our teachers and staff just how much we appreciate them! This year we will be providing culturally
diverse lunches from Monday - Thursday the week of May 4th.
Please go to the signupgenius below to sign up to
volunteer and / or bring in a dish to contribute to these meals for our
fantastic Wiley teachers and staff!
Items need to be dropped off in the teachers' lounge by 10 a.m. on the
day you choose. Detailed instructions
are found on the signupgenius webpage:
Thank you in
advance for helping make our teachers feel appreciated!
Last
Wiley Band Concert of the Year—Thursday April 30th: The last band concert of the year is this Thursday,
April 30th at St. Mary’s School Auditorium at 7 p.m. Come to hear
our fabulous band perform!
International
Carnaval and PTA Election is Coming—Friday May 8th! International
Carnaval (formerly International Night) is fast approaching. Please mark your
calendars for Friday, May 8th from 6-8 pm. Food Trucks and the Photo Booth will
begin opening at 5:30 pm. In order to
make this event a huge success, we need the help of volunteers. Our committee has
been very busy organizing, creating, contacting, and delegating! We are down to the final details, and you
might be able to help. Please check out this sign-up link to volunteer:
We
look forward to showcasing our International Studies theme with our Wiley
family and friends. In addition, we will be electing our 2015-2016 PTA Exec
Board at this event. Nominations are as follows:
President: Teresa Jones
Vice President: Elyse Lyons
Treasurer: Christine Belledin
Secretary: Hadley Cairns-Heath
The nominating committee will also be reaching out
over the next few weeks with a list of board and chair openings. If you’re
interested in a role, but need guidance on the best fit, email the Nominating
Committee Chair at vp@wileypta.org
2015
Spring Book Fair — A Reading Success: Thank you everyone who came out to support the
Spring Book Fair!! A big thank you
especially to the many volunteers that made the event not only possible, but a
big success. Below are some stats to be
proud of:
32: number of volunteers
26.5: number of hours the Book Fair was open for
sales
10: number of additional hours worked to set up,
maintain, and break down the book fair
84: Number of books provided by the Book Fairy fund
Approximately $2000 in profits for the Wiley PTA
The Spring Book Fair also sponsored a guessing game
where students guessed the number of office supplies in a jar. The student who guessed closest to the actual
number won a free paperback book. The
actual number of supplies was 411, which were donated to the front office. The three winners were announced on the last
day of the book fair.
We hope all the kids had fun and were able to find
some good books to enjoy and call their own.
Special thanks go to Jill Molloy, who so kindly let us rearrange her
space and take over for the week, and who is always easy and fun to work with.
We enjoyed it and hope to see you all again next
year!
Notes
from the Final BAC Meeting of the Year: Our final BAC meeting
of the year was a panel discussion that focused on transitioning to middle and
high school Principals from Martin and
Carroll Middle and Broughton and Sanderson High Schools participated. Here are some highlights from the discussion:
·
Parents and students worry about completely
different things regarding starting middle school. While parents often focus on the work and
academic issues, students are much more worried about using their lockers and
finding their way around.
·
High School is a big place. Successful students make connections, whether
through sports, music or clubs. Parents
should help encourage their children to find their niche early on and to help
them balance their interests with their academics.
·
Day One of 9th grade matters. Students need to understand how the
cumulative GPA works and that from a college acceptance perspective 9th grade
matters more than 12th grade.
·
Teach your children to self-advocate.
·
Manage the access your children have to social
media. Technology and the Internet is
now a tool in the classroom and will only become more so, so students need
access. Keep technology as a tool and
help your kids navigate appropriate uses of social media, with limits.
