The Selwyn Staff and Administration are excited to welcome back our Selwyn Eagles for in-person learning this week. It was great to see our Rotation A students on Monday and Tuesday and we look forward to our Rotation B students returning tomorrow and Friday. For reminders about arrival and dismissal procedures, please click HERE for the Special Eagle Email sent last Friday.

Join us for today's Wow Me Wednesday where Ms. Strand will be hosting a lesson in Spanish for our students. You can access an optional activity page HERE.

The February 24th Wow Me Wednesday will focus on a favorite student past time: VIDEO GAMES! CMS and New Hanover High Schooler’s from the Carolina Fintech Hub YTAC program (Youth Technology Apprenticeship Camp) will put on a variety show using popular games like Minecraft and Rocket League to show how video games can not only build important skills like teamwork, leadership and communication… but also how STEM, coding and technology come together to make some of their favorite things possible. Selwyn students will get to see first-hand how they can learn to code their own video games, and parents will get a chance to see how esports can be a powerful force for personal development when structured properly.

Right after next week's Wow Me Wednesday session, students will also get a chance to sign up for the new Selwyn Esports Competition, where they will compete in Minecraft and Rocket League, and the champion teams from each grade will face off against each other in an epic tournament live streamed on Twitch where their family and friends can cheer them on.

All third, fourth and fifth graders are invited to perform in the upcoming Virtual Performance Showcase. The Virtual Performance Showcase will take place on Thursday, April 29 during our annual “Selwyn Celebrates the Arts”/PTA meeting. This year, all student performances will be prerecorded and showcased both during the virtual event and as well as being available for viewing after the event.

Interested in participating in the Virtual Performance Showcase? Click HERE to fill out the Showcase Performer Form and Mrs. Pasour will be in touch with more details! Sign-ups will be open until March 1.

Contact Mrs. Pasour via email with any questions: jennifern.pasour@cms.k12.nc.us

We are excited to announce a Family Fun Virtual Painting Event on Friday, February 26 from 6:00 -7:00 pm with Heidi Kirschner, an award-winning painter and parent of two former Selwyn Eagles. 

Please see the supply list for the event for you to purchase your own supplies.

We have reached the halfway mark of the Building Blocks campaign and have raised just over $14,000. Thank you to the families who have already donated. Click HERE to see a list of donors to date.

The first 100 families to donate will receive a yard sign, as seen in the picture!

There are also several prizes to be won:

Currently, the classes with the highest participation are:

Gardepe- 38%

Lockwood- 25%

Vande Weghe- 20%

Valois- 19%

Hager- 18%

Building Blocks dollars go toward classroom technology, walkie talkie repairs, classroom

libraries, EOG prep material, playground equipment and much more. See the two photos of what your 2020 Building Blocks dollars are in the process of building.

This year, in addition to necessary classroom purchases, we’d like to raise enough money to

resurface the track and add an umbrella shade to the Play 60 playground such as the one

shown in the picture.

To donate, please visit the Building Blocks page at https://selwynpta.org/fundraising/building-

blocks/. Send any questions (or opt out of the yard sign) to Alison and Zvonimir Milas at

bbselwyn@gmail.com.

Click HERE for a link to a list of Board positions. If you are interested in helping, please email Whitney Seeburg at whitneyseeburg@gmail.com and we will find a position for you. We can use everyone’s help! We are also in need of volunteers who have accounting, finance and web development skills.  

Please see attached VIDEO for this week's WSEL broadcast.

Thank you to those joined us for last week's PTA meeting and special presentation on helping our kids through the pandemic (fears, anxiety, social and emotional health) with Dr. Emma Kate Wright Reif. Please see below for some great resources shared by Dr. Reif: