Volume 6 | Issue 5 | September 17, 2021 |
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Board Brief & Video | September 13 |
The latest board brief (for the September 13 meeting) has been posted. Check it out on the right sidebar of our Agendas & Minutes page.
Click here for a video of the September 13 meeting.
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Budget Hearing & Annual Meeting | September 27 |
On Monday, September 27, we will hold our budget hearing and annual meeting starting at 6:30 PM in the Community Board Room. Check our webpage for more documents for the annual meeting.
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Student Family Assistance Program |
A healthy home and family life helps to nurture academic excellence. To promote healthy homes, minds, and families, Whitnall is continuing to offer the Student and Family Assistance Program (SFAP) to all K-12 students and families. The SFAP is a free and confidential benefit, paid for by the school district, to help your family create a healthy, supportive home environment and develop strategies to overcome various life challenges. The SFAP offers direct counseling and consultation with licensed professionals using a family systems approach.
The SFAP offers families (up to) six consultations per issue. While many concerns can generally be resolved within the SFAP services, SFAP counselors will help connect families to additional community resources and/or insurance-based providers if they are needed.
To learn more about these services visit Aurora SFAP or call 800-236-3231. You can also reach out to the Pupil Services staff in each building or visit our district webpage for more information.
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The Whitnall Middle School Cross Country team will be hosting a Whitnall School District open cross country youth race for any student 8th grade and younger. Please see the attached informational letter for details. Hope to see you running with the Falcons!
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Student Chromebook Protection Plan |
Just a reminder that students in grades 4-12 who are transporting a district Chromebook home every day have the option to purchase a Chromebook Protection Plan to help cover the cost of any unintentional damages. The optional Protection Plan can be purchased in the Infinite Campus Parent Portal on the ‘Fees’ tab. Follow the link to ‘Optional Payments’ for step by step instructions. The offer to purchase will only be available through October 1, 2021.
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Are you planning a baby shower and looking for a place to hold your party? Are you a scout leader and need a place to hold your meetings? The Hales Corners Library has two community meeting rooms and both are open for use. Room use applications are handled by Circulation Supervisor Seth Harrison (414-529-6150 ext. 13).
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Homecoming Dance Ticket Sales |
Homecoming Dance tickets will be on sale Monday, September 20, Tuesday, September 21, and Wednesday, September 22 during ALL LUNCHES. There will be no sales after school. All current Whitnall High School 9-12 grade students are able to attend the dance. Students must turn in a signed permission slip when paying for their ticket. All students who wish to bring a guest must turn in a guest permission slip with the correct signatures (see permission slip) for it to be accepted when purchasing tickets. Students will not be allowed to purchase any ticket(s) without a permission slip. Tickets are $20 each.
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Technical School or College Courses |
Interested in taking a course at a technical school or college? Early College Credit and Start College Now Applications are due in the Counseling Office by October 1 to take a class second semester. WHS website with applications. Students need to fill out 3 applications,
- The Whitnall application and the ECCP/SCN application
- Application for the type of institution they want to attend, public, private or technical school
- School specific application - look at the process and application materials at the school you want to attend.
Interested students should make an appointment with their counselor to discuss their ideas and options.
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Student Council is hosting spirit week September 20-24.
Monday (Sept. 20): Pajama Day
Tuesday (Sept. 21): Twin Tuesday, pick a friend or teacher to dress with matching colors/clothes
Wednesday (Sept. 22): Patriotic Color War, 6th(wear blue), 7th(wear red), 8th(wear white)
Thursday (Sept. 23): Hawaiian Day
Friday (Sept. 24): Whitnall Blue and Gold
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WMS Students at Sporting Events |
WMS administration would like to share the following guidelines to ensure a pleasant spectator experience for both students and parents for our home sporting events.
- WMS students MUST be accompanied into the games by an adult. Students should not be seated in the visitor student section.
- WMS students MUST enter at the main gate and pay the $3 admission to the game, unless their parent has purchased a Booster Club membership ($30 for middle school only families).
- WMS students MUST adhere to the student code of conduct and represent the school in a positive manner.
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The photo retake day for WMS is October 12 and it will take place at Whitnall Middle School during school hours.This is for families who would want to retake their child’s photo, or for any student who did not get their photo taken during our original picture days prior to school starting. If you ordered a picture package, but would rather have a retake on this date, your child will need to bring the original package back on this date. |
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WMS PTO is holding their fall school spirit wear sale through Ideal Logo. Orders are accepted through September 20. Use the WMS Spirit Wear 2021 link to order.
Please help support WMS PTO’s fundraising efforts by participating in one or both of the programs below:
Box Tops for Education - Use the Box Tops app on your phone to scan your store receipt, find participating products and instantly add cash to WMS PTO’s earnings online. For more information please go to: https://www.boxtops4education.com/ If you discover a traditional Box Tops clip on a product, you can still clip it and send it to school. Every valid Box Tops clip is still worth 10¢
Find us on Facebook and Instagram at Whitnall Middle School PTO and/or follow us on Twitter @WhitnallMSPTO.
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The EES PTO is collecting information for the EES Student Directory. Our EES Student Directory is a great way for parents to stay connected with fellow EES families. This information is only used for directory purposes and information you share will not be shared with anyone outside EES. EES PTO Members, you will receive a free directory as part of your $5 PTO membership. If you are not a PTO member, you may purchase a directory for $8. Directories will be available for pickup/purchase in early October. If you would like to be included in this year's Student Directory, please click here to complete the form by September 27th. Be sure to only include your children who attend EES.
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We encourage our students to join in the fun with spirit days for homecoming next week. Here is the list of the spirit days. EES students will also watch the homecoming parade with their classrooms on Friday afternoon.
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Only 4 days left to place your order for spirit wear! The sale closes on Sunday, September 19!
Thursday, October 7 from 4:30 to 7:00 PM, take the night off from cooking! Edgerton PTO invites you to join us for a Spaghetti Dinner! Place your order form today. *BONUS* An outdoor Scholastic Book Fair will also be held during the event. Stop by to shop when you pick up your dinner. Stay tuned for more book fair details!
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Health Room Paraprofessional Needed |
Edgerton Elementary has one opening for a part time health room paraprofessional. Interested candidates should apply on WECAN (Wisconsin Education Career Access) Position # 117505 or contact Ms. Zei at 414-525-8900 for more information.
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If you have not yet ordered a community t-shirt for your child, please do so no later than September 24. We would like every student to have a shirt, which is worn on special days throughout the year. The form (submit 1 for each child in your family), is located HERE.
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Morning Drop Off Procedures |
Our morning drop off procedures continue to improve! Please help us get even better by allowing students to separate from parents/families at the safety sidewalk and walk up to the building on their own. We know some students need assistance getting out of their vehicle but once they are out please look for staff members in green safety vests who are there to help escort our youngest learners to their designated doors. Utilizing these helpers will avoid parked cars and keep the drop off line moving so the next row of cars can unload.
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Please consider helping us with our PBIS Wishlist. Items will be used for student incentives throughout the year. If you’d like to donate, items may be ordered from Amazon. You can also sign up for Amazon Smile and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the HCE PTO. Here’s the link to our wishlist: HCE PBIS Wishlist
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Whitnall’s Homecoming is next Friday. To celebrate, we are having spirit days September 20 through September 24. The list of spirit days can be found HERE.
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Principal Chat & PTO Meeting |
We hope you will join us on Tuesday, September 21 in person or virtually for the first Principal Chat at 6:30 PM followed by the HCE PTO meeting at 7:00 PM. To join virtually follow this meeting link.
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