From the Principal's Desk
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From Ms. Day:
Dear Wharton Families, thank you so much for your support of the Doig Family during this difficult time. If you would like to drop off any cards or notes of remembrance there will be tables set up in the driveway on Wednesday and Thursday with people there to collect acknowledgements in loving memory of Melina Flores Doig. Please do not get out of your car. These remembrances will be given to her family.
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Wharton End-of-Year Closeout: Pick Up Student Belongings & Drop Off School Items.
Mark your calendar for this coming
Wednesday, May 27 & Thursday, May 28
for a drive-thru process that will be in place for dropping off of any library books, textbooks, calculators and possibly chromebooks that students have borrowed. You will also be able to pick up any student belongings that they may not have been able to take home before the school closure. See additional details in the link below.
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Happy Memorial Day weekend! We all are tired of being at home, but we still need to be careful. Hand sanitizer on the go! Make sure you bring some with you in your car. Continue to social distance as much as possible. Mask up in crowded areas. The virus hasn’t gone away yet, it is still active and will make a resurgence if we are not playing it safe.
Please go to
https://www.houstonisd.org/counseling
if you need some extra support. When we feel helpless, it is useful to do something we can control, like exercise, art or even yard work. Let your children know they can still chat with me on TEAMS, if they need to talk.
Please read
these comprehensive guidelines
for opening schools in the fall. It will give you some insight on how schools will potentially look in August:
Hang in there! Have a great summer! Your School Nurse, Dana
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Broadcast/Online Access to HISD @ H.O.M.E. TV Lessons
- Broadcasts will increase by one hour next week to include Special Education and Fine Arts lessons.
- We are continuing to air HISD @ H.O.M.E. TV lessons through partnerships with Univision/ Unimas67 and Fox26/My20.
- My20 continues to air English-language lessons for students on Mondays and Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. to noon and Spanish-language lessons on Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Unimás 67 continues to air Spanish-language lessons Monday-Friday from 7:00-8:00 a.m.
- Along with our current distance learning platform, HISD @ H.O.M.E. TV continues to provide instructional videos from 9:00-11:00 a.m., 1:00-3:00 p.m., and 5:00-7:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.
- Segments in English and Spanish are broadcast on HISD TV on Comcast Ch. 18 and Ch. 99
U-verse, as well as online via HoustonISD.org/LiveTV.
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Library Services
Read Houston Read Goes Virtual:
To keep our students engaged in reading even while they’re learning remotely, the Department of Library Services, in partnership with the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation and the Children's Museum of Houston, has launched the Virtual Read Houston Read Program, which will run May 7 - July 2, 2020. Current Read Houston Read volunteers are invited to record themselves reading one of nearly 50 available Read Houston Read and Reading Roundup book titles. Recorded videos will be shared with participating Read Houston Read campuses and uploaded for students to view. Volunteers may also facilitate a virtual book-chat session with a Read Houston Read book/activity guide in realtime with first-grade classrooms or student groups using Microsoft Teams.
We are excited to see this valuable program continue in a new format to meet the ever-changing needs of our community. If you have any questions regarding the Read Houston Read online program, please email HISD Library Services at
LibraryServices@houstonisd.org
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Houston Zoo News:
(The following message is being shared with you directly from the Houston Zoo.) Everyone here at the Houston Zoo is always thinking of you guys and all the amazing things you are doing to help us save animals in the wild. We recently did a blog post about some of our school partners that are helping to save lions in the wild. I thought it might bring a smile to you all.
We wish to share
this link
with you and your students/ family so that they may see what other schools in the area are doing.
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Art Integration Notes
HMNS @ H.O.M.E. Learning Lesson and Video Series:
Facilitated by our Houston Museum of Natural Science teachers, our goal is to present the city of Houston with the naturally occurring phenomena and patterns that occur in our world. The HMNS @ H.O.M.E. Learning Lesson and Video Series is available to all teachers, students, and parents within the HISD community. The HMNS remote learning is a five-day experience that consists of one-pagers and accompanying videos. Resources are available to teachers via the HUB and parents via the following links:
FotoFest
has a Youtube channel where you can watch videos about the current FotoFest show on African Cosmologies.
Watch here
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Great Projects for students to do at Home!
Renzulli Learning has many Project-based Learning ideas for you and your child to explore. Please see the information in the following documents about how to access and use Renzulli Learning at home. Be sure to complete the Student Profile first--it’s quick & fun! It can be done in a choice of many languages. For assistance with Renzulli email Ms. Selin at
pselin@houstonisd.org
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5th Grade + Wharton Middle School
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5th & 8th Grade Virtual Promotion Ceremonies:
All students are invited to participate in our virtual promotion ceremonies for both 5th and 8th grade which will take place online during the afternoon of Friday May 29th. All parents will receive their invitation via email by Saturday, May 23rd.
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5th & 8th Grade Live Promotion Celebration
:
Students get ready to decorate your cars and show your Wharton Spirit! We will be having two Car Parades during the evening of Friday May 29th. Our 5th grade car parade will start at 5:00 PM and 8th grade car parade will start at 6:00 PM. We will send out all details including the parade route through our campus.
RSVP 5th
&
RSVP 8th
8th Grade Class of 2020 T-shirts:
Can't wait to see you next Friday, May 29th, picking up your class t-shirts and sending/waving your good-byes from your car! Keep in mind, a surprise guest will be helping distribute your t-shirts.
Puerto Rico Letters
:
It’s not too late! Students please send in your letters by Wed. May 27th. Subject/topic: empathy letter in Spanish to students in middle school who have suffered through earthquakes, hurricanes, and now Covid-19.
Harry Potter
:
All middle school students will be reading or re-reading a Harry Potter book to honor Ms. Doig. Parents send us a picture of your student reading their favorite Harry Potter book for include in the memory book for Ms. Doig’s family.
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Wharton's 90s HomeBOUND Spring Gala
:
Thank you to all parents and friends of Wharton that supported our fundraising event by sponsoring, donating or bidding in our live and silent auction. Our Spring Gala has always been our biggest fundraiser and we appreciate your support despite the current unprecedented times. With your help we were able to raise a little over $10,000 that will go to support all the various programs at Wharton. If you have any questions please reach out to Bo or Susan at
Gala@whartonpto.org
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Wharton Yearbook 2020:
LAST CALL!! If you did not pre-order your yearbook, you may still reserve a copy of our yearbook via our
school store today
. We will send out a notification once we have information on delivery date.
2020-2021 PTO Board Nominations:
Thank you to all the parents that have committed to be in our board for the next school year. We know it will be challenging but we will do our best to support our Wharton students, staff and teachers. Please take a moment to review our candidates and cast your vote before Friday May 29th:
VOTE HERE
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From Wharton PTO Board:
If you would like to help celebrate Ms. Doig by helping us decorate the school please send an email to
Ivonne Aguirre
today.
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