WEDNESDAY WEEKLY

January 8, 2025

UPCOMING EVENTS

January 9

Moving Up Primary (3-6) Classroom Visit

(for families of Pre-Primary students who will be 3 by 8/31/25)

9:30 a.m.

RSVP via Bloomz

January 10

Financial Aid Application Deadline for First-Round Awards

Apply Here

January 11

Virtual Admissions Information Session

10 a.m.

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January 13

WMS Sibling Application Deadline

Apply Now

January 15

Moving Up Upper Elementary (9-12) Classroom Visit

(for families of current third-graders)

9 a.m.

RSVP via Bloomz

January 20

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

No school - pre-registered child-care only.

Full School Year Calendar

NEWS & NOTES

Register for Camp Montessori!

Registration for Camp Montessori 2025 is now open! As many of you will recall from last year, many of our sessions fill to capacity, so we highly recommend signing up as soon as possible! Register for at least five weeks (as a family) by March 31, 2025 to receive a 10% early registration discount.

Note for Pre-Primary families:

As we've shared, the Pre-Primary ("Turtles") program at Camp Montessori is open to current WMS students and those enrolled for 2025-26. Please email camp@wmsde.org for assistance registering your child. Space is very, very limited for this program and several weeks are already at capacity.

Upcoming Admissions Deadlines & Reminders

As the new calendar year kicks off, there are several important dates coming up:

January 10 (this Friday!) - Deadline to apply first-round financial aid awards for 2025-26- please contact the Business Office for assistance. Please keep in mind that returning families are prioritized for the first round of awards; however, after January 10, financial aid will be offered based on remaining funds for both returning and new families.

January 13 - 2025-26 Sibling Application Deadline - Sibling applications received by this deadline will be prioritized for enrollment. Contact our Admissions Team for more information.

Week of January 13 - Re-enrollment packets open! Watch your inbox for details.

February 14 - Re-enrollment Deadline - Secure your child's spot for the 2025-26 school year! After this deadline, new students will be admitted, and your child's space may be offered to another child.

If you have specific questions regarding your child's next educational steps at WMS, please contact your child's teacher or reach out to Sarah, Cristin or Lynda.

Inclement Weather Information

We hope everyone enjoyed our first snow day of 2025. All families should have been notified of the closure on Sunday evening via FACTS (phone call, text and email) and Bloomz. If you did not receive the FACTS notifications, please make sure you have done the following:

Log onto the FACTS Family Portal to make sure your email and phone numbers are up-to-date.
Text "START" to 317065 to confirm that you are opted into text alerts (some carriers block unknown automated texts, so this should help ensure that you receive alert messages from WMS).
Add noreply@pikmykid.com to your safe senders/email whitelist - this is the email address FACTS emergency alerts now come from (the name of the sender should still say "Wilmington Montessori School").

Please note that there is a small possibility that some mobile carriers will block automated texts and calls, so always be sure to check for email messages as well as texts and voice messages if the weather looks questionable but you haven't received a call or text.

If you have any questions, please contact Noel Dietrich, Director of Marketing & Communications for assistance!

Winter After-School Yoga Program - Coming Soon

There are still limited spaces available for our upcoming after-school yoga program (run by Petit Yogi) for Primary (3-6) students!

The six-week program will begin on January 22. Participants will go directly to after-care when the school day ends, have a snack and then be escorted to the Great Room for the class. Petite Yogi, a local kids' yoga company that has previously brought yoga programs for all ages at WMS, is excited to return to our school to offer this class! Please contact Mariah Spencer with any administrative questions related to after-school enrichment programs or reach out to Hello@PetiteYogi.com with any questions specific to this yoga program.

Petite Yogi - Primary (3-6) Students

January 22 - February 26 (6 weeks)

Wednesdays, 3:45-4:45 p.m.

$110

Lower Elementary (6-9) Winter Performance: Ocean Commotion

In case you missed the show before break, check out the video of our 6-9 Program's winter concert - Ocean Commotion!

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The Wednesday Weekly shares WMS news and events that are relevant to the families in our community.

Please send submissions to wednesday-weekly@wmsde.org by 4:30 p.m. on the Friday prior to the issue in which you wish to include your information. Content may be edited for length and style and may be held for a future issue due to space constraints.

For more information, contact Noel Dietrich, Director of Marketing & Communications.

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