Good afternoon, Woodson Wave Families, this is Liz Berry with some updates for the coming week. First a big congratulations to our Staff Member of the Week, Ms. Stephanie Mowbray. Ms. Mowbray has worked so hard to plan and lead Children’s Mental Health Matters Week for the guidance team. She has done such a great job and planned many fun activities as well as a celebration for our students.
Congratulations to our Students of the Week, Sammy Bruce in PreK-4, and Damon Sterling in 2nd Grade. Sammy always has such good manners in his class and always greets all of his classmates in the morning. Damon is being celebrated for working well with others and being a huge help to them. He also contributes to classroom learning and is a student you can count on. This is outstanding boys! Keep up the great work!
Students who have perfect attendance from May 9th through June 9th, will receive an ice cream treat to beat the heat. Attendance matters, so please make sure to send your child every day.
The last day for Clubs, is Monday, May 19th. The last day for After School Tutoring is Thursday, May 29th.
A big shout out goes to our 3rd grade GT Awesome Airplane winners; Adalynn Nasuro and Daria Konstantinova, who went on to compete and won at the county level last week. Way to go ladies!
Congratulations to our 4th grade GT Rowdy Racers winners in 1st place, we have Brayden Butler and Ryley Taylor, 2nd place is Temperance Cooper and Wesley Brimer, and in 3rd place Jett Tyler and Nash Jones. All of the 4th grade GT members did an amazing job. Our 1st place winners will compete at the county level on Monday, May 19th.
Our 5th grade students will be competing at the school level this week.
The End of Year PBIS trip permission slips have been handed out this past Friday for those students eligible. Students in PreK3 & PreK4 will be going to Coco’s Funhouse. Students in 1st through 5th grade will be going to Frontier Town. The different grades are going on different days, which are noted on the slip. Permission slips must be returned by Friday, May 23rd.
The band and choir students will perform their Annual Dessert Theater on Tuesday, May 20th. Doors will open at 6pm beginning with desserts served by our very own band choir students. The performance will begin at 6:30pm. Students should wear black bottoms with their Woodson Waves Music t-shirt and meet Mrs. Jones in the music room at 5:45pm. We look forward to a wonderful concert put on by both groups!
On Wednesday, May 21st, our Kindergarten students will be taking a field trip to the Chesapeake Dairy Farm. It is sure to be a good time.
This Thursday, May 22nd, we will have our annual Transition Night, Parent & Teacher conferences and Art Show from 4-6:00 pm. You may bring your child out to meet their next years grade level teachers, receive summer materials, and view the school Art Show, put on by Ms. Taylor. You may also have a conference with your child’s current teacher, if you wish.
Friday, May 23rd will be a Woodson Spirit Day, where students can wear a Woodson Elementary shirt or House Shirt with uniform bottoms.
Thank you for taking the time to read this message and have a good evening.