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Dear
Waynewood Owls,
On
behalf of the entire staff at Waynewood Elementary School, we would like to
welcome you to the 2018-2019 school year!
We cannot wait to hear all about your summer adventures. We have been busy working to ensure that we
are prepared for another amazing school year. We are so excited to welcome the
returning students back into our school, as well as meet all of our newest
owls.
Waynewood’s wonderful
teaching staff and support personnel want to ensure that every child is
successful. Our goal is to support and
encourage each child to achieve their full potential by instilling in them an
intrinsic sense of self-worth, curiosity, and a love of learning. If there is something going on that may
impact your child’s success or focus during the school day, please communicate
this to your child’s teacher, the school counselor, an administrator, or any
other staff member. We are all here to
support you and your student in the pursuit of excellence.
Being actively involved
in your child’s education is essential in developing a strong partnership
between home and school. We have many
volunteer opportunities available, and we hope to see a lot of you throughout
the school year! We are a school where
everyone shares in the responsibility for the success of every one of our
students. We have a wonderful PTA here
at Waynewood, and we would encourage everyone to be a part of this
organization. Our first PTA meeting will be on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. PTA meetings are usually held on the first
Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm in the Waynewood Cafeteria.
This year, we will
communicate information to you in a variety of ways. We use the News You Choose system for our
weekly message from the principal. If
you have not already done so, you will need to opt in to this system to
continue to receive these newsletters.
You can opt in at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/VAEDUFCPS/subscriber/new. Today’s newsletter was also sent through the
Keep-in-Touch system so that it reaches those who have not yet registered for
News You Choose. We often post photos on
Twitter (@waynewoodes) and Facebook. We
will continue to use Wednesday folders for flyers and other important
information as well.
Please see below for important information and updates. This is going to be an exciting year of
learning and growing together. See you
at Open House!
Sincerely,
Katie Cachine
Principal
Alice Berenbaum
Assistant Principal
Open House will
be on Monday, August 27. The schedule
for Open House is:
Kindergarten
9:30
a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Grades 1-6
11:00 am -12:00 pm.
This is a
wonderful opportunity for your child to meet their new teacher and see their
classroom.
Class lists for students in Grades K-3 will be posted in the
cafeteria. Students in Grade 4 can
proceed to the Owl’s Nest to see their class lists. Students in Grades 5 and 6 will find their
class lists posted in the gym. Please note that we may need to relocate the
class lists due to Renovation and/or inclement weather (4th
grade). If this is the case, we will
send an updated location.
If you ordered supplies through
the PTA, you will be able to pick those up during the Open House. School supply kits will be available for pick
up in the gym during Open House. Stop by
the gym before you go to your new classroom so that you can bring your supplies
with you!
If you ordered supplies and you are unable to attend Open House, they
will be delivered to students’ classrooms.
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Students with missing
immunization requirements must submit those requirements before receiving a
teacher assignment. Please remember that all 6th grade students are
required to have a TDAP shot record on file in order to be assigned to a
teacher.
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Remember that all students must have updated immunization information on
file and a complete registration packet in order to start school on August 28,
2018.
- Parents of students who do not meet these requirements will be called to
pick up their student and keep them home until these requirements are met
The main office has been temporarily
relocated. To access the main office,
please go to Door 2. Once you have been
buzzed in, please go up the small set of steps, and then turn right. The office is the first door on the right
after the student bathrooms. You must go directly to the
office each and every time you enter the building.
To use the handicapped accessible entrance (Door 3)
closest to the main office, please follow the signs to the left of Door 2. Door 3 is an accessible entrance. Once you enter through Door 3, turn
right. Go to the end of the hall and
turn left. The main office will be on
your right, after the student bathrooms.
There is also an accessible entrance located at
Door 8 (SACC).
The following link will give you more information regarding extended
hours/locations of the various Health Department offices offering immunizations
for school entry:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/immun/immunupdate.htm
Emergency care, health
information, and other required forms can be found online at:
https://www.fcps.edu/registration/forms
The opt-out parent information can be found online at:
https://www.fcps.edu/registration/opt-out-forms
Breakfast and lunch menus
can be accessed online at http://fcps.nutrislice.com/ . These menus, as well as information about
putting money on your child’s lunch account and how to apply for free or
reduced meal prices, can also be found at http://www.fcps.edu/fs/food/food_at_school/.
Meal prices are as follows:
Student Breakfast $1.75
Student Lunch $3.25
Adult Lunch $4.50
There are three ways to purchase meals:
1.
On Line Using www.MySchoolBucks.com
This user-friendly service is free, convenient, private and secure. Once
the account is open, parents can check the fund account at any time.
2.
Check
Make checks payable to “Waynewood Food Services”. The check can be
provided to the food service manager or mailed to: Food and Nutrition Services,
6840 Industrial Road, Springfield, VA 22151. A local address and phone
number are required to be printed or handwritten on the check. The
student name and PIN number are required on the check memo line.
3.
Cash
Cash may be brought to the food service manager’s office for deposit on
student’s account, or students may pay cash on a daily basis.
Back to School
Night will be on Thursday,
September 6 at 6:30 p.m. There
will be two sessions offered to accommodate families with multiple children. Back to School Night is a wonderful way for
parents to get to know your child’s teacher and learn about the classroom
expectations and grade level curriculum. We hope
you will be able to join us! There will
be limited parking available that night, so please consider walking if you are
able. When the doors open for Back to
School Night, you may go directly to your child’s classroom.
The first day
of school is rapidly approaching! The Waynewood staff will be available to help
all students find their room on the first day of school, which is Tuesday,
August 28, 2018. Students need to be in
their classroom when the final bell rings at 9:15 a.m. Students may begin going directly to their
classrooms at 9:05 a.m. Students who
wish to buy breakfast may also go the cafeteria when they arrive in the
morning. It is always a good idea to
have students arrive at school on the first day the way they will come to
school the rest of the year (Walker, Kiss and Ride, or FCPS bus).
Please note that Kindergarten students must be met by an
adult in the afternoon at the bus stop. Kindergarten students will not be allowed to exit
the bus without an adult to meet them.
If your kindergarten child is a bus rider, they will have a piece of yellow
tape placed on their backpack strap to let everyone know that they are in
kindergarten and need to be met by an adult.
Please do not remove this tape, as we use this as a safety
precaution.
We take the
safety and security of our students very seriously at Waynewood. FCPS policy requires us to monitor every
adult that enters the building. Because
of this, we cannot allow parents to walk their students to classrooms. We do make one exception to this rule and
that is only for our
kindergarten parents during
the first week of school. We
recognize that this special time is sometimes harder for the parents than it is
for the students, and we would not deny you the opportunity to take one last
picture during the first week! We would
highly encourage you to let them try it on their own after the first day of
school. Kindergarten parents need to
exit the building by 9:20 am so that we can begin to establish our classroom
routines. We appreciate your
understanding as to why we are strict about this policy and would be happy to
answer any further questions you may have as to the care we take to make sure
your children are safe when they are in our care.
Please note that as part of our safety plan, every time
that you come to school to volunteer, have lunch, or pick up your child, you
are now required to show an ID. Your ID will
also be scanned into our computer system.
This also applies to aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. that may come
with you for lunch. This is an FCPS policy and we are required by the Office of
Safety and Security to enforce it. We
appreciate your help with this, as we all have the safety of our students in
mind.
Please keep in
mind that the buses are often late to drop students off in the afternoons
during the first week of school as drivers adjust to the routes and traffic
patterns. As a late school, we are the
last bus run of the day, and delays with earlier bus runs can have a big impact
on our buses.
After the first
week of school, you will be notified if the buses are running late for any
reason through the Keep-in-Touch system.
The
construction crews have been hard at work all summer to ensure that the
building will be ready for teachers and students to arrive. The
cafeteria is nearing completion and is larger than our old space. The new library and art rooms will be ready
to go to start the new school year!
The renovation
timeline is ever-changing due to weather and unforeseen circumstances. We will continue to work hard to inform you
of changing timelines as we learn them.
A big thank you
goes to our custodians, who have gone above and beyond to clean and prepare the
building in the midst of the construction.
We really have an amazing crew!
There will be two doors for
walkers to use to enter and exit the school.
Walkers from Potomac Lane may continue to use Door 8 (the SACC door).
Walkers from Waynewood Blvd may use Door 3, which is located around the side of
the building near the temporary main entrance (Door 2). After the first few weeks of school, we will
see how the flow of pedestrian traffic is working, and re-evaluate as needed.
We will
continue to use the same system for Kiss-and-Ride for the 2018-2019 school
year. Kiss-and-Ride will be located in
the parking lot area. The loop for Kiss
and Ride will use the entire parking lot.
Please follow the signs. The
student drop off area is located by the side of the cafeteria. Kiss
and Ride will begin promptly at 8:55 a.m. Please do not drop students off
before 8:55 a.m. A staff member must be
present before Kiss and Ride can begin.
Please note
that the back gate (behind the field) will be locked promptly at 9:15 a.m. each
morning to ensure the safety of our students (particularly those in the Owl’s
Nest) throughout the school day.
Students arriving after that time will need to go to Door 2 and report
to the main office.
If you plan to
drive your child to school, we ask that you use the official Waynewood
Kiss-and-Ride, which is accessed from Waynewood Blvd. Student safety is always our #1 priority, and
we need your help to ensure the safety of your child.
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