It is time to begin! The building looks beyond amazing, the classrooms are ready and all the preparations have been made. I am looking forward to seeing the entire Woodlawn staff on Monday, the families on Wednesday at locker set up and students showing up on Thursday for the first day of school. I am very excited about this school year and all of the opportunities that our students will experience.
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Locker Set Up Day
MARK YOUR CALENDARS – Locker Set Up Day is THIS WEDNESDAY, August 14 th from 4-7pm
IT IS NOW TIME TO ORDER YOUR BACK TO SCHOOL ITEMS!
Log in to Membership Toolkit to order the following for your student:
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Gym clothes and locks (required for all Woodlawn students)
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Locker shelving (a student and parent favorite!)
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Spirit wear
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Dessert day and special lunch
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And more!
You can also sign up to volunteer for PTO committees as well as dessert day and special lunch.
Join us in the gym on Locker Set Up Day – August 14 th – to pick up your ordered items.
PRE-ORDER by AUGUST 13 TH AT NOON to receive pre-order incentives on gym clothes and
locker shelving. Pre-order now in the comfort of your home! If you do not pre-order before
Locker Set Up Day, please be prepared to wait in long lines that day to place your order.
Check out the PTO Blog for additional details. Contact Laura LaCroix or Jinny Baw with questions.
Approved Snacks: What Parents Need to Know
The District has revised the APPROVED SNACK LIST, adding more items to this list to give families more choices. The items the list includes are free of the Top 8 allergens: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy, and wheat.
This list includes the foods that are approved for students' Daily Snacks. It also includes (for children in Grades 1–5) foods approved for Special Events such as birthday treats for a class or for PTO Halloween, Winter, or Valentine's Day parties.
IMPORTANT: All items for Daily Snacks–with the exception of fruits and vegetables–MUST be prepackaged to allow staff to easily check that snacks meet the approved requirements.
Director of Educational Services Amy Gluck also has provided responses to FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs) about foods approved for daily snacks/special events.
For your convenience, find links to the District 96 Approved Snack List and Approved Snack List FAQs on the homepage of the District 96 website and the homepage of each school.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
This Thursday, August 15th. We will run a HALF DAY schedule. Students will be in session from 7:45a.m. until 11:10a.m.
Friday, August 16th
We will have a full day of school. 7:45a.m. until 2:30p.m. There are no late buses on Friday, August 16th.
Curriculum Nights
Come and meet all of the teachers your child will have this year. 6th grade will be , Monday August 26th while 7th & 8th grade will be on Wednesday, August 28th. Each night begins in the gym at 7p.m., followed by a walk of your child’s schedule. It will last until roughly 8:30p.m.
Picture Day
Picture Day is August 22nd during our P.E. classes. Go find your middle school yearbook picture and show it to the family. It will probably make them feel better. I cut myself shaving in 7th grade on picture day. I was a wolfchild.
iPad Distribution
Students will receive their iPads on either Thursday or Friday. Woo hoo.
Woodlawn Information
Look in this blog or on the Woodlawn website to see information on clubs and sports, study halls and daily announcements throughout the school year. I will have more detailed information in the blog next week on clubs, sports and study halls!
Finally, I want you to think about your favorite teacher/professor. Take 30 seconds and get that person in your head. I will wait….
How did that person make you feel, think or act? For some of you, I am sure that someone popped into your head right away. Others may have needed to compare a couple of people and still others may have struggled to even find one. Teacher efficacy is essential for the success of our students. I am wildly proud of the staff that has been assembled for this school year. When you have had the success that Woodlawn continually achieves, your people are chosen for other opportunities to lead and share the impact that this building has had upon them. The great thing about the Woodlawn culture and level of expectation has been established, is that it drives this staff to continually achieve great things. If I were to have a wish, it would be that every student who goes through Woodlawn one day says that one of their middle school teachers is that favorite teacher. As for me, Dr. Peterson was my guy. Dr. Peterson was a music professor at my college. For three years, my major was baseball. He was teaching a humanities course and I just happened to be assigned to him. He really challenged me to take my learning to a deeper level because he knew that I was capable. He changed my whole perception of what I was able to achieve. The thing is, he will never know the impact he had upon me. Luckily, I know. See you next week.