PAWS is our school-wide acronym that supports positive behavioral Intervention and supports (PBIS). This muli-tiered framework allows schools to be a more effective place and it establishes a social culture and behavior supports needed to improve social, emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes for all students. Throughout the first few days of school students at Wilson will learn the expectations for their classroom, hallway, playground, cafeteria, bathroom, and bus expectation. As parents, we ask that you discuss what they are learning about the expectations and discuss the importance of these behaviors. Daily students will receive PAWS tickets that will be entered to win in a weekly drawing. One or two students from each class win in the drawing and then go to the AMAZING PAWS cabinet for a prize. Bi-weekly the teachers and staff choose a PAWS pupil that exemplifies PAWS behaviors throughout the month. They will receive a certificate, a prize from the cabinet, and invite a family member to eat lunch with them the following Thursday.

• 10/07-Saddler to Ready, Set, Swim

• 10/10--Jones & Walling to STARBASE

• 10/11-PAWS Ticket Winners 

Popcorn Sales will be throughout the year. All proceeds help support classroom and school-wide incentives. Next few dates:

10/18     11/08    11/22    12/06   12/20    1/10    1/24

If you are available to help support with popping popcorn on Friday mornings please let any PAC members know. We would love to have you. You must fill out a volunteer form to pop popcorn. 

If you child was absent this week for pictures we will have retakes on Tuesday, October 29th. 

Yearbook orders can be ordered at ybpay.com and enter the Yearbook ID 15326225. 

Message From Lifetouch:

        Dear parents,

        School pictures are ready!

 To order, log in to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an     account using your student's student ID number.

 All families can also log on and order a FREE Digital SmileSafe card.

 More about the Smilesafe program here.

 Thank you!

Please make sure to verify your student's absences. It is considered unexcused without a phone call, email or note. Please call 358-5700, email the office at blowe@alpenaschools.com, or log onto your Parentvue account to excuse them.

If you have a change in plans that you need to notify your child of regarding end-of-the-day bus/pick-up, please call the office before 3:30 p.m. This allows us time to relay messages and prepare a smooth transition to the end-of-the-day procedures. 

Parents, please call the office for any changes in your child's bussing situation. You may not write notes for the bus drivers to follow. For bus drivers to make a change they have to receive a note from the office staff so they know that this has been approved by parents or guardians. 

***To check your student's bus route information

Go to ParentVue using the app or website, and select student info. Then scroll to the bottom and click additional information for their bus routing schedule provided by day as well as AM and PM. If it is incorrect or needs to be changed then there is an automated transportation request on the first page at the bottom of ParentVue.

School Store Dates

This year we will be having school store once a month. There is no obligation to purchase items from the school store it is completely up to the families.

                      10/11    11/8     12/6    1/10    2/7     3/7     4/4     5/2 

Michigan State law requires a school to schedule five fire drills, two tornado drills, and three school safety/security drills (e.g., lockdown, shelter in place, etc.). These drills will occur throughout the school year. We will be having drills starting this week. Please discuss with your child the importance of following all safety procedures and protocols as we participate in these very important drills.  We practiced a fire drill and tornado drill this week at Wilson. 

Here is the link to our Wilson Wildcat Gear!! This will remain open all year so feel free to order when you would like. There is no obligation to order this is only if you are interested in some gear! We wear it all throughout the year. A portion of the proceeds are donated to Wilson PAC to help support events throughout the school year. The color shirts are grade level shirts that we wear throughout the year at assemblies and special dress-up weeks. Purple-kindergarten, blue-1st grade, green-2nd grade, yellow-3rd grade, orange-4th, red-5th

https://omegashop-109480.square.site/wilson-elementary 

Parents you can fill out this form anytime you would like to give a staff shout-out to a Wilson Staff member. We look forward to hearing from you and sharing your shout-out with our Wilson Team!

Wilson Community School will be holding our annual holiday program on Monday, December 16th at 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm. 

Here are the working documents of the 3-5 year strategic plan. These documents will guide all the work that we do in our building to ensure our students, families, and employees have an excellent experience at Alpena Public Schools.