Week of March 13th

NEWS & UPDATES

REMINDER! No school for students on March 13th and 14th
THANK YOU for a FANTASTIC Glow Run on Friday! It was so much fun for all! We are very grateful for our PTO, staff, and Boosterthon folks who helped make it such a great experience for our students. Thank you to all families who came out to help and support us.
It's WJES Career Week! We will be celebrating with some dress-up days all week! (See dates below)
We are excited to welcome Jeff Mather, Artist-in-Residence, starting March 15th- March 30th! He will meet all students in a schoolwide assembly on March 15th, then continue imagining and designing sculptures with 1st graders for their garden space until the end of the month! Check out his amazing work at other schools on his Facebook page, Mather Site Art and make plans to see our new 1st grade garden art at the WJES Spring Arts Festival, March 30th, from 4-7pm.

March 13th and 14th: No School for Students
March 15th: "Dream Big about College
& Careers"-PJ's Day
March 16th: "College & School Tech Day" Wear your dream college gear
March 17th: "When I Grow-Up Day"
Dress like what you want to be when grow-up
March 20-31: Parent Conferences

March 22: Early Relase Day (School dismisses at 11:30, and there is no After-School Program.)

Check out the Breakfast & Lunch Menus HERE.

Upcoming Staff Birthdays:

March 12th: Shane Cronic
March 15th: Cynthia Williams
March 16th: Amanda Miller
March 20th: Isa Martinez
March 24th: Jill Schwindt
March 27th: Ruthie Dryden
March 30th: Kaye Elrod
April 12th: Elena Vanderkooi
April 13th: Robin McClung
April 17th: Kathy Venable
April 19th: Holly Porter
April 20th: Russ Johnston
April 21st: Amanda Banks
April 24th: Joe Leach
April 27th: Ty Norwood
April 29th: Courtney Philips
April 30th: Shonna Duffy

Spotlight: Young Georgia Authors District Winner

Congratulations to Olivia Gao for being selected as the kindergarten winner of the Jackson County District Young Georgia Author's Competition! Her writing piece titled "Unicorn Kindness" will continue into the RESA competition, with state winners announced by March 23rd! We are so proud of you Olivia!

School Spotlight: New Playground Piece

We are so excited to have our new playground equipment installed! This was purchased with PTO funds from the Boosterthon last year. Thank you to The Copponex Group for helping make this playground piece happen!

Spotlight: Science Olympiad

We are so proud of all our WJES Panthers who competed in the Science Olympiad Regional Tournament on Saturday, March 11th. Our team placed in 3 events; Data Crunchers, Paper Rockets, and Metric Mastery!! Way to go, Panthers!

Do you know any families that have upcoming kindergarteners?

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