april 14th, 2024

NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month

Mrs. Fritz's message

Dear Wonderful Wilmot Parents,

I hope you're enjoying the amazing weather this weekend. Although I am sure we have more chilly weather to come before summer, the sunshine and warmth felt so good. Last week was a lot of fun at Wilmot as you can see by the many pictures. We had an amazing Wilmot Warbler’s concert on Thursday evening. Thank you to Mrs. Karford, Ms. Kim, and to all of the Warblers for their time and effort this year! There is one more practice this week and then a final concert for the student body on April 23rd.

On Friday we conducted our Evacuation Drill to Evergreen High School, assisted by our Principal of the Day, Evan Courington. We started with a fire drill at 8:45 and then moved into the evacuation drill. We safely moved all of our preschool through 5th grade students and staff to the high school and took attendance in less than 15 minutes! All students did a great job walking calmly and quietly over to the high school for this drill.

Principal for the Day

Principal Courington

Principal Courington and I enjoyed lunch from his choice of restaurant, Beau Jo’s, and attended the Author’s Tea hosted by our kindergarten students. The kindergarteners were so excited to sing for their families and share the books they wrote this year. I hope this is the start of a new tradition for kindergarten!

Please take a few moments to scroll down and look at some of the items up for bidding in the PTA Silent Auction, including opportunities in the fall and spring for your child to be the Principal of the Day. It will be open until this Friday at 6:00 pm. This Friday is also the spring Friendship Dance in the gym and cafeteria from 4:30-7:00 pm. Kids always have a blast! Please see the links below to purchase tickets.

Lastly, I want to share the wonderful news that Wilmot will have an Assistant Principal next school year. After a rigorous interview process, we’ve chosen Katie Piane to be our new AP. Katie is a member of the Evergreen community and was a teacher and administrator at Evergreen Middle School before taking a couple of years off to be with her own children. Currently, she is an Assistant Principal at a middle school down the hill. Katie is excited to bring two of her three children with her to Wilmot. Though she will not officially start at Wilmot until July, she attended our Wilmot Council meeting this month and will be one of the panelists for a parent presentation on May 2nd from 5-6 pm. I will share more details next week about this presentation focused on how you can support your child as their social and academic environments change.

Please check out the Wilmot Weekly for other happenings this week. I look forward to seeing you at school and at the spring dance on Friday!

Stephany Fritz

Principal, Wilmot Elementary

Katie Piane, incoming Wilmot AP

Kinder Author's Tea

Wilmot Warblers Concert

field Trips

1st grade field trip - The Denver Zoo on Wednesday, April 17th.
Kindergarten field trip - The Denver Zoo on Friday, April 19th.
5th grade field trip - Rockies STEM Day on Thursday, April 25th.
4th/5th field trip - STEM Skate City, Monday, May 13th.
4th grade field trip - Center for Women's CO History, Monday, May 20th.

school dance

We just wanted to send a friendly reminder that the Friendship Spring Dance is ONLY 5 days away! It's THIS FRIDAY, April 19th!

We are putting on a great event for our students. We will have the dance in the gym, a local business expo in the cafeteria where you can check out some local businesses and nonprofits, selling root beer floats, preview silent auction items, create a DIY friendship bracelet kit and more! Slife's will be there slinging shaved ice and hot dogs and plans to bring extra staff to keep the lines short. There will also be a Friendship Art project in the hall hosted by Mountain HeArt Therapy (a mid-sensory option) and a Low Sensory Experience in the Library hosted by Seven Dimensions Behavioral Health.

We are still looking for dance sign up volunteers to help make this event a success for all the kids. Please sign up here The slots are only 30 minutes for most shifts and we need your help!

You can purchase dance tickets and also preview some of the silent auction items that will be available here . Consider buying tickets online in advance to save $.

The silent auction bidding kicked off Friday!! We are continuing to add items each day so keep looking.

Thank you! Wilmot PTA

Bidding is now open for the silent auction to benefit Wilmot! Click here bid or Buy items now! PS Those VIP Parking spots go fast!

We have some really great options this year which include trips, lift tickets, baskets, local excursions, dining, school parties, extra recess AND MORE!!!

Reminder that anyone in the community (not just Wilmot attendees) can bid, but must be able to pick up their winnings at the school (except for electronic certificates which can be emailed).

The funds raised will be directed towards acquiring essential items for the school, not provided by the district, to benefit both students and teachers at Wilmot. Our goal this year is to raise $12,000 to cover the costs of remaining items requested.

Continuation celebrations

Preschool: Thursday, May 23rd from 1:50-2:35pm
Kindergarten: Wednesday, May 22nd from 1pm-2:35pm
5th grade: Thursday, May 23rd from 5:30-6:30pm

2024-2025 School Supply List

24-25 school supplies

We wanted to let you know that the 1st day school supply store is now open.

Wilmot Store Link: http://1stdayschoolsupplies.com/kits.php?sid=19861

This is the BEST way to buy school supplies for next year, with our partner, 1st Day School Supplies.

Get the exact supplies your teacher requested packaged all in one beautiful, newly redesigned box. They only sell the highest quality branded products like Ticonderoga, Elmer's, Crayola, and Fiskars... GUARANTEED!

Plus, you will be amazed at how much money you save compared to shopping at Walmart, Target, and Amazon, up to 30%.

A portion of the sale (roughly 7% of these boxes goes back to the Wilmot PTA).

The store is open now through June 30th, and come delivered straight to your home before the start of the 2024-25 school year.

Thank you! Wilmot PTA

Watch dog signup

Calling all Watch DOGS, current and new! Starting in March and through the end of this school year, Watch DOGs will be competing in a fun and friendly competition to see who volunteers the most for each month and wins a PJ, stuffy, or popsicle party for their child/children or grandchild/grandchildrens classroom.

For those who are interested in joining Watch DOGs, love competitions, but most importantly want to win a classroom party please reach out to us at wilmotwatchdogs@gmail.com to be added to the signup emails.

Unit 4 Family Letters

K-5 IM Family Resources

Sixth

Accelerated 6th

Math Resources & information

Jeffco Public Schools has adopted a new math resource for our kindergarten through 12th grade students. For many years, children in the United States have lagged behind children in other countries in math achievement. Research about the way other countries teach math has given us a window into why. Countries that consistently outperform the US emphasize conceptual understanding over rote memorization. In addition, struggling is not seen as a failure, but a path to deeper understanding. Illustrative Math grew out of what researchers learned about how other countries successfully teach mathematics. We understand that making this shift feels uncomfortable to parents (and teachers) who themselves learned math through memorization and repetition, but we believe this is a worthwhile change that will lead to deeper understanding and better outcomes for our children. To help parents better understand the change and support their children, we've included several online resources here. The videos are especially helpful! Please reach out to your child's teacher if you have additional questions or for more links to grade-specific resources.

Wilmot pta

PTA Ice cream social

Meet us at The Colorado Creamery on April 25th for fabulous ice cream and Wilmot friends.

PTA Rapids night

Hi Wonderful Wilmot Families,

We have another Colorado Rapids - Wilmot PTA fundraiser coming up this spring. This is for the Saturday May 11 game against the San Jose Earthquakes.

$5 of every ticket purchased goes back to the PTA!

Please use this link below to purchase tickets:

https://rapids.spinzo.com/Wilmot

Thank you for supporting the Wilmot PTA!

Community

Evergreen children's chorale

Come enjoy the classic Aladdin Kids and Into the Woods Jr (a fun and engaging interpretation of some classic fairy tales with Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack in the Beanstalk and more) performed by Evergreen Children's Chorale! Shows are running at Center Stage April 12-14 and 19-21. See who you know in the Aladdin Kids Cast or the Into the Woods JR Cast and come see them shine on stage. Or just come and support and enjoy local theater in our community.

Tickets going fast - get yours today!

More details here

Conifer Play Therapy is hosting a FREE parenting workshop via zoom, starting March 6th. The group will teach parents how to support their children's safe usage of the digital community.