Coming up later this week on Thursday is the Young Writers Conference at Marshdale at 6:00pm. On Friday 4/4 is the Silent Auction and Spring Dance. Our fundraising focus for the Silent Auction is a permanent shade structure on the playground. We’ve tried to make do with temporary covers, but the wind is so powerful that we cannot keep them in one place or in good condition for even one season!   

Beginning on Monday, April 7th, our 3rd through 5th graders will be taking the state standardized tests, the Colorado Measures of Academic Success. The state requires that we cover anything on the walls that might help students with the content so we plan to make the most of that space. Please come in and write notes of encouragement to your child and their class.  Butcher paper and markers will be available outside of your child’s classroom from 7:20-8:00 and from 2:35-3:00 on Thursday, April 3rd and Friday, April 4th. Students in kindergarten through second grade are also going to draw pictures and write messages to their older study buddies, encouraging them to persevere and do their best. Please help your child do their best by ensuring they get plenty of rest and have a good breakfast each day.  We also ask parents to avoid absences except for illness during the three week testing period from Monday, April 7th through Thursday, April 24th.    

You likely received a communication from West Transportation regarding the use of the bus loop for cars.  It is difficult for buses to navigate and see around cars that park in the bus loop. Cars should use the parking lot/car line to drop students off between 7:20 and 7:40 when our buses need access to the bus loop. If you arrive at 7:40 or after and there are no buses in the loop, it is okay to pull in. In the afternoon, you may use the bus loop until 2:00 pm.  After that, please plan to park in the regular lot or garden lot to pick up your child.  Thank you for helping us keep kids safe and our bus drivers happy!    

Lastly, I want to share some security upgrades that will be installed at Wilmot this spring.  We are adding multiple cameras that will allow us to see the outside of the building more clearly.  This includes the installation of a new camera by the front door that will give us an unobstructed view of people requesting entry into the building.  In addition to the physical space, the district is investing in a guest management system for all schools. Unfortunately, this will not take the place of the tiered background check system that many of you have filled out over the past couple of months. Those forms must be completed each school year for parents or grandparents who want to volunteer in the school or for field trips. 

Thank you for choosing to be a part of the Wilmot Wildcats family! I look forward to seeing you at school this week.

Stephany Fritz

Principal, Wilmot Elementary

Hi families! The art room is looking for pinecone donations! If you are able, please search your yard for pinecones and fill up a bag for the art room! If you are feeling extra generous, I'd love help with chopping the pinecone into thirds, using a lopper,  like the picture above. This can be done at home, or you're welcome to contact me and we can organize a cutting party in the art room! Thanks for any help you can provide.

The Lab Card Program supports tuition assistance to ensure every sixth-grade student, regardless of financial capacity, can attend Outdoor Lab. To join the program, you simply need to link your King Sooper’s shopper’s card to the Outdoor Lab Foundation through the King Soopers Community Rewards Program. Visit the Foundation's website to find instructions. It takes about 3 minutes.

Once enrolled, any purchase moving forward with your Shopper’s Card will allocate a portion of King Soopers’s annual donation to the Outdoor Lab Foundation. The more people participating on behalf of the Outdoor Lab Foundation, the more money they can provide in tuition assistance to our students.

This is not only important for our families so that they can offset or eliminate a financial burden, but it is also important to your colleagues. This money can be used for various purposes such as booking engaging evening presenters for the students, paying for a sub day for lead teacher Outdoor Lab planning, buying supplies, etc.

Please take a few minutes to enroll yourself in the Lab Card Program and spread the word!

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