Friday, March 6th

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Student Calendar 25-26

ParentVUE

PTA Website

Staff Amazon Wish Lists

25-26 Wheeler Staff Favorites

A message from Mr. Wunderlich & Staff

Wheeler Community,

We have had an outstanding week here at Wheeler! Students and staff have loved celebrating Read Across America week with all sorts of fun activities, presenters, and opportunities this week! Huge shout out to Miss Timmons for her work with Read Across America Week & One School, One Book! We also loved seeing all of the families who had Conferences last night; we are looking forward to seeing everyone else on Tuesday night! It is not too late to sign up...reach out to your classroom teacher, the front office, or Mr. Wunderlich if you have not yet signed up! We value that partnership so much and appreciate the time spent discussing your students.

Remember, due to conferences there will be no school on Thursday March 12th, Friday March 13th, and Monday March 16th. The next Growler will be sent out March 20th!

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Greg Wunderlich

Principal

Cookie Dough Fun-Raiser is Here!! Get signed up help your students earn prizes!!

Wheeler Elementary's has started and we need your help. Our goal is to raise money to help support our students, staff, and classroom needs. We will reach our goal if each family sells 10 or more items.

It's as simple as 1, 2, 3, to get started.

Register TONIGHT at www.ShopFund.com
Make sure you use Group Code: JH84P
Share custom support links with family & friends via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Email, Text and more.
Student Goal: Minimum of 10 Online Supporters.
Show the brochures to everyone you know and take orders in person as well.

REGISTER-SHARE-WIN: As soon as you register your child/children, they will earn instant prizes. They will also earn collecibles the more they sell. Remember to turn in coupons so they can keep earning them!

Spring Trips/Travels

Does your family have a planned trip or travels this spring that will have them missing school? Please reach out to the classroom teacher and office to notify! We have a very detailed schedule for Spring Assessments (NSCAS for 3rd-5th and MAP for K-5th) that we want to ensure that all students are participating in with the testing windows the state requires us to test in. Please let us know!!! Thank you!!

Upcoming Dates

3/10 - Parent Teacher Conferences

3/10 - PTA Chick-Fil-A Night!

3/11 - End of 3rd Quarter

3/13 - No School

3/14 - No School

3/16 - No School

3/17 - Family Maze Creation Challenge - bring mazes to school

3/20 - 4th Grade Field Trip to Lincoln

3/20 - Fun Fact Day! (OSOB)

3/27 - Jelly Bean Day! (OSOB)

Staff Appreciation Week 3/30-4/3

Wheeler 2026-27 Staffing Changes & Shifts

We want to congratulate Mrs. Chapman (2nd grade) as she enters the last quarter of her teaching career before she retires. Mrs. Chapman has taught for 38 years. She has made an undeniable impact over the course of her career and we will miss her dearly! No one brings the joy to school as a teammate and model for students like Mrs. Chapman

Mr. Larsen (5th grade) will be leaving Wheeler and staying in Millard, accepting a 6th grade Reading teacher position at Russell Middle School for next year. Mr. Larsen will continue to make a huge difference in Millard and we will miss him very much!

Mrs. Halligan (Special Education Teacher) is transitioning to Elkhorn Public Schools as a middle school Special Education Teacher next year. Mrs. Halligan's husband also teaches in Elkhorn Public Schools, and the alignment of their calendar will make for a much easier time for their young family!

With our next year's 4th grade going down from 5 classrooms to 4, Mrs. Velazco-Zornes will slide over into the Special Education role! Mrs. V-Z has her special education endorsement and actually student taught special education here at Wheeler 3 school years ago! She will be outstanding!

Mrs. Thompson (5th) will be staying at Wheeler and moving from 5th grade to 2nd grade! Mrs. Thompson has many years of experience in teaching primary grade levels and will bring an excellent perspective to the 2nd grade team next school year! Charlie Brown is looking forward to being upstairs!

Welcome to Wheeler Mrs. Erin Smail & Miss Alexa Jones!

They will be teaching 5th grade next school year.

One School, One Book (OSOB)

We hope your family is enjoying diving into our One School, One Book selection, The Smartest Kid in the Universe, as much as we are! There is something truly special about knowing that every student, teacher, and family in our community is turnignthe same pages at the same time. Whether you're reading together before bed or chatting about the latest chapter over dinner, we hope this book is sparking some great conversations and a little extra magic in your home. On Wednesday, students brought home a book and packet, take a look below at digital copies of those items and don't forget to check out our One School, One Book website! 🧠🌟📚 https://sites.google.com/mpsomaha.org/oneschoolonebook/home

We are just a couple of weeks away from Read Across America Week! 🌟 Starting March 2nd we will be celebrating the joy and power of reading books. This year's theme is "The Great Reading Expedition"! Since we're working on building a love and excitement for reading we will have a week full of reading activities at school. To make our expedition even more fun, students can dress up to match the theme each day!