Have a great weekend with your families and a FABULOUS upcoming Thanksgiving Break!

NEXT GROWLER: Friday, december 1st

No School Wed. 11/22, Thurs. 11/23, Fri. 11/24

Important Upcoming dates & Events

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Littles Storytime TODAY @ 2pm
Book Fair- Online Store Still OPEN Through 11/21
MPS Foundation Jingle Event- Friday, November 17th
No School-11/22, 11/23, 11/24
PTA Red Cross Blood Drive- Saturday, 12/2
No School-12/21-1/3
Welcome Back!
- First Student Day of 2024- Thursday, 1/4

Reminders:

School Supervision Begins at 8:15 AM
The school day begins at 8:30AM.
Please partner with us to ensure students here and on time, but not before supervision begins.
Showing up Matters for R.E.A.L.
What is 'Too Sick for School'? CLICK HERE
If your child will be absent, please be sure to call the office by 8:15AM. You can always leave a message 24/7.
Call 402-715-6250 OR email your child's teacher and cc' jkmeier@mpsomaha.org

Student Council

Engagement Survey - Your feedback is welcome & Appreciated!

Your opinion matters. Millard Public Schools seeks to have engaged stakeholders to meet its mission. Strategy 1.2 (2018) calls for a survey to determine engagement of all stakeholders (students, families, staff, and community).

Please take 10 minutes to provide us with your candid input. Your answers will be anonymous. If you have students in multiple buildings, you will receive a different link from each school. The survey window will remain open through TODAY, November 17th.

🐾 Wheeler Elementary Parent Engagement Survey 🐾

MPS FOUNDATION JINGLE

WILDCAT WORLD OF CREATIVITY TREE

Wildcat World of Creativity is ready to roll @MPS_Foundation JINGLE!!

Lana Noack, Metta West, and Haley Byers had so much fun putting this tree together!

Way to go, ladies!

Loaded with more than $500 in gift cards related to our school wide enrichment theme for the year: Wildcat World of Creativity!

Huge shout out to Main Street Studios Gallery and Ty Curnes for the glass blown ornaments! Additional THANKS to Be Sweet Omaha Cookies! Wheeler students did a great job creating ornaments using their 3D printers. We also had a ton of donations from the community!

Online Bidding Available!

Wildcat Community- Please Share!

https://events.handbid.com/lp/jingle-2023

Wheely is a hungry Fella once again!

New or Gently Used books are welcome to be plced into Wheely for the next couple of Weeks!

CELEBRATING OUR GUEST TEACHERS

There is NO substitute for a GREAT substitute teacher and we have the BEST! Thanks for for all you do and for being such AMAZING members of our Wheeler Elementary School family.

Watch as we continue to celebrate those who keep Wheeler rolling without skipping a beat!

October Spotlight Guest Teachers

November Spotlight Guest Teachers

Wheeler Elementary Blood Drive!

Click Here to secure your time slot for the blood drive!

Saturday, December 2nd from 8am-2pm

Staff Gratitude Notes ✍️

This is such a busy time of year for all of our Staff Members. We would love to fill our Lounge with Gratitude Notes from the community to lift up our staff and fill their buckets with gratitude notes from the community!

Click Here to fill out the Google Form!

❄️ Wintery Conditions Are Almost Here - Wheeler Recess Guidelines ❄️

Grade-level teachers and the office staff will determine whether students will go out for recess based on precipitation, wind chill, and temperature. For teacher recess, we will plan for outside recess if the temperature or wind chill (“feels like”) is above 0 using at the time of the recess. For lunch recess, we will plan for outside recess if the "feels like" temp is 10 degrees and up. This might mean that a grade level that has a recess at 10 AM may stay inside due to wind chill, and then it might warm up in the afternoon to allow for other grade levels to go outside. We will always prefer to be outside for fresh air!

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Please dress students appropriately for the weather each day so they can fully participate. Classroom teachers will communicate with families what students in your child's grade level will be permitted to bring for outside winter play. There are many factors that go into this decision, such as length of recess, students' level of independence getting dressed/undressed, schedule for what is happening before/after recess, etc. Please make sure to take note of your child's grade level decision through their weekly communication/newsletter. Thank you for your partnership and cooperation in advance.

LUNCH & MPS FOOD SERVICE

Please go to Millard Public Schools Food Service website to learn more about My School Bucks for depositing money in your child’s lunch account or to find the application for FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.
If your child will be eating breakfast at school, we ask that they please arrive between 8:15 - 8:25 so they can eat breakfast and start the school day on time at 8:30.
Menu Info can be found here!