4.16.21 Memorial Day Weekend Update

The Board of Education adopted a calendar for the 2020-2021 school year, which incorporates four emergency days in the schedule. To date, we have used two of those days. As a result, we will have an expanded Memorial Day break.

Please be advised that if we have no additional emergency school closings prior to May 28th, school will be closed on Friday, May 28th and Tuesday, June 1st , as well as the scheduled Memorial Day, which is on Monday, May 31st.

School will resume on Wednesday, June 2nd.

Lafayette Elementary Celebrates Yoga Day

Lafayette Elementary students celebrated Kids’ Yoga Day on April 9th. Kids’ Yoga Day is the biggest day in kids’ yoga every year, with participants and children all over the world preparing to do the same simple five minute routine and celebrate the power of yoga, fitness and mindfulness. Yoga can also be an effective tool to help calm the body, prevent health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, obesity and stress.

Scroll through the pictures to see the amazing yogis from Lafayette Elementary practicing their poses. 💚

Packanack Celebrates the Love of Poetry

Packanack Elementary School had a virtual visit from poet, Darren Sardelli on Friday, April 9th. He gave an enthusiastic and inspirational presentation to the students. He described his background and how he became a poet, and he also recited some of his favorite poems that he has authored. He spread a love of poetry throughout the school while everyone was able to learn about poetry during National Poetry Month!

WTPS Foodservices: PHASE V PLAN

Wayne Public School’s Return to School Plan Phase 5 begins on Monday April 19, 2021. This letter is to help the school community understand what the Wayne Schools foodservices team is offering to every student. The Phase 5 plan will expand the secondary school’s (Middle & High Schools) day to a full day schedule by cohort with a lunch period. For elementary schools, the K-2 cohorts will be eliminated on 4/19 and the 3-5 cohorts will be eliminated on 4/26. Elementary school dismissal will remain at 1:45pm without a lunch period. Wayne Schools is approved until the end of June 2021 to serve free breakfast and free lunch to every student in the district.

The Preakness Early Childhood Center and Elementary schools will still have the option to preorder their lunches each week to be delivered to the classroom at dismissal. The preorder lunch site is open every week starting on Wednesday at 5pm and closes on Sunday by 4pm for the upcoming week. The site link can be found on the district website’s Foodservice Page. Click on the Fork & Knife on right side or copy & paste in your browser https://sites.google.com/wayneschools.com/lunchforms/home

The students attending in person instruction at the Secondary Schools (Middle & High Schools) do not have to preorder their lunch. The Foodservices Team is planning to feed every student the free lunch that will distributed during the lunch period. We will follow the school menu that is posted online. The lunches will be prepared in a safe kitchen and individually packaged for service. If you do not want your child(ren) to receive the free lunch during the school lunch period: Please complete the slip at the bottom and bring it to their school cafeteria before or at lunch time.

Any student that is staying home for all Virtual Learning can continue to preorder the weekly meal packs on line(see details above) or contact the foodservice office to sign up until June 30, 2021.

Please contact the foodservice office at 973-317-2239 with any questions or more information on the services offered.

Click for the full letter.

Wellness Newsletter - March Edition

The Wayne Township Public Schools would like to share the newest Social, Emotional, and Wellness newsletter with our community which includes many family support resources and several timely articles about coping with anxiety during these challenging times.

Click here to read the March Edition of the SEL Newsletter