Wildcat News 10

 The Wildcat News Wildewood Elementary School 8071 Ralston Avenue Ralston, NE 68127 Telephone: 402-­‐331-­‐6475 Fax: 402-­‐331-­‐9099 Website: http://wildewood.ralstonschools.org #10 December 14, 2012 Important Upcoming Dates Dec. 17-­‐21 -­‐ Candy Cane Sales Dec. 19 -­‐ K-­‐3 Holiday Sing-­‐a-­‐Long 2:45 pm Dec. 20 -­‐ Popeye’s Night Dec. 21 -­‐ K-­‐3 String Beans Assembly 9:30 am Grades 4-­‐6 – The Bug Guy 1:00 pm Dec. 24 – Jan. 1 No School! Winter Break Jan. 2 – NO School! Teacher Prep Day Jan. 3 – School Resumes A Message from the Principal….. Now that the cold weather has arrived, all K-­‐6 Wildewood students will be entering the front doors prior to school starting and will wait in the gym. Students should not be dropped off before 8:00 unless participating in the breakfast program. The breakfast program starts at 7:55 and students eating breakfast should enter the front doors. Students will report to their classrooms at 8:15. If you need daycare assistance prior to the start of the school day, please contact Amy Ekeler with Little Rams at 402-­‐898-­‐3491 as they have openings for the AM session. Thank you for your help in making sure our students start their day safe and supervised. Sincerely, Heather Nebesniak Don’t forget to bring your tennis shoes for P.E. Class! If you wear boots to school on Mr. Walsh days, you still need to bring your tennis shoes! Thank you! Heather Nebesniak, Principal Sandy Harral, Secretary Michele Morgan, Health Assistant School Hours: MTWF 8:15-­‐3:30 Every Thursday 8:15-­‐1:30 Save Pop Tabs Wildewood Cub Scouts are participating in a Pop Top Drive to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald House recycles the aluminum and uses the proceeds to help provide housing for out of town families in Omaha due to a child’s medical need. Students can bring in tabs from pop cans and place them in the tote in the front hallway. Ask families, neighbors, and friends to help collect as well. Collection of pop tabs will continue until April when the Cub Scouts will deliver the pop tabs. Miss Klich’s Second Grade Special Event As part of the Boys Town Pediatrics Book Tour, the radio station The KAT 103.7 visited Miss Klich’s second grade classroom. One of the morning show hosts, Steve Lundy, came and read “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” by Dr. Seuss and talked to the students about the importance of reading every day. Each student also received a free book of their own to take home. The highlight of the visit came when the students were recorded reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and the WIldewood Pledge. KAT 103.7 aired the recording on their morning show on Friday, December 7. If you missed out on hearing this event live, you can visit www.thekat.com to hear it at any time! Thank you so much to Boys Town Pediatrics and The KAT 103.7 for reaching out and encouraging our kids to read every day! Wildewood Pledge I pledge to work hard, do my best, and respect the safety and needs of others. Silver Spoon Award Congratulations goes out to Miss Klich’s class for recently winning the Silver Spoon Award. All students are working hard to earn this weekly award. Keep up the great work! Media Center Birthday Books Wildewood Library offers a fun way for your student to celebrate their birthday and also help the school library. To honor their birthday, students can donate $1 to the library and select a book to donate on their behalf . A sticker is placed in the book and the book is added to the library circulation. Happy Birthday to: Molly Rankin (6/5) Geronimo Stilton Field Trip to Niagra Falls Kat Busenbark (6/19) Weather at Your Fingertips Larissa Prokop (6/14) Fancy Nancy Slendiferous Christmas Manuela Oppong (6/22) Disney Princes The Essential Guide Devin Lindsay (6/25) Star Wars Carlos Orellana (9/8) Star Wars Head to Head Jessica Bowels (11/6) Green Eggs & Ham Riley Madej (12/2) Warriors Firestar’s Quest Katie Reda (12/3) Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Isabel Orellana (12/6) Ten Friendly Fish Caleb Kleckner (11/22) Duck on a Bike Madyson Rueth (11/23) Shaggy Dog’s Birthday Alex Wade (12/6) Step by Step Origami Jadyn Sacco (12/21) Make up Mess Natalie Ryan (12/23) Goosebumps Let’s Get Invisible Jazmyne Morris (12/24) Just Me and My Puppy Mia Dziurawiec (12/31) Penguin Pete Candy Cane Sales Wildewood’s Student Council will be selling a variety of candy canes after school December 17 through December 21 in the school’s lobby area. The cost is 50 cents per candy cane. Thanks in advance for your support! Wildewood Mission Ensuring learning success in a safe, caring, and progressive educational community. Hy-­‐Vee Receipts The Hy-­‐Vee Cash for Students Program continues through December 31, 2012. Please send your receipts to school, this includes gas receipts also. Hy-­‐Vee will donate $1 for every $200 spent in their stores. A Look Ahead: Winter Break—No School!! Monday, December 24 through Wednesday, January 2 School will resume on Thursday, January 3, 2013!! Sixth Dimension Members Congratulations to the sixth graders from Wildewood who were selected to sing with the Ralston Sixth Dimension. The students who were selected are: Daniel Ulrich, Nyakot Chol, Rachel Kelsey, Said Mercado and Sammi Callen. The Sixth Dimension group is made up of sixth graders from all six Ralston elementary schools. They will be performing this spring as they tour Each elementary school in Ralston and throughout the Omaha Area. School Website The website for Wildewood can be found at http://wildewood.ralstonschools.org. BoxTops/Labels For Education We will start a new classroom competition after the New Year so keep saving those BoxTops/Labels! Results of the classroom competition for 1st semester will be posted in the next newsletter. Winter Weather Since the weather has turned cold, please remember to dress your student appropriately. They will need a coat, hat and gloves even if you drop them off and pick them up from school. Students will do outside for recess unless the temperature and/or wind chill is 10 degrees or below. Safety Patrol does not report for duty on days when the temperature or wind chill is 10 degrees or below.