White Rock Hills Newsletter
August 26, 2022
Family Appreciation Week
Thank you for being a part of our WRH village! We hope we were able to show how much we love and appreciate you all!
Join us for 1st VIP meeting!
Acompañanos a la junta de VIP
VIP Meeting
Acompananos a nuestra primera junta de padres para saber sobre informacion importante sobre como hacer voluntario, y como involucrarte en la escuela.
Monday, Aug 29, 2022, 06:30 PM
8185 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Can't attend this meeting? Check out our upcoming VIP meetings
Upcoming Event Next Month
Vea las oportunidades en las que su estudiante puede participar en el Mes de la Herencia Hispana! Esto sera todos los miercoles a partir del miercoles 14 de septiembre - 12 de octubre.
LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR CLUBS
Clubs will be after school on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 4-5 pm, starting on 9/6/2022. Your scholar is going to get the chance to choose 1 club per semester; participation is not mandatory but is highly encouraged! We have everything from cheerleading, choir, and yearbook!
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT ORDER!
Can you carpool?
Want to Earn FIVE eat with your scholar Purple Passes and FIVE dress down passes plus a way to get additional FREE carline tags???
Keep reading!
We are looking for families who would be interested in carpooling to cut down our carline time plus save you some gas.
If you would be interested, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/gHxJfUApbqY39Cqy6
If you fill out the form, it does not mean you are committing to carpooling, it just means you would be interested in learning more. If you officially start carpooling, you will earn 5 Purple Passes, 5 Dress Down passes, and we will give you additional carline passes for FREE!
Carline
- Please DO NOT arrive early and stack up. This delays the start of our line and negatively impacts the community around us. Please do your part and do not arrive early.
- Please scoot your car up as close as possible when you get to the scholar drop off zone at the front. The closer cars are to each other, the more scholars we can get in and out at the same time and the faster it makes carline.
- In the scholar drop off zone, please get as close to the curb as possible to leave room for the passing lane.
- Please help us by getting scholars in and out of cars as quickly and safely as possible.
Parent Communication Platforms
Este ano estamos trabajando continuamente para que nuestras familias se comuniquen con nosotros. Hemos creado un folleto para explicar todas las formas en que nos comunicamos. Ademas, estamos comenzando nuestros primeros grupos en el aula! Esta sera una excelente manera de comunicarse con otras familias en las aulas de sus alumnos. Asegurese de leer las expectativas adjuntas y luego escanee el codigo QR para comenzar! Envie un correo electronico a la Sra. Colman a lcolman@uplifteducation.org so el codigo QR no funciona. Incluir el nombre del estudiante, el maestro y su numero de telefono celular?
Room Parent Volunteers
Please see this year’s room parents below so far. If you see a classroom with an opening and you are willing to be there room parent this year, please e-mail Mrs. Colman ASAP! Thanks! 😊
Volunteers needed!
We are in DESPERATE need of more volunteers. Please see below from last week. Please EMAIL MS. COLMAN, lcolman@uplifteducation.org and tell her any opportunities you are interested in and we will get you connected!!!
CLUBS – would you be willing to run an after school club once a week from 4-5pm? We could really use a parent to do a sport like soccer, basketball, etc.
ROOM PARENTS – Would you be willing to be the “lead parent” for your scholar’s classroom? Room parents do the following:
help coordinate classroom parties
help coordinate field trips
get volunteers for classroom needs like copies, lamination, cutting things, etc.
Help organize supply donations
Organize monthly “play dates” or meet ups for classroom families
PARENTS WHO KNOW HOW TO BUILD THINGS – We are looking for parents that could help build and donate the below items for school, if so, please e-mail Mrs. Colman.
Picnic benches
Conference Room Table for PreK Conference Room
Portable Stage for Performances
25-30 Tree Stumps for an outdoor classroom
- EVENTS - Would you like to sign up to help plan school events like Hispanic Heritage, Black History Month, our Spring Fling, Talent Show, and more?
- COPY FAIRY – Set up a time to come weekly and help make copies and laminate things for our campus! Super fun and a great way to get to know other families and staff members.
- RECESS COVERAGE – Would you be willing to help cover recess for our teachers to give them extra planning time? Please see below times and please let us know if you can help cover! For every 5 recess you help cover, you will earn either a free dress down pass OR purple pass – you can pick! 😊
Recess - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Grade Level / Time
Kinder 9:30-10:00
1st 1:20-1:50
2nd 9:00- 9:30
3rd 12:50-1:20
4th 12:20-12:50
5th 10:37-11:07
Recess - Wednesdays
Grade Level / Time
Kinder 9:30-10:00
1st 1:20-1:50
2nd 12:20 - 12:50
3rd 12:50-1:20
4th 10:00 - 10:30
5th 10:37-11:07
Sign up to Volunteer on VOLY!
We are so excited to have you back on campus for the 22-23 school year! As we prepare ourselves for the upcoming school year, we would like to ask you to update your VOLY accounts & for new families we are asking you to create an account.
For new families, I’m sure you’re saying, “what is VOLY”? VOLY, is a Volunteer Management system that the network/district utilizes to keep track of all volunteer opportunities that are happening on your campus. We also use this system to store media releases for families by campus and complete background checks for volunteers. This volunteer management system helps us to ensure that every adult that works with our scholars on campus is thoroughly vetted, and we are maintaining a safe environment for your children.
Every year our families are asked to log into their VOLY accounts and complete your media release and background checks for the coming school year. We are also asking families to update any personal information as needed.
Please utilize the below URL to login to VOLY and complete the above. We are also attaching a VOLY Resource Guide to help walk you through the steps.
Uplift App Information
This week you should have received an email from the district with login information for the Uplift App. The Uplift App allows parents to set push notifications for scholar grades, attendance, and lunch account balances. Parents can also access current grade information, previous grades, campus contact information, and much more.
To use your Apple or Android device:
- Go to the Apple App Store or Google Play on your device.
- Search for Uplift Education and download the Uplift Education app.
If you need login information for your account, email Ms. Salazar at tsalazar@uplifteducation.org with the first and last name of your child.
Free/Reduced Lunch Application
As you may know, this year, we transitioned to Titan as our school meals management system. We are aware of the delay in processing lunch applications, and we appreciate your patience. We want to assure you that your scholar will receive free breakfast and lunch for the first 30 days of school.
If a meal application is not submitted and approved by September 1st, the scholar will be considered a paying scholar. Breakfast will still be free for them; however, the cost of lunch will be $2.95 every day.
Please note, applicants that do not qualify for free lunch will be able to add funds to their account starting August 15th. If you are unable to add funds through the Titan portal, your scholar can take the funds to school and a Child Nutrition Program worker can assist you or your child with making a deposit into their Titan account.
Complete the free/reduced meals application as soon as you can: https://family.titank12.com/
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Uplift White Rock Hills
Website: https://www.upliftparent.org/Domain/3186
Location: 7370 Valley Glen Drive, Dallas, TX, USA
Phone: (469) 914-7500
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