Wiley News
December 7, 2020
Each Monday you'll receive this email with general Wiley news and information from school community partners - PTA, Wiley Elementary Foundation, Cecilia Rawlins Fund, and others.
The information will be archived on our website.
Wiley News
- Spirit Week - Week of December 14 - In the Spirit of our annual Wiley tradition, we bring to you Wiley's 2020 'Wiley Gives Back Spirit Week' - a week of fun for face-to-face students and VA students, alike - see image below for dress-up and give-back opportunities. If you're not on-campus during the week of December 14 but wish to make a donation, please feel free to drop off at the front door during business hours, and we'll get the goods where they need to go.
- Virtual Academy application period closes Wednesday, December 9. More information is here. If you are currently VA and can't remember whether you signed up as Fall-Only or Fall & Spring, please contact our Data Manager, Leila Ruedy @ 919-856-7723 or lruedy@wcpss.net. Change requests will NOT be honored outside of this window due to the enrollment/scheduling logistics & planning that will be impacted.
- Congratulations to our amazing cafeteria staff for posting a 100% sanitation rating recently. We are so fortunate that Larissa, Melissa, and Jimmy are a part of our Wiley team!
News from our Wiley PTA
- WE’RE ALMOST THERE! Winter Thanks is a week from Friday, and we are only ten Amazon gift cards away from our goal. Click on our Wish List below if you’d like to contribute. You are also welcome to donate a gift card of any amount to a local business for our raffle. If you’ve already signed up to donate, please remember to drop your donation at the school by the morning of 12/15. Thank you all for your amazing generosity thus far!
Purchase an Amazon gift card from this Wish List, making sure to select “Wiley PTA President” from the list of shipping addresses, so it is delivered directly to the school. (We need approximately 70 of these!) Place your order by 12/11 to allow time for shipping.
Purchase gift cards to any local business in any amount to be used in our gift raffle. Sign up here with a description of what you’d like to donate. Gifts can be dropped off at the school between now and 12/15. Stores, restaurants, coffee shops, spas, are all perfect! We can use gifts of any amount, from $5 to $50+. If you have any questions about what you’d like to donate or need ideas, please contact president@wileypta.org.
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News from our Cecilia Rawlins Fund
This December, the Cecilia Rawlins Fund needs help to pull off a holiday miracle for our Wiley community. The food insecurity at Wiley more than doubled from 38 to 80 children requesting and qualifying for food support since August of 2020. The need is unprecedented for our school. The Cecilia Rawlins Fund is working to raise funds to provide at least $100 grocery gift cards for all 80 children for the upcoming December break.
We are also working to raise funds for an additional gift card for our families as a “Holiday Helper” to provide families access to gifts and clothing for our Wiley students for the holidays. The traditional school-based program for giving will not be available this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, and the Cecilia Rawlins Fund wants to ensure every child feels the holiday cheer this year.
In all we are hoping to raise an additional $20,000 this December to distribute to our families in need. Please consider donating $100 today, but any amount will help us make it a special holiday season for our neediest students. While the holidays might look different this year for all of us, you can help us make a big difference for our Wiley community.
Go to our website at rawlinsfund.org to donate. You can choose our general donation button on the homepage. You’ll also see a “Holiday Helper” tab on the homepage to participate in that drive specifically. Every dollar raised will be spent to support our Wiley students.
Sincerely,
The Cecilia Rawlins Fund Board
PS This is an all-volunteer organization, so every penny that you donate goes directly to our families in need and is tax deductible.
News from our Wiley Elementary Foundation
Introducing a NEW Wiley Tradition
With nearly 100 years of service to generations of Wake County students, Wiley Elementary School remains fixed on St. Mary’s Street, freshly renewed and ready to serve generations to come. While we planned to celebrate with you in-person, we hope you will take a moment to enjoy the video below offering a glimpse into our new space and a reminder of Wiley’s timeless spirit of resilience and community.
Robert L. McMillan, Wiley Student 1929-1935, and Leslie Taylor, Principal,
share Wiley’s Past and Future:
Video Link - https://wileyelementaryfoundation.org/
As one of the final touches of the school’s amazing restoration and renovation, we would like to offer you an enticing and creative opportunity to leave a lasting legacy to the Wiley community. You can purchase commemorative bricks to celebrate the experience of alumni, students, neighbors, businesses, or even yourself! Anyone Wiley has touched and encouraged over the years is welcome! The school will arrange the bricks along the main entrance for all to see and admire.
The bricks will honor Wiley’s past, and provide for its future; proceeds will help support the Wiley Elementary Foundation, which is committed to providing resources to help fund positions crucial to sustaining Wiley’s award-winning International Studies Magnet program.
Bricks purchased by January 15th will be installed this spring and ready for viewing. Those purchased after that date will be placed later. The link to purchase is found on the Foundation's website.
Thank you for your support!
*We are grateful to Jack Abplanalp, Eagle Scout candidate & Wiley alumni, for the donation of his time and talents to build the brick border for this project.
Upcoming Dates
Wednesday - December 9 - Deadline for Spring Virtual Academy sign-up
Friday, December 11 - State Legislated Remote Learning Day (no students on campus)
Week of December 14 - Wiley Gives Back / Spirit Week
Tuesday, December 15 - Winter Thanks contribution deadline
Wednesday, December 16 - Asynchronous Day (no students on campus)
Winter Break - December 21 - January 1
Tuesday, January 12 - PTA Family Spirit Night @ Mellow Mushroom
Thursday, January 28 - Magnet Application period for Middle Schools closes
- Spirit Week: en el espíritu de nuestra tradición anual de Wiley, les traemos la 'Wiley Gives Back Spirit Week' de Wiley 2020, una semana de diversión para estudiantes cara a cara y estudiantes de VA, por igual; vea la imagen a continuación para disfraces y oportunidades de retribución. Si no se encuentra en el campus durante la semana del 14 de diciembre pero desea hacer una donación, no dude en dejar en la puerta principal durante el horario comercial y llevaremos los productos a donde necesiten ir.
- El período de solicitud de la Academia Virtual cierra el miércoles 9 de diciembre. Más información aquí. Si actualmente es VA y no puede recordar si se registró como Solo Otoño o Otoño y Primavera, comuníquese con nuestra Gerente de Datos, Leila Ruedy @ 919-856-7723 o lruedy@wcpss.net. Las solicitudes de cambio NO se aceptarán fuera de esta ventana debido a la logística y planificación de inscripción / programación que se verán afectadas.
- Felicitaciones a nuestro increíble personal de la cafetería por publicar recientemente una calificación de saneamiento del 100%. ¡Somos muy afortunados de que Larissa, Melissa y Jimmy sean parte de nuestro equipo de Wiley!
PTA
- ¡CELEBRA NUESTRO PERSONAL WILEY! Nuestra Fiesta de Gracias de Invierno será reemplazada este año por un Regalo de Gracias de Invierno para cada maestro y miembro del personal. Estas bolsas de regalo incluirán una tarjeta de regalo de restaurante para reemplazar nuestra comida preparada habitual y una tarjeta de regalo de Amazon. Además, realizaremos un sorteo virtual de regalos más importantes. ¡Necesitamos MUCHA ayuda de la comunidad de Wiley para lograrlo! Hay dos formas principales de contribuir:
- Compre una tarjeta de regalo de Amazon de esta Lista de deseos, asegurándose de seleccionar "Wiley PTA President" de la lista de direcciones de envío, para que se envíe directamente a la escuela. (¡Necesitamos aproximadamente 70 de estos!) Haga su pedido antes del 12/11 para tener tiempo de envío.
- Compre tarjetas de regalo para cualquier negocio local por cualquier monto para usar en nuestro sorteo de regalos. Regístrese aquí con una descripción de lo que le gustaría donar. Los regalos se pueden dejar en la escuela desde ahora hasta el 15/12. Tiendas, restaurantes, cafeterías, spas, ¡todo perfecto! Podemos usar obsequios de cualquier monto, desde $ 5 hasta $ 50 +. Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre lo que le gustaría donar o necesita ideas, comuníquese con president@wileypta.org.
Wiley International Studies Magnet Elementary School
Website: www.wcpss.net/wileyes
Location: 301 St Marys St, Raleigh, NC, USA
Phone: 919-856-7723
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Twitter: @wileyelementary