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Dear Winfield Families,

February is a busy month of teaching and learning! Thank you for your support during last week's Distance Learning Day as our team used that time for important Professional Development. We will have another Distance Learning Day on March 7th. Here are just a few things happening throughout this month at Winfield Elementary.

• Kindergarten Dyslexia Screener permission forms are coming home. If your kindergarten student was flagged on the Universal Dyslexia Screener in January, you will be receiving a permission slip to complete a Level 1 Screener. Please contact your child's teacher with any questions.
• Celebrate Black History- students are learning about the achievements of important artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kehinde Wiley, Faith Ringgold, Alma Thomas and exploring the music of Stevie Wonder. Rich stories are being shared in the media center. We will also participate in an educational assembly with Senator Melton.
• Annual Kindness Week- see Mrs. William's section in this newsletter!
• Building Knowledge in Little Learners- Kindergarteners are learning about the Seasons and Weather; First Graders wrapped a unit on Astronomy and will be starting The History of the Earth; Second Graders are studying Westward Expansion.

This week was also National School Counselor Week. We are so thankful for our School Counselor, Mrs. Williams, and the incredible contributions she provides to our staff and students every single day. Her compassion, support, and care is evident in every single interaction she has with those around her. The students love her, our staff loves her, and our families love her! Thank you Mrs. Williams--for ALL you do!

Thank you for your partnership in education,

Mrs. Alonzo & Mrs. Hall

What: 2023 Kids Heart Challenge

When: Feb 6th - Feb 28th

Who: All Winfield Elementary Students

Why: To raise money for the American Heart Association

This week, students should have brought home information regarding this year's "Kids Heart Challenge" fundraiser. All students will participate but it is not required for them to raise money. Donations can be turned in from now until February 28th. Checks should be made payable to the American Heart Association. For more information, scan the code. Any questions please contact Mr. Hedl 663-2287 or jhedl@cps.k12.in.us

Hello Winfield families! I have some exciting things to share with you that are in the works for the next couple of weeks.

February 13th-17th will be our annual Kindness week. Students will be learning about kindness through multiple activities within their classrooms each day! A few events will coincide with kindness week. Spirit day themes! We invite students to help celebrate Kindness week with fun dress up days:

Monday 13th: Dreaming of a kind world for everyone! Wear pajamas

Tuesday 14th: Fall in love with being kind! Wear red OR your favorite color

Wednesday 15th: Kindness is a team effort! Wear sports/team attire

Thursday 16th: We can work out conflicts with kindness! Wear work out gear

Friday 17th: Kindness is the Wildcat way! Wear Winfield/CP spirit wear

Winfield Elementary gives back! As part of our kindness week initiative, we will be collecting donations for the Winfield food pantry over two weeks: February 12th-18th and February 19th-25th. A flyer was distributed to all students with additional information, be on the lookout for it in your student’s take home folder!

LUNCH GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT!! Beginning in March I will begin Spring lunch group sessions. The focus of this lunch group is Emotional Regulation using the Zones of Regulation. If you would like your student to participate, please send me an email with your students name at jwilliams@cps.k12.in.us

As always, please reach out if there is any support I may be able to provide to your student!

Have a great weekend,

Jamie Williams

Winfield School Counselor

Please send in extra clothing (pants, underwear, shirt) for your child to keep in their locker/cubby. I do not have all sizes of clothing at school to provide for your child if an accident happens that soils their clothing. We have had many children falling in the mud at recess lately! If they don’t have a change of clothes here, and I don’t have their size available to change into, I will have to call home to have something brought in, or they will have to remain in their soiled clothing the rest of the day. I am running low on all leggings/joggers, so please wash and send them back if your child has needed to borrow any. I will definitely take any donated joggers for boys, or leggings for girls from sizes 5-10. Thanks so much!

February

14- Valentine's Day Celebrations

20- President' Day; No School

March

7- Distance Learning Day; Teacher Professional Development

10- End of 3rd Nine Weeks

13- Dental Health Presentations

27-31- Spring Break

2022-2023 Meal Prices

Breakfast- $1.50; Lunch- $2.45

Free/reduced lunch - The federal program that provided free breakfast and lunch for all students has ended. If you need meal assistance OR textbook assistance, you must complete a free/reduced application at www.cps.k12.in.us/food.

Birthday Treats - Please be sure to submit birthday ice cream orders one week prior. Due to the current menu serving ice cream every Friday, we will not serve birthday ice cream on Fridays (two ice creams would be a LOT!). We will serve birthday ice cream on Monday-Thursday. Please contact the cafeteria if you have any questions.

If you have a child age five or younger, consider joining our free Birth to School program. We offer a variety of classes and events that feature hands-on and interactive lessons and activities that follow Indiana’s Early Learning Foundations.

Learn more or join the program on our website at www.cps.k12.in.us/bts.