WAKELAND SENIORS
APRIL 2020 - Volume 7
NEW!!!!!! SENIOR SIGN TO CELEBRATE YOUR SENIOR!
*Financial assistance is available. Be sure to ask when placing order.
*Deliveries will begin next weekend.
LEAN IN AND LIFT UP!
We hope you and your families are healthy and safe as we are staying home due to Covid19.
Our hearts are with our seniors, who are ending their year differently than planned. We are all experiencing, parents and seniors, many emotions at this time. As parents, we are given a unique opportunity to demonstrate ways we rise above the challenges in life.
We invite you to read the article below for some encouragement. It provides a list of 11 things we can choose to do now and how we can choose to write the ending to our story.
The quote below is a wonderful reminder:
"In the midst of this great instability, my responsibility as a parent is to offer stability through the words and actions I choose. My hope is that one day we’ll look back on these days and be proud of who we chose to be."
As we roll into another 30 days of being home, we will not be hosting any parent meetings. We will solely be communicating via the two final monthly newsletters - April and May.
We appreciate your continued support as we try to monitor and adjust our senior events to the best of our abilities. We are grateful for the amazing senior community we have at Wakeland.
We hope you are making time to LEAN IN and make memories with your senior, as well as LIFT UP your senior with loads of cheer for all the amazing things they have accomplished.
All the Best,
Class of 2020 Senior Moms
POWDER PUFF - APRIL 19th : CANCELLED
Powder Puff will be cancelled due to the State Governor's order of schools remaining closed until May 4.
PROM for MAY 2nd - CANCELLED
- FISD/ Wakeland administrators will host this event.
- Per an email sent by Dr. Edge to senior parents:
Baccalaureate - May 16 & 17 POSSIBLY POSTPONED
APRIL UPDATE:
This event is scheduled to take place at Prestonwood Church North in Prosper.
This event may take place if FISD returns to school by May 4th.
This event may take place at a later date if FISD returns past the May 4th date.
Action items: (still needing in case this event takes place)
- There will be a slide show being shown as parents, family and friends are arriving. Please send your student’s Senior picture as well as a baby picture to WHSBacc2020@gmail.com no later than May 1st.
Alternative celebration of this event:
- We could possibly host this event at a later date.
- We will have an official update for this event in the May newsletter.
SIX FLAGS - Thursday, MAY 21st ---- SUSPENDED
Senior Breakfast - May 26th --- SUSPENDED (due to school partnership)
April Update:
This event is to take place at Wakeland.
This event may take place if FISD returns to school.
This event may take place if WHS resumes normal calendar of events for May.
Alternative celebration of this event:
- We will have a VIRTUAL RAFFLE - if students do not return to school.
- We will have an official update for this event in the May newsletter.
Senior Field Day - May 27th SUSPENDED (due to school partnership)
April Update:
This event is to take place at Wakeland.
This event may take place if FISD returns to school.
This event may take place if WHS resumes normal calendar of events for May.
Action items at this time:
- If you have signed up to volunteer, please know we appreciate your willingness to help out. We will keep you posted on your services.
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0E4FA5AD23A5F49-senior
- "Shout Out" to your grad. (send in case this event takes place - optional)
Compose and email your short "Shout Out" to WHSFieldDay2020@gmail.com and we will add to our playlist. Be sure to include your senior's name and keep it brief so we can play as many as possible.
Alternative celebration of this event:
- We will have an official update for this event in the May newsletter.
SENIOR PARENT MEETING - APRIL 6 --- CANCELLED
Due to "large gathering" restrictions until April 30th and FISD closed until May 1st, we will not have our April 6th scheduled meeting.
We will continue to communicate via our monthly newsletters. We will send notification if we are able to meet in person during the month of May.
We appreciate your support as we gently navigate through the end of our year.
ACTIVE: REGISTRATION & REFUNDS
- IF FISD returns to school in May and resumes our senior events, it will be important for your senior to register for May events.
The link is provided below:
- IF FISD returns to school in May and does not resume senior events, we will provide a refund to those registered seniors.
Graduation Orders
UPDATE:
Per an email sent by Dr. Edge:
"And caps and gowns have been delivered. It is too soon to make a decision about graduation ceremonies. We are all hoping that our graduation ceremony will not be altered."
*Please be sure to contact the Wakeland front office or Balfour for any questions about your graduation orders.
Many thanks!
Senior Moms
Senior Event Chair(s)
So Long Summer Chairs: Kristen Dickey
Bonfire Chairs: Mona Savage & Christie Halverson
Casino Chairs: Tonya Treinen & Mona Savage
Power Puff Chair: Karen Doggett
*Prom - WHS
*Six flags - WHS
Baccalaureate Chair: Michelle Schmidt
Senior Breakfast Chairs: Monique Aguirre & Jean Cooper
Field Day Chairs: Melissa Starnes & Janine Marshall
SENIOR LEAD TEAM
Our mission is to organize, coordinate, and clearly communicate as we lead successful committees for each senior event. We are honored to serve in this capacity, as volunteers, for our Wakeland Seniors.
We appreciate your support, as we come together, to create one last year of amazing memories...even with a twist and turn in our spring semester!
Kristen Dickey (Lead Senior Mom) - kristen_gisd@yahoo.com
Mona Savage (Co-Lead Senior Mom) - mona.savage4@gmail.com
Kim Meissner (Treasurer) - kmeiss27@gmail.com