Wallaby Times
February 20, 2017
This week...
- Wednesday, February 22
Transit - Cultural Arts Performance K-2 8 am , 3-5 9 am Friday, February 24
In House FT - SFFE - 1st Grade, T3, T4
PTA Spirit Day - Twin Day!!!
Next Week....
- Monday, February 26
Book Fair Begins Wednesday, March 1
Science Fair Project Drop OffThursday, March 2
Science Fair Family Walk Thru & Family Book Fair Night 4:30-6:30
Transit Vocal Band Visits West Lake Elementary
Performances - K-2 @ 8 am and 3-5 @ 9 am
Spirit Day
This Friday is Twin Day! Pick a friend (or two!) and dress like twins for this Spirit Day.
If a friend isn't available...your favorite Principal will be wearing a West Lake T-shirt and Jeans. Come dressed as his twin and take a Twinie...(that's a selfie of twins)!!
Ready 4K Text Message Program
Do you sometimes run out of ideas for ways to help your child be successful? Ready4K can help!
Ready4K is a free, research-based text messaging program for parents of children ages 3-kindergarten. Each week you will receive three texts with fun facts and easy tips to boost your child’s learning. The research behind Ready4K shows that receiving helpful texts can increase children’s learning by 2-3 months.
Follow this link to learn about how to sign up: http://www.wcpss.net/domain/12173
Book Fairy!
The WLE PTA’s Book Fairy drive continues through Friday. Students are encouraged to donate spare change throughout the week. Those students who donate a dollar or more this Friday will have their name added to the Book Fairy Wall of Fame, which will be displayed in the C Space during the fair, which runs Feb. 27th to March 10th.
Students should turn in donations to their classroom teacher. The class with the highest amount of money collected will receive five Golden Wallabies, and the classroom teacher will receive 25 Scholastic dollars.
Grandparents & Book Fair!
This year, we're offering an opportunity for grandparents (and other long-distance relatives and friends) to encourage and support our students' reading while raising funds for new books for our school.
The link below explains how grandparents can purchase gift certificates for students to use at our Scholastic Book Fair, which will be held Feb. 27th to March 10th. More than 50 percent of each gift certificate purchase will come back to our school in the form of Scholastic dollars, which can be used to purchase books and other learning materials.
Please consider forwarding this link to grandparents (and aunts, uncles or any other interested friends and family members) so they can take part in this opportunity. Questions can be directed to westlakepta@gmail.com.
Book Fair!!
This year, the PTA is conducting a Book Fairy coin drive the week prior to the book fair. The donation schedule is as follows:
- Monday, Feb. 20th – Pennies
- Tuesday, Feb. 21st – Nickels
- Wednesday, Feb. 22nd – Dimes
- Thursday, Feb. 23rd – Quarters
On Friday, Feb. 24th, students who donate a dollar or more will have their name added to our Book Fairy Wall of Fame, which will be displayed in the C Space during the fair, which runs Feb. 27th to March 10th.
Students should turn in donations to their classroom teacher. The class with the highest amount of money collected will receive five Gold Wallabies, and the classroom teacher will receive 25 Scholastic dollars.
Science Fair Updates
Wednesday is the deadline to register for the 2017 WLE Science Fair. To register online, please fill out the form at https://goo.gl/forms/H6avvsQAKDaMWH3L2.
Projects must be dropped off the morning of March 1st, and families will be able to tour the science fair on March 2nd. For full details, including scheduling information and guidelines, please visit http://www.wlepta.net/?page_id=1395.
PTA Nominations
The PTA is preparing to host elections for the 2017-2018 PTA Board. Please follow the link to the nomination form. If you have questions please feel free to contact our PTA at westlakepta@gmail.com
R City Rocks!
R City Rocks has changed the way it receives receipt photos. Participants can now simply text receipt photos to wlepta@rcityrocks.com. This makes it easier for people to help our school and for R City Rocks to be integrated with the technology that you already use!
Not yet signed up for R City Rocks yet? Text JOIN to wlepta@rcityrocks.com, or visit https://www.rcityrocks.com/the-triangle/west-lake-elementary-pta, to register and to learn more about our business partners, including Rocket Fizz, Alpaca Peruvian Charcoal Chicken, The Original NY Pizza and several more. Then, snap a photo of your receipt any time you shop with one of our partners, submit it by text, and the business will donate 5% of your purchase price to the PTA!
West Lake Elementary
Website: http://www.wcpss.net/westlakees
Location: 4500 West Lake Road, Apex, NC, United States
Phone: 919-662-2300
Twitter: @WestLakeElem