A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL:
Greetings,
Time is just passing us by so quickly! Staff and students enjoyed several events in the month of October! It was pretty busy around here and November promises to bring exciting events as well!
Come check out our school’s Scholastic Book Fair. The book fair will take place on November 7th, 8th, and 9th in the school’s library. This is always a great event for parents and students so look for more information to come.
This month our district will observe Veteran’s Day, so there will be no school for staff or students on Friday, November 10th. Enjoy a restful 3-day weekend with your child/children.
Once again, we will host a Thanksgiving Feast for parents and students. The luncheon will take place during your child’s lunchtime on November 15th. Join us if your schedule allows. Tickets can be purchased in the front office.
November 20th-24th school will not be in session. Enjoy Thanksgiving!
A gentle reminder: Please remember that it is not safe to drop your children off in the parking lot when bringing them to school in the morning. We are asking this to ensure the safety of all students at Weikel.
Finally, thank you for ensuring your child is here every day and on time. Teachers are prepared and ready to receive your child daily. Home and school… it’s a great partnership.
May you have a blessed holiday season!
Have a gobbling great month,
Misty Jaramillo- Principal
Message from our Counselor:
Hello Wolfpack Families!
It is hard to believe the trees are almost bare and that winter is just around the corner! This quarter our wolfpack is focusing on the Colorado essential skill, personal responsibility. This skill includes learning to display self-control, understanding that our actions impact others, practicing mindfulness, and accepting a consequence when we make a mistake. Personal responsibility, and these four subskills, are essential for success in school and in life. Whenever possible, recognize and praise your child when they demonstrate self-control. We teach self-control as having the ability to think before we act. Additionally, remind your child that everyone makes mistakes! When we make a mistake, it is best to accept the consequences and move on. Arguing or blaming can make a small problem bigger.
As the holiday season approaches, please reach out if you need food or clothing resources. You can email me at lwood@ffc8.org or call the school and ask for Mrs. Wood. Fort Carson, along with District 8, have many resources available to support families during this time of year.
Honored to be serving our pack,
Mrs. Wood.
Message from Special Education:
The Department of Special Education is dedicated to providing a safe, secure and positive learning environment for all students. All students must have a voice and be empowered to reach their full potential through rigorous and engaging instruction focused on strengths and supporting needs. The department partners with families and staff to help students make connections that foster success in school, at home, and in the community. The department ensures that staff have the tools and resources necessary to create a learning environment that meets individual student needs and prepares students to be college and/or career ready. Through courageous commitment, the team makes decisions in the best interest of students by breaking down barriers and supporting an inclusive environment.
Nurse's Corner
Illness Guidelines for School
- Children who have temperatures of 100.0 (Fahrenheit) or above should not attend school. Children should remain home until their temperature has been normal (98.6 degrees), without any fever reducing medication for up to 48 hours.
- Children who have cold symptoms such as: a constant runny nose, with abnormal color (green, yellow, or white) or thick nasal discharge, constant coughing, or lung congestion should not be in school.
- Children who have been diagnosed with an infection and have been placed on medication should not return to school until they have taken the medication for up to 48 hours after the first dose.
- Children who have had vomiting or diarrhea in the last 24 hours should not attend school for up to 48 hours.
- Children who have an undiagnosed skin rash or open skin lesion should not be in school.
- Children who have red, inflamed eyes with a thick discharge and have a fever and/or behavioral changes should not be in school.
If any of the above signs and symptoms are present at school, the parent will be contacted to pick up the child. We do not want children to miss school, but keeping sick children home will improve everyone's attendance and health in the long run.
If any of the above signs and symptoms last longer than 48 hours, please contact your child's school nurse before they return to school.
If your child is hospitalized or treated for an infectious disease, please provide your child's school a written statement from the health care provider that your child is no longer contagious and is cleared to return to school.
- Children who have temperatures of 100.0 (Fahrenheit) or above should not attend school. Children should remain home until their temperature has been normal (98.6 degrees), without any fever reducing medication for up to 48 hours.
Message from Kindergarten:
Kindergarten is excited to learn all about shapes and their attributes in the month of November. We are also continuing to learn our letter names and their sounds. Our reading comprehension unit discusses “places we go” around our community. Kindergarten also wants to thank our parents for their help with our Thanksgiving food drive. We are so grateful to have parents that are involved in our community.
Message from First Grade:
First Grade teachers are thankful for the First Graders and our Veterans. We thank you for your service! November is a time for First Graders to learn more about community service workers as well as good and services in Social Studies. In math, we are continuing to work on using strategies for addition and subtraction word problems. In Science, students will be exploring the sky and Earth. We hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
Message from Second Grade:
Thanks for great conversations during student showcases! We enjoyed chatting with each and every one of you!! Second grade is continuing to work on character, setting, and main idea in Reading. In math, we are working on place value and will soon move on to subtraction with three digit numbers. We have our MOOsical coming up on November 2nd at 5:30 pm. Please mark your calendars and we look forward to seeing everyone at this amazing show!!! Thanks for all your continued support with your child.
Message from Third Grade:
Why did the turkey cross the road? He wanted people to think he was a chicken. In the month of November, our genre focus will be Expository text and Folktale. Our reading skills will be problem/solution and main idea. For math, the students will estimate and measure weight and liquid volume by using grams, kilograms, liters, and milliliters. In addition, we will be rounding numbers to the nearest ten and nearest hundred as well as adding and subtracting two and three-digit numbers. Please continue to practice multiplication facts at home. Thank you for your continued support and hope you have some fun plans for Thanksgiving break.
Message from Fourth Grade:
Fourth grade has been working so hard this quarter! In math, students are continuing to learn different strategies to use to multiply and divisive a multi-digit number by a one digit number. Please continue to work on multiplication facts at home! In reading we are continuing to focus on both fluency and comprehension. When your child reads at home each night, be sure to ask them questions and have them find evidence in the text that supports their answer. Thank you for joining us for your child’s showcase of student learning.
Message from Fifth Grade:
Fifth grade has been in a whirl wind of academic activities and headed into so many more. We are thankful to all our parents for helping out your children and continuously encouraging them daily. We are looking forward to November with an investigative mindset learning about stars and planets in science. Upstanding our democracy and how it came about. Improving our writing skills in spelling and mechanics. Learning how to interpret fractions as division, adding and subtracting fractions, and interpreting data on a line plot. We thank you for you for continually sending in the instant mash potatoes and corn bred for our grade level food drive!
Important Dates
November 2nd -2nd Grade Barnyard Moo-sical
November 5th-Daylight Savings Time begins
November 6th-10th-School Psychologist Appreciation Week! (We are so thankful for our School Psych, Ms. Palermo!!)
November 7th 8th & 9th-Book Fair
November 10th-Observance for Veteran's day (No School)
November 15th- Annual Thanksgiving Feast for Students- Be on the lookout for more details!
November 20th-24th-Thanksgiving Day Break
Reminders:
Please remember that drop off is no earlier than 7:05. There is no adult supervision until that time.
If your child will going home a different way, please call the front office before 2:00 to ensure the message gets delivered to your student and their teacher.
Please call the front office to report an absence for your child when they will not be at school.
Breakfast is from 7:10-7:25
First bell rings at 7:25
Tardy bell rings at 7:30
Dismissal bell rings at 2:25
You can now report your child's absences online:
