Please make sure you have activated your ParentSquare app through the email address and/or phone number the school has on file for you. ParentSquare is an app that you must download to your device in order to activate.

It is very important that parents keep their contact information current.

Be sure to let our school office know as soon as possible if you have a new address, email or phone number.

The parent or guardian marked as the primary contact in the student information system will receive automated communication.

Messages will also be sent to the student’s home phone number contained in the database, if different from the primary contact phone number.

Salem-Keizer Public Schools uses the ParentSquare platform for district, school and teacher communications, primarily with email, text and app notifications. ParentSquare automatically generates an account for each parent/guardian, using their preferred email address and phone number.

ParentVUE and ParentSquare are different, so please reach out if you need assistance with either one.

Each month we send a newsletter out to keep you up to date on all the events happening at Wright. There is also important information from Principal Coyle, happenings in the district and community, updated health information, contact information, and much more so please read all the way through. The monthly newsletter will also be available on our Wright website for a quick reference at any time.

Another way to stay informed is by visiting our Wright website at https://wright.salkeiz.k12.or.us/,

our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WrightElementaryOfficial/?notif_id=1630366683279729&notif_t=page_fan&ref=notif, and

our Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/wrightelementaryofficial/.

• Student school hours are 7:50am-2:20pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
• Every Wednesday during the school year will be a one hour late start. School hours on Wednesdays are 8:50am-2:20pm.
• Doors open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 7:30am for students to access breakfast and 7:40am to begin entering their classrooms. Wednesdays are one hour later.
• Breakfast and lunch is served in our cafeteria and are both FREE for all students (no forms or qualification required).
• Please remind your student that they must enter through the front doors in the morning if they would like to get a school breakfast.
• Please do not park in the bike lane or block intersections when picking up or dropping off your student. This is illegal and creates an unsafe environment for children and families.
• Please do not drop your student's off in the bus lane or at the parking lot entrance in front of the school. This is a safety precaution and will be strictly enforced. Also, please make sure your student has safely exited your vehicle and is on the sidewalk before starting to drive away.
• If your student will be absent for any reason, please call our Absence Reporting Line at (503) 399-5503 24 hours a day/7 days a week and leave a detailed message that includes student name, ID number, diagnosis, symptoms and date symptoms started.

• We highly encourage students to bring a water bottle to school with them every day labeled with their name on it.

• Please remind your student to check the LOST AND FOUND by the office if they have lost something. Items that are found that are not clothing may be stored inside the office. Items that are not claimed will be donated shortly after we return from Winter Break.

• Salem-Keizer Public Schools often take photos or video of school activities or events in which students are featured. These photos or videotapes are frequently used as promotional items for the school district. If you do not want your child photographed or videotaped while at school, please send a written notice to your child’s school office as soon as possible. If there is no written notice on file, the school will assume it has the right to photograph or videotape your child AND post to social media.

When schools receive hoax threats, rumors of threats, and when there is a spread of false information, learning environments are disrupted and and there is understandably increased fear in our community.

The safety and wellbeing of our students, staff and families is our top priority. Maintaining safety in our schools requires an ongoing partnership with school staff, students, families, law enforcement and the surrounding community.

Safety is critical, and our district fully investigates each threat in collaboration with the FBI and/or our state and local law enforcement partners.

As a district, we have investigated a number of hoax threats of targeted violence against local schools. These threats—often issued via text message or posted on social media—are taken very seriously. Our law enforcement partners investigate every tip to ensure the safety of our students, staff and community. Hoax threats can result in both arrest by law enforcement and/or suspension or expulsion by the school district. Hoax threats are not a joke, and they can have devastating consequences—both for the public and for those who post them.

Issuing a threat—even over social media, via text message, verbally, through email, or other means—is a crime. Please share with your kids and those in your community that making a threat is a poor choice that could impact them for years to come.

In addition to the individual consequences a person may face, these threats have a serious impact on our community. They divert district resources from providing support for students and disrupt the learning environment for hundreds of students. Law enforcement resources are diverted from investigating other crimes, and they cost taxpayers a lot of money. The threats can also cause severe emotional distress to students, school staff and families.

Things to remember:

Don’t share or forward a threat until law enforcement has a chance to investigate—this can spread misinformation and cause panic.

• Don’t ever post or send any hoax threats online
• If you are the target of an online threat, call your local law enforcement immediately
• Salem Police Department Non-Emergency 503-588-6123
• Keizer Police Department Non-Emergency 503-390-2000
• Marion County Sheriff’s Office 503-588-5032

If you see a threat of violence posted online, contact local law enforcement or call 1-800-CALL-FBI. You can also submit information online to the FBI on the FBI’s website.

Use SafeOregon by calling or sending a text to 844-472-3367 anytime. Tips also can be emailed or made through the SafeOregon app.

Remember – a hoax threat is no joke. Think before you post.