On Target for a Great Year of Learning
While preparing to meet and greet our in-person learners next week, we continue to work hard to make lessons engaging and fun and as close to an at-school experience as we possibly can. Thank you for being part of our Tiger Family. Although this year looks and feels different from prior years of learning, our common goal remains to provide a safe learning and working environment for our students and staff.
As we transition to in-person learning on September 8, there is A LOT of information on district and campus safety protocols and procedures that will need to be provided to our families and community. For the past week, I've been sending SHORT daily Tiger Talks to keep our families informed. I hope you've found the information helpful and reassuring.
Just a reminder, too, that next Monday is a school holiday. Monday, September 7 is Labor Day. I wish all of our amazing Tiger families a safe and happy holday.
Our campus-wide theme for this school year is "One Team. One Family" and all of the staff of West Cypress Hills Elementary are working together to make this a safe and successful year of learning. We invite you to join us and be a part of Team Tiger. Together with you, our students, our community partners, and our staff we are #WCHEStrong.
With warmest regards,
Melanie Beninga
Your Principal at West Cypress Hills Elementary
WCHE PTO Presents Opportunities for Our Families September 2--from 2 to 4 pm!
- Remote learners can pick up their Schoolkidz supply kits
- Families can learn more about the PTO
- Families can join the fun by becoming PTO members, too
- Families can purchase exciting Tiger Spirit Wear
- Families can pick up their Car Rider hang tags
- Families of 3rd, 4th, or 5th graders can purchase student planners @ $6 each
West Cypress can accept $6 cash or a check payable to WCHE for each planner. West Cypress can accept $1 cash/coin or a check payable to WCHE for each extra car hang tag. (The first family Car Rider hang tag is free!)
Our WCHE PTO can accept exact cash, Venmo, or checks payable to WCHE PTO. The WCHE PTO membership fee is $10, and in exchange for the $10 membership, each member will receive a key chain and Spirit Stick. The WCHE PTO will, also, be giving out free gifts with purchase as well as a free tote bag for the first 50 spirit wear purchases, thanks to the generous support of the Looper Insurance Group. Thank you, Looper Insurance Group!
Is your Tiger Riding Home from School by Car?
Our Tiger in-person learners who ride home in the afternoons by car will be provided a Car Rider backpack tag on the first day of in-person learning. The family will have a hang tag for their rear view mirror with the corresponding Car Rider number.
Display your Car Rider hang tag on your rear view mirror when coming to the school to pick up your Tiger(s.) When we see your tag number, we'll know to send your Tiger(s) to your vehicle.
Returning Tiger families will continue to use last year's Car Rider number. If your family needs a hang tag, the first family tag is free. Additional tags can be purchased for $1 each at our drive-by event September 2, from 2 to 4 pm. If you miss our drive-by event and need an extra hang tag, additional tags can be purchased from the front desk.
WCHE can accept payment in exact cash/coin or check payable to WCHE.
More About our 2020-21 WCHE School Supplies
If you purchased your WCHE student school supplies online from Schoolkidz before the June 12 deadline, your supply kits will be delivered to West Cypress Hills Elementary before the first day of school. Students learning from home may pick up their supply kits on September 2. Students who are not attending remote or in-person learning at West Cypress may pick up their kits on September 2, as well. Students who will be attending school in person on campus will find their Schoolkidz supply kits in their homeroom classroom on their first day of in-person learning, September 8.
Should a decision be made prior to September 2 to extend remote learning past September 7, our families will be duly notified. In that event, ALL families may pick up their Schoolkidz supply kits on September 2.
If you missed the June 12 deadline, Schoolkidz.com offers a build-a-kit service where you can order school supplies for delivery to your home. Click this link to build your own school supply kit using our school supply lists (see the link below.)
Our grade level supply lists are available here for WCHE 2020-2021 so that you can purchase the supplies on your own from any source convenient to you.
*3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students also need to have student planners for the 2020-2021 school year. These are sold separately from the prepackaged supply kits. Planners cost $6 each. We are able to accept cash (exact amount) or checks payable to WCHE. Planners can be purchased at the school on September 2 or from the front desk any time on or after the first day of in-school learning.
Follow Principal Beninga on Twitter
Melanie Beninga provides info, photos, and updates via Twitter, too. If not already following Melanie Beninga in Twitter, you can follow her @principalwch and @mbeninga.
Counselor's Corner
Hello, Tiger Families! As we prepare to both return to campus for in-person learning and continue to engage in remote instruction, please know that I am always available should you or your child need support.
Now more than ever, we value the importance of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in our schools, and we will continue to incorporate SEL into our curriculum through school-wide programs, class meetings, and guidance lessons. Second Step will be our campus SEL curriculum. Please click the picture below to access parent information on Second Step, including complementary resources to use at home. By clicking the link, you will reach my website where all of the boxes on the blackboard open to provide to helpful information about Second Step.
Do not hesitate to reach out with any questions. We are one team, one family.
West Cypress Hills Elementary
