Williamston Primary School
Tiger Newsletter 1/25/24
Message from the Principal's Desk
Greetings Tiger Parents,
As we move into the beginning days of Second Semester please make sure that you have your scholars to school everyday. Your scholars daily attendance is imperative to their over all academic success. Along with their daily attendance it is important that all students arrive to school on time and remain for the whole day to ensure that our scholars do not miss valuable instructional time. It is our overall goal that all of our WPS Scholars have every opportunity to be successful. As always we thank you for all you do for Williamston Primary School.
Dates to Remember
- January 29: Report Cards sent home for Quarter 2
- February 16:Early Release Day for Students (11:45)
- February 20: PTA Meeting/ WPS Student Talent Show and Black History Program
- February 29 (6pm -7:30): Spring Curriculum Carnival Night (Dinner will be provided)
- March 7: Annual PTA Bingo Night
Grade Level & Department News
Kindergarten: Hi Kindergarten Family, Next week we will be working on key details to retell stories on Polar Bears. We will also review our sight words, reading CVC words. In Math, we will be working on composing and decomposing numbers to 10. We will practice counting to 100 and review our strategies for subtraction and addition. Thank you for all you do for our students at WPS.
First Grade: Hello from First Grade! Next week, we’ll be using key details to retell stories and determine the central message. In math, we’ll be working with tens and ones. We’ll continue with our discussion of living things and their needs. Please continue to read daily, as well as practice sight words.
Second Grade: Greetings from Second Grade! Next week we will continue to learn about text features authors use to help us understand informational text. In math we will begin to add three-digit numbers. Next week we will finish our unit on weather. Please continue to complete weekly homework assignments and read for at least 20 minutes each night.
Exceptional Children: The students will be learning about animals that live in cold climates. We will discuss and listen to stories about penguins, polar bears, and arctic foxes. The students will add using pictures in math. In reading the students will continue to practice decoding words with the short a sound.
From the School Nurse's Desk
The Friendly Dental Van will be returning to WPS on Wednesday February 14, 2024. This visit will be to complete care on those students that required more treatment as well as to provide the initial treatment to those students that registered and have not been seen.
WPS Yearbook Order Information
The Williamston Primary School yearbook is already available for PRE-ORDER. You will save some money and secure your own copy of the WPS Yearbook if you decide to pre-order! See details and place your order at:
http://tinyurl.com/wpsyearbook24
OR you can send $20 in a marked envelope or bag with: Student name (first and last), Teacher, and “YEARBOOK”. Turn these in your student folders, or bring to the front office.