#WE Explore
Week of August 23-28, 2021
Updates for the Week
Hello Wilkesboro families!
We are excited to welcome you back to a brand new school year! We hope that you've enjoyed your summer and are ready to begin what promises to be a great adventure in all of our lives. We are calling tonight with some updates for the week of August 23-28.
You can find full details here on our weekly #WE Explore page. There are updates for the week, current health guidance, and links to your child’s teachers page. Please make sure to check it out each week.
We are excited to welcome children back to the building. As a reminder, parents may walk children to the front building doors, but for safety reasons, we will NOT allow parents / guardians to enter buildings and walk children to classrooms. This policy applies to all parents of K-5th grade students. We will have plenty of staff on hand to help. If you choose to walk your child to the door of the building, please make sure to observe safe social distancing. Mrs. Martin, our new media specialist, will be out front to take first day pictures of children as they arrive.
Kindergarten parents are reminded that students are to come on their assigned day this week either on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday as part of staggered enrollment. All kindergarten students will begin coming daily on Thursday. Pre-k parents are reminded that pre-k students will begin coming on their assigned days on Wednesday.
Our carline will begin at 7:25 and our buses will run their usual routes. School starts promptly at 7:50. Masks are optional in the school building, but they are required at all times on school buses. A staff member will greet your child, provide hand sanitizer, and then children will pick up breakfast from the breakfast cart or cafeteria and go directly to their classrooms. It is important that all children pick up breakfast. We have share tables available for children to put unwanted items.
Your child should bring a bookbag and school supplies as normal. Please dress for outdoor play, including safe shoes. We also recommend that you send a refillable water bottle labeled with your child’s name. We will be sending home lots of important papers this week, so please make sure to check your child's book bag with them each night.
We have three big construction projects underway on our campus for the next few weeks. Please be mindful of these areas. We look forward to our new playground and outdoor classroom being ready for use in September.
We will dismiss at our usual time of 3:10. Please make sure to put your WES car tag up when you drive through the carline. If your child is a designated walker, please remember to bring your car tag and be mindful of social distancing while waiting.
It’s certainly a different type of year, but we are ready and prepared to give your child a warm, safe, and happy first day back in the school building. Thank you for working with us throughout this summer to make this day possible, and thank you for your patience as we adapt to new safety protocols. This school family is the best thing about Wilkesboro Elementary, and we are so happy that all students are coming back to the nest. Have a great evening!
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About Attendance
School starts at 7:50 each day. Students who are participating will be marked PRESENT or ABSENT. If your child is not in school, you will need to send in absence notes the next day and it will be coded as excused or unexcused. If your child is officially quarantined or excluded by the health department and/or the school nurse, your teacher will offer remote learning. While on quarantine, your child should submit work daily and communicate with the teacher DAIL. If this happens, the student can be marked "PRESENT OFF SITE-1R". Thanks in advance for your help!
Wilkesboro Elementary School
Email: spearsr@wilkes.k12.nc.us
Website: wes.wilkescountyschools.org
Location: 1248 School Street, Wilkesboro, NC, USA
Phone: (336) 838-4261
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wilkesboroelementary/
Twitter: @WilkesboroElem1