"The Word" at Wallace Gregg
Week of August 29, 2021
Important Dates
September 1, 2021
Quarter 1 Interim Reports Issued
September 3, 2021
Spirit Day - All staff and students are encouraged to wear blue, grey, white and yellow
Meet Our New School Based Therapist, Dr. Evans
My name is Dr. Pat and I’m the School Based Therapist at Wallace-Gregg Elementary. I am so excited to be a part of the WGE family and am looking forward to "making a difference”. I have been a mental health therapist since 1999 and I have a strong background in working with children, adolescents, adults and families dealing with trauma/behavior/emotional problems. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Addictions Counselor, and Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor in SC. I am also a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Specialist and I am Rostered in SC as a TF-CBT Therapist. I am also a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor, and Licensed Addictions Counselor Associate in NC. I am married (6 years) and have 3 sons and 1 bonus son. I also have 10 amazing grandchildren. I love to travel, meet people and write. I am a published author since 2018 (7 Keys to Mending a Broken Mind).
My goal here at WGE is to provide mental health therapy services to children within the school setting focusing on problem prevention and treatment to enhance the behavioral, social, and emotional development. I will conduct individual (those that benefit from one-on-one counseling) and/or group therapeutic counseling sessions (those that need some extra time with other students who are dealing with similar life situations) in accordance with the student’s IPOC and/or IEP goals and as appropriate. The outcome is to develop interventions that will increase school success; reduce discipline referral, out-of-school suspensions, administrative hearing, and more restrictive placement using a variety of strategies such as, but not limited to: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Solution Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Behavior Modification, Psychosocial Rehabilitative Services, Art Therapy, and Play Therapy. I believe that it "takes a village" to nurture our children and each one of us are responsible for planting and watering "positive seeds" in their lives. These seeds will create opportunities for them to experience a bright future.
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School Dismissal Manager
Wallace Gregg Elementary
Dear Parent,
Welcome to School Dismissal Manager! Using School Dismissal Manager with your desktop or smartphone browser, you can quickly and easily update instructions when your child's dismissal needs to be changed. School Dismissal Manager notifies the school of your updates so that, effective today, it is no longer necessary for you to phone the school, send notes, or send an email to inform the school of dismissal changes.
The easy-to-use mobile and desktop interface will allow you to make these changes in advance or for the current day. You can also report absences, early dismissals, and even schedule recurring dismissal instructions. Free apps are also available for Android and iPhone users.
We have already assigned your child a ''default'' dismissal which is their routine dismissal and is based on the information we currently have. Examples include: Bus #, or Car Rider.
Once you login, please check your child's default transportation and make sure it is listed correctly. If not, from the desktop interface, select the green Set/View Default button or from the app, select Default Dismissals from the menu dropdown to set your child's appropriate default dismissal.
When creating an exception for the current day, please note that the cut-off time is 1:30pm on regular days and 10:30am on early release days.
Here are a few Fast Facts that you will need to know for getting started:
- The Apps are no longer available in the App Stores. New/Incoming parents will need to add the SDM App to a smartphone, tablet, or web browser via the link included in this sentence. The app is compatible with Android and Apple devices. IMPORTANT: Returning parents need to UNINSTALL last year’s App before installing the new App.
- New parents have been issued a username and temporary password at the top of this email. Returning parents can use their existing parent login credentials. Please use these to login to SDM at www.schooldismissalmanager.com.
- The Parent Login area is found at the top right of the SDM homepage.
- When you login for the first time, you will be required to change your password.
- Please refer to the Parent Guide for Creating Exceptions for details on how to use the system.
- As you begin to use School Dismissal Manager, if you have questions, please check the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) link found in the Parent login area at the top of the SDM homepage. Here, you will find answers to the most commonly asked questions. If your question remains unanswered after checking here, please contact the school office and we will be happy to assist you further.
- When you start to receive the email notifications of changes or cancellations that are made for your child, please keep in mind that hitting Reply or Reply All on those emails does not reply to the school. If you need to respond to a notification (i.e., to inform the school it is incorrect, provide additional details, etc.) please call the school directly and talk with someone in the office.
- Do not use the Recurring Dismissal feature to put in your child's ''default'' dismissal.
- Each school day, School Dismissal Manager will send a dismissal report to the school immediately after 1:30pm, allowing staff to facilitate a smooth dismissal.
Thank you for using this tool to help us keep the dismissal process safe and orderly for all our students. Please contact our office if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Tara King/ Principal
What is Title I?
Title provides financial assistance to schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. If a Title I school is operating a targeted assistance program, the school provides Title I services to children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet challenging State academic standards. Schools in which children from low-income families make up at least 40 percent of enrollment are eligible to use Title I funds to operate schoolwide programs that serve all children in the school in order to raise the achievement of the lowest-achieving students.
This information was found at https://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html.
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