Wallaby Times
July 10, 2017
This week...
- Monday, July 10
First Day of School for Tracks 1, 2, and 3
Kindergarten Staggered Entry Begins - Spirit Day - Wear your West Lake Elementary spirit wear or school colors!
Next Week...
- Monday, July 17
First Day of School for Kindergarten Tracks 1, 2, & 3
PTA - Tears and Tissues for Kindergarten Parents - Thursday, July 20
Open House Tracks 1, 2, & 3
Welcome to 2017-2018!
I would like to thank our staff for all that they have done to get our school ready. I would also like to welcome all of our new families to West Lake. We are excited to have you join our community and look forward to learning together.
We will open our doors on Monday at 6:50 for early arrival. Please remember, students and parents will not be allowed to move toward classrooms until 7:10. Parents may enter through the front door and the backdoor by the Kindergarten Hall; both doors will have staff members available to help students find their new classrooms.
Mr. Simons
Kindergarten Staggered Entry
All kindergarten parents that are coming to school for staggered entry are welcome to park in the back staff parking lot and enter through the back kindergarten doors. A staff member will be checking parents in through this door for this week only beginning at 7:10 am.
Students are welcome to bring their school supplies in during staggered entry week. Please don't forget to take that first day of school photo; but also remember it is best to say quick good-byes and I love yous.
Open House
Next week Thursday, July 20st, our Track 1, 2 and 3 teachers will host our Open House. This will be a time for teachers to meet with parents and review classroom expectations and practices. The first session will run from 6:00-6:45 and the second from 6:50-7:30. Parents with multiple children can attend both sessions.
Carpool Numbers
If you are new to the school or are in need of a carpool number, please stop in to the office. Ms. Beth will be able to assist you.
Bus Riders and Bus Tags
This is a WCPSS initiative. K-1 Tags are red, 2-5 tags are yellow. If you notice your child's bus tag is missing at any point in the year, please e-mail our Assistant Principal, Mrs. Marshall, for a new one at nmarshall2@wcpss.net
Kindergarten Tea & Tissues
PTA News and Notes!
The West Lake Elementary PTA would like to welcome all new and returning students as we look forward to a positive and memorable 2017-2018 school year! Your PTA board is already hard at work preparing programs and events in keeping with the National PTA mission “to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children”.
We are reaching out to you for your membership, involvement, fellowship and commitment this year. A strong PTA supports our children, our school and our community. This year, we are excited to roll out a new PTA Liaison program at the track and grade level to foster closer communication between the West Lake Elementary PTA Board and the parent body. More information will be coming home with your child soon but don’t forget to follow the West Lake Elementary PTA Facebook page for information as well!
I want to thank our West Lake Elementary board members, committee chairs and volunteers of past and present for their involvement, dedication and continued support. Our current board members are Kim DeGroff (Treasurer), Jessica Spencer (Secretary), Dawn Earp (VP Ways and Means), Kirsten Hagopian (VP Programs), Julie Brown (VP Climate) and Lisa Finger (VP Health & Advocacy) and Lori Lohmeyer (VP of Membership/Volunteers). Already this year, a special thank you goes to Amanda Walker for her creativity and work on our PTA bulletin board, Holly Phillips for her amazing PTA Liaison idea and her willingness to implement it, Amy Berryman for her vision and creation of this year’s Boosterthon t-shirt design and Dena Bloms for making sure students who ordered their supplies through the PTA will have them in their classrooms on the first day of school!
Jennifer Bennington
President
West Lake Elementary PTA
westlakepta@gmail.com
www.wlepta.net
West Lake Elementary PTA Facebook
West Lake Elementary
Website: http://www.wcpss.net/westlakees
Location: 4500 West Lake Road, Apex, NC, United States
Phone: 919-662-2300
Twitter: @WestLakeElem