Please join us for the 2022 Wilson Education Foundation Golf Tournament & Spring Soiree |
Monday, April 18, 2022
The Manor Golf Club
10:00 AM Family Event
1:00 PM Shotgun Scramble
5:00 PM Spring Soiree
Space is limited, register early!
BECOME A SPONSOR OR PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE CLICK HERE!
DONATE AN ITEM--If you are an individual or business willing to donate an item or gift certificate for our Silent Auction & Raffle, please contact maamol@wilsonsd.org
Thank you for supporting the Wilson Education Foundation. Your generosity allows us to positively impact students' lives by supporting the Wilson School District in the areas of Student Experience, Teaching Excellence, and Community Engagement.
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Cast Your Vote for the Hunger Fighters! |
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The Hunger Fighters have been fighting hunger in Berks County through Canstructure for the last 4 years! This community based team is comprised of Elementary, Middle School and High School students living in the Wilson School District.
Canstructure is a structure building competition to fight hunger. Teams of Berks County youth compete in a contest to build incredible structures made from cans of food. Each team is responsible for holding its own food drive prior to the event to collect the cans for its structure and all canned food will be donated to the Helping Harvest Food Bank following the competition.
Over the last 4 years, our group raised 7.8 TONS of food for Helping Harvest. They love being part of Canstructure because they get to challenge each other to raise more every year, learn more about engineering and STEM while giving back to the community. The Wilson team has collectively volunteered a total of 1,430 hours over the last 4 year and are grateful for our community of supporters. Please consider a small donation to continue funding this project for years to come.
This year's structure is based on "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." You can support the Hunger Fighters by donating/voting for them at for the Hunger Fighters at this link.
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Open Enrollment for Wilson Preschool at Berkshire Heights |
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Preschool enrollment for next school year, 2022-2023, will open on March 29. Wilson Preschool at Berkshire Heights is a Keystone 4 Stars program!
Register in-person on March 29 from 6-8 pm at our state-of-the-art facility, located at 711 North Wyomissing Boulevard, Wyomissing, PA 19610. Space is limited - sign up early! This program is open to Wilson School District residents.
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Wilson Extraordinary Teacher of the Year Nominations Being Accepted! |
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Nominate Your Favorite Teacher for Wilson Extraordinary Teacher of the Year! Wilson Education Foundation (WEF) is excited to partner with Sun Federal Credit Union once again for this program.
YOU can nominate a Wilson teacher for this special honor! Two teachers will be selected and each will receive a $1,000 award ($500 from Sun FCU & $500 from WEF)!
Click here to nominate your teacher. Applications will be accepted through April 30. Thank you to Sun Federal Credit Union for sponsoring this program!
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Wilson High School is Proud to Present: International Food Sampling Night! |
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Join us to sample delicious foods from around the world!
The event will be held on Friday, April 22, from 6-8 pm, in the Wilson High School Upper House Cafeteria.
Tickets are just $5 and all are welcome!
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Wilson Students Compete in the Reading Berks
Science and Engineering Fair
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Six students within the Wilson School District competed in the 70th annual Reading Berks Science and Engineering Fair. This year included a return to in person interviews at Albright College on Tues. March 15th. The awards and monetary prizes were revealed in a Facebook Live ceremony on Fri. March 18th.
Wilson Southern sixth grader Tyler Aman won 2nd place in the Physical 6th Grade Junior Division for his project on “Length and Flexural Strength.” Tyler received a $75 prize for his 2nd place finish in the category. He also received a $100 prize from ASM Materials International for excellence in the physical sciences. In addition, his project was ranked in the top 10% of all Junior Division entries which earned a nomination for the Broadcom MASTERS competition.
Wilson Southern eighth graders Eniola Oyewole and Yashica Purohit entered projects in the Physical 8th Grade Junior Division. Eniola’s project focused on “Robotic Hand Design” and Yashica’s work was titled “Is There a Relationship in Fingerprint Patterns Between Siblings?”
Wilson High School ninth grader Calia Aman won 4th place in the Physics and Astronomy Senior Division for her project on “How Heat Absorption is Affected By Color.”
Wilson High School ninth grader Sindura Sridhar won 3rd place in the Chemistry Senior Division for her project on “Using Pineapple to Find the Effect of Heat on Enzyme Catalysis.” Sindura received a $50 prize for her 3rd place finish in the category.
Wilson High School eleventh grader Claire Hinkle won 1st place in the Math and Computers Senior Division for her project on “Using Machine Learning for Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants." Claire received a $100 prize for her 1st place finish in the category. In addition to the category award, Claire received a $100 prize from Entech Engineering for a creative project that could lead to a useful invention and a $100 award from Penn State Berks’ Science Division. The project also earned a certificate from Mu Alpha Theta for the most challenging and creative project involving mathematics, Yale’s Science and Engineering Association medallion for the most outstanding 11th grade project, and the SRI Innovative Changemaker Award.
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Students Excel at PA Central East 2022 Science Olympiad Competition |
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(L to R, 1st row): Mr. Raffauf, Mr. Melograna, Xi Lin (11), Anjana Gopal (9), Isabella Vitales (11), Sindura Sridhar (9)
(L to R, 2nd row): Sidharth Senthilvel (11), Survrat Agrawal (11), Jay Khamar (11),
Nolen Pagolu (12), Aditya Nayak (9), Colby Snyder (12), Medhansh Singla (12), Kofi Anokye (9)
On Thursday, March 17, twelve Wilson High School students participated in the Pennsylvania Central East Regional Science Olympiad competition at Kutztown University. The team is advised by Joe Melograna, Greg Brooks, and Gay Wentzel. The competition included 23 events that challenged students within the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. Many of the students earned top 4 finishes in their various events. They received medals at the closing awards ceremony.
1st place in Cell Biology: Colby Snyder and Nolen Pagolu
1st place in Green Generatin: Colby Snyder and Medhansh Singla
2nd place in Dynamic Planet: Xi Lin
3rd place in Chemistry Lab: Colby Snyder and Medhansh Singla
3rd place in Environmental Chemistry: Colby Snyder and Isabella Vitales
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Grandview Gallery Opening of "Nature's Beauty Captured Through the Camera Lens of Joe Endy" by Joe Endy |
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Grandview Gallery welcomes you to join us at our opening reception of "Nature's Beauty Captured Through the Camera Lens of Joe Endy" by Joe Endy. We hope you'll join us April 2nd, 1-4 pm, to see Joe's exhibit of award winning,
and breathtaking photographs. Light refreshments to be served.
"I am a Wildlife photographer from Pennsylvania. Spine and heart surgery changed a lot of things for me so I decided to take up photography. I love to get outdoors and experience nature. I enjoy other types of photography, but Wildlife is my passion. My spine problems limit my exploration, but I always find a way to get interesting shots. I hope you enjoy my photos." - Joe Endy
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Wilson Interact Club to Hold Their First-Ever
Egg Hunt for Berks County Special Needs Students
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The Wilson High School Interact Club is hosting and Eggstravanganza Egg Hunt on April 3, 2022. The event will take place on Bulldog Field at Wilson High School. This event is being offered to special needs students all throughout Berks County aged 4-21. The event is broken down into three waves based on age; 4-10 years old at 12:30 pm, 11-15 years old at 1:00 pm, and 16-21 at 1:30 pm. We anticipate each age group will take between 15-20 minutes. Interact Club will be providing buddies for each student participating! The Interact Club looks forward to hosting this event for the community!
Check out the information below!
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The Wilson Aquatic Department is Hiring! |
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We are looking for swim lesson instructors!!! You don't need to be a fantastic swimmer to teach lessons... we're looking for students or adults (15 and older) who enjoy working with children and want to make a positive impact on our young Bulldogs!
As an employee of our lesson program, you'll receive training before teaching on your own. Must have weeknight availability. Contact Erin Kurtz for more information gooeri@share.wilsonsd.org.
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Wilson Aquatics Events and Programs |
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COMMUNITY SWIMMING LESSONS
The spring Learn-To-Swim program offers five different sessions to choose from over the course of three months.
Spring swimming lessons are more intensive and WSD Aquatics runs swimming lessons on Tuesday & Thursday evenings during each session. Each three-week session will consist of five 30 minute lessons.
These five-date sessions will offer three different class times. Specific levels will be offered during each timeslot. Due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, we will not offer private or semi-private lessons, open to non-residents, or offer advanced classes this year. Classes are filled on a first-come-first-serve basis.
AMERICAN RED CROSS COURSES
Starting Tuesday evenings March 22nd WSD Aquatics will offer an ARC Red Cross Lifeguarding course.
Students interested must be 15 years or older by May 24, 2022.
This course is a two-date recertification class that will teach new skills, as well as review old skills, necessary for a student to lifeguard at public and private pools. Students must attend the entire class, pass all tests, and competently perform the required skills in order to receive certification at the end of the course. Payment and attendance does not guarantee recertification. This new course offered through the American Red Cross includes Lifeguarding, first aid, CPR, and AED training for professional rescuers. If a student passes the course, they will be recertified for two years.
Information and registration are now on the web for the 2022 Spring Middle School Mainline Water Polo League.
Practices will run Monday & Wednesday evenings from March 28-April 28, 2022. For registration and cost information please visit the website.
Wilson Aquatics will resume our evening open lap swim schedule beginning the week of March 28th.
Visit the website for dates and cost information.
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Wilson Team "Rallies" to Support Ryder! |
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One of the best things about being part of the Wilson School District team is that we rally together to help support those in need. One of our own Wilson teachers from Green Valley, Jenna Knechtle (1st grade) and her family are facing a very difficult time right now. The youngest of their 3 boys, Ryder (age 5) was diagnosed with DIPG in July of 2020. DIPG is a rare, inoperable brain tumor that currently has no cure.
Ryder is part of a clinical trial that is based out of the University of California, San Francisco. He is responding well to treatment and as research continues, we are beyond hopeful that Ryder continues to heal and live his very best life!
Our district staff worked together to hold a Rally for Ryder Jeans Day this week to help ease their financial burden and allow them to focus all of their love and attention on their beautiful children! We just love how our Wilson family works together to make a difference!
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