WEDNESDAY WEEKLY
January 19, 2022
NEWS & NOTES
Camp registration is now open!
It's hard to believe it, but it's time to start planning for summer! Registration for Camp Montessori 2022 is now open! This year, our core camp program is open to toddlers through rising fourth-graders. We also are offering two levels of archery specialty camps (for campers entering grades 2-5) and our literacy tutoring program for all ages.

Last year, most of our programs filled to capacity, so please register early! This is also an early registration discount of 10% if your family signs up for a total of five or more weeks by March 31.

Details and online registration can be found at www.wmsde.org/camp.

Note to Toddler families: Our Toddler (Turtles) camp program is only open to families enrolled at WMS. Please contact Markia_Inge@wmsde.org to register for this program.

Questions? Email camp@wmsde.org!
Virtual Family Night for Early Childhood Students - Snow Theme
January 26 at 6:30 p.m.
Join Paula and Trish for an evening of snowy fun (while staying inside your warm home)!

We will read the book Snowballs by Lois Ehlert and make a virtual snowman together. Finally, we will make a "real" snowman with paper at home. Please have three white paper circles or white paper, a glue stick, crayons or markers, and one colorful piece of construction paper ready!

Visit Bloomz to RSVP and access the Zoom link!
Thank you!
Thank you for your continuing efforts to keep our community safe by keeping your children home when they are sick, participating in weekly COVID-19 testing, adjusting drop-off/pick-up procedures, supplying well-fitting masks for your children and so much more.

Please continue to keep your children home if they don't feel well and notify us of any exposures. Feel free to reach out to Nurse Mariah with any questions!
Masking Reminders

The CDC and DPH have stressed the importance of wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and have emphasized the need for well-fitting, protective masks for all ages. Masks continue to be required for students in the Primary Program and older and strongly encouraged for all students ages 2 and older. We are currently requiring masks indoors and outdoors.

We STRONGLY encourage students to wear surgical, KN95 or multi-layer cloth masks. If wearing a one-layer cloth mask, we strongly recommend pairing it with a surgical mask. Bandanas, masks with vents and other types of face coverings will not be permitted. 

The CDC's new guidelines for quarantine/isolation times are contingent upon your child being able to consistently wear a masks properly throughout the school day. Please take some time to make sure the masks you provide for your children fit properly and ensure that they fully cover the nose and mouth without gaps on the side.

Thank you for helping to keep all of us healthy!
COVID-19 Testing Update: Next Results Due Tuesday, January 25

On-Site Testing with Quidel
If you haven't already registered your child for on-site testing, we highly recommend that you do so! It is currently extremely difficult to schedule off-site testing due to test shortages! Sign up here

Next Testing Deadline - Tuesday, January 25 - Please read the information below carefully:

  • On-site: Quidel will be on-site for testing on January 25. All registered students will be tested on that day. Results will be sent to parents that afternoon and must be forwarded to covidresults@wmsde.org. WMS does not automatically receive copies of each child's results on the day of testing. These results must be forwarded by 4:30 p.m. in order for your child to attend school on Wednesday, January 26.

  • Families that choose NOT to participate in Quidel testing must test off-site each week and submit results to covidresults@wmsde.org by NOON each Tuesday. If you are submitting a screenshot, please include the date tested.

  • If your child misses testing due to an absence or lateness to school, your child must get tested off-site to attend school on Wednesday. Solv Health offers a directory of locations that provide rapid and PCR tests daily. Please plan to arrive on time on testing days - testing begins immediately after drop-off.

  • Please Note: If your child will not allow Quidel staff to conduct the test on a particular week, you will be called and asked to pick up your child to be tested elsewhere in order to adhere to our testing deadline.

Thank you, and please contact the school nurse if you have any questions!

Off-site testing options:
Policies & Procedures

WMS's COVID-19 policies are based on guidelines from the CDC and State of Delaware Department of Education Office of Child Care Licensing. We continue to monitor those sources for information to adjust our policies and practices as needed.
The Wednesday Weekly shares WMS news and events that are relevant to the families in our community. 

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For more information, contact Noel Dietrich, Director of Advancement & Communications.
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