THIS NEWSLETTER IS LONG...

BUT THERE'S A LIST OF ALL THE PRESCHEDULED EVENTS AT THE END...

Craft Night is back!



This is one of our favorite events and we are so excited to have it on Wednesday, October 18, from 6:15-7:30 in the MPR!

Bring your family for a fun event, stretch your creative legs and take home some new creations! See you there!

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Accidents (and a request)

Children have a variety of accidents throughout the day, juice, chocolate milk, an epic soccer slide through wet grass, blood from a lost tooth, and sometimes bathroom accidents.

Our goal is always to preserve your student's health and dignity in the most discrete and speedy fashion we can, while causing the least amount of work disruption for busy families.

Your student (all ages including those amazing 5th grade soccer people) are most comfortable in their own clothes, and will always benefit from a change of clothes in the bottom of their backpack.

And, yet, life happens.

As much as we can, we will put clean clothes on kids to get them back in class before their peers notice anything was amiss. And we have had amazing donations brought in to facilitate this. We rewash all returned (or donated) clothing and check for suitability before reshelving it for another time.

If you are cleaning out your student's clothes and notice they have pants they have outgrown, we would be delighted to be the recipients! Or, if your little one has borrowed clothing, and proceeded to continue on their awesome day unphased, we would love to have the borrowed clothes returned to be washed for another day.

When to Keep Your Student Home

• It is important for the health of all students, staff and families that your child not attend school when they are sick. The following guidelines are appropriate reasons to keep your child home from school:
• A fever of 100.4 degrees F or higher in the last 24 hours. Your child should be fever free (without the use of fever reducing medicines) for 24 hours before returning to school.
• A consistently goopy, runny nose.
• Drainage from the eye and/or redness of the eyelid or skin around the eye.
• A bad cough – one that you wouldn’t want your well child to be around.
• A sore throat, especially with fever or swollen glands in the neck.
• Shortness of breath or other problems with normal breathing.
• A child that seems ill – unusually tired, pale, or difficult to awaken, headache or body aches; seems confused or irritable, and/or lacks normal appetite.
• A rash that is associated with fever or severe itching.
• Vomiting with/without diarrhea within the last 24 hours. Your child should be free of vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school. NOTE: A child who has one episode of bloody diarrhea or two episodes of diarrhea at school must be sent home and cannot return until the diarrhea has resolved. Some diarrhea may be associated with bacteria or virus. If your child has severe diarrhea you should contact your health care provider.
• Your child needs to remain at home for 24 hours after starting an antibiotic.
• Any contagious condition such as chicken pox, influenza, COVID-19, whooping cough, or gastroenteritis.
• Questions about COVID-19? View this suggested guidance from the Washington Department of Health.
• As directed by your health care provider.

• If you have any questions about your child's symptoms, please contact your health care provider.

School Improvement Goals and Title Supports

Whitman Elementary School is a Title Building that serves 380 students with about 85% of students qualifying for the federal government to provide support to help student grow in Reading, Math, and Social Behavior. This money helps us to get more teaching supports for students, provides after school opportunities, and engagement with our community. 

Our goals for this year are to grow ALL students at least one level in both reading and math. We will also be working with students to self-regulate when they are frustrated so that they can stay in their classroom and continue learning. Another goal we have is to increase student participation in our after school programs to help support students with a sense of belonging and community.

We would love to get feedback on our plan. If you are interested please come to the PTO meeting this month on October 24 at 4pm in the school library.

We look forward to your input!

AT A GLANCE...

FOR YOUR CHILD TO BE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING FOR A WRIST HUGGER ANIMAL, EMAIL MS. SCHMIDT YOUR FAVORITE, LEAST FAVORITE PART, OR TYPO FROM THIS NEWSLETTER BY 10/6.