Wales News: Water Bottles, Heart Week, and Vision Screening!

Water Bottles & Weather

A Few Reminders for Parents -

Water Bottles

Every student must bring a water bottle to school with them every day. Our bubblers are turned off, but our water refill stations are open for students to use. So, it is very important that students have a water bottle to use for the day to keep hydrated.

Weather

As the weather gets warmer, students look forward to being outside without a coat - especially our older students.

Our current criteria that we follow is 2 layers of long sleeves must be worn if it is 50 degrees or less. So layering, or keeping a sweatshirt in students' backpacks is always a good idea.

Thanks for your cooperation with these important matters!

Vision Screening for Wales Campus

To make sure your child is vision ready for success in school, we have scheduled a Vision Screening for Face to Face Elementary students in grades 4K, 5K, 1, and 5 on March 24rth and 25th. If your child wears glasses, please make sure they bring them to school on these days.

If you do not wish to have your child's vision screened, please fill out the form above and send it in to school.

Questions about the vision screening can be sent to our district nurse, Patricia Schuetz.

Help Fill Our Yearbook!

If you have pictures you would like to contribute to the yearbook, you can do so by going to this link and uploading the picture in the correct grade's folder.

Password: Wales21!

5th Grade parents - please check your email for a link to submit your child's baby picture. Thank you!

All picture submissions are due by Friday, March 19th.

Feel free to reach out to Mrs. Schultz if you have any questions.

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SAVE THE DATE!

March 12th: Restaurant Night at PANDA EXPRESS!

See link for more info!

https://community.pandaexpress.com/fundraiser/events/promotions/356156d0-14a2-f4e7-8c24-60616fabf4c2/en/landing

WISH LISTS

Thanks to all the families that purchased items off teacher wish lists! If you still would like to make a purchase you can! The last day to purchase is Friday, February 26th.

https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/35YVJAXUO2P7H/guest-view?fbclid=IwAR3_4yqmpbfeuH4EYg6ya6KR1USlrIk97c_s4CDtW7lAWcgTXL5Q1FDeiRs

Kids Heart Challenge

Our school is ready to kick-off [socially distant] KIDS HEART CHALLENGE! We are so excited to participate in this service-learning program from the American Heart Association. Kids Heart Challenge will teach your student how to care for their hearts-- physically and emotionally-- while raising lifesaving donations.

Even with the impacts of COVID-19 present, heart disease remains to be the leading cause of death in America, AND COVID-19 is in fact causing heart disease in otherwise healthy individuals- To learn more about the heart and COVID-19 impacts, Click Here

Next week we will be kicking off our event during classes. (Please watch for additional information to follow.) We will talk with our students about the work the AHA does and challenge students to start living a healthy lifestyle. With the help of our friends, the HEART HEROES, our school is going to fight Heart Disease and get rid of it for good!

All of the Heart Heroes have a special message they are teaching our students about heart health. Make sure you ask your student what they learned from their new friends!

Once your student collects a donation they will help their class earn heart heroes to clip to their backpacks! Please remember, our goal is to reach these levels as a team - not individually. If the CLASS reaches a level, then everyone in the class will be rewarded the thank you gifts on the parent letter. Since this is a custom set-up for KMSD, the KHC app and website WILL NOT reflect the TEAM awards that are on the parent letter.

Be sure to look for this special mark on all of our hearth heroes. When scanned, each mark delivers a fun virtual experience, via the FREE mobile app: Kids Heart Challenge

Here are four easy steps to get your student registered for this year’s Kids Heart Challenge:

1.Go to your school’s KHC page: http://www2.heart.org/goto/Wales

2. Click on the Sign Up button

3. Create a username and password (or use last year’s) and then fill out the registration form

4. Share your personal fundraising link and heart healthy message with friends and family.

AND/OR Download the FREE mobile app Kids Heart Challenge and register your student that way

While our heart Heroes are teaching our students how to KEEP their hearts healthy, we also want to recognize that some kids are BORN with unhealthy hearts (1/00 babies actually!) and at the American Heart Association we are we are working tirelessly to fund research to help fix unhealthy hearts.

Finn's Story

Thank you for joining us as we challenge each other to keep our heart healthy and raise donations for kids with special hearts.

Blessings in a Backpack for Distance Learners

Students who are in quarantine or learning virtually can pick up their Blessing bag(s) on Fridays, at Wales Elementary School from 1:30-2:45. The bags will be located in the front lobby on a bench on the right hand side. When entering the building, a mask must be worn.

If you are receiving Blessings in a Backpack and you do NOT want to participate in this program, you can opt out by visiting:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B6RWCZG

Wales Family Directory

The Wales Family Directory is here! Click here for a listing of families that opted in.

Completing the Wales Elementary Family Directory Form is strictly voluntary. By opting to fill out and submit the new Wales Elementary Family Directory Form, you are giving consent to have the information you provide published in the Wales Elementary Family Directory. Only families with completed and submitted forms will have their information included in the directory. All families at Wales Elementary will have access to the directory by using the link provided in the Wales e-messenger in mid-October.

REMINDER: To protect the privacy of all families, information regarding another household, in which your child may reside, should not be entered on your form. Instead, parents/guardians residing in different locations must provide their own personal information by completing separate forms.

COMMUNITY ED

KM Community Education provides recreational and educational opportunities for families. Please be sure to visit the website often for updates and new programs. For program information and registration forms, visit www.kmsd.edu/communityed.

Fastpitch Softball - U-8 Players needed

We are looking for additional U8 players for the Kettle Moraine Lasers Fastpitch Club for the 2021 season! The Kettle Moraine Lasers Fastpitch Club is a premier Select Youth Organization. We work closely with the Kettle Moraine High School coaching staff to develop and prepare our players for the KM High School program. If your daughter is 8 or younger on 12/31/2020, and is interested in playing please check out the link here: https://lasersfastpitch.sportngin.com/register/form/086008015

KM Girls Youth Lacrosse

Registration is open through March 10 for girls in grades 3-8 interested in playing spring lacrosse. Please register at www.kmlacrosse.com

COMMUNITY EVENTS & FLYERS

Events/opportunities listed on our Community Flyers page are not endorsed by the Kettle Moraine School District. They have been approved for electronic sharing. Visit www.kmsd.edu/communityflyers to see the full list of current flyers. Links to recently-added flyers and upcoming events are included below.

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