Woodland Park Academy
Newsletter 10-31-16
Save the Dates
Monday, October 31st
Pizza Kit Orders Due
Friday, November 4th
Staff Talent Show
$1 Jean Day
End of 1st Marking Period
Tuesday, November 8th
Picture Retake Day
PTO Meeting @ 6:30pm
Friday, Nov. 11th
1/2 Day
Dismissal @ 11:30am
$ Jean Day
Monday, Nov. 14th
No School
Parent/Teacher Conferences
8AM-7PM
Thursday, Nov. 17th
Annual Title I Meeting @ 5:30
Board Meeting
@ 6:30pm
Wednesday, Nov. 23rd
1/2 Day
Dismissal @ 11:30am
Thursday, Nov. 24th
Happy Thanksgiving
No School
Friday, Nov. 25th
No School
Bus payments are due the 1st week of each month.
Payments can now be accepted through Sangha.
Athletics
Please arrive 30 minutes prior to your scheduled game time!
Thursday, Nov. 3rd
Volleyball @ Home
-vs- Greater Heights
JV-5pm No Varsity
Monday, Nov. 7th
Volleyball @ Home
Varsity - 5pm No JV
Thursday, Nov. 10th
Volleyball @ Home
Varsity @ 5pm No JV
Monday, Nov. 14th
Volleyball AWAY
@ Burton Glen
JV - 5pm
Varsity - 6pm
Thursday, Nov. 17th
Volleyball AWAY
@ New Standard
JV - 5pm
Varsity - 6pm
Friday, Nov. 18th &
Saturday, Nov. 19th
Tournament at
Greater Heights
Want to volunteers for a home games? Email Miss Bell if you are interested.
/ From the desk of Mr. Brown, Principal
We are using our Sangha system for many items at Woodland Park Academy this year. Please make sure that you have signed up for a time to visit your child’s teacher during the upcoming conferences. Communication with families is very critical to the mission at WPA. We value two way communication and encourage all families to reach out with questions or feedback. Sangha is a great way to communicate with all WPA staff. If you need assistance with this program in any way please stop by the office or call.
Woodland Park Academy is drafting our Local Wellness Policy. This is a policy that will suggest healthy activities and monitor consumption of unhealthy foods during the school day. The group will meet a couple of times and create a draft. If you are interested in participating please email Mr. Brown at or call 810-695-4710 ext. 2506.
We are focusing on providing quality instruction in all of our classrooms for each lesson. It is critically important to our collective mission that students are present for each lesson. School begins at 8:00am and ends at 3:15pm. Please do all that you can to ensure your children are present for all lessons each day of school.
Finally, we value all of our interactions with the WPA community and have been really impressed by the participation in the Pay it Forward initiative. Students and adults have been seeking ways to help others and that has resulted in a very positive climate.
From the desk of Mrs. Martin, Assistant Principal
Did you know Woodland Park Academy is a Title I school? Are you interested in learning more about how we provide supplemental instruction to our students? If so, please join me November 17th at 5pm. We will discuss how additional instruction is provided to WPA students and get feedback from you!
Parent-Teacher Conferences: November 14th
Parent-Teacher Conferences are fast approaching. At Woodland Park Academy, it is our goal to meet with 100% of our parents and share with you the wonderful things your child is learning. Teachers will review your child’s work, discuss progress and growth, and discussed plans for continued learning. As a parent, it’s helpful to write down questions or concerns you might have before meeting with the teacher. Achievement occurs when teachers, parents, and students can develop a plan for success.
Conferences are Monday, November 14th and run from 8 am-7pm. Kindergarten through 4th Grade conferences should be schedule with the classroom teacher. Please be on time--these meetings run quickly. 5th-8th grade teachers and Specials teachers (music, art, technology, P.E.) will be located in the gym. 5th-8th Grade conferences do not need to be scheduled--just show up and line up to meet with your child’s teachers.
LOGO Clothing is in and ready to be picked up in the office.
If you need your total, please call.
The next LOGO clothing order will begin today - Friday, November 18, 2016. Orders should be in before winter break.
Click here for the order form
Other News...
●Click here to view the October breakfast & lunch menus.
●Click here to view the November breakfast & lunch menus.
THANK YOU!
●Fall Fun Day was a huge success. Thank you to everyone that volunteered their time and/or donated items.
We could not have pulled it off without you.
●The bookfair event provided $1000 worth of books into classroom libraries!!! Another $1000 is in our Scholastic "bank". Thank you to all of our volunteers and everyone that supported the fair!
●Thank you to all the parents who donated refreshments and helped at the dance on Friday night. Fun was had by all that attended.
●Pay It Forward Family Night was a wonderful event. Thank you for everyone that attended. Everyone had a great time.
WPA Community
If you are a student in need of Christmas support, please contact the office (695-4710) by 11/3/16 and let us know. Old Newsboys would like to help.
The Salvation Army is hosting a Christmas Assistance Sign-Up
November 16-November 18th from 9:00-2:30pm at their locations on Kearsley Street and Coldwater Road. Families that qualify and provide required documents can help Genesee County residents celebrate Christmas. See the flyer HERE for additional information.
/ SOCKTOBER UPDATE
Thank you to everyone that donated socks in the month of October for Carriage Town Ministries in Flint. All together, WPA families collected 178 pair of socks! Thank you so much for your support!
The Math Corner
How can I help my child be successful in Math?
An easy way to help your child with math is to master foundational skills. Recalling math facts, automatically, is critical to multi-step and higher level problem solving. By the end of the year, students should master the following;
Kindergarten
Identify numbers 0-100
Addition Fact 0-10
Subtraction Facts 0-10
First Grade
Addition Facts 1-20
Subtraction Facts 1-20
Second Grade
Addition and Subtraction Facts
Third Grade
Multiplication Facts 0-10
Division Facts 0-10
Fourth Grade & Up
Multiplication and Division Facts
0-12
/ Stay Connected!
There are lots of ways to know what is happening at Woodland Park Academy!
Join Sagha;
You can be invited by giving us your current email.
Email Ms.Amy
Visit our website;
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Like the PTO Facebook page;
/ Featured Teacher
Andrea Wallace
Ms. Wallace has been a teacher at WPA for 17 years! She has taught Elementary and Middle School Science, 3rd Grade, Reading, and 1st Grade. She went to Oakland University for her Elementary Education degree and completed her Masters at Oakland University in Reading and Language Arts.Ms. Wallace loves to spend time with her family and enjoys walking her dog, Josie. Her favorite part of teaching 1st graders is watching them develop their reading skills.
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