Wilson School

    Wildcat News

                    Eric Hoppes, Superintendent/Principal

                          August 26, 2010

                    Dear Families:

Welcome Back! Wildcats!

Welcome back to another exciting year at Wilson School.  We had a busy summer getting ready to welcome back our students and families.  Hopefully you were able to drop in to see our remodeled Kindergarten room and hallway.  They look fresh and clean. 

Welcome New Teachers:  Ms. Karen Levin who is teaching our 3-4 combination class is back after a year away from us and Mrs. Lisa Pologeorgis is newly hired and teaching Kindergarten.  I am very excited that we can add these strong teachers to our already strong teaching staff.

Sonoma County Office of Education noted in their press release that Wilmar District (Wilson School) is one of five small schools that continue to show growth in STAR test results.  Way to go Wildcats.  You should have received a copy of your child’s STAR results in your back to school packet.  Feel free to contact us if you need a copy.  We will find out our school wide progress in a couple of weeks. 

The Mighty Mouth Dental program permission slips are coming home today.  This is a nice service sponsored by St. Joseph Health System.  Please see the flyer for details.

Farmers Market this Saturday 11 am-2 pm.  This should be a fun event. Hope to see you there.

Hot Lunch.  We are receiving lunches from Petaluma City Schools again.  We have a link on our website to the lunch calendar.  Click on the calendar link and you will find the link to our lunch program.  Or you can go to:  http://www.pcsfoods.com/wilson%20menu.html

Calendar Items:

September 1 is our first School Site Council.  Parents are encouraged to attend and join the team.

September 6 is a national holiday, Labor Day.  No school.

September 22 is PICTURE DAY.

Our enrollment has increased to 214 students, up from 205 last year.  This increase in enrollment is one of the reasons we could hire a new teacher. 

Job opening.  Susie Clark is stepping down as our Friendship Room Coordinator.  This job is about 15 hours per week.  The coordinator receives training in non directed play.  Children come once a week to the friendship room for about 12 weeks.  This program has had wonderful results.  If you are interested, pick up an application in the office and feel free to talk to me about the job.  Deadline to apply is two weeks, September 9^th.

We will have our challenges this year, as we seem to have every year.  Together we can keep Wilson strong academically, physically, and socially.  Your volunteer support helps all of our students and teachers, as well as your child.  Thank you for your many selfless acts at Wilson.

And as always, Go Wildcats!

Mr. Hoppes