Woodland Elementary School

Happy 2012!  I am hopeful that you and your family had a wonderful holiday season!  We are now back in our school routines, busily preparing for the next grade level and for the Spring FCAT Assessments.  With your help at home, we are sure to have a successful testing season!

Ensuring that your child reads at home is so important to their reading success here at school!  Please encourage your child to read signs while driving, menus in restaurants, food packages in the grocery store, and of course – books, books, books!  I encourage you to talk with your child about what they are reading.  This will help to improve their comprehension skills.

By adding this into your daily routine, you will be amazed at the growth that your child will make in reading!

Thank you for taking an active role in your child’s education!  I appreciate your continued support!

Mrs. Poe

Congratulations to Mr. Bill D’Water and Mrs. Lisa Ponce for being selected as our “Teacher of the Year” and “SRP of the of the Year” They both make WES a great place for the students and staff!

It is time once again for Woodland’s Annual Turkey Trot.

Our Turkey Trot will be held on Tuesday, November 22nd at the Zephyrhills High School track and stadium.

This year, instead of having our teams compete against one another, we are going to be working as a school to meet the lofty goal of a total of 700 miles or 2800 laps walked.  We will be walking by grade levels throughout the day, ending with a closing program for the entire school at 2:00 p.m. which is highlighted by the sky divers jumping into the stadium, and several other surprises!

We would love to have family members come and assist with this event as a volunteer (you must be an approved Pasco County schools volunteer), or to walk with your child ( we will count all laps that are walked on this day.  We will be walking using the following schedule:

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. – 4th graders
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. – 5th graders
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. – 3rd graders
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. – Kindergartners
 1:00 –  1:30 p.m. – 1st graders
 1:30 –  2:00 p.m. – 2nd graders

If you are interested in helping us with the event, please contact Sarah Belmonte in the front office.  If you come to walk or be a spectator, you must check in the front office and get a visitor pass.

You will be hearing more about this exciting event as the time draws closer.

Parents are now able to login and check how their child is doing in our Accelerated Reader program! You can check to see what books they have read, how any questions they got correct, and how many AR points they have earned! Just visit:

https://Hosted160.renlearn.com/68107/HomeConnect

and use your child’s AR login information to get access!