Puptown Lounge is a Wickliffe Elementary PTO Sponsor for the 2020-2021 school year. Thank you for your LEVEL ONE sponsorship, Puptown Lounge!

Puptown is owned by TWO Wickliffe families and is the perfect place to take your pup for daycare, grooming and overnight stays.

PICTURE DAY IS ON FRIDAY FOR COHORT 2 AND OA!

• HR Imaging will be photographing school portraits at Wickliffe on Friday, October 16th (cohort 2 and OA) and Wednesday, October 21st (cohort 1 and OA).  

• ONLINE ACADEMY students: Please check in at the front doors on Wickliffe Road on October 16th or October 21st from 12:00-12:45 pm to have your child’s school picture taken.

Prepaid portrait envelopes have been sent home, or you can visit hrimaging.com and enter Wickliffe Elementary to order online.   

Due to social distancing, we will not be taking classroom group pictures this fall.  Our hope is to be able to take them in the spring.  If you have questions, please feel free to call HR Imaging at 740.369.4215

Your pre-ordered spirit wear has arrived, and we are delivering to porches this week!

If you provided a local address (in Upper Arlington) when you placed your order, then your package is on its way, and will be delivered to your porch in the next few days. However, if you did not leave a local address, or you haven't received your order by this Friday (10/16), please email Hilary Newlin at cnewlin1@yahoo.com for pick up instructions.

Thanks again for supporting Wickliffe PTO!

One way we are continuing to show our love and support to our teachers and staff is by providing prepacked snacks and drinks throughout the day. Please consider helping by signing up to donate prepackaged food or drinks.

Here is a link to the sign-up genius: Teacher Appreciation - Snack Sign-up

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Our beautification committee will be organizing a Fall cleanup at the end of this month, with an opportunity for you to volunteer twice ;)

• Friday, Oct. 30 after school
• and then Sunday, Nov. 1st 1-3 pm.

We are removing old flower beds and painting the white fence at the castle. The condition of the fence means we need to prime it first and then paint it, hence the two days. Any and all welcome, dress to get dirty and possibly paint splattered. Thank you!

If you have questions, please contact Marta Ackley.

If you haven't yet, please become a member of the Wickliffe PTO! PTO membership is $25 per family, and it's easy to signup and pay online!

• Click this link: 2020/2021 PTO Membership Form

• and, if the $25 fee is a barrier to your family joining, let us know by contacting us at wickliffepto@gmail.com and we have you covered. 

• Parent Coffees are back! After a great response this summer, we will resume these Zoom gatherings. Please join us on Sunday evening, November 8, from 6:15 PM to 7:15 PM https://zoom.us/j/7191866057 to stay connected and have conversations about current parenting topics. We welcome your ideas and suggestions.

• Zoom Office Hours will be Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays from 8:00 to 9:00 for children who are learning from home on those days. Please use this link.  https://zoom.us/j/7191866057

Cultural competence can be defined as having knowledge of and comfort with people of different racial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Perhaps one of the easiest ways to help build cultural competence in our children is our willingness to talk openly and honestly about differences.

This article provides ways to teach children about the heritage and history of Indigenous Peoples. I shared it with the staff, so I thought I would pass it along to our Wickliffe families. https://www.pbssocal.org/education/at-home-learning/honoring-indigenous-peoples-children-today-every-day/

Until next week,

Felice, Brittany and Rebecca (my two fabulous interns)