Next month we are excited to be partnering with the local business Steven's Catering - there are four weeks in February and four opportunities to eat delicious family meals to go from Steven's Catering, to benefit our school!

How does it work?

• Select your family style meal by Friday at noon, for the following week. Each week has a different menu.
• Pick up your meal kit at Wickliffe between 5pm and 6pm on Wednesday evening.
• Heat, serve and enjoy!

You can choose to participate in any or all 4 weeks. This flyer shows the menus and pricing. Pre-orders can be placed by phone or email now. More details on online ordering and pick up to come.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Week 1 orders are due by noon January 29; pick up on February 3rd. Week 1 menu is available for online ordering from Monday 1/25.

Thank you to all who have donated snacks and drinks for the teachers and staff members. The teachers and staff real enjoy and appreciate the treats and drinks! We need your help to keep it going!

If you would like to contribute individual prepackaged food and drinks, our amazing teachers would really appreciate it. Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/teacher_appreciation

• Please drop your items off at Kelley Swiney's porch at 3942 Newhall Rd (or order online and have the snacks delivered to Kelley's address).
• Requested items include: candy, chips, cookies, nuts, trailmix, soda, San Pellegrino flavored water, La Croix, cold brew coffee.

If you have any questions please contact Jennifer Waddell at jenniferawaddell@yahoo.com. Thank you for your support! 

UACA Golden Apple Award nominations are open! Anyone is welcome to submit a nomination for any faculty member (outstanding teacher or favorite longtime staff member) by completing the form on the UACA website here, by Friday, February 26. 

There is currently no charge for elementary students to buy school lunch through the end of the school year due to a USDA National Waiver.

• IN-SCHOOL: To pre-order meals from Nutritional Services on the days your student is in school, please click here to make your selection, orders need to be placed by 10pm one day in advance. The lunches are delivered to the classrooms.

• REMOTE: Multi-day meal packs will be available for pick up for Independent Remote Learning days (at home days and online academy). A remote pickup form will need to be completed each week if you would like to pick up a remote multi-meal pack that week. For the week of January 18, please complete this form.
  
  *Group 1 (A-K) can pick up meals Thursday 1/21
  *Group 2 (L-Z) can pick up meals on Wednesday 1/20
  *Online Academy can pick meals on Wednesday or Thursday
  *Meal pickup will be Weds or Thurs from 12:15pm - 1:00pm, at Wickliffe.

Please note: if you cannot make that time slot, the PTO would like to help by bringing your child's meal pack to you - please reach out to us (wickliffepto@gmail.com) and we will work with you to drop off the meal to your house.

If you have any questions, please contact our Nutritional Services department at (614) 487-5244, or by emailing ihunt@uaschools.org.

Click here for more information

Winter lunch groups are underway. If you would like your child to participate in Morning Mindfulness, Lemonade Brigade, IDEA Mentors, or Cool, Calm, and Connected, please reach out to Dr. Kassoy (fkassoy@uaschools.org) In addition, the counseling team continues to provide one-on-one support for all students (hybrid, OA, and home schooled) so please do not hesitate to email us.

And just a reminder that this Friday, January 22nd, we will be visiting with our OnlineAcademy children for their monthly Zoom counseling lesson (https://zoom.us/j/7191866057).

• K/1st - 9:15-9:45

• 2nd/3rd - 8:30-9:00

• 4th/5th - 10:30-11:00

Our next OA MeetUp will be on January 28th from 11am-12pm. As we are waiting for warmer weather, we will continue to meet on Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/7191866057).

At the heart of Wickliffe is the 3 C’s...community, compassion, and civility. As people in our community and beyond continue to cope with the pandemic, we would like to let our 3 C’s guide us to help others. Please join us to work on acts of kindness that can make a difference.

The good news is that the days are getting longer. The bad news is that the sun rarely shines. Taking care of our mental health is always important, but as we continue to navigate COVID, it is more important than ever.

The research tells us that exercise and mental wellness are connected. In this article the author explains the importance of physical activity and mental health in adolescents. Starting when children are young will develop good habits.

So as your family is exploring ways to stay fit during this pandemic, our metro parks are a great place for an outdoor adventure. Check out this blog about winter hiking. It might be fun to have everyone in the family earn their unique 2020/2021 Winter Hike patch. Happy hiking!!

https://www.nytimes.com/family/the-benefits-of-exercise-for-childrens-mental-health.html

https://www.metroparks.net/blog/a-ticket-to-travel-through-your-metro-parks/

Until next week,

The Counseling Team (Felice, Rebecca, Megan, and Jihyeon)