We want to show the teachers and staff at Wickliffe how much we appreciate all of their hard work and support during the school year! We invite you to sign up and adopt a teacher or staff member for either a month or for the rest of the school year. Up to 3 families can sign up to adopt the same teacher/staff member. 

During the time you have adopted the teacher/staff member let them know that you are thinking about them! Send them encouraging e-mails, mail them a card, drop off a small treat at the Front Office, etc. 

You do not need to spend a lot of money adopting the teacher/staff member just let them know you and your family are thinking about them and are thankful for all of the hard work!

Sign up to adopt a teacher or staff member The teachers/staff members completed a survey about their likes, favorite candy, etc. Click here to find out more about your teacher/staff member.

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.

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ALL-IN LEARNING MEALS:

• Beginning the week of March 1, students in the school based pathway will no longer need to pre-order school lunches. Teachers will take a count each morning of the students getting lunch from the cafeteria. 
• Parents can view the lunch menus by clicking here, or by downloading the "Web Menus by Isite" app from Google Play here or the App Store here.

For students in the Online Academy, the meal pickup services will continue. Updated information and details will come from Ms. Evans, and on the UA Nutritional Services webpage here.

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HYBRID/REMOTE LEARNING MEALS:

• 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 are available for pick up for any student learning remotely (at home days in the school-based pathway and students in the Online Academy). Families must request a weekly meal pack for their student:
  
  • for the week of February 22, please complete this form.
    

Meals are available for pick up on Wednesdays for all students.
The week of Feb 22, meal pickup is Wednesday 24th at 11:45am - 12:30pm, 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

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: The Spring Flower Sale starts on March 23rd! We can order the amazing plants from Foertmeyer and support our school, when we return from spring break. Flower pickup is scheduled for May 13, 2021 at the old Macy’s building. All the details coming soon!

Please read the following update from Shawna McEvoy regarding Morning Mindfulness.

As we move to *all-in learning* beginning March 1st, teachers will be using the 8-9 am time block to prepare for the return of all students. So, starting this week, we will take a small break from Tuesday and Thursday Mindful Mornings and resume after spring break on March 30th. Thanks for your understanding.

In the meantime, please remind your child about the strategies learned:

• mountain breath
• bumblebee breath
• inhale, exhale, pause
• lengthening each out-breath by counting
• picturing the breathing ball while taking in-breaths and out-breaths

And, the Online Academy Learners would like to invite you to donate pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House and clean or new socks for the Homeless Family Foundation for the remainder of this month. Collection bins are by the front door. Thanks for supporting these initiatives.

A reminder to our IDEA Mentors that we will be meeting this Wednesday morning from 8:30 to 9:00 via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/7191866057. The students will be having a conversation with Mr. Matt Boaz to learn about his new job in our district. They are eager to collaborate with him on action steps that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Several parents have reached out to me regarding their childrens’ transition to all-in learning next week. Although this article was written in the fall specifically about separation anxiety, it still serves as a good reminder to all of us of some things to think about when talking with our kiddos.

• Validate your childrens’ feelings

• Set the tone…”if you lead with your anxiety, you will only fuel their anxiety.”

• Emphasize safety measures

• Encourage flexibility

As always, if you need some additional support or resources to navigate this transition, please feel free to reach out (fkassoy@uaschools.org).

Until next week,

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