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.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: The spring flower sale starts on Tuesday, March 23rd!

We have again chosen Foertmeyer and Sons Greenhouse to help us raise our funds for this year's campaign. After Spring Break, your student's web sale code will be sent directly to your email. You can share that link with your friends and family so that they can purchase their flowers online! Each student will also receive a catalog. Please use one student code per household. Also, per district wide rules, all Foertmeyer rewards will go directly to our school, rather than awarding individuals prizes.

Please lookout for this flyer that will be coming home with your child, or by email for OA families. 

Note: Flower pickup is scheduled for May 13, 2021 at the old Macy’s building. More details coming soon!

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! 

Beginning March 3rd, to ease congestion at pickup/drop off, the car line for K-3rd graders has been moved to the cutout on Eastcleft Road. 

4/5th grade families (and any younger siblings) will use the front of the building for pick up and drop off. Please make note of the traffic patterns for the 4/5 cars to wrap around the side parking lot. This is to help create less congestion on Wickliffe Road. Read more here.

For families in-school, Ms. Evans provided updated quarantine information in her latest parent update, if you missed it you can view it here.

And, Dr. Imhoff shared this message from our school nurses:

• Daily symptom checks: Please continue to conduct a daily symptom check at home for any symptoms related to COVID-19 —  fever of 100.4ºF or higher, chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore threat, new or worsened nasal congestion, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea. If your student is experiencing any of these symptoms, please keep them home, and you may call your school nurse, Janice Walsh, for advice. 

For more information, the UA school district's responsible restart webpage is here.

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: 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 menu with the full description and nutrition information for each lunch option, by clicking here.

• 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. 

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

As we head into the homestretch before spring break, we wanted to provide you with one more reminder about our upcoming spring groups.

Please remember these are for all students (OA and in-school learners).  Please check out our previous newsletters for the description of these opportunities.

• Change: Exciting, But Tricky

• Morning Mindfulness

• BIPOC Student Affinity Group (to be renamed by the kiddos)

• IDEA Mentors

• Moving On Up: Skills to Survive Middle School

You can email Dr. Kassoy at fkassoy@uaschools.org if you would like your child to participate.

As I was walking along the Scioto River this past Sunday, the bright sunshine reminded me that spring is approaching. Last spring at the start of the pandemic, I was searching for ways to safely spend time with my granddaughters. After a little brainstorming with them, we decided to plant a garden. Though we ended up with enough spaghetti squash to feed the entire neighborhood, we have decided to try it again this year and learn from our mistakes!

This Article from The Sierra Club on pandemic gardening provides ideas for engaged learning in the garden, for toddlers and up to high schoolers. And this PBS for parents article is a good reminder that planting a garden can affect not only your child’s body but also their brain and soul.

Happy Gardening!

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/pandemic-gardening-kids-101

https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/gardening-with-kids-how-it-affects-your-childs-brain-body-and-soul

Until next week,

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