Thursday Folder for Wayzata Birchview Elementary School

THURSDAY FOLDER

Weekly Information for Birchview Elementary

10/16/14

Busses, Dismissal and Pick Up... Oh, My

In order to better offer safety to our students, we are making a change to how we do dismissal at Birchview. This will mostly affect students riding busses, but there will be a little impact to families who pick up students by the front doors of the school.

Teachers will now escort students from the classroom to the bus. This will ease congestion on the front veranda of the school. If you are a parent who picks up by the front doors, your child will be hand delivered to you by the classroom teacher. These adult-to-adult transfers will ensure our students have an adult supervisor who makes sure they are making it to the right location.

We are also asking parents to make any changes to transportation plans before 3:15 by calling the Birchview Office at 763-745-5300. Because the end of the day is a hectic time in the office and in classrooms, we cannot honor transportation changes after 3:15. Thank you for understanding.

For more details on our plan, please click here.

Homework for Vacations

As you are making plans for family vacations, please keep in mind our practice for providing families with homework as outlined in the Parent Handbook:

HOMEWORK MAKE-UP POLICY

"Make-up assignments are provided AFTER the student returns from an absence. Please contact your child's homeroom teacher for specific assignments."

Students will always benefit from daily reading while on vacation. Journaling the experiences they have while on vacation is another way to keep your child's literacy on target.

Lifetouch Picture Retakes October 23rd

Free digital SmileSafe card
The Lifetouch SmileSafe program provides parents a digital safety card, which includes emergency contact information and gives authorities instant access to a recent student image in case of an emergency. Get your free SmileSafe card at mylifetouch.com

Haven't ordered pictures yet? There's still time!
1. Go to mylifetouch.com
2. Log in with your Portrait ID and Access Code, which is on your portrait package insert.

Picture Day ID: MI214020Y1

Questions? Call 1-866-955-8342

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held November 3rd and November 6th. You may begin signing up through our web-based scheduling system, Pick a Time, starting Tuesday, October 21st. For more information and instructions on how to sign up, click here.

WPS Legislative Action Committee Update

Please mark your calendars for the LAC Candidate Forum. Parents, community members, students and staff members are invited to attend the 2014 Legislative Candidate Forum on Public Education Issues.

Every candidate running for the Minnesota House of Representatives within the borders of the Wayzata School District has been invited. The forum will be held on Monday October 20, 2014 from 7:00 - 8:30 pm at the Central Middle School Auditorium. For more information click here.

2014-2015 District Information

To learn more about our Wayzata School Board and to read about important district information and policies, please click here.

October Menus

To view, click on the menu:

Community Education

"Mom, YOU Forgot My Boots!"

Hear more about helping kids learn to be more responsible at this Parenting with Vision presentation on Tuesday, October 28th. Click here for more information.

Proud to be part of

Excellence. For each and every student.

Events

October 17 - MEA - No School

October 20 - LAC Forum - 7:00 p.m. @ CMS

October 21 - Online Conference Sign-up Begins

October 22

-3rd Grade Field Trip to The

Works 9:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

- 2:10 p.m.- Assembly

October 23

- Lifetouch Picture Retakes

- Morning Choir - 8:00

a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

October 27 - WPS Substitute Interviews

3:30-6:30 p.m.

October 30 - Morning Choir -

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

November 3rd - Parent Teacher Conferences

November 6th - Parent Teacher Conferences

November 7th - 9:30-10:30 a.m. Parent Coffee with Sam

November 11 - Fundraiser Pickup 3:30-5:45 p.m.

November 20 - BV Community Service Night 6:30-8:00 p.m.

For the full calendar of events please visit the Birchview Calendar

Sincerely,
Birchview Elementary

Birchview Elementary

425 Ranchview Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55447-3936
Phone: 763-745-5300 Fax: 763-745-5391

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