School News
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*Important Dates*
Monday, March 11th- No School
Tuesday, March 12th- No School
Monday, March 18th- 5th Grade Music Orientation Night from 5:00-7:00PM in the Cheney Middle School Commons
Friday, March 29th- No School
Monday, April 1st- No School
Friday, April 19h- Snow Make-up Day
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5th GRADE MUSIC ORIENTATION NIGHT AT CHENEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
As 6th graders, students are required to choose one music choice: Choir, Orchestra or Band. Our Cheney Music Teachers are inviting your 5th graders and their families to a Music Orientation Night where they can tour our Music Department, meet our Music teachers, and try out various instruments to help in their decision making for 6th grade music. *If you are unable to attend your school’s scheduled night, you are welcome to attend the other orientation night instead.
- Monday, March 18th – 5th Grade Music Orientation Night from 5:00-7:00PM in the CMS Commons
- Harwood Elementary, South Elementary, Willow Park Elementary
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- An online form will be emailed out from Cheney to all 5th grade families the week of March 18th where families can select their music and instrument choice.
- Monday, March 18th – 5th Grade Music Orientation Night from 5:00-7:00PM in the CMS Commons
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West Fargo Public Schools Facilities Plan 2.0
Ensure your voice is heard throughout this process by staying up to date with the work of the Facilities Plan 2.0 Taskforce and the Contingency Planning Subcommittee. Click READ MORE to check out the '2024 Facilities Plan 2.0' webpage today!
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After School Pick Up Practice
Ensuring learners arrive home safely is a priority every school day, but even more important with the cold winter weather upon us. WFPS collaborated with several community partners to develop a new practice for how to handle situations that occur with after school pickup that are outside of the normal, established routine for that learner (being picked up from school or having a trusted adult meet them at the bus stop, for example). This new practice ensures learners are safe and supervised, provides awareness to families of how the district will handle non-routine situations, and supports school staff with a pre-identified plan when non-routine situations arise after hours. This will go into effect starting Tuesday, January 16.
If you know that you will be unable to pick up your child from school or meet them at the bus stop, you are expected to make alternate arrangements for your child and to communicate those arrangements with the school’s main office. Working collaboratively, we will ensure that all learners make it home safely each night.
Here is the link to the WFPS practice: Elementary Practices & Procedures Template (k12.nd.us)
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Winter Clothing
Please be sure your child wears a warm coat, snowpants, boots, hat and gloves to school every day. Students go out for recess every day for 20 minutes and should have warmer clothing for the playground. Also, for students in kindergarten, please practice at home with your child/ren, so they can get themselves ready for recess by putting on their boots, zipping coats and putting on their gloves.
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New Class for Families:
Topic: Establishing Healthy Boundaries
When: March 13, 2024 - 5:30pm
Registration link: https://cookcenter.info/Mar13WestFargo
Flyer for Parents - Please share this flyer with parents, print some for the school offices, hang them in the schools, or wherever your families will see it.
Social Media Flyer - Please post this flyer on your social media outlets for families to see and register ahead of time.
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Message from the Nurse
If your child has an elevated temperature, contagious infection, rash or sores, loss of taste or smell, uncontrolled cough, diarrhea, or is vomiting at home, they should stay home.
If you have any doctor's notes due to being seen by a medical provider, please bring them to the school office and their absence will be excused. Attendance does matter.
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Box Tops for Education
Download the Box Tops for Education app.
Select Willow Park Elementary School. Scan your store receipts, and the app will identify Box Tops products on your receipt and automatically credit your school’s earnings online.
If ordering online, email your digital receipts receipts@boxtops4education.com using the same email associated with your Box Tops account.
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Milk for Snack Break
Elementary students have milk/snack break every day at school. You may purchase milk each semester for them to have during break. First semester milk fees will be $36 and can be submitted online via MySchoolBucks or by submitting payment via cash or check to the school office.
If you currently have an account, you will use the store for the fees option to pay for snack milk it is a separate account from lunch money. If you have not used MySchoolBucks in the past, please follow the instructions to create a new account.
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PARENTS RIGHT TO KNOW
Through federal education law, parents have the right to request information on the professional qualification of the teachers and paraprofessionals at our schools.
If you are interested in learning this information, please contact the school administration office at (701) 356-8360.
Upon this request, you will receive a detailed explanation of the licensing, education and experience of each of our teachers. You will also receive information regarding the names and qualifications of the paraprofessionals at our schools.
Addtional Materials:
Willow Park Title I Information
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Willow Park Families,
Willow Park Elementary is a schoolwide Title I schools. Each year, the administration and staff meet to review the school’s data to determine a focus for goals and activities for the upcoming school year. Information is collected from various sources including, but not limited to, parent, staff and student surveys, demographic data, achievement data, program data and perception data. This is all compiled to review and make decisions. These plans are laid out in continuous improvement goals that elementary staff will work on throughout the upcoming school year. The following goals are our focus for the 23-24 school year.
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Wellness:
Willow Park Elementary will maintain a collaborative, safe, and supportive school culture as measured by the High Reliability School Proficiency Scales.
Academic:
All Willow Park Learners will have access to effective teaching in every classroom through the implementation of a coteaching model and the Marzano Framework for professional growth.
Choice Ready:
All Willow Park Learners will have the opportunity to participate in Tier I PBIS learning experiences with Profile of a Graduate Dispositions.
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Device Care
Remember to take care of your iPads while they are at home. Proper care of your district-issued device keeps it clean, safe, and in good working order.
Please see the linked device care guide: Device Care 101
Video Communication
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Video List Student Drop Off
Welcome back to school! If you drop your student off in the morning or if they walk to school, they will enter through Door #1.
Please watch this short video about drop off that Officer Pearson and Officer Roll put together.
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Files & Folders
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WFPS Substitutes
Join the WFPS team. Licensed Substitues are needed throughout the district. Please see the attached document to find out more.