Washington Elementary News

Dear Washington Families, 

Thank you for sending your students to school prepared to take the NWEA mid-year assessment this week. Testing will continue next week, as well as makeup assessments for students who were absent. Students should come with their device fully charged. ALL students should have working headphones at school that they can use with their device. NWEA Map Growth result reports will be sent to families when they are completed. 

Additional News and Notes:

Mon, Jan 20: No school for MLK Day

Young Fives and Kindergarten Information Night: Believe it or not, it’s time to start thinking about kindergarten and young fives enrollment for the fall. Please click on the following link to learn more about our information night and add yourself to our early communication list. Also, please feel free to share this link with families that may not receive this message, but have an incoming young fives or kindergarten student in 2025. Information Night

Lunch Parents Needed: We have a very dedicated crew of lunch volunteers and I am not sure how we would make it through without them! If you are able to help, we are always in need of additional hands. Please contact the school office at Rachel.Tippett@romeok12.org  for information about volunteer or paid lunch supervisor positions.

January Specials Rotation Schedule: Linked here

January Food Service Menu: Linked here

PTO News: 

Sat, Feb 8: Save your spot for Washington PTO’s first KISS (Kids Invite Someone Special) Dance from 6pm-8pm at Washington Elementary. Register here. 

Need new Bulldog Gear? Check out our online merchandise store. Orders will be sent home with your student.  

Happy Birthday Messages: Want to share your child's birthday or half birthday? Messages are displayed on our outdoor sign and are up for 24 hours, including weekends and holidays for $10. This link will be active thru to the end of the school year. If your child's birthday falls on a holiday/weekend and you would like it displayed during the school week, please enter the date you choose for it to be viewed. Link for purchase: https://www.schoolpay.com/link/Message-Board-Shout-Out. Please purchase at least a week before the birthday.

District News:

RCS Parent University: As part of our strategic planning process, the district has committed to leveraging different mediums to strengthen the home-school relationship. An implemented example of this is the Keeping Up With ‘R’ Community podcast. This week, we are launching our Parent University (Parent U). Parent U will be available in multiple formats including video, text, and in-person.

Our first offering, linked below, touches upon practical ways in which parents of kindergarten and first grade students can support literacy growth. In this video, Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Rob Murray and Indian Hills Reading Specialist Stacey Smart discuss the four instructional areas screened by the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) assessment, and how students can continue their learning outside of school while helping to cook dinner, setting the table, or on the way to soccer practice.

Support K-1 Learners

We hope that this video is helpful. Please reach out to us with any Parent U ideas that may be helpful for your family.

With Washington Bulldog Pride,

Dana Hepner, Principal

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