WCS is looking to hire a Full-Time Bus Driver! Pay is $19/hour with compensation based on experience. Must have an appropriate license & be 19A qualified, however paid training is available! Position will remain open until filled. Please submit a Letter of Interest to Mrs. Emery and reach out to her with any questions.
Visit https://www.whitesvillesd.org/o/wcsd/page/careers for additional openings and application details.
Visit https://www.whitesvillesd.org/o/wcsd/page/careers for additional openings and application details.
WCS Nurse's office is completing vision and hearing screenings for students this week and next week. Parents will be getting a letter in a few weeks with vision results, as well as if a student fails the hearing screening. We recommend everyone gets their hearing and vision checked by their doctor every year -- the screenings completed at the school indicate any issues that a healthcare provider should evaluate and follow-up. 💙
Parents of infants and toddlers, do you know about a resource in Wellsville called the First Step Family Resource Center? A program of Ardent Solutions, they are open Monday-Thursday and have open play times in their center, family supports and diaper distribution. To register for diaper distribution go to https://everybottomcovered.wufoo.com/forms/every-bottom-covered-client-application-allegany/
For more information about the center, check out
https://www.ardentnetwork.org/first-step-family-resource-center.html
For more information about the center, check out
https://www.ardentnetwork.org/first-step-family-resource-center.html
Outdoor Education got their hands dirty this week making pumpkin bird feeders, another round of apple cider, and live-action scare crows! Then 3rd grade made apple monsters with this week's special guest, Mrs. Laughlin!!
Mrs. Bissett's Enrichment Class finished their book: Vacation Under the Volcano! To celebrate, they made and erupted their own volcanos!
These guys know how to live it up during recess time with Mrs.
Bissett and Ms. McCaig!
🌄This week's Morning Clubs were in the zone! Games and Crafts explored several stations while Morning Yoga practiced finding their inner zen.
👻 Don't forget! The Halloween Parade is NEXT Friday, Oct 31st at 1:00pm. Join us for a sneak peak of all the creepy characters! We'll be hosting a contest for "Best" in several categories that you wont want to miss. See you on the lawn!
October is national Pedestrian Safety Month, and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) highlights New York’s “Operation See! Be Seen!"
(https://dmv.ny.gov/news/as-pedestrian-safety-month-begins-governors-traffic-safety-committee-highlights-new-yorks-see)
At WCS, we would like to take this special opportunity to give a "shout-out" to our bus drivers who undergo extensive training and undertake the added responsibly of ensuring safety for not only our children but everyone else sharing the roads they travel. We can all do our part to ensure safety!
📸 Picture RETAKE Day is November 13! If you missed the first round or need a retake, another round of order forms will be coming home with all students tomorrow!
Or skip the fuss and order online at www.inter-state.com/order using school code: 0160QXD
Mrs. McCaig introduced a percussion unit in Prek ELA, which introduced drums and claves (or rhythm sticks)! They had a fun story to go along with it and then Mrs. Lowe let them explore her other percussion instruments from the music room!
Last week the Ridgewalk was opened up to participating schools for the kids to walk the trail. Our 5th and 6th graders had a beautiful, crisp day to enjoy our beautiful NY landscape!
Yesterday's Breakfast Club with Prek through 2nd grades recapped their theme of having a positive vision. Yesterday they added the importance of having a positive attitude too! Even when things aren't going well or you're just having a bad day, trying to smile despite it all may be the start in turning it all around!
Mr. Trey, our Occupational Therapist, joined the Pre-K today to help with coloring, scissor skills, and fine motor skills when carefully applying their pumpkin faces!
A BIG shootout to our Outdoor Education Guest Speaker, Mrs. Howe who volunteered to come read a story about apples to the kids today! The kids experienced the process of the apple press to make cider and made scarecrows for the courtyard!
Kindergarten is learning about the 5 senses through Bingo! Mrs. Bissett then had them taste testing sweet, sour, salty and bitter to get the full experience of each. For math skill reinforcement, they're practicing counting and recognizing numbers 1-6 by playing a pop-it game!
Today after school, Nature Club took a short hike to a local creek observing nature as the season changes. They were able to write and draw in their Nature journals. In addition, each student selected a small rock to paint, with creativity in mind. Next week, students will paint their rocks and create a nature inspired Halloween craft!
Nora and Jacob made sundials in enrichment class this week to go along with their book: Magic Tree House Vacation Under the Volcano!
Friday evening, WCS hosted their Halloween Craft Night for our Parents As Partners program. It was a huge hit! With the help of their parents, students created wooden Halloween cats, costumed healthy snacks, and decorated Acron Pocket Pumpkins. We look forward to seeing families work together next month with Wacky Science Experiments!
This week's Breakfast Club for 3rd through 6th grades focused on more aspects of their "We Before Me" theme! They has previously discussed how hard work and effort plays a role in being part of a team, and this week they added in the benefits of believing in and encouraging each other to build stronger bonds and lift others up.
