Free Food Available Over Winter Break! All Twin Cities YMCA branch locations and additional community sites will provide a 4-5 pound bag of non-perishable food items. Simply go to the front desk of your nearest partner location and request a bag of food. A YMCA membership is not required and no information will be collected. Lost and Found Lost and Found is located in the cafeteria. Parents can check before school from 7:30-7:45 a.m. or anytime after 2:30 p.m. There are lots of hats and gloves. Items will be donated over winter break.
Upcoming PTO events December 20 - Ninja Day January 14 - PTO Meeting 5:30 p.m. PTO Meeting Our next PTO meeting is January 14 at 5:30 p.m. This is a great meeting for working parents that are unable to make our daytime meetings. We will be covering PTO activities for the rest of the year. Be sure to join us! Childcare will be provided free of charge for elementary age children.
Movie Night Thank you to those that were able to make it out for movie night last week. Special thanks to Katie Martell for heading up the event! Please remember, movie nights are not a drop-off event. You must remain at the school with your child(ren) for movie night. Yearbook Volunteers Needed! Are you looking for a way to spent some time in your child's classroom? Are you handy with a camera? Yearbook is still looking for many classroom photographers. We don't want your child's class under-represented. This is not a huge task, but renders a huge reward when you see the final production. Please sign up for a classroom today! Volunteers Needed We have two events left in need of a chairperson(s). We just need a few brave souls to step up and chair Talent Show and Carnival. Without a chairperson, these events are in jeopardy of being canceled. Please let us know asap if you are interested in more details by emailing guisewine@gmail.com. December Wayzata Legislative Action Committee Update The Wayzata Legislative Action Committee (LAC) met Wednesday, November 11. Scott Croonquist, executive director of the Association of Metropolitan School Districts (AMSD), presented the 2020 AMSD Legislative Platform and Position Papers. AMSD, which Wayzata Public Schools is a member of, advocates for metropolitan school districts and works to advance legislation that supports student achievement. The LAC also discussed the draft of the 2020 Wayzata Legislative Platform, which Annie McDaniels, citizen chair of the Wayzata LAC, will present at the Monday, December 16 Wayzata School Board Work Session. In the coming months, members of the Wayzata LAC will be meeting with senators and representatives from the nine senate and house districts that represent Wayzata Public Schools to discuss these legislative positions. The Wayzata LAC is a non-partisan group of citizens that monitors legislative activity as it affects K-12 education and advocates positions on behalf of the district. For more information, please visit the Wayzata Committees webpage or contact Katie Sale, your school’s Wayzata LAC representative. Home Base is Hiring! If you enjoy working with school-age children between PreK to grade 5, you may be qualified to work in our Home Base before- and after-school childcare program! You must be available to work after school during the school year and we have summer hours, too. Typical shifts are three hours, between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. (up to four-hour shifts possible). Starting pay for Program Assistants is $14.78 per hour and $17.09 per hour for Program Instructors. Apply online today! Wayzata Education Fund's Thank a Teacher Program We have a lot of amazing teachers and staff here at Wayzata Public Schools. What better way to show them you appreciate them by giving back to our schools? From November 21 to December 17, any donation through Wayzata Education Fund's Thank A Teacher program will come with a certificate of appreciation to that teacher or staff member from the student named in the donation. As a bonus, any donation of $25 or more also comes with a bundlet from Nothing Bundt Cakes-Minnetonka, our generous partner in this program. Say thank you and support a good cause all in one! We've had so many great Ask Ali questions in our inbox – thanks to all who have submitted! Ali, along with her network of local experts, has been working hard to answer these questions. Responses are posted every Monday on her blog at partnersinpreventionmn.org/askali. Parents, you've got to check out the responses to these questions! There are some interesting ones that have been asked; chances are you might be wondering some of these things. Winter after school class opportunities at Meadow Ridge: Snow Queen Musical Theater Art Lab Junior Robotics:WINTER Financial assistance is available, find more information here or call 763-745-5200. Upcoming Events: Young Scientist Roundtable: Man's Best Friend Helping to Treat Brain Cancer -There is groundbreaking work being done at the University of Minnesota’s Veterinary Medical Center and Masonic Cancer Center in the treatment of brain tumors in dogs. Dr. Liz Pluhar, Board Certified Veterinary Neurosurgeon and Director of the Canine Brain Tumor Clinical Trials Program, will discuss new immunotherapies that greatly extended survival of canine patients with Glioblastoma (GB) and how these are to be translated into trials in human GB patients. Wednesday, January 15 at 7 p.m., Central Middle School Auditorium Parenting with Vision: Bully Proofing Your Kids - January 13, Central Middle School auditorium Events are free with no registration required. Tuesday, January 14, 2020 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Thursday, February 13, 2020 3:20 PM - 7:20 PM Thursday, February 20, 2020 3:20 PM - 7:20 PM Thursday, February 27, 2020 3:20 PM - 7:20 PM Tuesday, March 17, 2020 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Friday, March 20, 2020 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Tuesday, April 14, 2020 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Monday, January 13, 2020 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Wednesday, January 15, 2020 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM Tuesday, January 21, 2020 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Wednesday, January 22, 2020 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Thursday, January 23, 2020 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Monday, December 16, 2019 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Monday, January 13, 2020 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 17905 County Road 47, Plymouth, MN 55446 | 763-745-7100 |