Wilson Montessori
September 3, 2015
The Paw Print
Dates to
Remember
Safety Information
As we start the year, we want to make sure all parents know our rules that
affect student safety. We need your help! Please be reminded of the following rules which have been set up for the safety of your children:
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Drop-off and pick-up are in the circle drive or the front of the of the
school. Drop-off begins at 7:30 am. Your child will not be supervised before 7:30 am.
September 3—Open
House/Orientation
and PTO general
meeting 5:30 pm
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There is NO drop-off in the middle of the street. Please do not let your
child out of the car in an unsafe area and make sure you and your child
are using the crosswalk.
September 4—
Fabulous First Friday
Free Dress
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September 5—Urban
Harvest Garden Workday 8:00-11:00 AM
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September 7—Labor
Day—No School
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September 9—SDMC
meeting 4:45 PM
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September 11—
Breakfast with Bonnette 8:30 AM Library
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September 17—Pizza
Fundraiser for Early
Childhood 3:306:00 PM
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September 17—PTO
6:30 PM in Library
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September 21—
Wilson Community
Meeting 6:30 PM
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September 22—Early
Dismissal 12:45 PM
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September 23 —Fall
Holiday– No School
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Please do not park in the no parking zone front of the school.
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Please do not park in or enter through the teacher parking lot. There are
many delivery trucks who have limited visibility in that lot. It can be very
dangerous for children.
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Have a back-up plan in place for emergencies. Make sure that your child
knows where to go and what to do if you are not home in the afternoon.
Please make sure you have turned in all enrollment and emergency contact
information.
Open House Is Tonight!
Our parent Open House will be held Thursday, September 3, 2015 from 5:30
to 7:00 pm. We will hold a general session in the auditorium from 5:30 to
6:00 pm where we will introduce new faculty and staff as well as hold a general PTO meeting.
We are asking that parents attend the Open House without their children in
order for the teachers to focus on curriculum and management items with
our parents. Babysitting will be available in the cafeteria during Open House.
Wilson Montessori Mission Statement
The Woodrow Wilson community is a diverse, student-centered environment
dedicated to the promotion of safety, high achievement, creativity and teamwork in
learning. We encourage all children to become responsible citizens and
develop their individual strengths.
Volunteer Information!
VIPS Registration & Annual Criminal Background
Check Procedures for 2015-2016
Woodrow Wilson Montessori is
located at 2100 Yupon St.,
All volunteers with a CLEARED to Volunteer status for the 2014–
2015 school year will be put in INACTIVE status for the 2015 – 2016
school year until their photo identification is presented again to the
school’s VIPS coordinator for resubmission for the annual criminal
background check for the new school year. Volunteers with an INACTIVE status will not need to register again for a VIPS online account, but will still need to present photo identification to the
school’s VIPS coordinator for the new school year.
Volunteers should contact Wilson Montessori’s VIPS coordinators,
Mrs. Sharon Smith, Ms. Laura Guevara, or Mrs. Nereida Cardona,
to find out the status of their background check as well as to learn
about volunteer opportunities available at our campus.
Our phone number is
Houston TX 77006
713-942-1470. Our fax number
is
713-942-1472.
Our Website is
http://es.houstonisd.org/Wilson
ES/
Office hours are 7:30am to
4:00 pm
If you have questions, please
call us!
Attendance and Absences
The ADA (Average Daily Attendance) time at Wilson Montessori School
is 9:15 daily. Each teacher is required to mark students either present
or absent based on whether the student is present in the classroom at
that time.
Please note that if a student is absent, an excuse note must be sent to
the school within 3 days. The reason for an excused absence must be
given in writing and signed by the parent/guardian of the child. Acceptable excuses for absences are personal illness, illness or death in
the family, weather or road conditions making the roads unsafe to travel, quarantine, or unusual circumstances approved by principal. Extended vacations or family travel are not considered excused and could
jeopardize magnet status.
Tip of the Week
It is very important to remember that YOU are your
child’s most important role
model. If you follow the
rules, your child is more
likely to follow the rules! A
great way to demonstrate a
very important safety rule–
please use crosswalks when
walking to and from the
building.
Mr. Awesome’s Science Corner!
The World in Motion
This week in science we will be exploring periodic motion, things
that move back and forth in a regular way. The students will
participate in demonstrations, and perform experiments to figure
out pendulum behavior. Be sure to ask your children about the
“Nose Wrecker”! :)
Words to watch for: Force, Gravity, Oscillate, Pendulum, Period
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