Wilson Montessori
September 11, 2014
The Paw Print
Please Register with VIPS!
In order to work in your child’s classroom and to chaperone any field
trips, you need to be registered with Volunteers in Public Schools
(VIPS). Please follow the steps listed below so you can be an active
member in your child’s learning community.
1. Register online at www.houstonisd.org and click the VIPS login
under the parent tab.
2. Once registered, bring a your proof of ID (Driver’s license, TX ID
card, Passport, etc.) to the Wilson main office. Your ID information goes into a database for processing.
Dates to
Remember
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September 18—
Pizza Fundraiser for
Early Childhood
4:00—7:00 PM
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September 24-Early
Dismissal @ 1:00 pm
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October 3 —Fall Holiday– No School
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October 6—PAT
meeting @ 5:00 pm in
T-10
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October 8—SDMC
meeting @4:00 pm
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October 8–PTO meeting @ 5:00 pm
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October 9—Pizza
Fundraiser for Lower
Elementary 4:00—
7:00 PM
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October 10—
Fabulous First Friday
Free Dress
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October 10—
Breakfast with Bonnette @ 8:30 auditorium
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October 22—Middle
School Spaghetti
Fundraiser Dinner
3. Once you are cleared, you can work in our community!
Please note that the criminal history background check can take up
to two weeks to be completed, so please plan ahead and register early.
Reminder: Parents who have been cleared through the VIPS procedure in prior years must submit a current proof of ID. Please come
by the main office to submit your current proof of ID so you can be
reinstated in the VIPS system.
Monthly Perfect Attendance
Acknowledgement
As we all know, attendance counts! As an element of our effort to
acknowledge students who have perfect attendance, we have developed a plan which will recognize students on a monthly basis. We
want to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to be acknowledged each month. Students with September perfect attendance will
be invited to visit Ms. Bonnette in the main office and receive a bracelet good for one day of free dress!
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.
PTO Reminders!!
Party at Antidote: Help us start our year with a BANG!! Join fellow
Wilson Montessori staff, parents, and students at Antidote on Sunday,
September 21st from 3 pm to 6 pm. Food, fun, and great music will
be available. This community event is a fundraiser that will replace
selling Entertainment Books and cookie dough, so we need your participation!!
Fall Festival: Our annual Fall Festival and Lantern Walk will be held
on Saturday, November 8, 2014. Everyone is invited to bring ideas to
PTO for the festival. This event continues to get better every year with
parents like YOU!! Fall Festival meetings are held each Wednesday
at 8:30 AM at The Black Hole @ 4504 Graustark.
Target REDcard: Did you know that Wilson Montessori gets a
check every year from Target? Parents and community members who
link their REDcard account to Wilson, School ID # 98808, allow Target to donate 1% of each linked card sale directly to Wilson! If you
have a REDcard, please link to Wilson Montessori School!
Virtue of the Week
Each week of this school year we will be focusing on a virtue or admirable quality
that we would like to see model in our community. This week we are discussing
the virtue of respect. Respect is an attitude of caring about people and treating
them with dignity. Respect is valuing ourselves and others. We show respect by
speaking with courtesy.
Our virtue of the week for next week is peacefulness. Peacefulness is an inner
sense of calm. It comes especially in quiet moments of reflection or gratitude. It is
getting very quiet and looking at things so you can understand them. Peacefulness
is also a way of approaching conflict with others so that no one is made wrong. It
is being fair to others and yourself.
We hope that you and your family members are having great conversations using
the virtue of the week!
Save the Date! Calling all volunteers...
Wilson Montessori
Family Campout
Weekend of September 26th
For more information, please
see the PTO bulletin board
near the main office .
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Do you know something
interesting and relevant to
our classrooms? Are you
interested in giving a lesson to our students? We
love to learn from our parents and families! Leave a
message with the front office and we will call you for
more information!
Woodrow Wilson Montessori is
located at 2100 Yupon St.,
Houston TX 77006
Our phone number is
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!
Tip of the Week
As you plan your week, take
a look at the HISD food
menu to see when/if your
child will eat a school lunch.
If you choose to pack a
lunch, please be aware that
we do not allow sodas of any
kind. We would also encourage you to include more protein and fruit rather than
cookies and chips.
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