Wolf Canyon – Home of the Timberwolves

Parents WE NEED YOU! Monday, August 12 at 3:30 pm in room 307 we have an informational meeting to begin the process of selecting members to participate on the following committees: School Site Council, School Advisory Council (new), Budget Advisory Council, District Advisory Council and English Learner Advisory Council. The primary purpose of these councils is to ensure that state and federal dollars are being spent appropriately on your children. The terms for these committees vary from 1 to 2 years. Please consider supporting our school in this way. All parents are encouraged to vote for those who are interested in serving on School Site Council and The School Advisory Council. Meetings are usually no more than 1 time per month. If interested in running for either council click the link and complete the handout, return the handout and information to the school office no later than Wednesday, August 14. The voting will be held during Curriculum Night Thursday, August 15 and the first meeting will be Monday, August 26 at 3:30 pm. SSC_Parent_Recruit_Letter2013

Wednesday, August 14. Bring your best you!

Thursday, August 15 is Curriculum Night a very important night to learn about our school and your child’s classroom. The evening begins with an Ice Cream Social from 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm sponsored by the 6th Grade Team to support 6th Grade Camp costs. At 6:00 pm there will be an overview of the school wide policies and routines and the shift from the California State Standards to the Common Core Standards. From 6:45 pm – 7:15 pm Session 1 begins and parents will go to their child’s classroom to find out what their child will be expected to know and be able to do during the school year. There is a 2nd session from 7:15 pm – 7:45 pm to accommodate families who have more than one child attending Wolf Canyon School.

Wolf Canyon PTA presents Bingo Night! Tickets go on sale August 14 – 22 before and after school and are $20.00. Dinner and snacks will be available for purchase and My Gym will provide childcare. Must be 21 or older to purchase and play Bingo. Click here to order tickets. flyer with order sheet

August 20 – 7:00 pm is the first PTA General Meeting. Childcare will be available. Please come out and support our wonderful PTA. If you have not joined PTA click here and complete the membership form and return to the school office with your $10.00 membership fee. 2013_MEMBERSHIP_FLYER copy

Only 3 more days to shop at the Bookfair. The Bookfair ends on Wednesday, August 7. This is a great way to support your child and the love of reading while helping the school. Don’t delay!

Remember to join PTA. The first class to get 100% participation will receive a field trip compliments of the principal – that’s me, Mrs. McLaren!

Volunteers may begin volunteering this week. Make sure you have a signed volunteer agreement, an up to date TB test and if you plan on volunteering more than 2 days a week you will need to have fingerprints on file no later than Friday, August 23, 2013. Thank you for your willingness to serve!

Internet access will be important for all students here at school. Before students can use the internet at school parents must read, sign and return the Internet Agreement and Acceptable Use Policy. For families who do not have internet access at home, Cox is offering Internet for $9.95 a month for families that qualify. For more information pick up a copy of the Cox flier in the school office.

Wanted: Small McDonald’s like toys needed for the principal’s prize box.

After School Music Lessons at Wolf Canyon are now being offered on Mondays. For more information call 619-216-0909.

The South Bay Community Services is offering Parenting Classes August 6, 7 and 8. For more information call 619-585-5142.

To get the Chula Vista Elementary School District information by text message send a text to 68453 and type “subscribe”.

Smart Mind Robotics has been cancelled due to lack of enrollment.

Dates to Remember:
August 12 – School Site Council Meeting (Everyone is encouraged to participate in this school governance committee) There are parent trainings provided by the Chula Vista Elementary School district on Tuesday, August 13 from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm at 84 East J Street, Chula Vista ESSC Room C or Wednesday, August 14 at 9:00 am at the Hilltop Elementary School Auditorium. Please contact the school office if you are interested and complete the RSVP notice.

August 14 – Picture Day:)
August 15 – Curriculum Night 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
August 20 – PTA General Meeting 7:00 pm
August 23 – Bingo Night (Adults Only) 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Scholastic Book Fair is back! Please come visit us! The book fair is here until Next Wednesday, August 7. Your child will have to opportunity to view the books and create a wish list with their classrooms this week. The money raised through the Scholastic Book Fair has helped to buy many of the books in Wolf Canyon’s own library. And don’t forget about your teacher! There’s no better way to celebrate your child’s new teacher than to donate a book to their own classroom library with your child’s name in it. The book fair will open at 8:15 every morning and teachers can allow students with money to come in until ten and anytime after two. Please consider buying a book or two for your child and help us expand our library. Look out for our flyer! Also, remember to join PTA! Membership is only $10.00 but it makes a huge difference!

Wednesday, July 31 is a Volunteer In-service starting at 9:00 am in the school auditorium. Every volunteer must have an up to date TB test on file in order to volunteer on campus. A free TB Clinic is scheduled immediately following the Volunteer In-service at 10:00 am for those who need it. To support our campus Visitors and Volunteers may begin helping out around campus the week of August 5. Please note No Visitors or Volunteers will be allowed on campus during school hours until August 5th.

All classes will meet on the blacktop starting tomorrow for the morning assembly. Students are expected to be in line and ready for the daily message when the bell rings at 8:45 am. At the end of each day for everyone’s safety parents should wait at the front of the school to pick up their child and not in front of the classroom doorway or in the hallways around the campus. In the event of rain, Kinder and First grade students will report to the auditorium and wait to be picked up by their teacher. All other students report directly to their homeroom class.

Things to note: We are a Peanut and Peanut Product Free campus. Toys, gadgets, fancy jewelry and electronic games should be kept at home unless the teacher has given permission for these items to be at school. The school is not responsible for personal items that are lost, broken or stolen. Lost items are kept in a plastic tub in the back of the school auditorium.

Internet access will be important for all students here at school. Before students can use the internet at school parents must read, sign and return the Internet Agreement and Acceptable Use Policy. For families who do not have internet access at home, Cox is offering Internet for $9.95 a month for families that qualify. For more information pick up a copy of the Cox flier in the school office.

Wanted: Small McDonald’s like toys needed for the principal’s prize box.

After School Music Lessons at Wolf Canyon will be offered on Mondays. For more information call 619-216-0909.

The South Bay Community Services is offering Parenting Classes August 6, 7 and 8. For more information call 619-585-5142.

To get the Chula Vista Elementary School District information by text message send a text to 68453 and type “subscribe”.

Dates to Remember:
July 29 – August 7 Bookfair
July 31 – Volunteer In-service 9:00 am – 10:00 am
July 31 – TB Clinic – Free 10:00 am – 12:00 am
August 15 – Curriculum Night 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Welcome to Wolf Canyon Elementary School. The first day of school begins this Wednesday, July 24 at 8:45 am. Students should report directly to their classroom on this day. Incoming Kindergarten students and their parents should report to the auditorium for an orientation.

Find out who your child’s teacher is at our “Meet the Teacher” event Tuesday, July 23 at 6:00 pm on the campus blacktop. PTA is hosting a Family BBQ at this event and every student who participates in the special “free” art project will receive a sticker sheet of their created artwork later. What a wonderful way to commemorate their first day! Halphen Red Hamburgers, Little Caesars Pizza, Robeks Smoothies, CupCake Love and many more will be there. But don’t forget to stop by the PTA table! Every person who joins PTA that night will receive a prize!

Just a friendly reminder that residency verification must be completed for your child to be placed on a class list. There will be no changes to classroom assignments during the first 3 weeks of school. If you would like to request a classroom assignment change you may do so in writing or schedule an appointment with the principal – Mrs. McLaren – after August 12.

During the first couple of weeks of school, teachers are establishing routines, schedules and discipline policies. To support our campus Visitors and Volunteers may begin helping out around campus the week of August 5. Please note No Visitors or Volunteers will be allowed on campus during instructional time for the first 2 weeks.

School dismissal is 3:15 pm Monday through Thursday and 1:45 pm on Fridays and Minimum Days. It is important that your child be picked up on time. DASH and YMCA are available for childcare before and after school if needed. Pick up applications in the school office.

Please remember to drop off and pick up your child at the front of the school and not the bus loop. For everyone’s safety please drive carefully and be courteous to others.

After School Music Lessons at Wolf Canyon will be offered on Mondays. For more information call 619-216-0909.

The South Bay Community Services is offering Parenting Classes August 6, 7 and 8. For more information call 619-585-5142.

To get the Chula Vista Elementary School district information by text message send a text to 68453 and type “subscribe”.

Dates to Remember:
July 23 – Meet the Teacher at Wolf Canyon Elementary at 6:00 pm
July 24 – The 1st Day of School starts at 8:45 am and Dismissal 1:45 pm (Minimum Day Schedule)
July 24 – Kindergarten Orientation 9:00 am – 11:00 am
July 29 – August 9 Bookfair
July 31 – Volunteer In-service 9:00 am – 10:00 am
July 31 – TB Clinic – Free 9:00 am – 11:00 am
August 15 – Curriculum Night 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

The school office is open through June 14 and reopen July 15, 2013. Residency verification for Wolf Canyon and Camarena Elementary school students must be completed before the start of school or your child will not be placed on a class list.

Dates to Remember:
July 23 – Meet the Teacher at Wolf Canyon Elementary at 6:00 pm
July 24 – The 1st Day of School starts at 8:45 am and Dismissal 1:45 pm (Minimum Day Schedule)
July 24 – Kindergarten Orientation 9:00 am – 11:00 am
July 29 – August 9 Bookfair
July 31 – Volunteer In-service 9:00 am – 10:00 am
July 31 – TB Clinic – Free 9:00 am – 11:00 am
August 15 – Curriculum Night 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Thank you to our PTA for all the wonderful ways in which you showed our staff appreciation last week. We appreciate you and everything you did to make us feel special. You are the best!

Thank you to all our amazing team of volunteers for another great Chalkwalk Event. A special thank you to Mrs. Ware for coordinating such an extraordinary event.

Residency verification for Wolf Canyon and Camarena Elementary school students begins this week. Parents may stop by the Wolf Canyon school office to prove residency between the hours of 8:00 am and 9:30 am and 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm. On Tuesday, June 4th and Thursday, June 6th only we have extended hours from 7:00 am – 9:30 am and 1:30 pm – 7:00 pm. Bills must have a due date of May 24th or later. Bills due in June will be perfect. All students returning to a Chula Vista Elementary school must prove residency or they will not be placed on a class list.

Tuesday, June 4 at 6:00 pm is our annual Volunteer Recognition Dessert in the school auditorium. If you have volunteered or have family members and friends who have volunteered to support our school in any way we want to say thank you and let you know how much we appreciate each and every one of you.

Thursday, June 6 is our annual Yearbook Signing party, school wide picnic and 6th grade against the staff softball game. Family members are welcome to join us for our school wide picnic and softball game. The cost for the school wide picnic is $3.00 for adults and $1.50 for children. The lunch schedule for the school wide picnic is as follows:

*Kindergarten 10:30 am
*1st grade 11:15 am
*2nd grade 11:30 am
*3rd grade 11:45 am
*4th grade 12:00 pm
*5th grade 12:15 pm
*6th grade 12:30 pm.

This Saturday, June 8 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Wolf Canyon is having its first Rummage Sale. If you have something to sell or want to find that special treasure to buy, this is the day. The cost to rent a space to sell your items is $20.00. There are limited spaces available. For more information contact the school office at 619-482-8877. At the end of the event AMVETS/Disabled Veterans will come to pick up any un-wanted items you do not wish to cart back home.

Please remember to check the lost and found, turn in all library books and take care of any outstanding cafeteria bills.

The last day of school is Monday, June 10 and is a Minimum Day.

Dates to Remember:
July 23 – Meet the Teacher at Wolf Canyon Elementary at 6:00 pm
July 24 – The 1st Day of School starts at 8:45 am and Dismissal 1:45 pm (Minimum Day Schedule)
July 24 – Kindergarten Orientation 9:00 am – 11:00 am (Dismissal is 11:00 on this day only)
July 30 – Volunteer In-service 9:00 am – 10:00 am
August 22 – Curriculum Night 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

There is No School tomorrow, Monday, May 27 in honor of Memorial Day. School resumes on Tuesday.

The Chalkwalk is this Thursday, May 30 and promises to be another fun filled day of art and teamwork. Come join the fun!

Wolf Canyon celebrates Staff Appreciation week this week. We will celebrate the Day of the Teacher on Wednesday, May 29. Please remember to take the time to say, “thank you” to teachers, support staff, noon duty supervisors, custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, office personnel and YMCA/DASH personnel.

Calling all volunteers! If you have served as a volunteer in anyway for our school please join us on June 4 at 6:00 pm for our annual Volunteer Recognition Dessert in the school auditorium. We are thankful for everyone who has contributed to making Wolf Canyon School the best it can be!

Mark your calendar for our annual school wide picnic and yearbook signing party on Thursday, June 6. Join us for lunch during your child’s lunch hour, bring your lawn chair or blankets and enjoy our school wide picnic. The lunch schedule is as follows: Kinder 10:30 am – 11:30 am, 1st grade 11:15 am, 2nd grade 11:30 am, 3rd grade 11:45 am, 4th grade 12:00 pm, 5th grade 12:15 pm and 6th grade 12:30 pm. The Staff against the 6th grade softball game will begin around 1:30 pm on the field and everyone is welcome.

Residency verification will begin on June 3rd through June 7th between the hours of 8:00 am and 9:30 am and again from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm. We will be offering extended hours on June 4th and June 6th only from 7:00 am – 9:30 am and again from 1:30 pm – 7:00 pm. Bills must have a due date of May 24th or later. Bills due in June will be perfect. All students returning to a Chula Vista Elementary school must prove residency or they will not be placed on a class list.

As the school year comes to a close please remember check the lost and found, turn in all library books and take care of any outstanding cafeteria bills.

The last day of school is Monday, June 10 and is a Minimum Day.

The first day of school for the 2013 – 2014 school year is July 24 and is a Minimum Day. All Kindergarten students and their parents will meet on July 24 in the school auditorium for an orientation from 9:00 am – 11:00 am. (Kindergarten students will be dismissed at 11:00 am on this day)

Friday is Patriot/Heritage Day. Come to school dressed as a Patriot or represent your Heritage.

Please remember to vote for Jessica Speer and help our school win a chance to receive $5,000. To vote visit http://www.schoolvolunteeraward.org and look for Wolf Canyon and Jessica Speer at the bottom of the page. All votes must be cast no later than May 17.

We are still collecting travel size soaps, shampoos, deodorants, mouthwash and toothpaste for the Stand Up for Kids, a program for homeless teens, through May 27.

Wolf Canyon was chosen for the 2nd year in a row as an Honor Roll recipient for the California Business for Education Excellence! Way to go Timberwolves!

Wolf Canyon will celebrate and show our appreciation to all staff May 28 – May 31. We will celebrate the Day of the Teacher on Wednesday, May 29. Please remember to take the time to say, “thank you” to bus drivers, cafeteria workers, office personnel and custodians.

Residency verification will begin on June 3rd through June 7th between the hours of 8:00 am and 9:30 am and again from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm. We will be offering extended hours on June 4th and June 6th only from 7:00 am – 9:30 am and again from 1:30 pm – 7:00 pm. Bills must have a due date of May 24th or later. Bills due in June will be perfect. All students returning to a Chula Vista Elementary school must prove residency or they will not be placed on a class list.

Remember to complete the California School Parent Survey. To take the survey online go to https://surveys.wested.org/csps/WW939CG?lang=en. Use the code: FZ77WF The class who turns in the most survey will earn a Bubble Party with the principal.

Students will continue to take district and state assessments this week. Make sure during this testing period that your child is here on time, gets plenty of rest, wears comfortable clothing and eats a good breakfast. Please try not to schedule appointments during the school day this week.

Please join us for BINGO Night this Friday, May 10th beginning at 6:00 pm. Tickets are available and childcare will be provided for a minimal fee courtesy of MyGym. All money raised will go towards student field trips, educational activities and other PTA funded programs.

PTA president Jessica Speer was nominated for Donor Nation’s School Volunteer of the Year Award. Please vote for Jessica and help our school win a chance to receive $5,000. The Speer family has also pledged to donate the prize she receives from Sprouts of free groceries for a year to feed needy families in Tijuana and South San Diego. To vote visit http://www.schoolvolunteeraward.org and look for Wolf Canyon and Jessica Speer at the bottom of the page. All votes must be cast no later than May 17.

K-Kids is sponsoring a community service project to help support homeless teens in San Diego by collecting travel size soaps, shampoos, deodorants, mouthwash and toothpaste for the Stand Up for Kids program. The deadline for accepting donations has been extended through May 27.

Wolf Canyon was chosen for the 2nd year in a row as an Honor Roll recipient for the California Business for Education Excellence! Way to go Timberwolves!

Wolf Canyon will celebrate and show our appreciation to all staff May 28 – May 31. We will celebrate the Day of the Teacher on Wednesday, May 29. Please remember to take the time to say, “thank you” to bus drivers, cafeteria workers, office personnel and custodians. (please note that are staff appreciation week is not this week).

All students returning to any school in the Chula Vista Elementary School District for the 2013-14 school year are required to show proof of residency before the start of school in order for their child’s name to be placed on a class list. Residency verification will begin on June 3rd through June 7th between the hours of 8:00 am and 9:30 am and again from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm. We will be offering extended hours on June 4th and June 6th only from 7:00 am – 9:30 am and again from 1:30 pm – 7:00 pm. Bills must have a due date of May 24th or later. Bills due in June will be perfect.

Please take the time to complete the California School Parent Survey. The information on this survey will help us better determine the needs of our school community. If you want to take the survey online go to https://surveys.wested.org/csps/WW939CG?lang=en. Use the code: FZ77WF The class who turns in the most survey will earn a Bubble Party with the principal.