We have an exciting week ahead filled with opportunities for learning, family engagement, and school spirit! As part of our W.I.L.D. theme, we are focusing on Welcoming Families. We want every family member who enters our building to feel valued, appreciated, and connected to our school community.

🎉 Spirit Week

Join us as we celebrate school spirit all week long! Students are encouraged to participate in our daily dress-up themes and show their Wildcat pride.

📚 Book Fair Week

The Book Fair is here!

Students and families will have opportunities throughout the week to browse and purchase books. Every purchase helps support literacy efforts at Mary H. Wright and encourages a lifelong love of reading. Each family that shows up to our PTO meeting will receive a $25 Book Fair Voucher.

👨‍👩‍👧 PTO Meeting/Wednesday, September 16

We invite all families to attend our PTO Meeting.

The meeting will begin in the gym before teachers transition to their classrooms to meet with families. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about school updates, ask questions, and strengthen our partnership in support of student success.

📱 Parent Portal Challenge (Grades 2-5)

Parents of students in grades 2-5 are encouraged to sign up for the Parent Portal.

With the Parent Portal, you can:

View grades in real time
Monitor assignments
Track attendance
Stay informed about your child's progress

✅ Download the Parent Portal app. ✅ Create your account using the login information provided by your child's teacher.

The class with the most parent sign-ups will help their teacher earn a special prize!

Here is the link. https://www.spartanburg7.org/o/spartanburg07/page/student-information-systems-powerschool

🥣 Grits with Grands

Friday, September 18

We are excited to welcome grandparents and special guests for our annual Grits with Grands event.

This special time allows our students to share their school experience with the important adults in their lives while building strong family-school connections. Parents pay $5 at the door.

❤️ Thank You for Partnering With Us

When schools and families work together, students achieve more. Thank you for your continued support of Mary H. Wright Elementary. We are grateful for the opportunity to serve your family and look forward to a fantastic week!

Together, we're W.I.L.D. About Wright!

Tammy Jordan

Principal, Mary H. Wright Elementary School
"Wild About Wright!" 🐾💙💛

📌 Volunteer Forms If you would like to volunteer at school or participate in field trips and school activities, please complete and submit your volunteer form before October 1st.

📌 Transportation Changes For the safety of all students, all transportation changes must be submitted in writing by note. We are unable to accept transportation changes by phone call. Please send a signed note with your child if there is any change to their usual dismissal plans.

Thank you for your cooperation and partnership. By following this process, we can ensure that concerns are handled efficiently and that we continue working together in the best interest of our students.

Being at school on time each day is important to the educational process. Instruction begins at 7:50 A.M. If tardy, parents must come inside the office to sign students into school. Students who are tardy may be excluded from participation in school events such as rewards and field trips due to them not being at school on time.

Excessive tardies will result in a tardy intervention plan and/or referral to the district Truancy Officer. If a student is tardy more than five times during the year, they will not be eligible for perfect attendance awards.

Excused absences:

1. Absences are due to personal illness where the student's health or the health of others would be endangered.

2. Absences are due to a severe illness or death of a family member.

3. Absences are due to recognized religious holidays of the student's faith.

4. Absences not mentioned above that arise from an emergency beyond the parent's or student's control can be appealed to the principal and superintendent.

Unexcused absences:

1. Willful absences without the knowledge of parents.

2. Absences without acceptable cause

3. Any absence without a written statement from the parent.

4. 11 or more absences without a medical excuse.

Parents are required to attend Attendance Intervention Plan (AIP) meetings when a student is truant.