Principal's Pen
Dear Will Rogers Parents and Guardians,
I am very excited to announce that our annual Jog-a-Thon is coming up March 31st and registration is now open online! This is a fun event for every student at Will Rogers, and an important way for us to raise funds to help our school.
Please visit https://www.willrogerspta.com/jogathon and click to sign up. Registration is free, and with your assistance, your child can create their very own Jog-a-Thon page to start collecting pledges and donations.
Every student who creates their Jog-a-Thon page online will have their name entered into a weekly raffle where one lucky student will be chosen to win a Wacky Arts & Crafts Basket!
Congratulations to Charlotte in Ms. Herrera's class who was last week's winner!
Together for Will Rogers,
Principal Daruty
LOST and FOUND! Please claim your items they miss you...
Our racks are outside the main gates on most days so please stop by and browse. There are water bottles, lunch boxes, some bags, some hats, jackets galore, about a dozen black hoodies, a dozen grey hoodies, a dozen blue hoodies, …you get my point. There’s a lot.
We will bring the racks to the big yard on Friday Assembly days!
Cinco De Mayo Festival
Our Cinco de Mayo festival is coming up in a few months and we need your help! Please start saving your cracked and rinsed eggs so we can make cascarones or you can make them at home and send them in. Or… they should start appearing at stores soon if you would like to buy them. I typically see them at the 99 cent store. Thank you!!!! Here’s a link for how to make them:
Oops, I Forgot!
Mornings are busy and sometimes students leave for school without their water bottle, instrument or homework. In an effort to reduce classroom interruptions and to support students with developing responsibility, please use our "Oops, I forgot" table. Make a plan with your child that if they leave something at home, a parent can drop it off in the office. We will place their item on a table outside the office. During their recess or on their way to lunch, they may check the table for their forgotten item.
Please communicate this plan with your child, so they know there is place for parents to drop-off items they may have left at home!
PLEASE DO NOT HAVE FOOD DELIVERED TO YOUR CHILD AT SCHOOL THROUGH A FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE. This brings unfamiliar adults and more traffic to our already busy office.
Please do not forget to send with your child every day:
- Backpack with necessary classroom materials (teacher will communicate)
- Re-useable water bottle. We have filling stations on campus.
- Morning recess snack
- Lunch (lunch available to all students free of charge for the 2022-23 school year.)
- Sunscreen (put on prior to arriving at school)
- Hat
- Layers of clothing (sweatshirt, windbreaker, etc.) Keep an eye on the weather.
*Please do not bring toys, Pokemon cards or PE equipment to school. We will provide your children all the learning tools needed to have a great day!
AT-HOME ANTIGEN TESTS sent home in your child's backpack!
We will no longer require COVID testing at school. Instead, we will provide free, at-home test kits. Negative test results do not need to be shown to school staff for admittance to school. If your child tests positive please stay home and contact our school nurse.
With this decision comes the expectation that parents and staff will be cooperative in weekly antigen testing at home. It is in our collective best interests to maintain in-person instruction without disruptions of class or school closures due to outbreaks. We want everyone to recognize that we are part of a school community that relies on each other to do the right thing, which is to support the health and safety of all students, staff and visitors to our campuses and offices, by taking these weekly tests.
***Tests are always available in the Rogers Health Office.
