WhatNot!
April 30, 2025
Dear Wildwood Families,
I hope you are all well and looking forward to the end of the year activities. Things are going to be busy! Starting this evening, we have the Art Show and Book Fair happening, 5:00 - 7:30. (The Book Fair runs all week.) I haven’t experienced the Art Show yet so I’m looking forward to it. On Saturday, May 3, there is the Wildwood Spring Festival. There will be food and lots of fun activities for everyone. There are two events where you can meet the new principal, Amy Fry (pictured here with me at Spring Fling). She’ll be at the Parent Club meeting on Tuesday, May 20, here at school. And on Friday, May 16th, she will be at the Community Coffee.
On a different topic, but one I’ve mentioned before, I encourage you to talk to your child about lunch. I worry when kids don’t eat lunch and there are some that don’t. Some bring lunch from home and just eat the dessert, which I understand. We ask them to bring what they don’t eat home so you’re aware of what’s happening. Other students get a hot lunch but they don’t eat it, saying they don’t like it. There are others who socialize through lunchtime and don’t eat much. I also worry that the older girls aren’t eating and why that is - societal pressure? I guess I worry a lot because we see all these things happening at lunchtime.
I’m really happy to share that the PMS Affinity Mentors, who work with Jean Takazawa, are visiting another grade level this month. They come in and do a short presentation about the power of our words and then the students sit with a mentor and a small group of students and talk about their experiences with name calling and the impact of it. The feedback from the teachers has been wonderful. It seems like a great program that Jean has created!
And just a big thanks for all you do to support Wildwood Elementary.
Thanks,
Beth Rhine
