Wheaton Woods Community Connections

March 2023

Dates to Remember 🌸 🌱 🐣

🌱 March 3- Early Release Day for Students
🐣 March 15- Early Release Day for Students
🌸 March 30- No School for Students: Professional day for teachers; end of quarter grading/planning

Celebrating National Children's Dental Health Month🪥

Students in kindergarten- second grade celebrated with dental hygiene presentations from Dr. Horng from & University of Maryland students. Each student took home a free dental kit! Second grade students wrote thank you letters to Dr. Horng at Rockville Pediatric Dentistry.

Every Kid Outdoors Assembly🌲

Our 4th grade Wildcats learned about the Every Kid Outdoors program from Ranger Jen! At the end of the assembly all students received a free a Every Kid Outdoors pass which includes free admission for their families & friends to any National Park in the United States.

PTA In Action ⭐

The PTA provided glow sticks & bubbles for all students on Valentine’s Day with the message: Valentine, you light up and blow me away! Thank you to the parents that helped to make the valentines. The PTA held a Friendship Basket Raffle, congratulations to the three families that won! Thank you PTA for providing the grand prizes for the winners of the Black History Month Kahoot game & door decorating contest, and the Attendance Challenge! They also had a fundraiser night at Chuck E. Cheese and were participated in the Fentanyl Forum. They are also sponsoring The Civic Circle Assembly to support a new after-school program coming soon for 3rd-5th graders. Thank you for all that you are doing for our community!

Black History Month Celebration

We celebrated Black History Month with daily facts shared over the morning announcements; followed by a Kahoot game on Fridays, a door decorating contest where students had to have a hand in creating the door display, congratulations Ms. Paquill’s class on their Hidden Figures door! On February 27th there will be a Black History Assembly for the whole school! 🖤❤️💛💚