News from the Nest
Monday, March 31st -
- Glow Dance Party (Students will walk to WPS during specials time).
- Dress like a PUP and bring your Battle Pup to school to kick off our Pennies for Pups Service Project (Read more below).
Thursday, April 3rd -
- 2nd Grade Diana Wortham Field Trip
Friday, April 4th -
- 3rd Grade Weaverville Walking Field trip
Tuesday, April 8th
- 2nd Grade Families: Spring Holiday Meal (Families are invited to eat lunch with their student).
Thursday, April 10th
- PTO Meeting - 8:15 am in the Weaverville Elementary Media Center
Friday, April 25th
- Leadership Day - 10:30 - 11:30, Lunch on the playground afterwards (Families invited). Book Fair open during lunch! *More details to come!
Save the Dates for 4th to 5th Transition to NWR:
- Tuesday, April 22nd - WvES 4th Graders visit NWR for tours
- Thursday, April 24th @ 6:00 pm - Rising 5th Grade Parent Night at North Windy Ridge
Dear Weaverville Families,
We are excited for a fun MONDAY! We have our Glow Dance Party during specials, and it's also the kick-off for our "Pennies for Pups" School-wide Service Project. Students can dress like a "pup" and bring their battle pup to school. I'll be adding some bright colors to my pup costume so I can also party in the black lights at the Glow Dance Party.
*Students will be walking to the primary school for the glow dance party.
Our Leadership Day is coming up on April 25th. Our school mission statement, which we say each day on our morning news, is "Learning, Leading, Empowering. Changing the word!" As part of our mission, we aim to develop leaders that can change the world! We want our students to not only experience leadership in academics and extracurriculars, but also through service. You can read more about our Pennies for Pups service project below. We want our students to take ownership over this project, so writing a big check is absolutely NOT necessary. We want students to find ways to collect spare change (literally, pennies!) to donate to wards a worthy organization, Way to Battle (Battle Pups). Each class will be working on ways to gather pennies and spare change!
Leadership Day is also a day to celebrate leadership throughout our school. Every student will have a job at Leadership Day, and we'll share with parents, caregivers, and community members about our clubs, jobs, and extra-curricular activities. We'll end "Leadership Day" with a school-wide lunch on the playground, weather permitting. Students will wear their Leadership Day 2025 t-shirts on this day. We'll give students the t-shirts on the day of the event.
* See information below for specific times.
Reminders:
Mark your calendars for Leadership Day 2025 - Friday, April 25th!
Leadership Day is our biggest event, and all parents/caregivers are invited. Our event will be from 10:30 - 11:30, with lunch on the playground afterwards. Parents are invited to stay for lunch and shop at our spring Book Fair! More details about Leadership Day will be sent to you in the coming weeks.
Pennies for Pups Service Project - More information
This year our service project is to raise money for The Battle Pups Foundation. Battle pups are special pups created by the Martin family. Their son was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. During his many treatments, he became sad and felt lonely. The family decided to cheer up someone who was going through a battle. This was the start of battle pups. Their goal was to donate 200 pups. To date, the family has donated over 60,000 pups.
Shortly after the students returned to school after Hurricane Helene, an overwhelming number of students in Buncombe County received a battle pup. At Weaverville Elementary School, every student and staff member received a pup. Everyone loved their new friend. As a thank you, and to support this worthy cause, we will be raising money to contribute to making more battle pups. Each pup costs $10 to make. This organization is 100% nonprofit.
We are asking families to participate in this service project by sending in pennies (and any other types of money) so that we can sponsor as many battle pups as we can. We will start collecting money on March 31, 2025. Students and staff are encouraged to dress up like a pup on this day AND they can bring your battle pup or any stuffie to school this day.. We would love to see as many students and staff as possible to send in 100 pennies (or any denomination) to start off the service project. We will conclude the project on leadership day, which is April 25, 2025.
The grade level with the most funds donated will get an extra recess and sno-cone party!
We are stronger together, and united we lead. Thank you for your support!
Keep Scrolling for Information about...
- Summer Weaverwood Camp with Mr. Martin & Coach Morgan
- Leadership Day T-shirts - orders have been made, but you can still donate.
- Summer Arts Camps and Scholarship opportunities
- Wit & Wisdom Showcase Performances uploaded to WvES Youtube Channel
- WvES 4th graders published in Mountain XPress kids issue #2.
Sincerely,
Mary Nichols
Principal, Weaverville Elementary School
Weaverville Schools PTO:
Please be sure to read the most recent PTO newsletter information below. You'll find information about upcoming board openings, our spring fundraiser, and ways to donate!
As Always...
- Be sure to follow us on Facebook, AND take a look at our Weaverville Elementary Youtube Channel to see videos of all the awesome things from past years!
- Check out our PTO website AND our PTO Facebook page, too!
We are thrilled to share that three students were selected for part one of the Mountain Xpress Kids Issue (one more coming soon!). Go Lyla, Sofia and Kinlee!
Check it out here: https://issuu.com/mountainx/docs/mountain_xpress_03.12.25
Congratulations to Will in 4th grade for getting published in the Mountain XPress Kids Issue Part 2!
You can check it out here: https://issuu.com/mountainx/docs/mountain_xpress_03.19.25
Parents are invited to eat with their child in the cafeteria; however, as a courtesy to other students, we ask that you do not bring outside food such as fast food and/or sodas into the school cafeteria. Parents should arrive at school in time to get a visitor’s pass and report to the lunchroom hallway five minutes before the scheduled lunch time. Please always let the teacher know ahead of time if you plan to eat with your child.
Parents are invited to have lunch with their child at the end of September. Please wait for an announcement from the principal that parents/family can come to school to have lunch with their child.
A monthly menu will be posted in the classroom and the daily menu will be read during morning announcements. Occasionally there will be a menu change due to late deliveries or snow days.
You can find links to BCS menus here: https://www.buncombeschools.org/page/menus-and-pricing
Please note that any outside food brought in for special snacks or birthday treats cannot be consumed until the last student has been served lunch. This will be at approximately 12:30 PM.Should you desire to bring in a special snack for your child’s birthday or another event, please coordinate this with your child’s teacher so as not to conflict with our lunchroom policies. In addition, any food brought into the school to be shared with students must be store bought with ingredients listed. Please allow school staff to distribute snacks due to their knowledge and understanding of students’ allergies and dietary needs. Our school also encourages healthy snacks and choices. Please refer to the School Wellness section in this handbook for more information.
Our PTO is a 501c3 organization that supports both Weaverville Primary and Elementary School and accepts donations year round! If you know of someone moved to give, please consider our online platform.
Your contribution is tax deductible and will go to fund initiatives within these wonderful schools! Please check out our website for more information!
Our PTO has been very fortunate to have wonderful volunteers who step up and help serve in these much needed board positions! We will be voting in May on the following upcoming PTO Board Vacancies. If you or someone you know are interested, please reach out! We’d love to have you! weavervilleschoolspto@gmail.com
Vice President
Co President
Secretary
We are also looking for a volunteer who is interested in and familiar with web page design to help continue to host our website! Any Word Press guru’s out there, please let us know your interest! weavervilleschoolspto@gmail.com
Click here for more PARENT information about our Math Curriculum, Illustrative Math.
NCDPI Parent Resource Handbook - Math and ELA
This year, families and community members have often asked if we need supplies at our school. While we are so lucky to have EVERYTHING we need, the fact is that we are trying to operate as normal with fewer dollars. Below is a list of supplies you can donate if you'd like to help off-set some operational costs for our school. This is completely voluntary! We always appreciate what our families do to support our whole school community.
- Copy Paper (multiple sizes of packages!)
- Color Copy Paper (one color per ream)
- White Card Stock
- Chart Paper
- Fine point dry erase markers
- Laminator sheets for personal laminators.
**We are only accepting new/unused items at this time.
Weaverville Families:
Each morning, more and more students are late for school. Each student must sign in individually, typing in either their name or their lunch number. Sometimes there are over twenty students waiting in line. Fridays are definitely the most difficult. Our front office is often supporting parents who have come by, students with medical needs, and answering phones.
Not only is it important for students to start each day on time, but it's also important that students arrive on time so that we can operate our school and front office efficiently and effectively, each morning, as planned. Having this many students waiting in a line requires another adult to sign them in because if they must type all the information in on their own, it can cause a long wait for a long line of students. They end up missing even more classroom time.
Parents, please be prepared to walk your student in from now on if they are late. You will need to park and walk them in, and you will need to help them sign in. This has actually been our policy/practice, but we have neglected to really enforce it this year.
Thank you for understanding and for making sure your child arrives to school on time each day.
- If you need to check your child out early, please check them out BEFORE 1:45 pm. We will not be checking students out the last 30 minutes of the day as this interrupts instruction for all students.
- If you need to make a dismissal change for your student, please call the front office before 12:30 each day.
- Do not enter the car line from Main Street. Please use Yost St. Please respect our school rules that keep others safe.
The Edulog Parent app is AWESOME if you have a student who rides a bus! I use it for my own children. Take a moment to explore it. You can see where the bus is, and this is helpful when your bus is running late (or even if you're running late!).
- For accurate drop off /pick up times, and bus number, sign up for the edulog app. Edulog directions click here.
- Bus # Update: Bus 302 is now Bus 86.
Free Lunch Info from Lisa Payne
Do you want to know more about free lunch? I recommend every parent read through this newsletter (above) from our Child Nutrition department. You can learn how lunches are paid for, and what constitutes a whole lunch. This program depends on participation, so the more students who participate and get “free lunch” (which is at least 3 items) - the longer this program will continue. The document above has good information for parents!
Breakfast and lunch will be provided at no cost to all students this school year!
We are pleased to inform you that Buncombe County Schools will be implementing a program available to schools participating in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Programscalled the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
What does this mean for you and your child(ren)?
Great news! All enrolled students at Buncombe County Schools are eligible to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at school at no cost to your household each day of the school year. Weaverville Elementary School Parents, there are no action steps for you to take at this time to participate in this program.
K-12 Prepayment will remain active allowing parents and guardians to place money on their students accounts to purchase a la carte items if they would like too. We look forward to serving your students during the 24-25 school year. If you have any questions about this letter, please contact us at Buncombe Schools Nutrition Office, 828 255-5932.
Participation matters! The more students who eat lunch and breakfast at our school increases the likelihood that this program will continue.
