Winship Family News

Winship Wildcat Family,

We hope you and your family had a restful and enjoyable holiday break. We are excited to welcome students back and begin the new year together! Thank you, as always, for your continued partnership. Your support is what makes Winship such a special place for our students and staff.

January is a busy and important month at Winship. Teachers will be reassessing students as a check-in to better understand their progress and needs. This assessment data helps guide instruction and determine appropriate supports or interventions when needed. During our early dismissal times, staff meet in grade-level and school-wide teams to review data, discuss student progress, problem-solve, and plan next steps. We are also looking forward to our January school-wide assembly, where the focus will be on empathy. Our students love coming together as a whole school, and they often ask when the next assembly will be!

Over the next several weeks, we will continue reviewing school-wide expectations, routines, and procedures. Classes are revisiting these during morning meetings, and we will reinforce them during our assembly as well. This month’s focus areas are the hallway and cafeteria/commons spaces.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Winship office with any questions or concerns. We appreciate your ongoing support and partnership.

Lori Skattum

Principal

The attached flyer was recently sent out to all families regardless of riding a bus or not.

The Winship office uses several modes of communication to keep you updated with what's happening. If you aren't receiving text message updates or emails, please reach out to Laurie Nelson in the Winship office at 701-746-2325.

Notifications - please look in your PowerSchool account to make sure you have notifications checked "yes." If you have previously blocked these notifications, we need your permission to unblock the phone number or email.

There are still 10 boxes of candy bars left - mix and caramel. The price has been reduced to $1.00 a piece. Please contact the office to purchase. THANK YOU!

We want to ensure our families are aware of our school-wide behavior expectations at Winship. Our staff reviews these expectations regularly with students and revisits them whenever reteaching is needed. During our January assembly, we will focus on hallway and commons/cafeteria expectations.

Weather Changes:

• Please make sure your students have a jacket, snow pants, hat, and gloves with the weather changing.
• There is a lost and found in the school for misplaced items.
• Winter gear bags have been handed out to the students who need them. Please have your student keep their winter gear in this bag.

School Delay/Closure:

• Notifications - you must have this marked in your PowerSchool to receive notifications. If you do not have PowerSchool access for your student, please contact the office to received your student's information to set up the Parent Portal.
• Remote learning bingo cards will be sent home along with expectations. These are for weather related school closure days. Attached is the digital version. A physical copy will be sent home once we've had one weather cancelation.

Door 1

• Arriving after 8:20am
• Picking up early
• DO NOT Park directly in front of the office from 8:00AM - 8:15AM, 2:50PM - 3:10PM - reserved for buses

Door 3

• Drop off in the morning from 7:40 - 8:20am
• Students dismissed at 3pm
• ENCORE pick up

Tuesday, February 10, 3pm - 7pm

Wednesday, February 11, 3pm - 4pm

Thursday, February 12, 3pm - 7pm

Friday, February 13, opens at 8am and will close after the last conference

January 21 - Early Release, 1:30pm

February 2 - Parent Teacher Conference Sheets Sent Home

February 4 - Early Release, 1:30pm

February 6 - Parent Teacher Conference Sheets Due to Teacher

February 10 - Parent Teacher Conferences - Evening

February 12 - Parent Teacher Conferences - Evening

February 13 - Parent Teacher Conferences - ALL DAY - No School

February 16 - NO SCHOOL

February 18 - Early Release, 1:30pm

February 24 - Music, 5th Grade Family Program, 6pm - 7:30pm

March 4 - Early Release, 1:30pm

March 6 - Report Cards Emailed

March 11 - NO SCHOOL

March 12 - NO SCHOOL

March 13 - NO SCHOOL

Please take note of the following early release dates.

The purpose of the PTO is to enhance and support the educational experience at Winship Elementary School, to develop a closer connection between school and home by encouraging parental involvement, and to improve the environment at school through volunteer and financial support.

Everyone is welcome to attend PTO meetings! We encourage participation and sharing your talents! You do not have to attend every meeting, but would appreciate your suggestions and assistance! For questions, please reach contact winshippto1@gmail.com

Upcoming PTO Meetings:

Tuesday, February 3, 7pm

Tuesday, March 3, 7pm

Scan the QR code below to join our Winship PTO Facebook page or, Search "Winship PTO-Grand Forks, ND" to stay up to date on current Winship events and happenings.

Download the App and scan your receipts! You can use digital receipts on the App! Funds are used for school supplies.

• Bring in your labels, and the office will do the work for you!
• By buying Our Family brand products – and saving the UPC barcodes from those cans, bags, boxes and bottles you can help purchase school supplies. 500 bar codes = $25.

On your Casey's App, you can donate your points to Winship Elementary.

Under your Account, Select School Donations, add Winship Elementary.

• Medications
• Over the Counter - ALWAYS need the Medication Authorization Form (attached)
• cough drops, sore throat suckers, cough syrup, etc.
• Prescribed Medicine - ALWAYS need the Medication Authorization Form and medical signature (attached)
• Extra Form for Inhalers and Epi Pens (attached)

Winship Elementary School

1412 5th Ave N

Grand Forks ND 58203

Lori Skattum, Principal

Laurie Nelson, Administrative Assistant

Office: 701-746-2325

Attendance Line: 701-746-2321

Fax: 701-746-2374