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WCS Mission Statement:

The Windham Center School is a supportive community dedicated to student achievement, personal growth and empowering students to take ownership of their learning while showcasing their qualities that make them unique.

WCS Vision Statement:

The vision of the Windham Center School is to strive to foster confidence, curiosity, and resilience in our students' educational journey while inspiring lifelong learners guided by our core values of Responsibility, Opportunity, Achievement, and Respect.

Dear Parents & Guardians,

How is it possible that Thanksgiving is already next week? As we head into the holiday season, we encourage everyone to take a moment to reflect on all that there is to be grateful for. We are thankful for the gift of working with you, your children and our community each day.

Just a reminder that students have school on Monday and Tuesday next week. The building will also be open on Wednesday from 8:00–12:00, should you need to stop by. Our Lost and Found continues to grow, and all items will be donated on Tuesday evening. Please take a moment on Monday or Tuesday to check for any missing belongings. If you are cleaning out clothing at home, we also have a clothing donation bin located behind the school. Donations placed in this bin help support WCS directly.

We are excited to announce the launch of the 2025–2026 Yearbook Cover Design Contest! Students may submit their fully colored design on an 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper to Ms. Colbeth by Friday, December 19th. Please remind your child to complete their work during free time and to include the following on their cover:

Windham Center School
2025–2026
5th and 6th Grade
Their name written in pencil on the back
Posters around the school provide additional details.

A heartfelt thank you to all families for the overwhelming support of our annual food drive. This year’s collection is one of the largest we’ve seen in several years, and because of your generosity, we will be spreading extra holiday joy throughout our community.

We will not have a new newsletter next week due to a two day school week. Warm wishes for a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Martin

WCS Principal

21st-Trimester 1 Grades Close

26th-28th-Thanksgiving Recess

1st- 3rd-5th Grade Puberty Talk

5th-Report Cards Available to Parents in Power School

5th-5th Grade Gingerbread House Activity

8th-Mental Health Monday-Stress Management

9th-School Council Meeting

9th-School Board Meeting

10th-Early Release Day

12th-Snow Date-Gingerbread House Activity

12th-Progress Reports Available to Parents

15th-19th-Holiday Spirit Week

16th-WMS & WCS Choir Concert

18th-WMS & WCS Choir Concert Snow Date

24th-2nd-Winter Recess-No School

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The results are in! Windham’s Helping Hands Food Drive was a huge success!
Our school collected an incredible 1,037 donated items to support families in our community. Thank you to everyone who contributed!
6th Grade Winner:
• Mrs. Terille’s class
5th Grade Winner:
• Mrs. Clegg’s class
Your generosity makes a real difference.
Thank you, Wildcats!

Weather permitting, students in Physical Education classes Monday & Tuesday (Nov 24th & 25th) will be hiking in the woods. Please ensure your child has appropriate clothing to be comfortable and safe.

Thank you,

The PE department

Mrs. Pratte’s and Mr. Hemmer’s Sixth Grade Science classes put their knowledge into action over the past couple weeks. They developed their own miniature greenhouses to watch and learn about Earth’s water cycle. The students had a great time watching their crops (wheat grass) grow taller and stronger while making daily observations and recording data to monitor progress.

Dear Parents,

We are excited to announce Career Day at WCS on Friday, January 23, 2026 with a snow date on Monday, January 26, 2026. We are looking for parent volunteers to share their professions with our students! This is a wonderful opportunity to inspire our students and help them explore a variety of careers.

We are especially looking for volunteers in the following fields:

Trades: Electricians, Plumbers, Carpenters, Mechanics, HVAC Technicians, Welders
Medical & Health: Doctors, Nurses, Dentists, Physical Therapists, Veterinarians
Education & Service: Teachers, Counselors, Social Workers, Public Safety (Police, Firefighters)
STEM & Engineering: Engineers, Scientists, Computer Programmers, Architects
Law & Business: Lawyers, Real Estate Agents, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners
Creative & Media: Artists, Musicians, Graphic Designers, Journalists

If you would like to volunteer, please complete the Google Form to commit your time for Friday, January 23, and snow date on Monday, January 26. Please be prepared to share with our students your profession and any visuals or props you can bring to share with students. We encourage hands-on activities, pamphlets or flyers, and any items that can help students experience what your job is like. This event will occur in the gym and will be set up similar to a job fair. Each grade level will have 1.5 hours to walk through and visit each station.

Important: All volunteers will be required to show a valid ID upon arrival for Career Day setup. Additional event details will be shared as the date approaches.

Thank you for helping make Career Day an exciting and educational experience for our students!

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This week, some of our students enjoyed a special Friendsgiving luncheon with Mrs. Herard! It was a wonderful opportunity for them to come together, share gratitude, and celebrate friendship!

The Ski NH 4th & 5th Grade Passport Program is a fun and affordable way for kids to experience skiing and riding at a variety of New Hampshire ski areas! Each participating student receives one lift ticket or trail pass voucher to every one of Ski New Hampshire’s 30+ member ski areas. Visit skinh.com/passport. Please share this opportunity with your school families.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Each year we turn our cafeteria into a Candyland so the fifth graders may create gingerbread houses as part of our Winter tradition for December. We are asking each class to donate specific items. In addition, we ask that each child bring a container that day to carry their masterpiece home (a shoe box works great).

Please find your child’s homeroom teacher’s name below to identify the product we are asking you to donate. Items should be brought into your child’s classroom by Monday, December 1st. Thank you so much for your generosity and helping us continue enjoying this annual STEAM project.

Fleet/Santo- tubs of white frosting (16 ounce size)
Clegg - mini candy canes or peppermints
Parsons- bags/tubs of gum drops
Serian - large bags of skittles
Misiaszek/Lizotte- boxes of graham crackers
Ditolla/Rice - paper goods (please use this link Sign Up Genius link to avoid duplicates)
Fuccillo- bags of small pretzel sticks (please no large or pretzel shaped)

We would love to have volunteers to help us on Friday, December 5th from 8:45am-10:30am (Snow Date is Friday, December 12th). You must have completed your background check, fingerprints and Vector training through the SAU in order to volunteer for this event. If you are available and would like to help, please click this link to complete the Gingerbread House Activity Google Form.

Thank you…

The Windham Center School Grade 5 Team

We want to remind families that applications for free or reduced price meals are available for any family who wishes to apply. Applications are sent to each household at the beginning of the school year and are available throughout the year at each school cafeteria, at the SAU office, and online.

Book Club–November 12 & Friday mornings

The Jr. Book Beat Club will meet after school on November 12 and December 3 to discuss Smiley by M.C. Ross, author of Nugly and A Dog’s Porpoise. We also meet on Friday mornings during Ready, Set, Go. Join using the Book Club registration form.

The club will run from November through March, and we will meet on the following dates:

November 7, November 21, December 5, December 19, January 9, January 23, February 6, February 13, March 6, and March 20.
Our end-of-year celebration and awards will be scheduled and announced later.

5th and 6th grade Chorus sign ups are open!

All 5th and 6th grade students have the exciting opportunity to participate in the WCS Chorus! Chorus rehearsals will begin on Thursday, October 2nd, and will take place after school hours from 2:30 to 3:30. We will be adding two Friday rehearsals as we approach the concert date to ensure that students are ready to perform for you. Students would need to be picked up in the back of the school building no later than 3:30.

Mark your calendars! The chorus will be performing at WHS on Tuesday, December 16th beginning at 6:30pm in the WHS auditorium!

We will be meeting on the following days for rehearsals: October 2nd, October 9th, October 16th, October 23rd, November 6th, November 13th, November 20th, December 4th, December 5th, December 11th, December 12th.

We will also perform in the Spring! There will be more information on this in the near future.

For future reference, on snow days we will go in accordance with school cancellations; therefore, if school is canceled, the chorus will not meet on that day.

Click here to sign up for the 5th and 6th grade chorus!

Tutor.com: We are thrilled to continue offering Tutor.com services to grades 4-12! This partnership with the New Hampshire Department of Education and Tutor.com provides unlimited access to the tutoring service – anytime, anywhere, from any internet-connected device. This means your child can get the academic support they need, even from the comfort of home. Our students can access Tutor.com through their Schoology course pages. Please click here for more information.

If your child is going to be absent or late to school, please put this information in Pick Up Patrol. If for some reason you are unable to do so, please call the absence line at 603-845-1554, Option 1. If we have no received proper notification, your child will receive an unexcused absence and you will receive an auto call.