Wiggin Street Parent Update

Families,

We have enjoyed seeing so many of you at Parent/Teacher Conferences! Thank you for taking the time to collaborate with us to best serve your student. We are proud of the growth your children are showing and happy to have conversations about ways to meet specific needs. If at anytime throughout the year you would like to meet to check in on their continued progress, please don't hesitate to ask.

Thanks to all that volunteered to help with the Book Fair this week! This is a highlight for the kids, and it's great to see them excited about purchasing books and shopping for their wish list. Also, thank you to those that provided dinner for teachers last night and lunch today. It was greatly appreciated!

Next Tuesday, we have Donuts with Grownups at 8:00 am in the gym and following will be our flag ceremony for Veterans Day observance. We would like to invite any Veterans that are available to attend, so you may be recognized. All are welcome, and we hope to see you!

Lastly, Wiggin Street Elementary teachers have been discussing the pros and cons of assigning homework to students. The National PTA and National Education Association support the "10 minute homework rule" which recommends 10 minutes of homework per grade level, per night (10 minutes for first grade, 20 minutes for second grade, and so on. (Cooper, 2010) To further our research, we would appreciate receiving your feedback as parents. Please complete a survey for each of your Wiggin Street students. Links are provided below by grade level. Thank you.

Best wishes,

Christy Grandstaff

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

We appreciate all of the parents that helped provide food for teachers! The pizza, soups, salads, and desserts made our long days so much brighter!

Don't forget to place your order! They are due by Friday, November 8th. Items will ship to school FREE of cost and will arrive in early December.

Please reach out to me directly if you have any questions- cbiggerstaff@mvcsd.us

Our next Friends of Wiggin Street meeting will be November 11th at 5:00 pm in the gym. We will have a quick meeting and then tear down the book fair and set up for Donuts with Grownups.

The Scholastic Book Fair will be open during Parent/Teacher Conferences. Students will also be able to purchase items on Monday, November 11th in the morning school hours.

Please join us on Tuesday, November 12th at 8:00 am in the gym! Donuts, juice, and coffee will be provided for any student and their grown-up to share together. Immediately following at 9:10 am will be a Veterans Day Observance Flag Ceremony on the front lawn. All are welcome, and we love to recognize any Veterans in attendance!

We will be having a flag ceremony, weather permitting, with our students on the morning of Tuesday, November 12th in observance of Veterans Day. We would like to invite any Veterans that are available to attend, so you may be recognized. The flag ceremony will take place on the front lawn around 9:10 am and is the same day as our "Donuts with Grownups" that begins at 8:00 am, so all are welcome to observe the ceremony which will include the flag raising, Pledge of Allegiance, poems, and the National Anthem.

5th Grade learned about how energy flows in an ecosystem in a fun game called, "Catch Me if You Can".

Wiggin Street will be participating in the annual Food for the Hungry drive from November 18-22. Each class will have a collection box. Students can contribute non-perishable food or monetary donations. The Top 10 items needed for our local pantries include Canned meat, Beef stew/hearty soup, Pasta, pasta sauce, instant potatoes, instant rice, Hot/cold cereal, peanut butter, canned fruit & vegetables.

Though non-food donations are welcome, cash donations are encouraged because $1.00 -- donated is equivalent to $4.56 of buying power through the Mid-Ohio Collective. Checks should be made payable to Food For The Hungry. All donations collected in each school will stay in the community in which they were donated. These students are asked to demonstrate the idea that no one is too young to make a difference and that the community is better when we work together!

As in the past, the classroom in each participating school that contributes the highest number of food items per student will be treated to a pizza party sponsored by Psi Iota Xi.

The top donor from each school will be honored in the Food For The Hungry broadcast at the Knox County Memorial Building on Friday, Dec. 13. The students will be recognized on our live video stream at www.mvnu.tv, as well as on 100.9 FM and 13WMVO, with reports given on WNZR and 93.7 the Super Q.

To learn more about FFTH, donate, or find photos, videos, and more, visit www.FoodForTheHungryCares.org. To volunteer with FFTH, call or text Kathy Brechler at 740-398-2408. The 2023 FFTH Live Broadcast will take place on Friday, Dec. 13 at the Memorial Theater inside the Knox Memorial.

Kiwanis members, Levi Curry and Matia Mathews, both from Park National Bank, have returned again this year to read to our Kindergarteners! Students are also learning to win and lose playing musical chairs as well as writing skyline letters.

Friends of Wiggin Street School (FOWS) would like to inform parents of an easy way to earn cash-back rewards for the school. Below are instructions provided by Kroger on how to sign-up for their charitable rewards program.

Kroger Community Rewards

Create a digital account, link your card to the organization "Friends of Wiggin Street School” and cash rewards are sent directly to this charitable organization at no added cost to you

https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards

Community flyers can be found on our district website here. Check them out!

This is a great opportunity for our 5th grade student since it aligns with their Social Studies standards. We will be out of school due to conferences on Friday, November 8th or we would make it a field trip.

November

8 No School in lieu of Conferences

Please remember that students will go outside on days where the temperature with wind chill accounted for is 20°f and above. Be sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather each day. Coats, hats, and gloves are necessary at this time of the year. Boots are required for playing in the snow. If you need assistance with winter outerwear for your child, please contact our school, and we will happily find warm clothes for them.

Email: cgrandstaff@mvcsd.us
Website: https://www.mt-vernon.k12.oh.us/wigginstreetelementary_home.aspx
Location: 207 Wiggin St, Gambier, OH, USA
Phone: 740-427-4262
Facebook: facebook.com/wigginstreet
Twitter: @wiggin_street

Email: cgrandstaff@mvcsd.us
Website: mvcsd.us
Location: 207 Wiggin St, Gambier, OH, USA
Phone: 740-427-4262
Facebook: facebook.com/wigginstreet
Twitter: @wiggin_street