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🗓️ Important Dates & Upcoming Events

Book Fair & Ice Cream Social

• Tonight (Friday, Sept 18th): Join us from 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM! Bring the family to buy a book, grab some ice cream, and check out the new book vending machine in the main hallway.

Upcoming No-School Day

• Monday, September 21st: No School for students.

• Tuesday, September 22nd: School re-opens and normal classes resume.

📝 Action Items & Surveys

Picture Day & Makeups

• School Pictures: Individual photos were taken yesterday! These will be featured in the yearbook at the end of the year.

• Makeup Day: A retake/makeup date will on October 29th—stay tuned for details.

🏫 Campus & School News

Celebration of Reading & New Book Vending Machine

• Dunk Tank & Launch: Thank you to everyone who came out this morning to watch the dunk tank swim session as we celebrated reading!

• Book Vending Machine Unveiled: Thanks to your generous donations during last spring's Fun Run, our new Book Vending Machine is officially here!

  • Every student will receive at least one free book on their birthday.

  • Classrooms have been equipped with coin bags so teachers can offer tokens for classroom-level reading incentives.

PTA National School of Excellence

• Country Parkway has officially been awarded the PTA National School of Excellence designation once again! Thank you to all the families who submitted feedback and completed surveys last year to help make this possible.

Reminder for Pick Up

Please remember to always have ID when coming into school as you may be required to provide it when picking up your child and entering the building.

Visitor Sign In Procedure

Our District utilizes the Raptor System for visitors coming into the building. With this procedure, you will need to provide ID (driver's license, passport card, or Nexus ID card) that will be scanned into the system for security purposes.

Attendance Reminder

If your child will be out sick, please be sure to contact the Attendance Office via WITS Mail, by calling 716-626-9866 or by marking your student absent in WITS via the Daily Attendance dropdown menu option.

Dismissal Reminder

If you are picking up your child, please use the carpool lane. Place your child’s name card coming home in September on card stock, in the front window of your vehicle. If multiple individuals pick up your child, families are responsible for making their own copies of the name card. Please make sure to have your ID ready! We will be asking each car to provide ID upon arrival to the pick up lane. We thank you in advance for your help with keeping our students safe!

If your child is a walker, you must send a written note indicating that they are a walker in order for them to be released promptly at 2:55 p.m. All "confirmed" walkers will be automatically released by 2:55 p.m. each day. If a note is not provided, parents/guardians who are walking will need to wait until carpool dismissal is complete so that school staff can verify identification. Sending a note with your child is how you can avoid this delay.

If there is any change to your child’s regular dismissal routine, please call the MAIN OFFICE by 2:15pm at (716) 626-9860 as teachers may not get the message in time for dismissal.

Parking Lot Reminders

Do not start to line up for pick up prior to 2:30. If you arrive earlier, please park in a parking space until 2:30. The fire lane space directly in front of the Visitors Entrance is for quick health office pick ups and emergency vehicles only. Please do not park and wait in the fire lane. Cars can move up for pick up at 2:50.

Just a reminder that cars are NOT allowed in the Bus Loop.Cars are also NOT allowed in the Handicapped section of the parking lot unless you have the proper parking tag displayed in clear view.

The District will be using the My Ride K-12 Bus App for the 2026-27 school year. Bus routing information will be available around August 21st. As a District, we know the importance of timely pick-up and drop-off in the mornings and afternoons. If your child rides a bus, please ensure they know where their pick-up and drop-off location is and review Board Policy #5710 – Transportation Program. If you have any questions regarding bus transportation for the 2025-2026 school year, please contact the Transportation Department by calling 716-626-8397. If you have any questions regarding school arrival and dismissal procedures (bus, walkers, parent/guardian care drop-off), please contact your building administrators.

Please be sure that you have completed the online daycare transportation change if your child will be bussed to a daycare or alternate address other than your home after school. You can access that form by clicking the button below:

In 1984, the United States Supreme Court ruled it is unconstitutional to deny undocumented children access to a free, public K-12 education. This ruling is still in place today and is the law. The Williamsville Central School District is committed to ensuring students have equal access to education, regardless of immigration status, national origin, citizenship, or any other protected reason, and strictly complies with the Supreme Court’s decision.

The Williamsville Central School District takes all legally allowable steps to protect students while they are attending school. The school has strict protocols in place for handling requests from immigration officials for (1) information about students; (2) cooperation with immigration enforcement activities; and (3) requests for a student to be released to immigration authorities.

Parents and persons in a parental relationship should make sure the Williamsville Central School District has updated emergency contact information, including a list of all individuals authorized to pick your child up from school, in the event you are unavailable to do so. Please contact the Main Office of your child’s school at the number below to provide any necessary updates:

Country Parkway Elementary 716-626-9860

Williamsville: We're planning for our future! What should we consider for both our short-term and long-term planning as a district? What are we doing well, and where can we improve?

Complete the survey on Thought Exchange by September 25th.

The District is once again partnering with UB to host a Williamsville Central School District Spirit Day!

• Date - October 3rd - UB vs. Western Michigan (Time TBD)

• Students and staff are eligible for 1 complimentary ticket

• Parents/guardian must purchase a ticket for students to attend

• Students in grades K-8 will have the opportunity to be on the field as part of the tunnel walk when the team takes the field

• Additional details will be shared through WITS and the District/school newsletters closer to the event

The District has several committees that meet throughout the course of school year and are looking for additional parent/guardian members to join:

• Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC)

• Safety

• Wellness

• Communications

If you are interested in joining, please email contact@williamsvillek12.org and indicate the committee

you’d like to join

Main Office:

Nathaniel Barnes, Principal

Rebekah Skinner, Assistant Principal

Susan Brooks, Senior Clerk Typist

Bridget Miller, Clerk Typist

Jyothi Kamath, Part Time Clerk Typist (Library)

Phone: 716-626-9860

Fax: 716-626-9879

Attendance:

Elizabeth Soemann, Attendance/ Health Office Aide

Phone: 716-626-9878

Health Office:

Maureen Holmes, School Nurse

Phone: 716-626-9870

Fax: 716-626-9878

Kitchen:

Jessica Bowser, Kitchen Manager

School Website:

https://countryparkway.williamsvillek12.org/

Address:

35 Hollybrook Drive

Williamsville, NY 14221