This Week at Waters - January 30

Waters Families,

We have two great after school events coming up next week!

On Thursday, Literacy Night will be a chance for parents to engage in sessions on a range of literacy topics that are listed below:

• Making Read Alouds Come Alive (K-2nd Grade) with 1st Grade Teachers Ms. Johnson and Ms. Cooper
• Assistive Technology (5-8th Grade) with Ms. Parcell, Multi-sensory Reading Interventionist
• Phonics & Spelling Strategies with MTSS Interventionist Ms. Pilman
• Creative Writing, Story to Story with 5th Grade Teachers Ms. Castro & Ms. Hoffman
• Literacy and Social Emotional Learning with Counselors Ms. Bricker and Ms. Muzzy

We will send a reminder about Literacy Night with specific logistics and room numbers the day prior to the event.

The Black History Month celebration will be Friday after school. There will be games, crafts, putt-putt, henna and more. Please sign up to lend a hand here. Thank you to Kristin Hanson Turpin, Jaqui Cheatham and Cynthia McGee for organizing the celebration!

With kindness,

Mr. R.

Calling all 7th and 8th grade parents! We would love your help supporting the upcoming school dance—please take a moment to review the volunteer sign-up opportunities and lend a hand if you’re able

Please bring in any items that you have to donate to the main office.

• Grocery-size (large) paper bags
• Clothing buttons
• Patterned/scrapbook paper

The Pagemakers have finalized their first issue of our new school digital magazine (hooray!). You can check it out below (the image will open a link)!

If you'd like to give your students access to the magazine, you can send them to the Pagemakers website HERE (where they can read the issue as well as submit their own work to the magazine).

Submission calls for our next issue will be posted on the website next week. Thank you for your support and happy Friday!

Please the list of candidates for the LSC Election on Wednesday, March 18. The forum for grownup candidates will be on Tuesday, February 24 at 6:00 PM. The forum for student candidates will be during the school day on Thursday, February 26. Parents and Community members can vote for a total of five (5) candidates in those categories. Community members must show proof of residence within the Waters attendance boundary.

Community (2 Seats to be filled)

• Karen Borgstrom
• Katie Carey
• Phi Nguyen

Parents (6 Seats to be filled)

• Shannon Hammond
• Kristin Hanson Turpin
• Alison Howlett
• Nathan Hunter
• Beth Keckley
• Paul Owen
• Greta Qaiyum
• Kristin Quinn
• Rosa Ramirez Richter

Non-Teacher Staff (1 Seat to be filled)

• Forrest Downey

Student (1 Seat to be filled)

• Leila Chandran
• Everly Gaubatz
• Linus Peyer
• Leo Tonneson

Teachers (2 Seats to be filled)

• Arlicia McClain
• Kerrie Rovito