WPS Newsletter
February 2025
Important Dates
February 13-2025/2026 Preschool/Kindergarten Registration
February 14-No School-Teacher PD Day
February 17-No School-Presidents Day
Counselor Update
I will continue to meet with all high schoolers to prepare them for their future. Many students have asked for individual career preparation meetings after discussing 4-year plans, colleges, careers, etc., during their counselor lessons. These meetings will happen as students request, but each student will have a formal meeting with me before class signups happen each year! They can request a meeting with me at any point, so encourage students to ask if any questions come up.
I have been unable to reschedule the ASVAB. I apologize for all of the mishaps and appreciate your patience in this matter. I am currently waiting to hear back from the state on potential training I could do to proctor the test. This would cut out a lot of the middleman roadblocks I am currently running into because of their staff changes.
The ACT is scheduled for March 26th, a Wednesday. All Juniors will be testing. If there is an appointment that day or a student will be gone for any reason, please try to reschedule if possible. If this is not an option, please let me know in advance if something is conflicting with this date.
Both Wilton CTE programs (Career Development & Agriculture) are collaborating to create a formal procedure for work-based learning, job shadows, resumes, etc. We are working together to equip students for these tasks as they come up during their high school careers. We are excited for the time to collaborate to continue to grow these career opportunities for students.
We will have another “Mining into Careers” event. This past month’s feature was Butler Machinery! Lacey Feist will be coming in to talk this month about careers within the athletic training field. She is the athletic trainer who comes to our school from Sanford.
Recently, Chrystal Deringer, the health and physical education teacher, and I have partnered to best teach students about the danger of drug use. This is a great program that targets educating students to counteract curiosities they may subconsciously have. It is safer for students to learn from educators or their parents rather than the Internet. This is a research-backed prevention program that we are happy to be able to offer to students at Wilton.
The next mini-fair during lunch will feature private schools and associate’s degree schools.
Elementary School
Elementary counselor lessons have been incredibly rewarding this winter. We have been doing many supplemental classroom lessons to help with the needs that the teachers and staff may notice. The more we can educate students about social skills, emotion management, coping skills, and problem-solving skills the more we can combat almost any issue that may happen in the school building. This includes lowering the number of students getting into trouble or having issues with classmates.
If you have any questions about the school counseling program, please reach out to me by email at Tiffany.Meier@k12.nd.us. A few lesson topics from this month consist of managing worries, noticing frustration, teamwork, focusing on what we can control, and gossip.
Blind Date with a Book- From the Desk of the Librarian
A popular book display in libraries in February is the “Blind Date with a Book”. Librarians cleverly wrap books in either brown or valentine colored wrapping, give a hint of what the book is about on the cover, then patrons must check out the book and take it home on a “blind date”. For this newsletter, I have made a slight change to the game. On your left is a book title. On your right is a description of a book. You get to try to decide which title goes with which description. All the titles were taken from https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/blind-date-with-a-book
and were suggestions from readers like yourselves! 😊
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
When she's not digging up bones or other ancient objects, quirky, tart-tongued archaeologist Ruth Galloway lives happily alone in Norfolk. But when a child's bones are found on a desolate beach nearby, and Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson calls Galloway for help, Ruth finds herself in completely new territory - and in serious danger.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The story itself—told from Death’s unique perspective—follows 9-year-old Liesel Meminger, the book thief, from the day of her baby brother’s death at the beginning of WWII. Liesel has stolen a book that someone dropped at her brother’s burial, and this begins her fascination with books and words and their many and complex levels of meaning.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
This story is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) — until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets.
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
This book uncovers the dark ambition of a charming young man’s quest for wealth. It follows the story of a sociopath who resorts to murder to secure a future of riches.
A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
This story is an enemy-to-lovers romance novel about a literary agent, Nora, and an editor, Charlie, whose worlds collide in the unlikely place of Sunshine Falls, North Carolina after Nora's sister forces her to take a vacation.
If you’re willing to take a chance on a blind date, I would recommend checking out one of these titles!
Happy reading!
Heidi Quinn, School Librarian
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