Journey

Feb 3rd - 100th Day of School

Feb 6th - Daddy/Daughter Dance

Feb 9th - Kids Heart Challenge Kickoff

Feb 18th - Chick Fil A Night

Feb 19th - Board Meeting 6:30

Feb 25th - National Pink Shirt Day

If you are dropping off or picking up your student please review the procedures on our school website to insure a smooth and safe process for everyone.

Pre-K Enrollment for the 2026-2027 school year will begin in February:

• February 9-13: Currently enrolled and returning Pre-K families and WSD employees.

• February 23: All Wentzville School District residents.

To enroll in our tuition-based preschool program, students must be 3 years old by July 31st of the year they are starting preschool.

In past years, families could choose their Early Childhood location. This year, your child’s Early Childhood site will be determined by your home address. Your address falls within an elementary school attendance boundary, and that boundary determines which Early Childhood location your child will attend. If you are unsure which elementary school serves your address, you can find it using the District’s interactive boundary map.

Early Childhood Locations by Elementary School Boundary:

• Barfield: Boone Trail, Crossroads, Discovery Ridge, Duello, Green Tree, Prairie View

• Samuelson: Heritage, Journey, Lake View, Peine Ridge, Stone Creek, Wabash

For more information or to register, please visit the District Website.

* Login to your Parent Portal account and click on LunchTime
* You will see an option for "items, Fees, & Invoices"
* Click on that and "select" School Lunch Heroes
* Type in the donation amount and click "Add to Cart"
* Process payment as you normally would

If you're not receiving emails from WSD staff or schools, they might be landing in your spam folder. Learn more on how to fix that. You'll want to make sure you familiarize yourself with the district email domain: All district emails are delivered from: noreply@sis.wsdr4.org.

Important: In Focus, not all emails allow replies, depending on who sent them. Teacher communication: You can reply to emails from your student’s teacher(s). School / District communication: These emails may not receive replies directly and you may need to contact them directly.

We are in the early stages of planning our school culture night. Our event, called "Passport Night" is scheduled for March 5th from 5:30-7:30 pm at Journey Elementary.

For this event we are inviting families to host tables to represent countries of their cultural heritage! Thanks to the Journey PTA you will receive $25 of financial assistance to host a table.

February 2nd-February 23rd students are invited to join in the fun of the Winter Olympics by completing various “events”. Students that complete five “events” will receive the award of a bronze medal which will earn them fifty house points, a special pen and eraser, and their name will be on our podium outside the library. Students that complete seven “events” will receive a silver medal which will earn them a pen, eraser, and notebook, a place on the podium, and seventy-five house points! Finally if a student completes all ten “events” they will receive a FREE book, 100 house points, a place on the podium, a pen, eraser, and notebook, a shout out on the announcements and an invite to our ice cream party!

Click this link to see the board for students in K-1

Click this link to see the board for students in 2-3

Click this link to see the board for students in 4-5

Read-Across-America week is just around the corner! This year we will be celebrating "Reading is a Journey that Never Ends"! We will be celebrating by having a spirit week and a breakfast!

Spirit Week:

• Monday- "Read Like a Champion":Wear a Jersey, Hat, t-shirt, etc representing a country or sport that you love!
• Tuesday- "Words Connect Us":Wear a shirt with a positive message or with words on it in a different language.
• Wednesday- "Food and Feast of Stories Day": Wear something food themed and/ or bring in a family recipe from home
• Thursday- "Reading Around the World Day": Dress in colors or traditional attire that represents your heritage or culture you are interested in
• Friday- "Global Heroes and Writers Day": Dress up as your favorite international book character or favorite international author

We are planning a Family Breakfast on Friday March 6th from 7:45 am-8:45 am. During this time you will enjoy breakfast together, read together, and can participate in our costume contest!

The cost of breakfast will be $2.50 per person and will include fruit, coffee or juice, and a choice of a muffin, a bagel, or a donut.

If you are not interested in breakfast you can still enjoy reading and our activities. These will start at 8:15 am.

Please note that a parent/guardian is required to be with their student(s) until they head to class at 8:45 am.

In order to plan for our event please fill out the form found here.

Students in 4th and 5th grade have just one more month to make it to our Mark Twain Party! To do so your student will need to read four of the Mark Twain Nominees and pass their quizzes with a 70% or higher. Students get two chances to pass each quiz. If they do so then they are invited to our party which is during Read-Across-America week! Students will not only get a delicious lunch, but also will receive a bag full of prizes for their participation. And the best part is they get to be part of the statewide voting to crown our Mark Twain Award winner! If you would like more information on the awards or need to find the quizzes for these check out the presentation found here.

If your child will need to take prescription or non-prescription medication during the school day, please contact Nurse Paula. Here is a link to the forms that must be filled out annually in order for us to administer medication at school. If you have any questions regarding medication or health services, our nurse’s email is paulamorrissey@wsdr4.org

Visitors:

• Eat lunch with your child
• Attend a class party
• Attend assemblies
• Be a guest speaker

How can you participate as a visitor?

Visitors can show up on the day of the event/activity/lunch and check in to our buildings using Raptor, a visitor management system designed to assist with building security. Part of keeping students and staff safe is knowing who is in our building at all times.

• When you arrive in a WSD building as a visitor, you will be asked to scan your ID and complete the management system’s check-in process.
• Raptor will screen the information against sex offender databases and locally customized lists of banned or potentially threatening individuals, instantly alert school officials to a threatening presence, and maintain a searchable log of all visitors.
• Once approved, you will get a customized visitor badge to wear while in the building.

Thank you for your support of our enhanced school safety protocols!

Volunteers:

• Work with students individually or in small groups under the supervision of the teacher or staff member
• Work inside the school, assisting staff with projects (PTA/PTO Officers, etc.)
• Work/organize field day activities
• Be a room parent, organize class parties
• Attend field trips - work with students individually or in small groups under the supervision of the teacher or staff member

How can you participate as a volunteer?

• Volunteers must register with the Family Care Safety Registry (FCSR). It provides a more extensive background check than our Raptor system, and is needed for volunteers who spend more individual time with students than our visitors.
• One-time, lifetime fee of $15.25. It is the responsibility of the volunteer to cover this one-time, lifetime fee. The online registration process can be found at FCSR-BSEES - MO.gov. (NOTE: This registration process CANNOT be completed on a mobile browser/device.)
• Once FCSR online registration is complete, you must submit a paper WSD Volunteer Registration Form A and B to the school office. When you arrive in a WSD building to turn in your forms, you will be asked to scan your ID and complete the Raptor visitor management system’s process as part of your volunteer registration. If you send your forms in to school with your child, or send them to the school office via email, please include a copy of your valid personal ID.
• Your approved volunteer status is accessible district-wide; you only need to turn in your forms to one WSD school.
  
• A new WSD Volunteer Registration form will be required each school year to run a current background screening if you would like to participate in volunteer opportunities.

Please note, the wait time for the FCSR Registration to be processed and for the District to be notified can be up to four weeks. We recommend completing this process as early as possible.

Emily Dittmer-Principal

emilydittmer@wsdr4.org

Liz Herbert-Assistant Principal

elizabethherbert@wsdr4.org

Journey Elementary

2000 Interstate Drive |Wentzville, MO 63385

636-445-5190