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Spring Conferences will be held from 3:15pm-7:00pm on

Tuesday, March 18th & Thursday, March 20th

Sign-ups will open on MONDAY, MARCH 3rd @ 9:00AM

Look for an email with the link on 3/3 from Katie O'Connell around 8:00am

WMPTO will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair during conferences again this year.

Kurt Becker - 4th grade teacher at WMES & Varsity Wrestling Coach at WMHS - won Section 2 AA Coach of the year along with his co-coach Bill McDonald. The Varsity Wrestling team also are your Section 2 AA State Wrestling Champions for the first time in school history!!

Congratulations and thank you Mr. Becker for all you do for your students and athletes!!

• March 3rd - 9:00am - Conference Sign Up Opens
• March 3rd - 7:00pm - PTO meeting in the ES Media Center
• March 3rd - March 14 - Food Drive
• March 18th & 20th - Parent Teacher Conferences
• March 19th - DQ Art Night - Kindergarten: Libra/Van Leeuwen - 5-8pm DQ Delano
• March 21st - Yearbook orders due!!

The time has come to order your yearbooks. This link will be open until March 21st! We can't wait for you to see what a great year we have had a WMES. Yearbooks are $20.

Do you have any pictures from field trips, class events, programs, etc. that would be fun to share in the yearbook? Please feel free to share any pictures through the link below.

• Thank you, students and families, for attending our family fun night for I love to read month!! We had an amazing turn out with over 500 people in attendance!!
• Thank you to the I Love to Read Month Committee, made up of ES Staff, who worked on the decorations, projects and the events for the month.
• Thank you to all the mystery readers who came to read books to our students!
• Thank you to the PTO for purchasing a book for every student in the building. We are lucky to have a group of parents who work to make our school a better place and give our students tools to be the best they can be.

We sure did have fun finding Drake the Dragon every day this month. We will miss him as he travels back to the Kingdom of Stories.

Things are very busy in the world of PTO!

• PTO is looking for help to feed our teachers on March 20th for conferences. There are items to sign up including bread, meats, cheese, salads & drinks. Sign up below. The teacher's appreciate a meal during this long day.
• There will also be a book fair during conferences on the 18th and 20th of March. Volunteers are needed to help man the book fair. If you are interested in volunteering, sign up below.
• Save the Date! Strides for Students is Saturday, May 3rd. This is the PTO's one and only fundraiser for the year. To help make this event a success we are looking for any parents who might be interested in helping on different committees. Please look at the link below.
• If you have any questions about PTO please reach out. The next PTO meeting is Monday, March 3rd @ 7:00 in the media center at WMES. All are welcome!

Monday, March 17th - 6:00-7:00 PM

Webinar Registration: https://familyzone.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Uq5EC2iqSHmdTAVru-dGvw

Join us for this free live webinar presented by our online safety partner Linewize and familiarize yourself with the tools and strategies available to help you keep your children safe and well in the digital world. Linewize's Director of Wellbeing, Teodora Pavkovic, will share insights into some of the main online safety risks children encounter today and the strategies to minimize them, and she will guide you through using resources like the ABC approach to children's online safety and your district's Online Safety Hub. Teodora will also be taking your questions at the end of the webinar, so be sure to join us live. See you there!

The Minnesota Free School Meals Program is now permanent!

• What does this mean? Students can receive their first standard breakfast and lunch for FREE!
• What do I need to remember? If students go back for a second full meal, additional entrees, side items, or a la carte, these DO cost extra based on the item. If your child has permission to get extras, please be sure that there is money in their lunch account. This includes milk to accompany any home lunches.

HERE is the link for the updated cost of full second breakfast, lunch, and the approximate costs of a la carte items.

Have You Applied for Educational Benefits?

Even though the Minnesota Free Meals Program is permanent, we strongly encourage families to apply to see if you are eligible for educational benefits through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. Educational benefit applications (Free and Reduced applications) impact the educational funding that our schools receive and can affect other additional fees.

HERE is the link to our website to learn about how you can apply!